| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 08 May 2024 |
There are 2.53 million males and 2.69 million females in Lebanon. The percentage of the male population is 48.44%, compared to 51.56% of the female population. Lebanon has 162k more females than males. The sex ratio in Lebanon in 2024 will be 93.965 males per 100 females. Lebanon is in the 43rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,349,588 | 2.82 |
| 1955 | 1,556,327 | 2.86 |
| 1960 | 1,798,092 | 2.90 |
| 1965 | 2,087,445 | 2.69 |
| 1970 | 2,381,791 | 2.36 |
| 1975 | 2,691,586 | 2.08 |
| 1980 | 2,963,702 | 2.17 |
| 1985 | 3,226,750 | 1.98 |
| 1990 | 3,593,700 | 1.82 |
| 1995 | 3,959,640 | 1.88 |
| 2000 | 4,320,642 | 1.60 |
| 2005 | 4,643,044 | 1.41 |
| 2010 | 4,995,800 | 0.54 |
| 2015 | 6,398,940 | -2.12 |
| 2020 | 5,662,923 | -1.12 |
| 2021 | 5,592,631 | -1.38 |
| 2022 | 5,489,739 | -2.34 |
| 2023 | 5,353,930 | -2.67 |
| 2024 | 5,219,044 | -2.42 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 17,092 | 55,160 | 12.643 | 40.803 |
| 1955 | 18,194 | 62,750 | 11.688 | 40.310 |
| 1960 | 17,692 | 69,846 | 9.837 | 38.836 |
| 1965 | 18,045 | 74,952 | 8.642 | 35.897 |
| 1970 | 18,757 | 79,444 | 7.867 | 33.318 |
| 1975 | 30,009 | 85,937 | 11.148 | 31.924 |
| 1980 | 30,740 | 93,108 | 10.374 | 31.421 |
| 1985 | 31,213 | 96,030 | 9.672 | 29.756 |
| 1990 | 28,226 | 100,147 | 7.848 | 27.844 |
| 1995 | 19,666 | 91,505 | 4.969 | 23.120 |
| 2000 | 19,674 | 88,562 | 4.554 | 20.499 |
| 2005 | 19,308 | 83,713 | 4.160 | 18.034 |
| 2010 | 20,403 | 88,131 | 4.066 | 17.565 |
| 2015 | 27,578 | 115,666 | 4.235 | 17.764 |
| 2020 | 35,782 | 87,727 | 6.253 | 15.332 |
| 2021 | 46,727 | 84,450 | 8.271 | 14.948 |
| 2022 | 49,324 | 81,179 | 8.857 | 14.576 |
| 2023 | 41,966 | 76,066 | 7.712 | 13.979 |
| 2024 | 29,045 | 70,456 | 5.478 | 13.289 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 427,079 | 907,542 | 32.000 |
| 1955 | 556,202 | 975,907 | 36.303 |
| 1960 | 764,253 | 1,040,673 | 42.343 |
| 1965 | 1,065,741 | 1,026,607 | 50.935 |
| 1970 | 1,366,375 | 931,014 | 59.475 |
| 1975 | 1,725,141 | 850,549 | 66.978 |
| 1980 | 1,919,361 | 685,932 | 73.672 |
| 1985 | 2,125,807 | 550,776 | 79.422 |
| 1990 | 2,246,758 | 456,258 | 83.120 |
| 1995 | 2,572,911 | 460,483 | 84.820 |
| 2000 | 2,782,415 | 452,951 | 86.000 |
| 2005 | 3,453,680 | 533,172 | 86.627 |
| 2010 | 3,787,791 | 549,350 | 87.334 |
| 2015 | 5,155,483 | 695,996 | 88.106 |
| 2020 | 5,353,116 | 666,679 | 88.925 |
| 2021 | 5,307,547 | 649,747 | 89.093 |
| 2022 | 5,244,353 | 630,865 | 89.262 |
| 2023 | 5,171,646 | 611,114 | 89.432 |
| 2024 | 5,098,701 | 591,646 | 89.603 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 193,174 | 182,247 | 375,421 | 7.19 | 105.996 |
| 05-09 | 246,083 | 231,690 | 477,774 | 9.15 | 106.212 |
| 10-14 | 283,163 | 270,125 | 553,289 | 10.60 | 104.827 |
| 15-19 | 251,417 | 229,663 | 481,080 | 9.22 | 109.472 |
| 20-24 | 206,738 | 178,116 | 384,853 | 7.37 | 116.069 |
| 25-29 | 160,561 | 160,603 | 321,165 | 6.15 | 99.974 |
| 30-34 | 120,677 | 158,892 | 279,569 | 5.36 | 75.949 |
| 35-39 | 136,935 | 161,554 | 298,490 | 5.72 | 84.761 |
| 40-44 | 147,506 | 169,296 | 316,801 | 6.07 | 87.129 |
| 45-49 | 135,620 | 163,601 | 299,221 | 5.73 | 82.897 |
| 50-54 | 140,076 | 163,105 | 303,180 | 5.81 | 85.881 |
| 55-59 | 142,101 | 163,190 | 305,290 | 5.85 | 87.077 |
| 60-64 | 119,135 | 137,610 | 256,745 | 4.92 | 86.574 |
| 65-69 | 93,273 | 113,227 | 206,500 | 3.96 | 82.377 |
| 70-74 | 72,246 | 79,338 | 151,584 | 2.90 | 91.061 |
| 75-79 | 46,118 | 59,995 | 106,114 | 2.03 | 76.870 |
| 80-84 | 21,261 | 38,160 | 59,420 | 1.14 | 55.715 |
| 85-89 | 9,227 | 20,588 | 29,816 | 0.57 | 44.817 |
| 90-94 | 2,646 | 7,835 | 10,482 | 0.20 | 33.772 |
| 95-99 | 362 | 1,732 | 2,095 | 0.04 | 20.901 |
| 100+ | 6 | 147 | 154 | 0.00 | 4.082 |
| Total | 2,528,325 | 2,690,714 | 5,219,043 | 93.965 | |