Population in Lebanon

The population of Lebanon was 5,849,421 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2018.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2025 5,849,421 People
Change from 2024 +0.7% 2024: 5,805,962 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 115th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Lebanon over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period LebanonWorld
2025 5,849,421 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 5,805,962 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 5,773,493 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 5,744,489 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 5,718,122 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 5,702,398 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 5,794,594 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 5,984,119 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 6,160,128 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 6,323,060 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 6,472,469 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 6,346,990 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 5,743,436 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 5,235,742 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 5,096,020 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 5,041,288 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 4,992,287 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 4,925,354 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 4,844,118 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 4,751,136 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 4,671,102 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 4,599,279 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 4,525,508 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 4,463,504 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 4,401,918 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7% from 5,805,962 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 6,472,469 people, the figure has changed by −9.6%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Lebanon has the 115th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Lebanon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects