Urban population growth in Lebanon

The urban population of Lebanon changed by 1.03% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2015.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2025 1.03% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.19percentage points 2024: 0.84%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 123rd of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Lebanon over time

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

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period LebanonWorld
2025 1.03% 1.36%
2024 0.84% 1.40%
2023 0.78% 1.35%
2022 0.73% 1.33%
2021 0.54% 1.48%
2020 -1.35% 1.52%
2019 -2.97% 1.74%
2018 -2.65% 1.85%
2017 -2.37% 1.90%
2016 -2.10% 2.02%
2015 2.19% 2.14%
2014 10.22% 2.09%
2013 9.48% 2.20%
2012 2.92% 2.13%
2011 1.29% 2.56%
2010 1.19% 1.97%
2009 1.55% 2.22%
2008 1.86% 2.19%
2007 2.13% 2.34%
2006 1.89% 2.31%
2005 1.74% 2.27%
2004 1.80% 2.32%
2003 1.56% 2.41%
2002 1.56% 2.41%
2001 1.83% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.19 percentage points from 0.84% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.19%, the figure has changed by −1.16 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Lebanon has the 123rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 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 Urbanization Prospects