Lebanon's population rose from 4.03M in 1996 to 5.85M in 2025.
Lebanon · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Lebanon's population growth fell from 1.9 % in 1996 to 0.7 % in 2025.
Lebanon's population density rose from 380.2 in 1994 to 564.4 in 2023.
Lebanon's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.4 % in 1996 to 51.3 % in 2025.
Lebanon's urbanisation rose from 85.4 % in 1996 to 91.0 % in 2025.
Lebanon's urban population rose from 3.45M in 1996 to 5.32M in 2025.
Lebanon's rural population fell from 589,751 in 1996 to 528,774 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.5 %90th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.2 %96th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.2 %159th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.8 %93rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs125th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.6 pts92nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts121st of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.3 pts96th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.7 pts97th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.4 pts92nd of 217
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- Net migrationup +40.8 %153rd of 217
- Migrant stockdown −3.3 pts39th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −3.8 %11th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs72nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs89th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs65th of 217