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Lebanon — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Lebanon, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.75%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -75.6% since 1961
Population growth for Lebanon was 0.75% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 9.99% in 2014. The lowest was -3.22% in 2019 (about -4.3× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.18% per year.
Lebanon ranks 117 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 54%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.56%, so Lebanon sits below it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 93% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 62%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.75%
First (1961)
3.06%
Change
-75.6%
Highest
9.99%
in 2014
Lowest
-3.22%
in 2019
Average
1.82%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.18%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.75% |
| 2024 | 0.56% |
| 2023 | 0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.46% |
| 2021 | 0.28% |
| 2020 | -1.6% |
| 2019 | -3.22% |
| 2018 | -2.9% |
| 2017 | -2.61% |
| 2016 | -2.34% |
| 2015 | 1.96% |
| 2014 | 9.99% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.