Denmark vs Lebanon
Denmark has about the same population as Lebanon: 6,009,169 vs 5,849,421, a gap of 159,748. Lebanon is growing faster (+0.75% vs +0.54% a year), adding about 43,621 people a year against +32,263. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Lebanon would overtake Denmark in about 13 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2038) — a projection, not a forecast. Denmark is the older society: 21.1% aged 65+ against 10.4% in Lebanon, while Lebanon has more children (25.6% under 15 vs 15.6%). Lebanon is 3.8× as densely populated (564.4 vs 148.7 people per km²). People in Denmark live 4.3 years longer on average (82.3 vs 77.9). GDP per capita is 17.2× higher in Denmark ($76,970 vs $4,473).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Denmark) and 2025 (Lebanon); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Denmark vs Lebanon — side by side
 Denmark |  Lebanon | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 6,009,1692025 | 5,849,4212025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.54%2025 | +0.75%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 9.52024 | 16.02024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 9.52024 | 6.02024 |
| Children per woman | 1.472024 | 2.232024 |
| Life expectancy | 82.3 yrs2024 | 77.9 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 15.6%2025 | 25.6%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 21.1%2025 | 10.4%2025 |
| Density | 148.7 /km²2023 | 564.4 /km²2023 |
| Area | 42,920 km²2023 | 10,450 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 88.8%2025 | 91.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +22,1032025 | -10,2302025 |
| GDP per capita | $76,9702025 | $4,4732024 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #114 | #115 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Denmark: 1.3× from 1960 to 2025; Lebanon: 3.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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