Finland vs Lebanon
Lebanon has 4% more people than Finland: 5,849,421 vs 5,646,436, a gap of 202,985. Lebanon is growing faster (+0.75% vs +0.47% a year), adding about 43,621 people a year against +26,587. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Finland is the older society: 24.2% aged 65+ against 10.4% in Lebanon, while Lebanon has more children (25.6% under 15 vs 14.3%). Lebanon is 30.7× as densely populated (564.4 vs 18.4 people per km²). People in Finland live 4.4 years longer on average (82.3 vs 77.9). GDP per capita is 12.6× higher in Finland ($56,149 vs $4,473).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Finland) and 2025 (Lebanon); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Finland vs Lebanon — side by side
 Finland |  Lebanon | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,646,4362025 | 5,849,4212025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.47%2025 | +0.75%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 7.82024 | 16.02024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 10.42024 | 6.02024 |
| Children per woman | 1.252024 | 2.232024 |
| Life expectancy | 82.3 yrs2024 | 77.9 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 14.3%2025 | 25.6%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 24.2%2025 | 10.4%2025 |
| Density | 18.4 /km²2023 | 564.4 /km²2023 |
| Area | 338,480 km²2023 | 10,450 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 74.5%2025 | 91.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +18,2462025 | -10,2302025 |
| GDP per capita | $56,1492025 | $4,4732024 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #117 | #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). Finland: 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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Finland: Finland vs Denmark, Finland vs Lebanon, Finland vs Liberia, Finland vs Norway, Finland vs Central African Republic, Finland vs Oman.
Lebanon: Lebanon vs El Salvador, Lebanon vs Singapore, Lebanon vs Denmark, Lebanon vs Liberia, Lebanon vs Finland, Lebanon vs Norway.
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