Lebanon vs Liberia
Lebanon has about the same population as Liberia: 5,849,421 vs 5,731,206, a gap of 118,215. Liberia is growing faster (+2.09% vs +0.75% a year), adding about 119,629 people a year against +43,621. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Liberia would overtake Lebanon in about 2 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2027) — a projection, not a forecast. Lebanon is the older society: 10.4% aged 65+ against 3.3% in Liberia, while Liberia has more children (39.1% under 15 vs 25.6%). Lebanon is 9.9× as densely populated (564.4 vs 57.0 people per km²). People in Lebanon live 15.6 years longer on average (77.9 vs 62.3). GDP per capita is 4.9× higher in Lebanon ($4,473 vs $915).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Lebanon) and 2025 (Liberia); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Lebanon vs Liberia — side by side
 Lebanon |  Liberia | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,849,4212025 | 5,731,2062025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.75%2025 | +2.09%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 16.02024 | 30.62024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.02024 | 8.02024 |
| Children per woman | 2.232024 | 3.862024 |
| Life expectancy | 77.9 yrs2024 | 62.3 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 25.6%2025 | 39.1%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 10.4%2025 | 3.3%2025 |
| Density | 564.4 /km²2023 | 57.0 /km²2023 |
| Area | 10,450 km²2023 | 111,370 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 91.0%2025 | 56.1%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -10,2302025 | -9,8702025 |
| GDP per capita | $4,4732024 | $9152025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #115 | #116 |
| 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). Lebanon: 3.3× from 1960 to 2025; Liberia: 5.0× 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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