Lebanon - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Lebanon was 2,434,609 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,434,609 in 2021 and a minimum value of 560,908 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 560,908
1961 592,802
1962 626,558
1963 662,237
1964 700,000
1965 732,959
1966 767,520
1967 803,709
1968 841,659
1969 881,288
1970 922,842
1971 1,000,273
1972 1,107,063
1973 1,224,912
1974 1,355,495
1975 1,500,000
1976 1,523,866
1977 1,548,045
1978 1,572,642
1979 1,597,630
1980 1,623,050
1981 1,648,802
1982 1,675,000
1983 1,644,483
1984 1,614,481
1985 1,585,107
1986 1,556,228
1987 1,527,875
1988 1,500,000
1989 1,392,477
1990 1,292,529
1991 1,200,045
1992 1,216,657
1993 1,233,452
1994 1,250,502
1995 1,267,788
1996 1,285,337
1997 1,303,080
1998 1,360,000
1999 1,421,889
2000 1,486,686
2001 1,554,245
2002 1,677,788
2003 1,710,339
2004 1,743,568
2005 1,777,348
2006 1,818,013
2007 1,859,625
2008 1,902,189
2009 1,945,728
2010 1,990,263
2011 2,035,818
2012 2,082,415
2013 2,130,079
2014 2,178,834
2015 2,228,705
2016 2,279,717
2017 2,331,897
2018 2,385,271
2019 2,406,875
2020 2,424,425
2021 2,434,609

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Lebanon was 40.37 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 86.95 in 1975, while its lowest value was 38.47 in 2016.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 73.39
1961 72.19
1962 71.13
1963 70.27
1964 69.69
1965 68.77
1966 68.21
1967 67.95
1968 67.86
1969 67.76
1970 67.54
1971 69.59
1972 73.17
1973 77.03
1974 81.53
1975 86.95
1976 85.82
1977 85.29
1978 85.16
1979 85.17
1980 85.10
1981 84.85
1982 84.47
1983 81.20
1984 78.11
1985 75.26
1986 72.69
1987 70.31
1988 67.81
1989 61.71
1990 55.48
1991 49.21
1992 47.19
1993 45.15
1994 43.49
1995 42.36
1996 41.81
1997 41.68
1998 42.93
1999 44.17
2000 44.99
2001 45.22
2002 46.52
2003 45.13
2004 44.12
2005 43.67
2006 44.02
2007 44.89
2008 45.87
2009 46.37
2010 46.01
2011 44.73
2012 42.91
2013 41.03
2014 39.57
2015 38.72
2016 38.47
2017 38.67
2018 39.25
2019 39.55
2020 39.94
2021 40.37

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization