Lebanon - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 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 urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

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 urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Lebanon was 35.97 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 64.27 in 1982, while its lowest value was 31.08 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 31.08
1961 31.79
1962 32.54
1963 33.36
1964 34.29
1965 35.03
1966 35.92
1967 36.96
1968 38.07
1969 39.16
1970 40.17
1971 42.49
1972 45.79
1973 49.35
1974 53.43
1975 58.24
1976 58.69
1977 59.50
1978 60.55
1979 61.66
1980 62.69
1981 63.55
1982 64.27
1983 62.72
1984 61.20
1985 59.77
1986 58.49
1987 57.27
1988 55.87
1989 51.07
1990 46.11
1991 41.07
1992 39.55
1993 38.00
1994 36.74
1995 35.93
1996 35.60
1997 35.62
1998 36.82
1999 37.94
2000 38.69
2001 38.94
2002 40.12
2003 38.97
2004 38.16
2005 37.83
2006 38.20
2007 39.01
2008 39.92
2009 40.43
2010 40.18
2011 39.14
2012 37.60
2013 36.02
2014 34.80
2015 34.12
2016 33.95
2017 34.20
2018 34.77
2019 35.11
2020 35.52
2021 35.97

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization