Lebanon
Urban population in Lebanon
Urban population in Lebanon: 32% in 1950 and 91% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 91%
- Since 1950
- +59 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 33 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 93.5%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 93.5% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Lebanon |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 |
| 2024 | 90.7 |
| 2023 | 90.5 |
| 2022 | 90.2 |
| 2021 | 90 |
| 2020 | 89.7 |
| 2019 | 89.5 |
| 2018 | 89.3 |
| 2017 | 89.1 |
| 2016 | 88.8 |
| 2015 | 88.6 |
| 2014 | 88.4 |
| 2013 | 88.2 |
| 2012 | 88 |
| 2011 | 87.8 |
| 2010 | 87.6 |
| 2009 | 87.5 |
| 2008 | 87.3 |
| 2007 | 87.1 |
| 2006 | 86.9 |
| 2005 | 86.8 |
| 2004 | 86.6 |
| 2003 | 86.5 |
| 2002 | 86.3 |
| 2001 | 86.2 |
| 2000 | 86 |
| 1999 | 85.9 |
| 1998 | 85.8 |
| 1997 | 85.6 |
| 1996 | 85.4 |
| 1995 | 85.1 |
| 1994 | 84.9 |
| 1993 | 84.5 |
| 1992 | 84.2 |
| 1991 | 83.8 |
| 1990 | 83.4 |
| 1989 | 82.9 |
| 1988 | 82.4 |
| 1987 | 81.8 |
| 1986 | 81.1 |
| 1985 | 80.3 |
| 1984 | 79.3 |
| 1983 | 78.2 |
| 1982 | 77.1 |
| 1981 | 75.8 |
| 1980 | 74.5 |
| 1979 | 73.1 |
| 1978 | 71.7 |
| 1977 | 70.2 |
| 1976 | 68.7 |
| 1975 | 67.1 |
| 1974 | 65.6 |
| 1973 | 64.1 |
| 1972 | 62.5 |
| 1971 | 61 |
| 1970 | 59.5 |
| 1969 | 57.9 |
| 1968 | 56.2 |
| 1967 | 54.4 |
| 1966 | 52.5 |
| 1965 | 50.6 |
| 1964 | 48.7 |
| 1963 | 46.8 |
| 1962 | 45 |
| 1961 | 43.3 |
| 1960 | 41.7 |
| 1959 | 40.2 |
| 1958 | 39 |
| 1957 | 37.9 |
| 1956 | 36.8 |
| 1955 | 35.9 |
| 1954 | 34.9 |
| 1953 | 34.1 |
| 1952 | 33.3 |
| 1951 | 32.6 |
| 1950 | 32 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Lebanon |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 91.1 |
| 2027 | 91.3 |
| 2028 | 91.5 |
| 2029 | 91.6 |
| 2030 | 91.8 |
| 2031 | 91.9 |
| 2032 | 92.1 |
| 2033 | 92.2 |
| 2034 | 92.3 |
| 2035 | 92.5 |
| 2036 | 92.6 |
| 2037 | 92.7 |
| 2038 | 92.8 |
| 2039 | 92.9 |
| 2040 | 93 |
| 2041 | 93.1 |
| 2042 | 93.2 |
| 2043 | 93.3 |
| 2044 | 93.3 |
| 2045 | 93.4 |
| 2046 | 93.4 |
| 2047 | 93.5 |
| 2048 | 93.5 |
| 2049 | 93.5 |
| 2050 | 93.5 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.51% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$736M in 2025
- Military spending per person$142 in 2025
- Military share of state spending16.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel80,000 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports48 million TIV in 2002