Lebanon's population, male was 2.85 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 11.56% from 3.22 million in 2015 (1.22% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.85 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 2.77 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.22 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 3.22 million | 2015 |
| Lowest | 902,865 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 2.87 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 902,865 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Lebanon's population, male rose 0.8% on 2024 (from 2.82 million to 2.85 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.3% and a typical year strayed about 3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.6% in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.7% in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 28,765 a year. A straight line explains 52% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Lebanon had the 118th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 2.85 million | 2025 |
| World | 4.13 billion | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 1.5 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Lebanon in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Male population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all male residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 66 values
| Year | Population, male |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,846,030 |
| 2024 | 2,823,634 |
| 2023 | 2,806,602 |
| 2022 | 2,791,093 |
| 2021 | 2,777,715 |
| 2020 | 2,770,020 |
| 2019 | 2,823,127 |
| 2018 | 2,932,212 |
| 2017 | 3,034,435 |
| 2016 | 3,129,832 |
| 2015 |
Population, male in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 22.14 million (2025)
- Algeria — 24.19 million (2025)
- Bahrain — 992,852 (2025)
- Djibouti — 586,804 (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 59.76 million (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 46.95 million (2025)
- Iraq — 23.61 million (2025)
- Israel — 5.04 million (2025)
- Jordan — 5.93 million (2025)
- Kuwait — 2.97 million (2025)
- Libya — 3.79 million (2025)
- Malta — 301,029 (2025)
- Morocco
More health data for Lebanon
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 7.4% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 8.21% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 729,129 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 24.28% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 767,602 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 26.97% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 1.5 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 25.59% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 7.66% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Lebanon's population, male?
- 2.85 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 215.22% from 902,865 in 1960 (1.78% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3.22 million in 2015 and the lowest 902,865 in 1960.
- How does Lebanon rank?
- 118th highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in population, male unusual for Lebanon?
- In 2025, Lebanon's population, male rose 0.8% on 2024 (from 2.82 million to 2.85 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.3% and a typical year strayed about 3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.TOTL.MA.IN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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