What is the difference in population between Finland and Lebanon?

172,310 people, with Lebanon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Lebanon?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Finland vs Lebanon: Population

Finland

5.60 million people

in 2023

Lebanon

5.77 million people

in 2023

Finland rank

117th

Lebanon rank

116th

Population over time

Finland
Lebanon

How they compare

Lebanon currently reports 5.77 million people against 5.60 million people in Finland, a difference of 172,310 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Lebanon ahead.

Finland ranks 117th and Lebanon ranks 116th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 30 and Lebanon in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	Lebanon	Difference	Ahead
1000s	74,000 people	435,000 people	361,000 people	Lebanon
1100s	86,000 people	459,333 people	373,333 people	Lebanon
1200s	98,000 people	483,666 people	385,666 people	Lebanon
1300s	110,000 people	508,000 people	398,000 people	Lebanon
1400s	100,000 people	406,000 people	306,000 people	Lebanon
1500s	100,000 people	435,000 people	335,000 people	Lebanon
1600s	200,000 people	508,000 people	308,000 people	Lebanon
1700s	400,119 people	435,000 people	34,881 people	Lebanon
1710s	437,513 people	412,800 people	24,713 people	Finland
1720s	478,402 people	404,706 people	73,696 people	Finland
1730s	523,113 people	396,770 people	126,343 people	Finland
1740s	572,002 people	388,990 people	183,012 people	Finland
1750s	625,460 people	381,363 people	244,097 people	Finland
1760s	683,914 people	373,885 people	310,029 people	Finland
1770s	747,832 people	366,554 people	381,278 people	Finland
1780s	817,722 people	359,367 people	458,355 people	Finland
1790s	894,145 people	352,321 people	541,824 people	Finland
1800s	872,564 people	306,952 people	565,611 people	Finland
1810s	1.06 million people	322,931 people	732,138 people	Finland
1820s	1.25 million people	343,089 people	910,883 people	Finland
1830s	1.40 million people	368,663 people	1.03 million people	Finland
1840s	1.52 million people	396,208 people	1.13 million people	Finland
1850s	1.68 million people	425,345 people	1.25 million people	Finland
1860s	1.74 million people	455,975 people	1.29 million people	Finland
1870s	1.88 million people	476,502 people	1.41 million people	Finland
1880s	2.18 million people	483,422 people	1.70 million people	Finland
1890s	2.49 million people	490,470 people	2.00 million people	Finland
1900s	2.77 million people	557,671 people	2.21 million people	Finland
1910s	3.02 million people	695,527 people	2.32 million people	Finland
1920s	3.27 million people	837,352 people	2.43 million people	Finland
1930s	3.55 million people	1.01 million people	2.55 million people	Finland
1940s	3.83 million people	1.21 million people	2.62 million people	Finland
1950s	4.21 million people	1.54 million people	2.67 million people	Finland
1960s	4.55 million people	2.06 million people	2.49 million people	Finland
1970s	4.69 million people	2.64 million people	2.05 million people	Finland
1980s	4.88 million people	3.21 million people	1.67 million people	Finland
1990s	5.09 million people	3.93 million people	1.16 million people	Finland
2000s	5.25 million people	4.65 million people	595,553 people	Finland
2010s	5.46 million people	5.82 million people	361,047 people	Lebanon
2020s	5.56 million people	5.73 million people	174,335 people	Lebanon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Finland or Lebanon?: Lebanon, at 5.77 million people against 5.60 million people in Finland as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Finland and Lebanon?: 172,310 people, with Lebanon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Lebanon?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Finland and Lebanon rank globally for population?: Finland ranks 117th and Lebanon ranks 116th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.