What is the difference in population between Lebanon and Singapore?

15,600 people, with Singapore ahead.

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

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.

Lebanon vs Singapore: Population

Lebanon

5.77 million people

in 2023

Singapore

5.79 million people

in 2023

Lebanon rank

116th

Singapore rank

115th

Population over time

Lebanon
Singapore

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 5.79 million people against 5.77 million people in Lebanon, a difference of 15,600 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Lebanon ahead.

Lebanon ranks 116th and Singapore ranks 115th of 238 countries.

Lebanon has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lebanon	Singapore	Difference	Ahead
1000s	435,000 people	78 people	434,922 people	Lebanon
1100s	459,333 people	118 people	459,215 people	Lebanon
1200s	483,666 people	177 people	483,489 people	Lebanon
1300s	508,000 people	265 people	507,735 people	Lebanon
1400s	406,000 people	398 people	405,602 people	Lebanon
1500s	435,000 people	597 people	434,403 people	Lebanon
1600s	508,000 people	896 people	507,104 people	Lebanon
1700s	435,000 people	1,345 people	433,655 people	Lebanon
1710s	412,800 people	1,740 people	411,060 people	Lebanon
1720s	404,706 people	2,252 people	402,454 people	Lebanon
1730s	396,770 people	2,915 people	393,855 people	Lebanon
1740s	388,990 people	3,772 people	385,218 people	Lebanon
1750s	381,363 people	4,882 people	376,481 people	Lebanon
1760s	373,885 people	6,318 people	367,567 people	Lebanon
1770s	366,554 people	8,176 people	358,378 people	Lebanon
1780s	359,367 people	10,581 people	348,786 people	Lebanon
1790s	352,321 people	13,693 people	338,628 people	Lebanon
1800s	306,952 people	30,000 people	276,952 people	Lebanon
1810s	322,931 people	30,013 people	292,918 people	Lebanon
1820s	343,089 people	33,066 people	310,023 people	Lebanon
1830s	368,663 people	40,654 people	328,010 people	Lebanon
1840s	396,208 people	50,055 people	346,153 people	Lebanon
1850s	425,345 people	61,363 people	363,983 people	Lebanon
1860s	455,975 people	74,877 people	381,097 people	Lebanon
1870s	476,502 people	96,297 people	380,205 people	Lebanon
1880s	483,422 people	131,029 people	352,393 people	Lebanon
1890s	490,470 people	178,602 people	311,868 people	Lebanon
1900s	557,671 people	254,774 people	302,898 people	Lebanon
1910s	695,527 people	343,343 people	352,184 people	Lebanon
1920s	837,352 people	464,790 people	372,563 people	Lebanon
1930s	1.01 million people	644,850 people	363,364 people	Lebanon
1940s	1.21 million people	844,742 people	369,431 people	Lebanon
1950s	1.54 million people	1.29 million people	247,768 people	Lebanon
1960s	2.06 million people	1.84 million people	217,149 people	Lebanon
1970s	2.64 million people	2.25 million people	396,826 people	Lebanon
1980s	3.21 million people	2.71 million people	508,702 people	Lebanon
1990s	3.93 million people	3.50 million people	426,158 people	Lebanon
2000s	4.65 million people	4.37 million people	284,700 people	Lebanon
2010s	5.82 million people	5.44 million people	379,047 people	Lebanon
2020s	5.73 million people	5.65 million people	83,272 people	Lebanon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Lebanon or Singapore?: Singapore, at 5.79 million people against 5.77 million people in Lebanon as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Lebanon and Singapore?: 15,600 people, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Singapore?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Lebanon and Singapore rank globally for population?: Lebanon ranks 116th and Singapore ranks 115th 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.