What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Lebanon and Norway?

53,447 people, with Norway ahead.

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

133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lebanon vs Norway: Urban and rural population projected to 2050

Lebanon

453,628 people

in 2050

Norway

507,075 people

in 2050

Lebanon rank

146th

Norway rank

143rd

Urban and rural population projected to 2050 over time

Lebanon
Norway

How they compare

Norway currently reports 507,075 people against 453,628 people in Lebanon, a difference of 53,447 people.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Lebanon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 133 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Lebanon ahead.

Lebanon ranks 146th and Norway ranks 143rd of 238 countries.

Across the 43 decades both report, Lebanon averaged higher in 7 and Norway in 36.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lebanon	Norway	Difference	Ahead
1000s	431,162 people	199,763 people	231,399 people	Lebanon
1100s	455,334 people	269,520 people	185,814 people	Lebanon
1200s	479,513 people	339,093 people	140,420 people	Lebanon
1300s	503,697 people	398,400 people	105,297 people	Lebanon
1400s	402,609 people	198,800 people	203,809 people	Lebanon
1500s	431,418 people	396,400 people	35,018 people	Lebanon
1600s	503,876 people	493,000 people	10,876 people	Lebanon
1700s	431,520 people	576,044 people	144,524 people	Norway
1710s	409,268 people	585,214 people	175,946 people	Norway
1720s	400,666 people	594,298 people	193,632 people	Norway
1730s	392,150 people	603,279 people	211,129 people	Norway
1740s	383,706 people	612,137 people	228,431 people	Norway
1750s	375,318 people	620,852 people	245,534 people	Norway
1760s	366,972 people	629,401 people	262,429 people	Norway
1770s	358,646 people	637,763 people	279,117 people	Norway
1780s	350,322 people	645,911 people	295,589 people	Norway
1790s	341,974 people	653,820 people	311,846 people	Norway
1800s	333,578 people	661,463 people	327,885 people	Norway
1810s	325,104 people	668,810 people	343,706 people	Norway
1820s	316,518 people	714,064 people	397,546 people	Norway
1830s	341,554 people	790,761 people	449,207 people	Norway
1840s	362,441 people	867,230 people	504,789 people	Norway
1850s	383,943 people	960,022 people	576,079 people	Norway
1860s	405,885 people	1.06 million people	651,615 people	Norway
1870s	428,022 people	1.13 million people	701,918 people	Norway
1880s	501,437 people	1.17 million people	669,353 people	Norway
1890s	495,252 people	1.21 million people	719,258 people	Norway
1900s	536,346 people	1.32 million people	781,604 people	Norway
1910s	524,558 people	1.36 million people	838,152 people	Norway
1920s	534,461 people	1.46 million people	926,019 people	Norway
1930s	637,062 people	1.50 million people	861,798 people	Norway
1940s	751,100 people	1.55 million people	796,320 people	Norway
1950s	985,964 people	1.77 million people	780,186 people	Norway
1960s	1.03 million people	1.65 million people	621,598 people	Norway
1970s	882,891 people	1.26 million people	377,157 people	Norway
1980s	659,176 people	1.19 million people	535,531 people	Norway
1990s	593,334 people	1.14 million people	546,906 people	Norway
2000s	617,381 people	1.03 million people	417,186 people	Norway
2010s	664,964 people	984,582 people	319,618 people	Norway
2020s	540,420 people	916,693 people	376,273 people	Norway
2030s	483,328 people	802,524 people	319,196 people	Norway
2040s	455,568 people	624,527 people	168,959 people	Norway
2050s	453,628 people	507,075 people	53,447 people	Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban and rural population projected to 2050, Lebanon or Norway?: Norway, at 507,075 people against 453,628 people in Lebanon as of 2050.
What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Lebanon and Norway?: 53,447 people, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Norway?: 133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.
How do Lebanon and Norway rank globally for urban and rural population projected to 2050?: Lebanon ranks 146th and Norway ranks 143rd of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Urban and rural population projected to 2050
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 30,401 data points, 1000–2050
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Number of people living in rural areas, combining UN estimates and projections with modeled historical data.