Lebanon vs Palestine: Number of people living in the capital city

Lebanon
2.16 million people
in 2100
Palestine
2.21 million people
in 2100
Lebanon rank
79th
Palestine rank
77th

Number of people living in the capital city over time

  • Lebanon
  • Palestine
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M202020602100

How they compare

Palestine currently reports 2.21 million people against 2.16 million people in Lebanon, a difference of 48,450 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 2020 it was Lebanon ahead.

Lebanon ranks 79th and Palestine ranks 77th of 191 countries.

Across the 9 decades both report, Lebanon averaged higher in 8 and Palestine in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lebanon Palestine Difference Ahead
2020s 1.77 million people 1.05 million people 717,630 people Lebanon
2030s 1.89 million people 1.28 million people 616,605 people Lebanon
2040s 2.01 million people 1.50 million people 508,965 people Lebanon
2050s 2.10 million people 1.70 million people 400,465 people Lebanon
2060s 2.14 million people 1.86 million people 278,580 people Lebanon
2070s 2.20 million people 2.01 million people 191,225 people Lebanon
2080s 2.22 million people 2.11 million people 111,545 people Lebanon
2090s 2.19 million people 2.19 million people 6,175 people Lebanon
2100s 2.16 million people 2.21 million people 48,450 people Palestine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people living in the capital city, Lebanon or Palestine?
Palestine, at 2.21 million people against 2.16 million people in Lebanon as of 2100.
What is the difference in number of people living in the capital city between Lebanon and Palestine?
48,450 people, with Palestine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Palestine?
17 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2100.
How do Lebanon and Palestine rank globally for number of people living in the capital city?
Lebanon ranks 79th and Palestine ranks 77th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people living in the capital city. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Lebanon vs Palestine: Number of people living in the capital city. Statizoid, drawing on European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-living-in-the-capital-city-european-commission/lebanon/west-bank-and-gaza/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-living-in-the-capital-city-european-commission/lebanon/west-bank-and-gaza/">Lebanon vs Palestine: Number of people living in the capital city</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of people living in the capital city
Unit
people
Source
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,183 data points, 2020–2100
Last refreshed

Projected total number of people living in the country's capital city. City boundaries are defined using a consistent global approach based on satellite imagery and population data.