Cuba vs Syria statistics compared

Cuba has a population of 11M (ranked 86/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Cuba's land area is 40,077 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 103rd vs. 87th).

By GDP, Cuba ranks 69/197 ($107B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Cuba ranks 87/197 ($9,605), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Cuba and Syria: Comparison Charts

Cuba and Syria economies compared

GDP

Cuba

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Cuba	Syria
1960	-	$857,704,413
1961	-	$945,244,972
1962	-	$1,110,565,881
1963	-	$1,200,447,408
1964	-	$1,339,494,267
1965	-	$1,472,036,540
1966	-	$1,342,287,553
1967	-	$1,580,229,799
1968	-	$1,753,746,430
1969	-	$2,245,011,515
1970	$5,693,005,200	$2,140,384,010
1971	$6,914,658,400	$2,589,851,325
1972	$8,135,150,892	$3,059,681,698
1973	$9,987,709,650	$3,239,487,516
1974	$11,405,957,317	$5,159,557,148
1975	$13,027,415,244	$6,826,980,444
1976	$13,789,579,903	$7,633,528,867
1977	$14,206,158,675	$7,696,011,396
1978	$17,844,705,325	$9,275,200,458
1979	$19,584,443,288	$9,929,681,529
1980	$19,912,889,861	$13,062,420,382
1981	$20,150,254,096	$15,518,201,335
1982	$20,953,510,235	$16,298,929,011
1983	$22,204,940,512	$17,589,277,143
1984	$24,039,383,608	$17,503,078,174
1985	$22,920,490,774	$16,403,539,893
1986	$24,226,574,634	$13,293,205,278
1987	$25,213,935,012	$11,356,215,543
1988	$27,458,999,472	$10,577,041,645
1989	$27,023,468,666	$9,853,395,762
1990	$28,645,436,569	$12,308,624,418
1991	$24,316,556,026	$12,981,833,333
1992	$22,085,858,243	$13,253,565,861
1993	$22,367,254,865	$13,695,962,055
1994	$28,448,326,757	$10,122,020,000
1995	$30,429,803,651	$11,396,706,587
1996	$25,017,368,700	$13,789,560,878
1997	$25,365,908,100	$14,505,233,463
1998	$25,736,331,200	$15,200,846,154
1999	$28,364,615,200	$15,873,875,969
2000	$30,565,400,000	$18,937,052,543
2001	$31,682,400,000	$20,237,024,725
2002	$33,590,500,000	$20,669,357,462
2003	$35,901,200,000	$21,828,144,686
2004	$38,203,000,000	$25,086,950,495
2005	$42,643,836,100	$28,858,965,517
2006	$48,835,925,926	$33,751,788,856
2007	$54,262,870,370	$40,465,318,382
2008	$56,302,129,630	$52,557,913,569
2009	$57,481,481,481	$54,111,735,629
2010	$59,562,962,963	$61,390,830,875
2011	$68,990,000,000	$67,539,428,159
2012	$73,141,000,000	$43,190,318,033
2013	$77,148,000,000	$21,361,254,635
2014	$80,656,100,000	$21,502,061,466
2015	$87,132,800,000	$16,466,863,117
2016	$91,370,407,864	$12,597,854,877
2017	$96,850,649,692	$16,369,843,352
2018	$100,050,036,096	$21,497,782,868
2019	$103,427,600,000	$22,583,045,060
2020	$107,351,800,000	$12,047,752,036
2021	-	$14,353,205,678
2022	-	$23,622,827,080
2023	-	$19,993,439,950

Cuba and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Cuba

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cuba	Syria
1960	-	$183.5
1961	-	$196.3
1962	-	$223.9
1963	-	$234.9
1964	-	$254.2
1965	-	$270.8
1966	-	$239.3
1967	-	$272.9
1968	-	$293.3
1969	-	$364
1970	$645	$335
1971	$770	$393
1972	$892	$448
1973	$1,079	$459
1974	$1,217	$707
1975	$1,374	$904
1976	$1,441	$976
1977	$1,472	$951
1978	$1,837	$1,108
1979	$2,006	$1,146
1980	$2,031	$1,458
1981	$2,046	$1,676
1982	$2,114	$1,703
1983	$2,222	$1,776
1984	$2,386	$1,706
1985	$2,257	$1,544
1986	$2,365	$1,208
1987	$2,440	$997
1988	$2,632	$898
1989	$2,566	$809
1990	$2,694	$978
1991	$2,269	$1,000
1992	$2,048	$990
1993	$2,063	$993
1994	$2,613	$712
1995	$2,785	$780
1996	$2,282	$918
1997	$2,306	$941
1998	$2,332	$961
1999	$2,562	$978
2000	$2,751	$1,138
2001	$2,843	$1,187
2002	$3,005	$1,183
2003	$3,203	$1,220
2004	$3,399	$1,368
2005	$3,786	$1,534
2006	$4,330	$1,719
2007	$4,807	$1,938
2008	$4,986	$2,429
2009	$5,089	$2,462
2010	$5,272	$2,731
2011	$6,104	$2,952
2012	$6,471	$1,898
2013	$6,828	$986
2014	$7,147	$1,061
2015	$7,728	$848
2016	$8,111	$656
2017	$8,611	$852
2018	$8,911	$1,098
2019	$9,232	$1,110
2020	$9,605	$572
2021	-	$664
2022	-	$1,052
2023	-	$847

Cuba vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cuba

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cuba	Syria
1950	59	42.5
1951	59.4	43.4
1952	59.8	44.3
1953	60.2	45.3
1954	60.7	46.4
1955	61.2	47.4
1956	61.5	48.5
1957	61.9	49.6
1958	62.3	50.7
1959	62.8	51.7
1960	63.3	52.7
1961	63.7	53.7
1962	64.4	54.6
1963	64.3	55.4
1964	65.3	56.2
1965	65.6	56.9
1966	66.1	57.6
1967	66.5	58
1968	66.9	59.1
1969	67.4	59.8
1970	67.9	60.6
1971	68.4	61.3
1972	68.9	62
1973	69.3	60.8
1974	69.9	63.4
1975	70.4	64.2
1976	70.9	64.8
1977	71.4	65.4
1978	71.9	65.9
1979	72.3	66.2
1980	72.6	66.5
1981	73	64.6
1982	73.4	60.8
1983	73.6	67.4
1984	73.6	67.7
1985	73.5	68
1986	73.6	68.4
1987	73.6	68.8
1988	73.7	69.2
1989	73.7	69.5
1990	73.8	69.8
1991	73.8	70.1
1992	73.8	70.2
1993	73.9	70.3
1994	74.1	70.3
1995	74.3	70.2
1996	74.7	70.2
1997	75.1	70.2
1998	75.4	70.2
1999	75.7	70.5
2000	75.9	70.9
2001	76.4	71.3
2002	76.8	71.7
2003	77.4	72.2
2004	77.3	72.5
2005	77.5	72.8
2006	77.4	73
2007	77.6	73.3
2008	77.6	73.4
2009	77.6	73.5
2010	77.9	73.5
2011	78.1	72.3
2012	78.2	66.2
2013	78	65.1
2014	77.8	65.5
2015	77.7	63.3
2016	77.6	65.2
2017	77.3	65.7
2018	77.4	67.4
2019	77.4	71
2020	77.4	71.9
2021	73.2	72.4
2022	77.6	72.8
2023	78.1	72.1
2024	78.3	72.6
2025	78.4	73

Cuba and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Cuba

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Cuba	Syria
1960	7,238,081	4,673,500
1961	7,387,117	4,815,466
1962	7,541,098	4,959,340
1963	7,701,660	5,110,467
1964	7,866,020	5,269,087
1965	8,030,797	5,435,267
1966	8,193,450	5,609,047
1967	8,352,625	5,790,198
1968	8,509,522	5,978,742
1969	8,666,640	6,175,166
1970	8,824,382	6,380,609
1971	8,979,085	6,598,094
1972	9,123,891	6,826,024
1973	9,255,328	7,060,321
1974	9,374,183	7,302,160
1975	9,479,726	7,554,364
1976	9,571,242	7,817,320
1977	9,648,440	8,090,501
1978	9,711,980	8,372,759
1979	9,763,355	8,661,909
1980	9,804,796	8,957,663
1981	9,849,320	9,260,189
1982	9,912,681	9,572,511
1983	9,991,026	9,904,809
1984	10,073,299	10,258,398
1985	10,157,228	10,625,672
1986	10,244,247	11,002,844
1987	10,335,342	11,388,923
1988	10,432,585	11,782,264
1989	10,533,243	12,179,060
1990	10,631,799	12,579,208
1991	10,717,640	12,980,821
1992	10,785,801	13,385,571
1993	10,841,031	13,795,686
1994	10,886,021	14,208,583
1995	10,925,362	14,616,801
1996	10,962,010	15,018,104
1997	10,997,934	15,417,542
1998	11,034,712	15,820,413
1999	11,072,230	16,228,061
2000	11,109,109	16,637,888
2001	11,144,132	17,051,338
2002	11,177,418	17,468,332
2003	11,209,383	17,889,296
2004	11,238,756	18,336,875
2005	11,262,554	18,814,091
2006	11,278,550	19,637,022
2007	11,287,272	20,884,125
2008	11,291,762	21,636,564
2009	11,294,719	21,976,969
2010	11,297,409	22,482,421
2011	11,301,571	22,878,098
2012	11,303,175	22,759,763
2013	11,298,167	21,666,917
2014	11,285,775	20,273,659
2015	11,275,065	19,424,618
2016	11,265,612	19,193,834
2017	11,247,829	19,224,668
2018	11,227,118	19,577,845
2019	11,202,846	20,353,534
2020	11,176,354	21,049,429
2021	11,122,168	21,628,839
2022	11,059,820	22,462,173
2023	11,019,931	23,594,623
2024	10,979,783	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Cuba and Syria

Fertility rate

Cuba

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cuba	Syria
1960	4.13	7.51
1961	4.26	7.5
1962	4.42	7.51
1963	4.56	7.51
1964	4.53	7.53
1965	4.5	7.53
1966	4.4	7.55
1967	4.29	7.56
1968	4.19	7.57
1969	4.12	7.59
1970	3.98	7.62
1971	3.8	7.6
1972	3.61	7.57
1973	3.4	7.55
1974	3.16	7.52
1975	2.82	7.49
1976	2.51	7.45
1977	2.21	7.42
1978	1.88	7.35
1979	1.77	7.25
1980	1.64	7.12
1981	1.59	6.97
1982	1.78	6.81
1983	1.8	6.69
1984	1.77	6.59
1985	1.77	6.48
1986	1.78	6.37
1987	1.8	6.2
1988	1.85	6
1989	1.83	5.78
1990	1.81	5.56
1991	1.66	5.34
1992	1.56	5.14
1993	1.49	4.99
1994	1.47	4.86
1995	1.48	4.7
1996	1.46	4.54
1997	1.59	4.37
1998	1.62	4.25
1999	1.64	4.14
2000	1.61	4.07
2001	1.6	3.98
2002	1.65	3.87
2003	1.63	3.76
2004	1.55	3.68
2005	1.49	3.61
2006	1.4	3.56
2007	1.44	3.54
2008	1.58	3.48
2009	1.68	3.42
2010	1.67	3.36
2011	1.73	3.29
2012	1.67	3.22
2013	1.68	3.17
2014	1.66	3.12
2015	1.69	3.07
2016	1.6	3.01
2017	1.59	2.97
2018	1.61	2.93
2019	1.54	2.88
2020	1.49	2.84
2021	1.43	2.8
2022	1.41	2.75
2023	1.44	2.71

Cuba and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Cuba

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cuba	Syria
1960	22.5	17.6
1961	22.5	17.3
1962	22.4	17.1
1963	22.3	16.9
1964	22.2	16.7
1965	22.1	16.5
1966	22	16.4
1967	21.9	16.2
1968	21.9	16.1
1969	21.8	16
1970	21.8	15.9
1971	21.9	15.8
1972	21.9	15.8
1973	22.1	15.7
1974	22.2	15.7
1975	22.5	15.7
1976	22.7	15.6
1977	23	15.6
1978	23.4	15.6
1979	23.7	15.6
1980	24.1	15.6
1981	24.5	15.6
1982	24.8	15.7
1983	25.1	15.8
1984	25.5	15.8
1985	25.9	15.9
1986	26.3	16
1987	26.7	16.1
1988	27.1	16.2
1989	27.5	16.4
1990	27.9	16.5
1991	28.3	16.7
1992	28.7	16.9
1993	29.2	17.1
1994	29.7	17.3
1995	30.3	17.5
1996	30.9	17.7
1997	31.4	17.9
1998	32	18.1
1999	32.5	18.3
2000	33.1	18.5
2001	33.6	18.8
2002	34.2	19
2003	34.7	19.2
2004	35.2	19.5
2005	35.7	19.7
2006	36.2	20.3
2007	36.8	21
2008	37.3	21.3
2009	37.7	21.5
2010	38.2	21.7
2011	38.6	21.9
2012	39.1	21.8
2013	39.7	21.2
2014	40.2	20.1
2015	40.6	19.5
2016	40.9	19.5
2017	41.3	19.6
2018	41.6	20.1
2019	41.9	20.9
2020	42.1	21.6
2021	42.3	22.2
2022	42.5	22.7
2023	42.8	23.3
2024	43.1	23.9

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