Sweden vs Syria statistics compared

Sweden has a population of 10.6M (ranked 93/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Sweden's land area is 157,248 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 58th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Sweden and Syria: Comparison Charts

Sweden and Syria economies compared

GDP

Sweden

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Sweden	Syria
1960	$15,930,258,332	$857,704,413
1961	$17,329,819,494	$945,244,972
1962	$18,794,282,717	$1,110,565,881
1963	$20,342,365,392	$1,200,447,408
1964	$22,685,750,575	$1,339,494,267
1965	$24,964,233,891	$1,472,036,540
1966	$27,155,028,520	$1,342,287,553
1967	$29,475,219,787	$1,580,229,799
1968	$31,278,230,634	$1,753,746,430
1969	$33,967,691,454	$2,245,011,515
1970	$38,037,663,342	$2,140,384,010
1971	$41,506,627,519	$2,589,851,325
1972	$48,883,734,672	$3,059,681,698
1973	$59,319,523,962	$3,239,487,516
1974	$65,918,391,224	$5,159,557,148
1975	$82,766,182,746	$6,826,980,444
1976	$89,233,541,404	$7,633,528,867
1977	$94,332,865,494	$7,696,011,396
1978	$104,292,130,796	$9,275,200,458
1979	$123,208,942,175	$9,929,681,529
1980	$141,887,695,763	$13,062,420,382
1981	$129,500,408,224	$15,518,201,335
1982	$114,216,043,040	$16,298,929,011
1983	$104,863,313,508	$17,589,277,143
1984	$109,044,297,251	$17,503,078,174
1985	$113,959,392,485	$16,403,539,893
1986	$150,281,594,980	$13,293,205,278
1987	$182,746,413,791	$11,356,215,543
1988	$206,688,963,474	$10,577,041,645
1989	$217,634,838,449	$9,853,395,762
1990	$261,469,578,631	$12,308,624,418
1991	$273,834,608,020	$12,981,833,333
1992	$283,912,173,667	$13,253,565,861
1993	$212,647,043,708	$13,695,962,055
1994	$228,701,658,891	$10,122,020,000
1995	$267,052,836,695	$11,396,706,587
1996	$291,952,430,659	$13,789,560,878
1997	$268,251,974,486	$14,505,233,463
1998	$270,889,570,938	$15,200,846,154
1999	$274,320,415,376	$15,873,875,969
2000	$262,905,197,442	$18,937,052,543
2001	$242,499,249,693	$20,237,024,725
2002	$267,373,345,247	$20,669,357,462
2003	$334,074,051,173	$21,828,144,686
2004	$384,547,211,147	$25,086,950,495
2005	$391,690,329,314	$28,858,965,517
2006	$422,530,427,476	$33,751,788,856
2007	$490,050,156,833	$40,465,318,382
2008	$514,616,528,349	$52,557,913,569
2009	$434,313,804,907	$54,111,735,629
2010	$492,753,255,886	$61,390,830,875
2011	$570,541,353,129	$67,539,428,159
2012	$549,742,183,874	$43,190,318,033
2013	$584,128,116,410	$21,361,254,635
2014	$577,730,245,154	$21,502,061,466
2015	$501,698,263,621	$16,466,863,117
2016	$514,218,206,628	$12,597,854,877
2017	$536,083,940,229	$16,369,843,352
2018	$551,312,498,430	$21,497,782,868
2019	$532,169,294,166	$22,583,045,060
2020	$545,147,614,972	$12,047,752,036
2021	$637,186,904,844	$14,353,205,678
2022	$579,895,717,344	$23,622,827,080
2023	$585,489,968,189	$19,993,439,950
2024	$610,117,791,237	-

Sweden and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Sweden

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sweden	Syria
1960	$2,128	$183.5
1961	$2,304	$196.3
1962	$2,485	$223.9
1963	$2,675	$234.9
1964	$2,961	$254.2
1965	$3,228	$270.8
1966	$3,478	$239.3
1967	$3,746	$272.9
1968	$3,953	$293.3
1969	$4,263	$364
1970	$4,729	$335
1971	$5,125	$393
1972	$6,018	$448
1973	$7,291	$459
1974	$8,078	$707
1975	$10,103	$904
1976	$10,853	$976
1977	$11,432	$951
1978	$12,602	$1,108
1979	$14,856	$1,146
1980	$17,073	$1,458
1981	$15,564	$1,676
1982	$13,719	$1,703
1983	$12,590	$1,776
1984	$13,080	$1,706
1985	$13,647	$1,544
1986	$17,955	$1,208
1987	$21,761	$997
1988	$24,499	$898
1989	$25,625	$809
1990	$30,550	$978
1991	$31,777	$1,000
1992	$32,754	$990
1993	$24,390	$993
1994	$26,046	$712
1995	$30,254	$780
1996	$33,023	$918
1997	$30,324	$941
1998	$30,606	$961
1999	$30,969	$978
2000	$29,633	$1,138
2001	$27,259	$1,187
2002	$29,958	$1,183
2003	$37,292	$1,220
2004	$42,758	$1,368
2005	$43,379	$1,534
2006	$46,532	$1,719
2007	$53,569	$1,938
2008	$55,817	$2,429
2009	$46,708	$2,462
2010	$52,543	$2,731
2011	$60,380	$2,952
2012	$57,750	$1,898
2013	$60,844	$986
2014	$59,584	$1,061
2015	$51,198	$848
2016	$51,820	$656
2017	$53,301	$852
2018	$54,182	$1,098
2019	$51,773	$1,110
2020	$52,654	$572
2021	$61,175	$664
2022	$55,297	$1,052
2023	$55,567	$847
2024	$57,723	-

Sweden vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sweden

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sweden	Syria
1950	71.1	42.5
1951	71.4	43.4
1952	71.8	44.3
1953	71.9	45.3
1954	72.4	46.4
1955	72.6	47.4
1956	72.7	48.5
1957	72.5	49.6
1958	73.2	50.7
1959	73.4	51.7
1960	73	52.7
1961	73.5	53.7
1962	73.4	54.6
1963	73.5	55.4
1964	73.7	56.2
1965	73.9	56.9
1966	74.1	57.6
1967	74.1	58
1968	74	59.1
1969	74.1	59.8
1970	74.7	60.6
1971	74.6	61.3
1972	74.7	62
1973	74.9	60.8
1974	75	63.4
1975	75	64.2
1976	75	64.8
1977	75.4	65.4
1978	75.5	65.9
1979	75.5	66.2
1980	75.7	66.5
1981	76	64.6
1982	76.3	60.8
1983	76.6	67.4
1984	76.8	67.7
1985	76.7	68
1986	77	68.4
1987	77.1	68.8
1988	77	69.2
1989	77.7	69.5
1990	77.6	69.8
1991	77.7	70.1
1992	78.1	70.2
1993	78.1	70.3
1994	78.7	70.3
1995	78.8	70.2
1996	79	70.2
1997	79.3	70.2
1998	79.4	70.2
1999	79.5	70.5
2000	79.7	70.9
2001	79.8	71.3
2002	79.9	71.7
2003	80.2	72.2
2004	80.5	72.5
2005	80.6	72.8
2006	80.8	73
2007	81	73.3
2008	81.1	73.4
2009	81.4	73.5
2010	81.5	73.5
2011	81.8	72.3
2012	81.7	66.2
2013	81.9	65.1
2014	82.2	65.5
2015	82.2	63.3
2016	82.3	65.2
2017	82.4	65.7
2018	82.5	67.4
2019	83.1	71
2020	82.4	71.9
2021	83	72.4
2022	83	72.8
2023	83.3	72.1
2024	83.4	72.6
2025	83.6	73

Sweden and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Sweden

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Sweden	Syria
1960	7,484,656	4,673,500
1961	7,519,998	4,815,466
1962	7,561,588	4,959,340
1963	7,604,328	5,110,467
1964	7,661,354	5,269,087
1965	7,733,853	5,435,267
1966	7,807,797	5,609,047
1967	7,867,931	5,790,198
1968	7,912,273	5,978,742
1969	7,968,072	6,175,166
1970	8,042,801	6,380,609
1971	8,098,334	6,598,094
1972	8,122,300	6,826,024
1973	8,136,312	7,060,321
1974	8,159,955	7,302,160
1975	8,192,437	7,554,364
1976	8,222,286	7,817,320
1977	8,251,540	8,090,501
1978	8,275,599	8,372,759
1979	8,293,678	8,661,909
1980	8,310,531	8,957,663
1981	8,320,503	9,260,189
1982	8,325,263	9,572,511
1983	8,329,033	9,904,809
1984	8,336,605	10,258,398
1985	8,350,386	10,625,672
1986	8,369,829	11,002,844
1987	8,397,804	11,388,923
1988	8,436,489	11,782,264
1989	8,492,964	12,179,060
1990	8,558,835	12,579,208
1991	8,617,375	12,980,821
1992	8,668,067	13,385,571
1993	8,718,561	13,795,686
1994	8,780,745	14,208,583
1995	8,826,939	14,616,801
1996	8,840,998	15,018,104
1997	8,846,062	15,417,542
1998	8,850,974	15,820,413
1999	8,857,874	16,228,061
2000	8,872,109	16,637,888
2001	8,895,960	17,051,338
2002	8,924,958	17,468,332
2003	8,958,229	17,889,296
2004	8,993,531	18,336,875
2005	9,029,572	18,814,091
2006	9,080,505	19,637,022
2007	9,148,092	20,884,125
2008	9,219,637	21,636,564
2009	9,298,515	21,976,969
2010	9,378,126	22,482,421
2011	9,449,213	22,878,098
2012	9,519,374	22,759,763
2013	9,600,379	21,666,917
2014	9,696,110	20,273,659
2015	9,799,186	19,424,618
2016	9,923,085	19,193,834
2017	10,057,698	19,224,668
2018	10,175,214	19,577,845
2019	10,278,887	20,353,534
2020	10,353,442	21,049,429
2021	10,415,811	21,628,839
2022	10,486,941	22,462,173
2023	10,536,632	23,594,623
2024	10,569,709	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Sweden and Syria

Fertility rate

Sweden

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sweden	Syria
1960	2.17	7.51
1961	2.21	7.5
1962	2.25	7.51
1963	2.33	7.51
1964	2.47	7.53
1965	2.39	7.53
1966	2.37	7.55
1967	2.28	7.56
1968	2.07	7.57
1969	1.93	7.59
1970	1.92	7.62
1971	1.96	7.6
1972	1.91	7.57
1973	1.87	7.55
1974	1.87	7.52
1975	1.77	7.49
1976	1.68	7.45
1977	1.64	7.42
1978	1.6	7.35
1979	1.66	7.25
1980	1.68	7.12
1981	1.63	6.97
1982	1.62	6.81
1983	1.61	6.69
1984	1.66	6.59
1985	1.74	6.48
1986	1.8	6.37
1987	1.84	6.2
1988	1.96	6
1989	2.01	5.78
1990	2.13	5.56
1991	2.11	5.34
1992	2.09	5.14
1993	1.99	4.99
1994	1.88	4.86
1995	1.73	4.7
1996	1.6	4.54
1997	1.52	4.37
1998	1.5	4.25
1999	1.5	4.14
2000	1.54	4.07
2001	1.57	3.98
2002	1.65	3.87
2003	1.71	3.76
2004	1.75	3.68
2005	1.77	3.61
2006	1.85	3.56
2007	1.88	3.54
2008	1.91	3.48
2009	1.94	3.42
2010	1.98	3.36
2011	1.9	3.29
2012	1.91	3.22
2013	1.89	3.17
2014	1.88	3.12
2015	1.85	3.07
2016	1.85	3.01
2017	1.78	2.97
2018	1.76	2.93
2019	1.71	2.88
2020	1.67	2.84
2021	1.67	2.8
2022	1.53	2.75
2023	1.45	2.71

Sweden and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Sweden

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sweden	Syria
1960	36	17.6
1961	36.2	17.3
1962	36.3	17.1
1963	36.3	16.9
1964	36.3	16.7
1965	36.2	16.5
1966	36	16.4
1967	35.9	16.2
1968	35.8	16.1
1969	35.6	16
1970	35.4	15.9
1971	35.3	15.8
1972	35.3	15.8
1973	35.3	15.7
1974	35.3	15.7
1975	35.3	15.7
1976	35.4	15.6
1977	35.5	15.6
1978	35.7	15.6
1979	36	15.6
1980	36.2	15.6
1981	36.5	15.6
1982	36.8	15.7
1983	37.1	15.8
1984	37.4	15.8
1985	37.6	15.9
1986	37.9	16
1987	38.1	16.1
1988	38.2	16.2
1989	38.3	16.4
1990	38.3	16.5
1991	38.3	16.7
1992	38.4	16.9
1993	38.4	17.1
1994	38.4	17.3
1995	38.5	17.5
1996	38.6	17.7
1997	38.8	17.9
1998	39	18.1
1999	39.2	18.3
2000	39.4	18.5
2001	39.5	18.8
2002	39.7	19
2003	39.8	19.2
2004	40	19.5
2005	40.2	19.7
2006	40.4	20.3
2007	40.5	21
2008	40.6	21.3
2009	40.7	21.5
2010	40.7	21.7
2011	40.8	21.9
2012	40.9	21.8
2013	40.9	21.2
2014	40.9	20.1
2015	40.9	19.5
2016	40.8	19.5
2017	40.7	19.6
2018	40.6	20.1
2019	40.5	20.9
2020	40.6	21.6
2021	40.7	22.2
2022	40.7	22.7
2023	40.9	23.3
2024	41.1	23.9

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