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Belarus vs Syria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Belarus has a population of 9.13M (ranked 100/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Belarus' land area is 78,372 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 83rd vs. 87th).

By GDP, Belarus ranks 83/197 ($76B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Belarus ranks 95/197 ($8,317), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Main facts and rankings

Belarus Syria
Population
9074112
26304877
Population rank 101/197 57/197
GDP
$76B
2024
$20B
2023
GDP rank 83/197 129/197
GDP per capita
$8,317
2024
$847
2023
GDP per capita rank 95/197 184/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,006
2024
$4,650
2023
Government debt
$33.7B
2024
$18.4B
2010
Debt-to-GDP ratio
42.9%
2025
30%
2010
Government debt per person
$3,691
2024
$820
2010
Government debt per person rank 94/185 148/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,343
2025
$731
2025
Land area
78,372 sq mi
2025
70,900 sq mi
2025
Population density
116.5 ppl/mi²
2024
348 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.21
2023
2.71
2023
Median age
42 years
2024
23.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
73 years
2025

Belarus and Syria: Comparison Charts

Belarus and Syria economies compared

GDP
Belarus

Syria
Year GDP
Belarus 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 - $2,140,384,010
1971 - $2,589,851,325
1972 - $3,059,681,698
1973 - $3,239,487,516
1974 - $5,159,557,148
1975 - $6,826,980,444
1976 - $7,633,528,867
1977 - $7,696,011,396
1978 - $9,275,200,458
1979 - $9,929,681,529
1980 - $13,062,420,382
1981 - $15,518,201,335
1982 - $16,298,929,011
1983 - $17,589,277,143
1984 - $17,503,078,174
1985 - $16,403,539,893
1986 - $13,293,205,278
1987 - $11,356,215,543
1988 - $10,577,041,645
1989 - $9,853,395,762
1990 $17,389,558,233 $12,308,624,418
1991 $18,404,907,975 $12,981,833,333
1992 $16,939,790,094 $13,253,565,861
1993 $16,275,073,527 $13,695,962,055
1994 $14,931,435,232 $10,122,020,000
1995 $13,972,683,274 $11,396,706,587
1996 $14,756,846,154 $13,789,560,878
1997 $14,130,585,516 $14,505,233,463
1998 $15,221,352,699 $15,200,846,154
1999 $12,138,243,081 $15,873,875,969
2000 $12,736,780,455 $18,937,052,543
2001 $12,354,820,144 $20,237,024,725
2002 $14,594,900,945 $20,669,357,462
2003 $17,825,444,724 $21,828,144,686
2004 $23,141,566,293 $25,086,950,495
2005 $30,210,091,837 $28,858,965,517
2006 $36,961,894,281 $33,751,788,856
2007 $45,275,711,996 $40,465,318,382
2008 $60,752,106,347 $52,557,913,569
2009 $50,873,167,326 $54,111,735,629
2010 $57,231,904,543 $61,390,830,875
2011 $61,762,382,328 $67,539,428,159
2012 $65,685,890,439 $43,190,318,033
2013 $75,527,558,966 $21,361,254,635
2014 $78,813,069,121 $21,502,061,466
2015 $56,454,769,845 $16,466,863,117
2016 $47,723,545,321 $12,597,854,877
2017 $54,725,405,751 $16,369,843,352
2018 $60,031,026,576 $21,497,782,868
2019 $64,410,170,653 $22,583,045,060
2020 $61,371,673,345 $12,047,752,036
2021 $69,673,747,132 $14,353,205,678
2022 $73,775,179,925 $23,622,827,080
2023 $72,478,760,370 $19,993,439,950
2024 $75,961,865,472 -

Belarus and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita
Belarus

Syria
Year GDP per capita
Belarus 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 - $335
1971 - $393
1972 - $448
1973 - $459
1974 - $707
1975 - $904
1976 - $976
1977 - $951
1978 - $1,108
1979 - $1,146
1980 - $1,458
1981 - $1,676
1982 - $1,703
1983 - $1,776
1984 - $1,706
1985 - $1,544
1986 - $1,208
1987 - $997
1988 - $898
1989 - $809
1990 $1,707 $978
1991 $1,805 $1,000
1992 $1,658 $990
1993 $1,590 $993
1994 $1,460 $712
1995 $1,371 $780
1996 $1,453 $918
1997 $1,397 $941
1998 $1,511 $961
1999 $1,211 $978
2000 $1,276 $1,138
2001 $1,244 $1,187
2002 $1,479 $1,183
2003 $1,820 $1,220
2004 $2,378 $1,368
2005 $3,126 $1,534
2006 $3,848 $1,719
2007 $4,735 $1,938
2008 $6,376 $2,429
2009 $5,352 $2,462
2010 $6,035 $2,731
2011 $6,528 $2,952
2012 $6,953 $1,898
2013 $7,998 $986
2014 $8,341 $1,061
2015 $5,967 $848
2016 $5,040 $656
2017 $5,786 $852
2018 $6,360 $1,098
2019 $6,838 $1,110
2020 $6,543 $572
2021 $7,490 $664
2022 $7,995 $1,052
2023 $7,897 $847
2024 $8,317 -

Belarus vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Belarus

Syria
Year Life expectancy, years
Belarus Syria
1950 58.6 42.5
1951 59.4 43.4
1952 60.5 44.3
1953 61.5 45.3
1954 62.5 46.4
1955 63.5 47.4
1956 64.5 48.5
1957 65.4 49.6
1958 66.6 50.7
1959 68 51.7
1960 69.3 52.7
1961 70 53.7
1962 70.5 54.6
1963 70.8 55.4
1964 71.3 56.2
1965 71.6 56.9
1966 71.8 57.6
1967 71.9 58
1968 71.9 59.1
1969 71.7 59.8
1970 71.7 60.6
1971 71.6 61.3
1972 71.8 62
1973 71.7 60.8
1974 71.7 63.4
1975 71.4 64.2
1976 71.2 64.8
1977 71.1 65.4
1978 70.9 65.9
1979 70.8 66.2
1980 70.7 66.5
1981 70.8 64.6
1982 70.8 60.8
1983 70.7 67.4
1984 70.8 67.7
1985 71.2 68
1986 71.7 68.4
1987 71.9 68.8
1988 71.7 69.2
1989 71.5 69.5
1990 71.1 69.8
1991 70.7 70.1
1992 70.1 70.2
1993 69.5 70.3
1994 69 70.3
1995 68.8 70.2
1996 68.6 70.2
1997 68.5 70.2
1998 68.3 70.2
1999 68.4 70.5
2000 68.5 70.9
2001 68.4 71.3
2002 68.3 71.7
2003 68.4 72.2
2004 68.7 72.5
2005 69 72.8
2006 69.4 73
2007 70 73.3
2008 70.3 73.4
2009 70.4 73.5
2010 70.5 73.5
2011 71.1 72.3
2012 71.8 66.2
2013 72.7 65.1
2014 73.2 65.5
2015 73.8 63.3
2016 74.2 65.2
2017 74.4 65.7
2018 74.3 67.4
2019 74.3 71
2020 72.3 71.9
2021 72.2 72.4
2022 74.4 72.8
2023 74.4 72.1
2024 74.6 72.6
2025 74.8 73

Belarus and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population
Belarus

Syria
Year Population
Belarus Syria
1960 8,198,000 4,673,500
1961 8,271,216 4,815,466
1962 8,351,928 4,959,340
1963 8,437,232 5,110,467
1964 8,524,224 5,269,087
1965 8,610,000 5,435,267
1966 8,696,496 5,609,047
1967 8,785,648 5,790,198
1968 8,874,552 5,978,742
1969 8,960,304 6,175,166
1970 9,040,000 6,380,609
1971 9,115,576 6,598,094
1972 9,188,968 6,826,024
1973 9,257,272 7,060,321
1974 9,317,584 7,302,160
1975 9,367,000 7,554,364
1976 9,411,000 7,817,320
1977 9,463,000 8,090,501
1978 9,525,000 8,372,759
1979 9,584,000 8,661,909
1980 9,643,000 8,957,663
1981 9,710,000 9,260,189
1982 9,776,000 9,572,511
1983 9,843,000 9,904,809
1984 9,910,000 10,258,398
1985 9,975,000 10,625,672
1986 10,043,000 11,002,844
1987 10,111,000 11,388,923
1988 10,140,000 11,782,264
1989 10,170,000 12,179,060
1990 10,189,348 12,579,208
1991 10,194,050 12,980,821
1992 10,216,470 13,385,571
1993 10,239,050 13,795,686
1994 10,226,955 14,208,583
1995 10,193,831 14,616,801
1996 10,159,569 15,018,104
1997 10,117,433 15,417,542
1998 10,071,963 15,820,413
1999 10,026,738 16,228,061
2000 9,979,610 16,637,888
2001 9,928,549 17,051,338
2002 9,865,548 17,468,332
2003 9,796,749 17,889,296
2004 9,730,146 18,336,875
2005 9,663,915 18,814,091
2006 9,604,924 19,637,022
2007 9,560,953 20,884,125
2008 9,527,985 21,636,564
2009 9,504,583 21,976,969
2010 9,483,836 22,482,421
2011 9,461,643 22,878,098
2012 9,446,836 22,759,763
2013 9,443,211 21,666,917
2014 9,448,515 20,273,659
2015 9,461,076 19,424,618
2016 9,469,379 19,193,834
2017 9,458,989 19,224,668
2018 9,438,785 19,577,845
2019 9,419,758 20,353,534
2020 9,379,952 21,049,429
2021 9,302,585 21,628,839
2022 9,228,071 22,462,173
2023 9,178,298 23,594,623
2024 9,133,712 24,672,760

Fertility rates in Belarus and Syria

Fertility rate
Belarus

Syria
Year Fertility rate
Belarus Syria
1960 2.67 7.51
1961 2.59 7.5
1962 2.5 7.51
1963 2.4 7.51
1964 2.31 7.53
1965 2.27 7.53
1966 2.29 7.55
1967 2.26 7.56
1968 2.22 7.57
1969 2.26 7.59
1970 2.31 7.62
1971 2.31 7.6
1972 2.28 7.57
1973 2.25 7.55
1974 2.21 7.52
1975 2.17 7.49
1976 2.12 7.45
1977 2.08 7.42
1978 2.06 7.35
1979 2.05 7.25
1980 2.03 7.12
1981 2.02 6.97
1982 2.05 6.81
1983 2.11 6.69
1984 2.11 6.59
1985 2.09 6.48
1986 2.09 6.37
1987 2.03 6.2
1988 2.03 6
1989 2.03 5.78
1990 1.91 5.56
1991 1.81 5.34
1992 1.76 5.14
1993 1.62 4.99
1994 1.53 4.86
1995 1.41 4.7
1996 1.34 4.54
1997 1.25 4.37
1998 1.3 4.25
1999 1.31 4.14
2000 1.32 4.07
2001 1.29 3.98
2002 1.24 3.87
2003 1.23 3.76
2004 1.23 3.68
2005 1.25 3.61
2006 1.34 3.56
2007 1.43 3.54
2008 1.49 3.48
2009 1.51 3.42
2010 1.49 3.36
2011 1.52 3.29
2012 1.62 3.22
2013 1.67 3.17
2014 1.7 3.12
2015 1.72 3.07
2016 1.73 3.01
2017 1.54 2.97
2018 1.45 2.93
2019 1.38 2.88
2020 1.37 2.84
2021 1.37 2.8
2022 1.33 2.75
2023 1.21 2.71

Belarus and Syria demographics compared

Median age
Belarus

Syria
Year Median age, years
Belarus Syria
1960 26.6 17.6
1961 26.9 17.3
1962 27.3 17.1
1963 27.6 16.9
1964 27.9 16.7
1965 28.2 16.5
1966 28.6 16.4
1967 28.9 16.2
1968 29.3 16.1
1969 29.7 16
1970 30.1 15.9
1971 30.4 15.8
1972 30.5 15.8
1973 30.5 15.7
1974 30.5 15.7
1975 30.4 15.7
1976 30.4 15.6
1977 30.6 15.6
1978 30.9 15.6
1979 31.1 15.6
1980 31.2 15.6
1981 31.2 15.6
1982 31.4 15.7
1983 31.5 15.8
1984 31.7 15.8
1985 31.9 15.9
1986 32.1 16
1987 32.4 16.1
1988 32.6 16.2
1989 32.8 16.4
1990 33 16.5
1991 33.3 16.7
1992 33.6 16.9
1993 33.9 17.1
1994 34.2 17.3
1995 34.6 17.5
1996 35 17.7
1997 35.4 17.9
1998 35.8 18.1
1999 36.1 18.3
2000 36.5 18.5
2001 36.8 18.8
2002 37.1 19
2003 37.4 19.2
2004 37.7 19.5
2005 38 19.7
2006 38.3 20.3
2007 38.5 21
2008 38.7 21.3
2009 38.8 21.5
2010 38.9 21.7
2011 39.1 21.9
2012 39.2 21.8
2013 39.3 21.2
2014 39.4 20.1
2015 39.5 19.5
2016 39.7 19.5
2017 39.8 19.6
2018 40 20.1
2019 40.3 20.9
2020 40.6 21.6
2021 40.9 22.2
2022 41.2 22.7
2023 41.6 23.3
2024 42 23.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Belarus Syria
GNI, Atlas method
$75.2B
2024
$18.2B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41.3%
2025
28.6%
2010
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.95%
2023
5.13%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.8%
2023
4.06%
2010
Armed forces personnel
158,000
2020
269,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.24%
2025
-7.79%
2010
Unemployment rate
3.46%
2023
8.61%
2010
Services, % of GDP
49.7%
2024
44.9%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
30.7%
2024
12%
2022
Economic freedom index
48.9
2025
51.2
2012
Income share by richest 10%
20.7%
2020
21.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
4.5%
2020
3.8%
2022
Listed domestic companies
12
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$6.01B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$8.91B
2024
$20.6B
2010
Personal remittances received
$1.38B
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
3,598,000
2020
2,424,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
1.46%
2020
32.2%
2010
Banked people share
81.2%
2017
23.3%
2011

Energy

Belarus Syria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,862 kg
2022
455 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$9.93
2022
$10.5
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
54.2 megatons
2023
25.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.9 tons
2023
1.08 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.6%
2022
99.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
8.2%
2021
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.01%
2022
0.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share
77.1%
2022
61.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,903 kWh
2022
690 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
3.15%
2021
3.91%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.94%
2022
3.76%
2022
Nuclear share
17.3%
2022
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
88.4%
2023

Society

Belarus Syria
% of world population
0.11%
2024
0.3%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,119
2024
+546,494
2024
Urban population
81.1%
2024
58%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.48 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
53.5
2025
17.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
12
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.33
2019
2.07
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.6
2019
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
94
2025
39
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2019
94.4%
2021
English speaking
12%
2025
4%
2025
People using the Internet
94.3%
2024
34.7%
2019

Health

Belarus Syria
Government health expenditure per capita
$529
2022
$34.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$146.1
2022
$15.7
2022
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
73 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.16%
2022
20.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.47
2020
1.19
2016
Age at first childbirth
26.9 years
2021
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
1
2023
20
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
22.1%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
5.1%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
70
2025
42
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.1%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.6 liters
2020
0.09 liters
2020

Territory

Belarus Syria
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
8,581 sq mi
2024
2,874 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31,019 sq mi
2025
52,533 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34,020 sq mi
2025
2,016 sq mi
2025

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