China vs Syria statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 2nd vs. 87th).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

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China and Syria economies compared

GDP

China

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Syria
1960	$59,846,235,025	$857,704,413
1961	$50,162,299,350	$945,244,972
1962	$47,310,737,754	$1,110,565,881
1963	$50,812,227,919	$1,200,447,408
1964	$59,821,862,703	$1,339,494,267
1965	$70,565,994,356	$1,472,036,540
1966	$76,854,053,259	$1,342,287,553
1967	$73,011,350,596	$1,580,229,799
1968	$70,980,323,819	$1,753,746,430
1969	$79,847,786,729	$2,245,011,515
1970	$92,752,930,873	$2,140,384,010
1971	$99,959,013,880	$2,589,851,325
1972	$113,871,930,714	$3,059,681,698
1973	$138,764,340,892	$3,239,487,516
1974	$144,418,433,058	$5,159,557,148
1975	$163,687,619,736	$6,826,980,444
1976	$154,196,810,059	$7,633,528,867
1977	$175,226,595,860	$7,696,011,396
1978	$149,788,617,886	$9,275,200,458
1979	$178,573,913,043	$9,929,681,529
1980	$191,487,500,000	$13,062,420,382
1981	$196,218,253,968	$15,518,201,335
1982	$205,480,916,031	$16,298,929,011
1983	$231,130,268,199	$17,589,277,143
1984	$260,442,857,143	$17,503,078,174
1985	$310,064,625,850	$16,403,539,893
1986	$301,310,144,928	$13,293,205,278
1987	$273,455,156,951	$11,356,215,543
1988	$312,888,888,889	$10,577,041,645
1989	$348,380,566,802	$9,853,395,762
1990	$361,560,229,446	$12,308,624,418
1991	$384,510,452,962	$12,981,833,333
1992	$428,502,354,788	$13,253,565,861
1993	$446,557,291,212	$13,695,962,055
1994	$566,929,539,493	$10,122,020,000
1995	$738,190,896,228	$11,396,706,587
1996	$868,523,936,530	$13,789,560,878
1997	$967,753,570,435	$14,505,233,463
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$15,200,846,154
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$15,873,875,969
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$18,937,052,543
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$20,237,024,725
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$20,669,357,462
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$21,828,144,686
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$25,086,950,495
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$28,858,965,517
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$33,751,788,856
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$40,465,318,382
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$52,557,913,569
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$54,111,735,629
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$61,390,830,875
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$67,539,428,159
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$43,190,318,033
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$21,361,254,635
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$21,502,061,466
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$16,466,863,117
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$12,597,854,877
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$16,369,843,352
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$21,497,782,868
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$22,583,045,060
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$12,047,752,036
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$14,353,205,678
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$23,622,827,080
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$19,993,439,950
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	-

China and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Syria
1960	$89.7	$183.5
1961	$76	$196.3
1962	$71.1	$223.9
1963	$74.5	$234.9
1964	$85.7	$254.2
1965	$98.7	$270.8
1966	$104.5	$239.3
1967	$96.8	$272.9
1968	$91.6	$293.3
1969	$100.3	$364
1970	$113.3	$335
1971	$118.8	$393
1972	$132.1	$448
1973	$157.3	$459
1974	$160.4	$707
1975	$178.6	$904
1976	$165.7	$976
1977	$185.7	$951
1978	$156.7	$1,108
1979	$184.3	$1,146
1980	$195.1	$1,458
1981	$197.4	$1,676
1982	$203.7	$1,703
1983	$225.9	$1,776
1984	$251.2	$1,706
1985	$295	$1,544
1986	$282.4	$1,208
1987	$252.3	$997
1988	$284	$898
1989	$311	$809
1990	$319	$978
1991	$334	$1,000
1992	$368	$990
1993	$379	$993
1994	$476	$712
1995	$613	$780
1996	$713	$918
1997	$787	$941
1998	$835	$961
1999	$881	$978
2000	$969	$1,138
2001	$1,065	$1,187
2002	$1,164	$1,183
2003	$1,307	$1,220
2004	$1,531	$1,368
2005	$1,778	$1,534
2006	$2,129	$1,719
2007	$2,735	$1,938
2008	$3,523	$2,429
2009	$3,898	$2,462
2010	$4,629	$2,731
2011	$5,704	$2,952
2012	$6,405	$1,898
2013	$7,147	$986
2014	$7,781	$1,061
2015	$8,175	$848
2016	$8,255	$656
2017	$8,980	$852
2018	$10,086	$1,098
2019	$10,343	$1,110
2020	$10,627	$572
2021	$12,887	$664
2022	$12,971	$1,052
2023	$12,951	$847
2024	$13,303	-

China vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Syria
1950	43.8	42.5
1951	44.6	43.4
1952	45.3	44.3
1953	45.9	45.3
1954	46.8	46.4
1955	47.2	47.4
1956	47.8	48.5
1957	48.4	49.6
1958	48.8	50.7
1959	40.2	51.7
1960	33.4	52.7
1961	40.2	53.7
1962	51	54.6
1963	51.7	55.4
1964	52.3	56.2
1965	53	56.9
1966	53.7	57.6
1967	54.4	58
1968	55.2	59.1
1969	56	59.8
1970	56.8	60.6
1971	57.7	61.3
1972	58.6	62
1973	59.5	60.8
1974	60.2	63.4
1975	61	64.2
1976	61.2	64.8
1977	62.5	65.4
1978	63.1	65.9
1979	63.7	66.2
1980	64.2	66.5
1981	64.8	64.6
1982	65.2	60.8
1983	65.7	67.4
1984	66.1	67.7
1985	66.5	68
1986	66.9	68.4
1987	67.3	68.8
1988	67.6	69.2
1989	67.9	69.5
1990	68.2	69.8
1991	68.6	70.1
1992	69.1	70.2
1993	69.5	70.3
1994	69.8	70.3
1995	70.4	70.2
1996	70.8	70.2
1997	71.2	70.2
1998	71.6	70.2
1999	72	70.5
2000	72.3	70.9
2001	72.7	71.3
2002	73	71.7
2003	73.4	72.2
2004	73.7	72.5
2005	74.1	72.8
2006	74.4	73
2007	74.8	73.3
2008	74.8	73.4
2009	75.3	73.5
2010	75.7	73.5
2011	75.9	72.3
2012	76.2	66.2
2013	76.5	65.1
2014	76.7	65.5
2015	77	63.3
2016	77.2	65.2
2017	77.2	65.7
2018	77.7	67.4
2019	77.9	71
2020	78	71.9
2021	78.1	72.4
2022	78.2	72.8
2023	78	72.1
2024	78	72.6
2025	78.4	73

China and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	China	Syria
1960	667,070,000	4,673,500
1961	660,330,000	4,815,466
1962	665,770,000	4,959,340
1963	682,335,000	5,110,467
1964	698,355,000	5,269,087
1965	715,185,000	5,435,267
1966	735,400,000	5,609,047
1967	754,550,000	5,790,198
1968	774,510,000	5,978,742
1969	796,025,000	6,175,166
1970	818,315,000	6,380,609
1971	841,105,000	6,598,094
1972	862,030,000	6,826,024
1973	881,940,000	7,060,321
1974	900,350,000	7,302,160
1975	916,395,000	7,554,364
1976	930,685,000	7,817,320
1977	943,455,000	8,090,501
1978	956,165,000	8,372,759
1979	969,005,000	8,661,909
1980	981,235,000	8,957,663
1981	993,885,000	9,260,189
1982	1,008,630,000	9,572,511
1983	1,023,310,000	9,904,809
1984	1,036,825,000	10,258,398
1985	1,051,040,000	10,625,672
1986	1,066,790,000	11,002,844
1987	1,084,035,000	11,388,923
1988	1,101,630,000	11,782,264
1989	1,118,650,000	12,179,060
1990	1,135,185,000	12,579,208
1991	1,150,780,000	12,980,821
1992	1,164,970,000	13,385,571
1993	1,178,440,000	13,795,686
1994	1,191,835,000	14,208,583
1995	1,204,855,000	14,616,801
1996	1,217,550,000	15,018,104
1997	1,230,075,000	15,417,542
1998	1,241,935,000	15,820,413
1999	1,252,735,000	16,228,061
2000	1,262,645,000	16,637,888
2001	1,271,850,000	17,051,338
2002	1,280,400,000	17,468,332
2003	1,288,400,000	17,889,296
2004	1,296,075,000	18,336,875
2005	1,303,720,000	18,814,091
2006	1,311,020,000	19,637,022
2007	1,317,885,000	20,884,125
2008	1,324,655,000	21,636,564
2009	1,331,260,000	21,976,969
2010	1,337,705,000	22,482,421
2011	1,345,035,000	22,878,098
2012	1,354,190,000	22,759,763
2013	1,363,240,000	21,666,917
2014	1,371,860,000	20,273,659
2015	1,379,860,000	19,424,618
2016	1,387,790,000	19,193,834
2017	1,396,215,000	19,224,668
2018	1,402,760,000	19,577,845
2019	1,407,745,000	20,353,534
2020	1,411,100,000	21,049,429
2021	1,412,360,000	21,628,839
2022	1,412,175,000	22,462,173
2023	1,410,710,000	23,594,623
2024	1,408,975,000	24,672,760

Fertility rates in China and Syria

Fertility rate

China

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Syria
1960	4.45	7.51
1961	3.86	7.5
1962	6.09	7.51
1963	7.51	7.51
1964	6.67	7.53
1965	6.61	7.53
1966	6.31	7.55
1967	5.81	7.56
1968	6.51	7.57
1969	6.18	7.59
1970	6.09	7.62
1971	5.52	7.6
1972	5.11	7.57
1973	4.73	7.55
1974	4.17	7.52
1975	3.57	7.49
1976	3.24	7.45
1977	2.84	7.42
1978	2.72	7.35
1979	2.75	7.25
1980	2.74	7.12
1981	2.79	6.97
1982	2.97	6.81
1983	2.56	6.69
1984	2.61	6.59
1985	2.63	6.48
1986	2.72	6.37
1987	2.76	6.2
1988	2.54	6
1989	2.52	5.78
1990	2.51	5.56
1991	1.93	5.34
1992	1.78	5.14
1993	1.69	4.99
1994	1.63	4.86
1995	1.59	4.7
1996	1.55	4.54
1997	1.53	4.37
1998	1.52	4.25
1999	1.53	4.14
2000	1.63	4.07
2001	1.56	3.98
2002	1.57	3.87
2003	1.57	3.76
2004	1.61	3.68
2005	1.62	3.61
2006	1.64	3.56
2007	1.67	3.54
2008	1.7	3.48
2009	1.71	3.42
2010	1.69	3.36
2011	1.67	3.29
2012	1.8	3.22
2013	1.71	3.17
2014	1.77	3.12
2015	1.67	3.07
2016	1.77	3.01
2017	1.8	2.97
2018	1.54	2.93
2019	1.5	2.88
2020	1.24	2.84
2021	1.12	2.8
2022	1.03	2.75
2023	1	2.71

China and Syria demographics compared

Median age

China

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Syria
1960	20.9	17.6
1961	21.1	17.3
1962	21	17.1
1963	20.4	16.9
1964	19.9	16.7
1965	19.6	16.5
1966	19.3	16.4
1967	19.2	16.2
1968	19.2	16.1
1969	19.1	16
1970	19.1	15.9
1971	19.2	15.8
1972	19.3	15.8
1973	19.5	15.7
1974	19.7	15.7
1975	20.1	15.7
1976	20.4	15.6
1977	20.8	15.6
1978	21.2	15.6
1979	21.4	15.6
1980	21.6	15.6
1981	21.8	15.6
1982	22.1	15.7
1983	22.6	15.8
1984	23	15.8
1985	23.2	15.9
1986	23.4	16
1987	23.6	16.1
1988	23.9	16.2
1989	24.4	16.4
1990	24.7	16.5
1991	25.1	16.7
1992	25.6	16.9
1993	26.1	17.1
1994	26.6	17.3
1995	27.2	17.5
1996	27.8	17.7
1997	28.3	17.9
1998	28.8	18.1
1999	29.4	18.3
2000	30	18.5
2001	30.5	18.8
2002	31.1	19
2003	31.6	19.2
2004	32.1	19.5
2005	32.6	19.7
2006	33.1	20.3
2007	33.7	21
2008	34.2	21.3
2009	34.7	21.5
2010	35.1	21.7
2011	35.5	21.9
2012	35.7	21.8
2013	36	21.2
2014	36.3	20.1
2015	36.7	19.5
2016	37.1	19.5
2017	37.4	19.6
2018	37.7	20.1
2019	38.1	20.9
2020	38.5	21.6
2021	39	22.2
2022	39.6	22.7
2023	40.1	23.3
2024	40.6	23.9

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