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Equatorial Guinea vs Syria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Equatorial Guinea has a population of 1.89M (ranked 148/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Equatorial Guinea's land area is 10,830 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 140th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Equatorial Guinea ranks 148/197 ($12.8B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Equatorial Guinea ranks 106/197 ($6,745), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Main facts and rankings

Equatorial Guinea Syria
Population
1975406
26304877
Population rank 148/197 57/197
GDP
$12.8B
2024
$20B
2023
GDP rank 148/197 129/197
GDP per capita
$6,745
2024
$847
2023
GDP per capita rank 106/197 184/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$17,567
2024
$4,650
2023
Government debt
$4.62B
2024
$18.4B
2010
Debt-to-GDP ratio
35.1%
2025
30%
2010
Government debt per person
$2,442
2024
$820
2010
Government debt per person rank 112/185 148/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,393
2025
$731
2025
Land area
10,830 sq mi
2025
70,900 sq mi
2025
Population density
174.7 ppl/mi²
2024
348 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.08
2023
2.71
2023
Median age
22 years
2024
23.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
64.1 years
2025
73 years
2025

Equatorial Guinea and Syria: Comparison Charts

Equatorial Guinea and Syria economies compared

GDP
Equatorial Guinea

Syria
Year GDP
Equatorial Guinea Syria
1960 - $857,704,413
1961 - $945,244,972
1962 $37,253,333 $1,110,565,881
1963 $44,266,667 $1,200,447,408
1964 $51,915,000 $1,339,494,267
1965 $64,748,333 $1,472,036,540
1966 $69,110,000 $1,342,287,553
1967 $72,317,447 $1,580,229,799
1968 $67,514,286 $1,753,746,430
1969 $67,225,714 $2,245,011,515
1970 $66,331,429 $2,140,384,010
1971 $64,946,955 $2,589,851,325
1972 $65,429,198 $3,059,681,698
1973 $81,203,227 $3,239,487,516
1974 $94,159,863 $5,159,557,148
1975 $104,295,643 $6,826,980,444
1976 $103,653,050 $7,633,528,867
1977 $103,987,520 $7,696,011,396
1978 - $9,275,200,458
1979 - $9,929,681,529
1980 $50,642,881 $13,062,420,382
1981 $36,731,423 $15,518,201,335
1982 $44,294,648 $16,298,929,011
1983 $44,442,457 $17,589,277,143
1984 $50,320,914 $17,503,078,174
1985 $62,118,570 $16,403,539,893
1986 $76,407,396 $13,293,205,278
1987 $93,345,860 $11,356,215,543
1988 $100,534,657 $10,577,041,645
1989 $88,265,975 $9,853,395,762
1990 $112,119,411 $12,308,624,418
1991 $110,906,029 $12,981,833,333
1992 $134,707,184 $13,253,565,861
1993 $136,047,906 $13,695,962,055
1994 $100,807,003 $10,122,020,000
1995 $141,853,361 $11,396,706,587
1996 $232,463,023 $13,789,560,878
1997 $442,337,871 $14,505,233,463
1998 $370,687,634 $15,200,846,154
1999 $621,117,886 $15,873,875,969
2000 $1,045,998,496 $18,937,052,543
2001 $1,461,139,022 $20,237,024,725
2002 $1,806,742,742 $20,669,357,462
2003 $2,484,745,935 $21,828,144,686
2004 $4,410,764,339 $25,086,950,495
2005 $8,217,369,093 $28,858,965,517
2006 $10,086,528,699 $33,751,788,856
2007 $13,071,718,759 $40,465,318,382
2008 $19,749,893,536 $52,557,913,569
2009 $15,027,795,173 $54,111,735,629
2010 $16,314,443,436 $61,390,830,875
2011 $21,357,343,669 $67,539,428,159
2012 $22,388,344,144 $43,190,318,033
2013 $21,948,834,284 $21,361,254,635
2014 $21,765,453,082 $21,502,061,466
2015 $13,185,496,881 $16,466,863,117
2016 $11,240,808,848 $12,597,854,877
2017 $12,200,913,879 $16,369,843,352
2018 $13,097,012,134 $21,497,782,868
2019 $11,364,133,550 $22,583,045,060
2020 $9,893,816,008 $12,047,752,036
2021 $12,215,878,033 $14,353,205,678
2022 $13,687,643,436 $23,622,827,080
2023 $12,337,550,584 $19,993,439,950
2024 $12,765,777,677 -

Equatorial Guinea and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita
Equatorial Guinea

Syria
Year GDP per capita
Equatorial Guinea Syria
1960 - $183.5
1961 - $196.3
1962 $132.9 $223.9
1963 $154.8 $234.9
1964 $177.8 $254.2
1965 $217.1 $270.8
1966 $226.7 $239.3
1967 $231.9 $272.9
1968 $211.7 $293.3
1969 $208.4 $364
1970 $206.8 $335
1971 $205.6 $393
1972 $211.4 $448
1973 $268.6 $459
1974 $319 $707
1975 $362 $904
1976 $369 $976
1977 $376 $951
1978 $376 $1,108
1979 $372 $1,146
1980 $175.5 $1,458
1981 $121.1 $1,676
1982 $137.5 $1,703
1983 $129.4 $1,776
1984 $137.9 $1,706
1985 $161.1 $1,544
1986 $188.8 $1,208
1987 $220.9 $997
1988 $228.7 $898
1989 $193.2 $809
1990 $236.4 $978
1991 $225.3 $1,000
1992 $263.7 $990
1993 $256.7 $993
1994 $183.2 $712
1995 $248.3 $780
1996 $392 $918
1997 $717 $941
1998 $578 $961
1999 $931 $978
2000 $1,487 $1,138
2001 $1,949 $1,187
2002 $2,264 $1,183
2003 $2,931 $1,220
2004 $4,901 $1,368
2005 $8,674 $1,534
2006 $10,185 $1,719
2007 $12,617 $1,938
2008 $18,211 $2,429
2009 $13,233 $2,462
2010 $13,720 $2,731
2011 $17,198 $2,952
2012 $17,309 $1,898
2013 $16,304 $986
2014 $15,549 $1,061
2015 $9,069 $848
2016 $7,453 $656
2017 $7,809 $852
2018 $8,102 $1,098
2019 $6,804 $1,110
2020 $5,764 $572
2021 $6,946 $664
2022 $7,589 $1,052
2023 $6,678 $847
2024 $6,745 -

Equatorial Guinea vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Equatorial Guinea

Syria
Year Life expectancy, years
Equatorial Guinea Syria
1950 40.1 42.5
1951 40.4 43.4
1952 40.6 44.3
1953 40.9 45.3
1954 41.1 46.4
1955 41.4 47.4
1956 41.7 48.5
1957 41.9 49.6
1958 42.2 50.7
1959 42.5 51.7
1960 42.7 52.7
1961 43 53.7
1962 43.3 54.6
1963 43.5 55.4
1964 43.8 56.2
1965 44.1 56.9
1966 44.3 57.6
1967 44.6 58
1968 44.9 59.1
1969 31 59.8
1970 31.1 60.6
1971 37.2 61.3
1972 44.4 62
1973 44.7 60.8
1974 41.5 63.4
1975 37.3 64.2
1976 30.5 64.8
1977 42 65.4
1978 42.3 65.9
1979 43 66.2
1980 48.8 66.5
1981 49.1 64.6
1982 49.7 60.8
1983 50 67.4
1984 50.2 67.7
1985 50.6 68
1986 50.8 68.4
1987 51 68.8
1988 51.2 69.2
1989 51.3 69.5
1990 51.4 69.8
1991 51.5 70.1
1992 51.6 70.2
1993 51.7 70.3
1994 51.8 70.3
1995 51.9 70.2
1996 52.1 70.2
1997 52.4 70.2
1998 52.6 70.2
1999 53 70.5
2000 53.4 70.9
2001 53.8 71.3
2002 54.3 71.7
2003 54.8 72.2
2004 55.3 72.5
2005 55.8 72.8
2006 56.4 73
2007 56.9 73.3
2008 57.4 73.4
2009 57.9 73.5
2010 58.3 73.5
2011 58.8 72.3
2012 59.3 66.2
2013 59.8 65.1
2014 60.2 65.5
2015 60.6 63.3
2016 61.1 65.2
2017 61.5 65.7
2018 61.9 67.4
2019 62.3 71
2020 62.1 71.9
2021 62.4 72.4
2022 63.4 72.8
2023 63.7 72.1
2024 63.9 72.6
2025 64.1 73

Equatorial Guinea and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population
Equatorial Guinea

Syria
Year Population
Equatorial Guinea Syria
1960 269,807 4,673,500
1961 274,896 4,815,466
1962 280,286 4,959,340
1963 285,965 5,110,467
1964 291,942 5,269,087
1965 298,238 5,435,267
1966 304,859 5,609,047
1967 311,805 5,790,198
1968 318,849 5,978,742
1969 322,517 6,175,166
1970 320,803 6,380,609
1971 315,940 6,598,094
1972 309,468 6,826,024
1973 302,281 7,060,321
1974 294,953 7,302,160
1975 287,901 7,554,364
1976 281,031 7,817,320
1977 276,779 8,090,501
1978 276,531 8,372,759
1979 279,846 8,661,909
1980 288,644 8,957,663
1981 303,252 9,260,189
1982 322,216 9,572,511
1983 343,421 9,904,809
1984 364,899 10,258,398
1985 385,547 10,625,672
1986 404,728 11,002,844
1987 422,522 11,388,923
1988 439,651 11,782,264
1989 456,808 12,179,060
1990 474,274 12,579,208
1991 492,217 12,980,821
1992 510,770 13,385,571
1993 530,023 13,795,686
1994 550,138 14,208,583
1995 571,264 14,616,801
1996 593,492 15,018,104
1997 616,893 15,417,542
1998 641,474 15,820,413
1999 667,214 16,228,061
2000 703,279 16,637,888
2001 749,836 17,051,338
2002 797,957 17,468,332
2003 847,862 17,889,296
2004 899,917 18,336,875
2005 947,367 18,814,091
2006 990,343 19,637,022
2007 1,036,044 20,884,125
2008 1,084,530 21,636,564
2009 1,135,673 21,976,969
2010 1,189,085 22,482,421
2011 1,241,835 22,878,098
2012 1,293,483 22,759,763
2013 1,346,218 21,666,917
2014 1,399,828 20,273,659
2015 1,453,923 19,424,618
2016 1,508,186 19,193,834
2017 1,562,396 19,224,668
2018 1,616,422 19,577,845
2019 1,670,177 20,353,534
2020 1,716,468 21,049,429
2021 1,758,786 21,628,839
2022 1,803,545 22,462,173
2023 1,847,549 23,594,623
2024 1,892,516 24,672,760

Fertility rates in Equatorial Guinea and Syria

Fertility rate
Equatorial Guinea

Syria
Year Fertility rate
Equatorial Guinea Syria
1960 5.65 7.51
1961 5.66 7.5
1962 5.67 7.51
1963 5.69 7.51
1964 5.71 7.53
1965 5.73 7.53
1966 5.76 7.55
1967 5.78 7.56
1968 5.79 7.57
1969 5.8 7.59
1970 5.81 7.62
1971 5.81 7.6
1972 5.81 7.57
1973 5.8 7.55
1974 5.8 7.52
1975 5.79 7.49
1976 5.79 7.45
1977 5.8 7.42
1978 5.8 7.35
1979 5.82 7.25
1980 5.84 7.12
1981 5.86 6.97
1982 5.88 6.81
1983 5.9 6.69
1984 5.93 6.59
1985 5.95 6.48
1986 5.96 6.37
1987 5.97 6.2
1988 5.98 6
1989 5.99 5.78
1990 5.99 5.56
1991 5.99 5.34
1992 5.98 5.14
1993 5.98 4.99
1994 5.98 4.86
1995 5.97 4.7
1996 5.96 4.54
1997 5.94 4.37
1998 5.91 4.25
1999 5.88 4.14
2000 5.83 4.07
2001 5.79 3.98
2002 5.73 3.87
2003 5.68 3.76
2004 5.62 3.68
2005 5.56 3.61
2006 5.5 3.56
2007 5.43 3.54
2008 5.36 3.48
2009 5.29 3.42
2010 5.21 3.36
2011 5.13 3.29
2012 5.04 3.22
2013 4.95 3.17
2014 4.86 3.12
2015 4.77 3.07
2016 4.69 3.01
2017 4.6 2.97
2018 4.51 2.93
2019 4.43 2.88
2020 4.35 2.84
2021 4.27 2.8
2022 4.17 2.75
2023 4.08 2.71

Equatorial Guinea and Syria demographics compared

Median age
Equatorial Guinea

Syria
Year Median age, years
Equatorial Guinea Syria
1960 21.9 17.6
1961 21.7 17.3
1962 21.6 17.1
1963 21.4 16.9
1964 21.3 16.7
1965 21.1 16.5
1966 21 16.4
1967 20.8 16.2
1968 20.7 16.1
1969 20.5 16
1970 20.4 15.9
1971 20.2 15.8
1972 20.2 15.8
1973 20.1 15.7
1974 20 15.7
1975 19.9 15.7
1976 19.8 15.6
1977 19.6 15.6
1978 19.5 15.6
1979 19.4 15.6
1980 19.3 15.6
1981 19.2 15.6
1982 19.1 15.7
1983 19.3 15.8
1984 19.7 15.8
1985 19.9 15.9
1986 20 16
1987 20 16.1
1988 19.9 16.2
1989 19.8 16.4
1990 19.7 16.5
1991 19.5 16.7
1992 19.4 16.9
1993 19.2 17.1
1994 19.1 17.3
1995 19 17.5
1996 19 17.7
1997 18.9 17.9
1998 18.9 18.1
1999 18.9 18.3
2000 19 18.5
2001 19.1 18.8
2002 19.3 19
2003 19.4 19.2
2004 19.7 19.5
2005 19.9 19.7
2006 20.1 20.3
2007 20.4 21
2008 20.7 21.3
2009 20.9 21.5
2010 21.2 21.7
2011 21.3 21.9
2012 21.5 21.8
2013 21.6 21.2
2014 21.7 20.1
2015 21.9 19.5
2016 21.9 19.5
2017 22 19.6
2018 22.1 20.1
2019 22.2 20.9
2020 22.1 21.6
2021 22.1 22.2
2022 22.1 22.7
2023 22.1 23.3
2024 22 23.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Equatorial Guinea Syria
GNI, Atlas method
$8.96B
2024
$18.2B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.7%
2025
28.6%
2010
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.19%
1998
5.13%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.59%
2023
4.06%
2010
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
269,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.78%
2025
-7.79%
2010
Unemployment rate
8.6%
2014
8.61%
2010
Services, % of GDP
51.1%
2024
44.9%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
45.8%
2024
12%
2022
Economic freedom index
47.7
2025
51.2
2012
Income share by richest 10%
29.1%
2022
21.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2022
3.8%
2022
Total reserves including gold
$1.54B
2023
$20.6B
2010
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals n/a
2,424,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
2.22%
1996
32.2%
2010
Banked people share n/a
23.3%
2011

Energy

Equatorial Guinea Syria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,284 kg
2022
455 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.1
2022
$10.5
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.78 megatons
2023
25.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.04 tons
2023
1.08 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
99.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
4.2%
2022
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.75%
2022
0.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share
-423%
2022
61.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
745 kWh
2022
690 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
8.8%
2021
3.91%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.3%
2022
3.76%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
66.9%
2023
88.4%
2023

Society

Equatorial Guinea Syria
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.3%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,891
2024
+546,494
2024
Urban population
74.9%
2024
58%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.52 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.18 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
26.6
2025
17.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
13
2024
12
2024
Higher education index
2
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.31
2015
2.07
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
27.2
2019
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
66
2025
39
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.4%
2010
94.4%
2021
English speaking
1%
2025
4%
2025
People using the Internet
60.4%
2023
34.7%
2019

Health

Equatorial Guinea Syria
Government health expenditure per capita
$190.1
2022
$34.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$133.8
2022
$15.7
2022
Life expectancy
64.1 years
2025
73 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.83%
2022
20.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.14
2022
1.19
2016
Maternal mortality per 100K births
174
2023
20
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
70.6
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
18.6%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
8.2%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
27
2025
42
2025
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.56 liters
2020
0.09 liters
2020

Territory

Equatorial Guinea Syria
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
5,723 sq mi
2024
2,874 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
404 sq mi
2025
52,533 sq mi
2025
Forest area
9,357 sq mi
2025
2,016 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,790 mi
2017
n/a

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