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Estonia vs Syria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Estonia has a population of 1.37M (ranked 153/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Estonia's land area is 16,498 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 129th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Estonia ranks 102/197 ($42.8B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Estonia ranks 40/197 ($31,170), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Main facts and rankings

Estonia Syria
Population
1355535
26304877
Population rank 155/197 57/197
GDP
$42.8B
2024
$20B
2023
GDP rank 102/197 129/197
GDP per capita
$31,170
2024
$847
2023
GDP per capita rank 40/197 184/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$49,334
2024
$4,650
2023
Government debt
$10.1B
2024
$18.4B
2010
Debt-to-GDP ratio
25.4%
2025
30%
2010
Government debt per person
$7,362
2024
$820
2010
Government debt per person rank 66/185 148/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$21,368
2025
$731
2025
Land area
16,498 sq mi
2025
70,900 sq mi
2025
Population density
83.2 ppl/mi²
2024
348 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.31
2023
2.71
2023
Median age
43.3 years
2024
23.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
79.5 years
2025
73 years
2025

Estonia and Syria: Comparison Charts

Estonia and Syria economies compared

GDP
Estonia

Syria
Year GDP
Estonia 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 - $12,308,624,418
1991 - $12,981,833,333
1992 - $13,253,565,861
1993 $4,013,091,682 $13,695,962,055
1994 $4,123,011,420 $10,122,020,000
1995 $4,502,970,889 $11,396,706,587
1996 $4,786,018,988 $13,789,560,878
1997 $5,154,420,649 $14,505,233,463
1998 $5,674,080,543 $15,200,846,154
1999 $5,756,912,266 $15,873,875,969
2000 $5,686,579,748 $18,937,052,543
2001 $6,250,218,423 $20,237,024,725
2002 $7,370,119,619 $20,669,357,462
2003 $9,876,595,528 $21,828,144,686
2004 $12,148,595,031 $25,086,950,495
2005 $14,109,491,357 $28,858,965,517
2006 $17,025,671,810 $33,751,788,856
2007 $22,450,264,166 $40,465,318,382
2008 $24,342,935,404 $52,557,913,569
2009 $19,633,984,440 $54,111,735,629
2010 $19,524,355,419 $61,390,830,875
2011 $23,303,915,795 $67,539,428,159
2012 $23,237,406,116 $43,190,318,033
2013 $25,451,032,781 $21,361,254,635
2014 $27,055,689,003 $21,502,061,466
2015 $23,311,847,751 $16,466,863,117
2016 $24,561,027,788 $12,597,854,877
2017 $27,469,461,919 $16,369,843,352
2018 $31,222,632,741 $21,497,782,868
2019 $31,873,748,770 $22,583,045,060
2020 $31,820,771,494 $12,047,752,036
2021 $37,204,563,051 $14,353,205,678
2022 $38,376,046,175 $23,622,827,080
2023 $41,291,245,222 $19,993,439,950
2024 $42,764,929,169 -

Estonia and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita
Estonia

Syria
Year GDP per capita
Estonia 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 - $978
1991 - $1,000
1992 - $990
1993 $2,686 $993
1994 $2,819 $712
1995 $3,134 $780
1996 $3,381 $918
1997 $3,683 $941
1998 $4,093 $961
1999 $4,141 $978
2000 $4,071 $1,138
2001 $4,503 $1,187
2002 $5,343 $1,183
2003 $7,205 $1,220
2004 $8,916 $1,368
2005 $10,415 $1,534
2006 $12,641 $1,719
2007 $16,745 $1,938
2008 $18,206 $2,429
2009 $14,712 $2,462
2010 $14,664 $2,731
2011 $17,556 $2,952
2012 $17,568 $1,898
2013 $19,310 $986
2014 $20,582 $1,061
2015 $17,722 $848
2016 $18,666 $656
2017 $20,852 $852
2018 $23,618 $1,098
2019 $24,021 $1,110
2020 $23,934 $572
2021 $27,954 $664
2022 $28,451 $1,052
2023 $30,133 $847
2024 $31,170 -

Estonia vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Estonia

Syria
Year Life expectancy, years
Estonia Syria
1950 66.4 42.5
1951 66.8 43.4
1952 67.2 44.3
1953 67.5 45.3
1954 67.8 46.4
1955 68.2 47.4
1956 68.5 48.5
1957 68.8 49.6
1958 68.8 50.7
1959 68.7 51.7
1960 69.3 52.7
1961 69.6 53.7
1962 69.8 54.6
1963 69.9 55.4
1964 70.6 56.2
1965 70.7 56.9
1966 70.7 57.6
1967 71 58
1968 70.6 59.1
1969 70.3 59.8
1970 70.4 60.6
1971 70.6 61.3
1972 70.4 62
1973 70.7 60.8
1974 70.8 63.4
1975 70.1 64.2
1976 69.7 64.8
1977 69.8 65.4
1978 69.7 65.9
1979 69.4 66.2
1980 69.5 66.5
1981 69.3 64.6
1982 69.9 60.8
1983 69.8 67.4
1984 69.6 67.7
1985 69.8 68
1986 70.9 68.4
1987 70.9 68.8
1988 71 69.2
1989 70.5 69.5
1990 69.9 69.8
1991 69.8 70.1
1992 69.2 70.2
1993 68.2 70.3
1994 66.7 70.3
1995 67.8 70.2
1996 70 70.2
1997 70.2 70.2
1998 69.8 70.2
1999 70.7 70.5
2000 71 70.9
2001 70.8 71.3
2002 71.4 71.7
2003 71.9 72.2
2004 72.4 72.5
2005 73 72.8
2006 73.2 73
2007 73.2 73.3
2008 74.3 73.4
2009 75.2 73.5
2010 75.9 73.5
2011 76.3 72.3
2012 76.4 66.2
2013 77.3 65.1
2014 77.1 65.5
2015 77.7 63.3
2016 77.8 65.2
2017 78.2 65.7
2018 78.3 67.4
2019 78.8 71
2020 78.9 71.9
2021 77.4 72.4
2022 78.2 72.8
2023 79.2 72.1
2024 79.3 72.6
2025 79.5 73

Estonia and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population
Estonia

Syria
Year Population
Estonia Syria
1960 1,211,537 4,673,500
1961 1,225,077 4,815,466
1962 1,241,623 4,959,340
1963 1,258,857 5,110,467
1964 1,277,086 5,269,087
1965 1,294,566 5,435,267
1966 1,308,597 5,609,047
1967 1,318,946 5,790,198
1968 1,331,214 5,978,742
1969 1,345,249 6,175,166
1970 1,360,076 6,380,609
1971 1,376,955 6,598,094
1972 1,392,518 6,826,024
1973 1,405,951 7,060,321
1974 1,418,169 7,302,160
1975 1,429,352 7,554,364
1976 1,439,576 7,817,320
1977 1,450,211 8,090,501
1978 1,460,188 8,372,759
1979 1,468,333 8,661,909
1980 1,477,219 8,957,663
1981 1,487,666 9,260,189
1982 1,498,414 9,572,511
1983 1,508,745 9,904,809
1984 1,518,617 10,258,398
1985 1,528,781 10,625,672
1986 1,540,190 11,002,844
1987 1,552,221 11,388,923
1988 1,561,900 11,782,264
1989 1,568,131 12,179,060
1990 1,569,174 12,579,208
1991 1,561,314 12,980,821
1992 1,533,091 13,385,571
1993 1,494,128 13,795,686
1994 1,462,514 14,208,583
1995 1,436,634 14,616,801
1996 1,415,594 15,018,104
1997 1,399,535 15,417,542
1998 1,386,156 15,820,413
1999 1,390,244 16,228,061
2000 1,396,985 16,637,888
2001 1,388,115 17,051,338
2002 1,379,350 17,468,332
2003 1,370,720 17,889,296
2004 1,362,550 18,336,875
2005 1,354,775 18,814,091
2006 1,346,810 19,637,022
2007 1,340,680 20,884,125
2008 1,337,090 21,636,564
2009 1,334,515 21,976,969
2010 1,331,475 22,482,421
2011 1,327,439 22,878,098
2012 1,322,696 22,759,763
2013 1,317,997 21,666,917
2014 1,314,545 20,273,659
2015 1,315,407 19,424,618
2016 1,315,790 19,193,834
2017 1,317,384 19,224,668
2018 1,321,977 19,577,845
2019 1,326,898 20,353,534
2020 1,329,522 21,049,429
2021 1,330,932 21,628,839
2022 1,348,840 22,462,173
2023 1,370,286 23,594,623
2024 1,371,986 24,672,760

Fertility rates in Estonia and Syria

Fertility rate
Estonia

Syria
Year Fertility rate
Estonia Syria
1960 1.98 7.51
1961 1.98 7.5
1962 1.95 7.51
1963 1.89 7.51
1964 1.94 7.53
1965 1.88 7.53
1966 1.87 7.55
1967 1.9 7.56
1968 2.03 7.57
1969 2.13 7.59
1970 2.17 7.62
1971 2.19 7.6
1972 2.13 7.57
1973 2.06 7.55
1974 2.07 7.52
1975 2.04 7.49
1976 2.07 7.45
1977 2.06 7.42
1978 2.02 7.35
1979 2 7.25
1980 2.02 7.12
1981 2.07 6.97
1982 2.07 6.81
1983 2.16 6.69
1984 2.17 6.59
1985 2.13 6.48
1986 2.18 6.37
1987 2.27 6.2
1988 2.27 6
1989 2.22 5.78
1990 2.05 5.56
1991 1.8 5.34
1992 1.71 5.14
1993 1.49 4.99
1994 1.42 4.86
1995 1.38 4.7
1996 1.37 4.54
1997 1.32 4.37
1998 1.28 4.25
1999 1.3 4.14
2000 1.36 4.07
2001 1.32 3.98
2002 1.36 3.87
2003 1.37 3.76
2004 1.47 3.68
2005 1.52 3.61
2006 1.58 3.56
2007 1.69 3.54
2008 1.72 3.48
2009 1.7 3.42
2010 1.72 3.36
2011 1.61 3.29
2012 1.56 3.22
2013 1.52 3.17
2014 1.54 3.12
2015 1.58 3.07
2016 1.6 3.01
2017 1.59 2.97
2018 1.67 2.93
2019 1.66 2.88
2020 1.58 2.84
2021 1.61 2.8
2022 1.41 2.75
2023 1.31 2.71

Estonia and Syria demographics compared

Median age
Estonia

Syria
Year Median age, years
Estonia Syria
1960 32.2 17.6
1961 32.4 17.3
1962 32.5 17.1
1963 32.7 16.9
1964 32.8 16.7
1965 33 16.5
1966 33.2 16.4
1967 33.4 16.2
1968 33.6 16.1
1969 33.7 16
1970 33.7 15.9
1971 33.8 15.8
1972 33.9 15.8
1973 34.1 15.7
1974 34.2 15.7
1975 34.2 15.7
1976 34.3 15.6
1977 34.3 15.6
1978 34.2 15.6
1979 34 15.6
1980 33.9 15.6
1981 33.8 15.6
1982 33.8 15.7
1983 33.9 15.8
1984 33.9 15.8
1985 33.9 15.9
1986 34 16
1987 34 16.1
1988 34.1 16.2
1989 34.2 16.4
1990 34.3 16.5
1991 34.6 16.7
1992 35 16.9
1993 35.6 17.1
1994 36 17.3
1995 36.3 17.5
1996 36.7 17.7
1997 37 17.9
1998 37.3 18.1
1999 37.6 18.3
2000 38 18.5
2001 38.3 18.8
2002 38.5 19
2003 38.8 19.2
2004 39.1 19.5
2005 39.3 19.7
2006 39.6 20.3
2007 39.7 21
2008 39.8 21.3
2009 40 21.5
2010 40.3 21.7
2011 40.6 21.9
2012 40.9 21.8
2013 41.1 21.2
2014 41.4 20.1
2015 41.5 19.5
2016 41.7 19.5
2017 41.9 19.6
2018 42 20.1
2019 42.2 20.9
2020 42.4 21.6
2021 42.5 22.2
2022 42.7 22.7
2023 42.9 23.3
2024 43.3 23.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Estonia Syria
GNI, Atlas method
$39.4B
2024
$18.2B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.4%
2025
28.6%
2010
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.21%
2022
5.13%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.87%
2023
4.06%
2010
Armed forces personnel
7,000
2020
269,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.69%
2025
-7.79%
2010
Unemployment rate
7.5%
2024
8.61%
2010
Services, % of GDP
65.1%
2024
44.9%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
20.5%
2024
12%
2022
Economic freedom index
78.9
2025
51.2
2012
Income share by richest 10%
23.7%
2023
21.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
3.1%
2023
3.8%
2022
Number of billionaires
2
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
14
2003
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$2.07B
2024
$20.6B
2010
Personal remittances received
$496M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
1,695,000
2020
2,424,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
3.98%
2020
32.2%
2010
Banked people share
98.9%
2024
23.3%
2011

Energy

Estonia Syria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,089 kg
2023
455 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.1
2023
$10.5
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
11.4 megatons
2023
25.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
8.35 tons
2023
1.08 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
60.9%
2023
99.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
38%
2021
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.9%
2023
0.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share
3.77%
2023
61.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
5,722 kWh
2023
690 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
40%
2021
3.91%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.42%
2023
3.76%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
88.4%
2023

Society

Estonia Syria
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.3%
2024
Annual migration change
-7,742
2024
+546,494
2024
Urban population
70%
2024
58%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
6 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.53 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
82
2025
17.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2024
12
2024
Higher education index
81
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.54
2023
2.07
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.5
2019
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
39
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2021
94.4%
2021
English speaking
50.2%
2023
4%
2025
People using the Internet
92.2%
2024
34.7%
2019

Health

Estonia Syria
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,999
2022
$34.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$463
2022
$15.7
2022
Life expectancy
79.5 years
2025
73 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.01%
2022
20.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.44
2021
1.19
2016
Age at first childbirth
28.7 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
5
2023
20
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.1
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
22.8%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
95
2025
42
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
28.3%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.7 liters
2020
0.09 liters
2020

Territory

Estonia Syria
% of world land
0.03%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
12,025 sq mi
2024
2,874 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
3,815 sq mi
2025
52,533 sq mi
2025
Forest area
9,415 sq mi
2025
2,016 sq mi
2025

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