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Eswatini vs Syria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Eswatini has a population of 1.24M (ranked 157/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Eswatini's land area is 6,641 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 154th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Eswatini ranks 162/197 ($4.89B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Eswatini ranks 131/197 ($3,936), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Main facts and rankings

Eswatini Syria
Population
1267161
26304877
Population rank 156/197 57/197
GDP
$4.89B
2024
$20B
2023
GDP rank 162/197 129/197
GDP per capita
$3,936
2024
$847
2023
GDP per capita rank 131/197 184/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$11,784
2024
$4,650
2023
Government debt
$1.82B
2024
$18.4B
2010
Debt-to-GDP ratio
38.7%
2025
30%
2010
Government debt per person
$1,465
2024
$820
2010
Government debt per person rank 129/185 148/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,418
2025
$731
2025
Land area
6,641 sq mi
2025
70,900 sq mi
2025
Population density
187.1 ppl/mi²
2024
348 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.75
2023
2.71
2023
Median age
23.2 years
2024
23.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
64.4 years
2025
73 years
2025

Eswatini and Syria: Comparison Charts

Eswatini and Syria economies compared

GDP
Eswatini

Syria
Year GDP
Eswatini Syria
1960 $35,076,846 $857,704,413
1961 $43,026,043 $945,244,972
1962 $45,927,962 $1,110,565,881
1963 $54,129,438 $1,200,447,408
1964 $64,980,554 $1,339,494,267
1965 $70,279,972 $1,472,036,540
1966 $76,859,969 $1,342,287,553
1967 $74,759,970 $1,580,229,799
1968 $79,799,968 $1,753,746,430
1969 $105,419,958 $2,245,011,515
1970 $112,139,955 $2,140,384,010
1971 $136,462,081 $2,589,851,325
1972 $146,736,479 $3,059,681,698
1973 $221,915,128 $3,239,487,516
1974 $264,320,941 $5,159,557,148
1975 $288,299,789 $6,826,980,444
1976 $272,550,068 $7,633,528,867
1977 $304,060,076 $7,696,011,396
1978 $340,630,085 $9,275,200,458
1979 $412,093,134 $9,929,681,529
1980 $541,976,853 $13,062,420,382
1981 $570,774,825 $15,518,201,335
1982 $537,568,059 $16,298,929,011
1983 $555,336,146 $17,589,277,143
1984 $494,483,409 $17,503,078,174
1985 $360,079,419 $16,403,539,893
1986 $449,140,318 $13,293,205,278
1987 $584,126,092 $11,356,215,543
1988 $692,026,455 $10,577,041,645
1989 $696,921,542 $9,853,395,762
1990 $1,114,694,041 $12,308,624,418
1991 $1,156,135,718 $12,981,833,333
1992 $1,284,759,928 $13,253,565,861
1993 $1,357,189,552 $13,695,962,055
1994 $1,419,294,254 $10,122,020,000
1995 $1,698,989,464 $11,396,706,587
1996 $1,602,741,834 $13,789,560,878
1997 $1,716,714,070 $14,505,233,463
1998 $1,576,908,856 $15,200,846,154
1999 $1,547,888,496 $15,873,875,969
2000 $1,738,093,840 $18,937,052,543
2001 $1,542,477,309 $20,237,024,725
2002 $1,432,221,739 $20,669,357,462
2003 $2,197,598,466 $21,828,144,686
2004 $2,770,082,792 $25,086,950,495
2005 $3,178,112,499 $28,858,965,517
2006 $3,291,330,019 $33,751,788,856
2007 $3,469,381,231 $40,465,318,382
2008 $3,294,084,314 $52,557,913,569
2009 $3,580,428,053 $54,111,735,629
2010 $4,438,765,086 $61,390,830,875
2011 $4,820,478,680 $67,539,428,159
2012 $4,886,551,484 $43,190,318,033
2013 $4,464,726,181 $21,361,254,635
2014 $4,286,015,248 $21,502,061,466
2015 $3,909,281,650 $16,466,863,117
2016 $3,724,180,911 $12,597,854,877
2017 $4,463,673,661 $16,369,843,352
2018 $4,644,696,656 $21,497,782,868
2019 $4,616,996,145 $22,583,045,060
2020 $4,120,621,325 $12,047,752,036
2021 $4,785,708,166 $14,353,205,678
2022 $4,741,163,885 $23,622,827,080
2023 $4,604,172,127 $19,993,439,950
2024 $4,891,883,720 -

Eswatini and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita
Eswatini

Syria
Year GDP per capita
Eswatini Syria
1960 $101.6 $183.5
1961 $121.8 $196.3
1962 $127.1 $223.9
1963 $146.4 $234.9
1964 $171.6 $254.2
1965 $181 $270.8
1966 $192.7 $239.3
1967 $182.8 $272.9
1968 $190.4 $293.3
1969 $245.2 $364
1970 $254.2 $335
1971 $301 $393
1972 $315 $448
1973 $463 $459
1974 $536 $707
1975 $568 $904
1976 $521 $976
1977 $563 $951
1978 $610 $1,108
1979 $714 $1,146
1980 $908 $1,458
1981 $925 $1,676
1982 $843 $1,703
1983 $843 $1,776
1984 $726 $1,706
1985 $510 $1,544
1986 $611 $1,208
1987 $765 $997
1988 $865 $898
1989 $832 $809
1990 $1,278 $978
1991 $1,273 $1,000
1992 $1,362 $990
1993 $1,397 $993
1994 $1,461 $712
1995 $1,751 $780
1996 $1,619 $918
1997 $1,705 $941
1998 $1,547 $961
1999 $1,502 $978
2000 $1,669 $1,138
2001 $1,468 $1,187
2002 $1,352 $1,183
2003 $2,060 $1,220
2004 $2,581 $1,368
2005 $2,945 $1,534
2006 $3,035 $1,719
2007 $3,181 $1,938
2008 $3,000 $2,429
2009 $3,240 $2,462
2010 $3,993 $2,731
2011 $4,312 $2,952
2012 $4,348 $1,898
2013 $3,951 $986
2014 $3,772 $1,061
2015 $3,421 $848
2016 $3,240 $656
2017 $3,854 $852
2018 $3,973 $1,098
2019 $3,913 $1,110
2020 $3,455 $572
2021 $3,966 $664
2022 $3,890 $1,052
2023 $3,742 $847
2024 $3,936 -

Eswatini vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Eswatini

Syria
Year Life expectancy, years
Eswatini Syria
1950 43.4 42.5
1951 43.7 43.4
1952 44 44.3
1953 44.3 45.3
1954 44.6 46.4
1955 44.8 47.4
1956 45.1 48.5
1957 45.4 49.6
1958 45.8 50.7
1959 46.1 51.7
1960 46.4 52.7
1961 46.7 53.7
1962 47.1 54.6
1963 47.5 55.4
1964 47.9 56.2
1965 48.4 56.9
1966 49 57.6
1967 49.5 58
1968 50.1 59.1
1969 50.6 59.8
1970 51.2 60.6
1971 51.8 61.3
1972 52.4 62
1973 53 60.8
1974 53.7 63.4
1975 54.4 64.2
1976 55.2 64.8
1977 56 65.4
1978 56.8 65.9
1979 57.5 66.2
1980 58.2 66.5
1981 58.8 64.6
1982 59.5 60.8
1983 58.4 67.4
1984 60.4 67.7
1985 61.2 68
1986 61.6 68.4
1987 61.9 68.8
1988 61.9 69.2
1989 61.7 69.5
1990 61.2 69.8
1991 60.4 70.1
1992 59.3 70.2
1993 58.1 70.3
1994 56.6 70.3
1995 55.1 70.2
1996 53.3 70.2
1997 51.7 70.2
1998 50.1 70.2
1999 48.8 70.5
2000 47.6 70.9
2001 46.3 71.3
2002 45.4 71.7
2003 44.6 72.2
2004 43.9 72.5
2005 44 72.8
2006 44.6 73
2007 45.2 73.3
2008 45.9 73.4
2009 46.9 73.5
2010 48.3 73.5
2011 49.1 72.3
2012 50.7 66.2
2013 52.1 65.1
2014 53.5 65.5
2015 54.9 63.3
2016 56.2 65.2
2017 57.6 65.7
2018 58.7 67.4
2019 59.8 71
2020 59.9 71.9
2021 58.2 72.4
2022 63 72.8
2023 64.1 72.1
2024 64.3 72.6
2025 64.4 73

Eswatini and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population
Eswatini

Syria
Year Population
Eswatini Syria
1960 345,337 4,673,500
1961 353,264 4,815,466
1962 361,365 4,959,340
1963 369,759 5,110,467
1964 378,656 5,269,087
1965 388,336 5,435,267
1966 398,766 5,609,047
1967 409,031 5,790,198
1968 419,147 5,978,742
1969 429,875 6,175,166
1970 441,216 6,380,609
1971 453,183 6,598,094
1972 465,788 6,826,024
1973 479,038 7,060,321
1974 492,988 7,302,160
1975 507,673 7,554,364
1976 523,330 7,817,320
1977 540,348 8,090,501
1978 558,446 8,372,759
1979 577,199 8,661,909
1980 596,644 8,957,663
1981 616,808 9,260,189
1982 637,652 9,572,511
1983 658,957 9,904,809
1984 680,783 10,258,398
1985 706,196 10,625,672
1986 734,732 11,002,844
1987 763,811 11,388,923
1988 799,798 11,782,264
1989 837,800 12,179,060
1990 872,428 12,579,208
1991 908,189 12,980,821
1992 943,416 13,385,571
1993 971,318 13,795,686
1994 971,212 14,208,583
1995 970,433 14,616,801
1996 989,841 15,018,104
1997 1,006,635 15,417,542
1998 1,019,653 15,820,413
1999 1,030,782 16,228,061
2000 1,041,414 16,637,888
2001 1,051,064 17,051,338
2002 1,059,441 17,468,332
2003 1,066,700 17,889,296
2004 1,073,159 18,336,875
2005 1,079,022 18,814,091
2006 1,084,436 19,637,022
2007 1,090,705 20,884,125
2008 1,098,091 21,636,564
2009 1,105,153 21,976,969
2010 1,111,650 22,482,421
2011 1,117,833 22,878,098
2012 1,123,863 22,759,763
2013 1,129,990 21,666,917
2014 1,136,299 20,273,659
2015 1,142,813 19,424,618
2016 1,149,507 19,193,834
2017 1,158,195 19,224,668
2018 1,168,929 19,577,845
2019 1,179,874 20,353,534
2020 1,192,729 21,049,429
2021 1,206,593 21,628,839
2022 1,218,917 22,462,173
2023 1,230,506 23,594,623
2024 1,242,822 24,672,760

Fertility rates in Eswatini and Syria

Fertility rate
Eswatini

Syria
Year Fertility rate
Eswatini Syria
1960 6.75 7.51
1961 6.77 7.5
1962 6.79 7.51
1963 6.8 7.51
1964 6.79 7.53
1965 6.79 7.53
1966 6.8 7.55
1967 6.77 7.56
1968 6.76 7.57
1969 6.76 7.59
1970 6.75 7.62
1971 6.74 7.6
1972 6.72 7.57
1973 6.72 7.55
1974 6.71 7.52
1975 6.71 7.49
1976 6.7 7.45
1977 6.68 7.42
1978 6.65 7.35
1979 6.61 7.25
1980 6.57 7.12
1981 6.54 6.97
1982 6.49 6.81
1983 6.43 6.69
1984 6.36 6.59
1985 6.28 6.48
1986 6.11 6.37
1987 5.9 6.2
1988 5.69 6
1989 5.48 5.78
1990 5.3 5.56
1991 5.13 5.34
1992 4.98 5.14
1993 4.82 4.99
1994 4.66 4.86
1995 4.52 4.7
1996 4.38 4.54
1997 4.24 4.37
1998 4.13 4.25
1999 4.09 4.14
2000 4.03 4.07
2001 3.94 3.98
2002 3.85 3.87
2003 3.8 3.76
2004 3.76 3.68
2005 3.7 3.61
2006 3.63 3.56
2007 3.58 3.54
2008 3.57 3.48
2009 3.5 3.42
2010 3.38 3.36
2011 3.32 3.29
2012 3.27 3.22
2013 3.24 3.17
2014 3.18 3.12
2015 3.12 3.07
2016 3.07 3.01
2017 3.02 2.97
2018 2.97 2.93
2019 2.93 2.88
2020 2.89 2.84
2021 2.84 2.8
2022 2.8 2.75
2023 2.75 2.71

Eswatini and Syria demographics compared

Median age
Eswatini

Syria
Year Median age, years
Eswatini Syria
1960 16.6 17.6
1961 16.4 17.3
1962 16.3 17.1
1963 16.1 16.9
1964 16.1 16.7
1965 16.1 16.5
1966 16.1 16.4
1967 16.1 16.2
1968 16.2 16.1
1969 16.2 16
1970 16.3 15.9
1971 16.3 15.8
1972 16.3 15.8
1973 16.2 15.7
1974 16.2 15.7
1975 16.1 15.7
1976 16 15.6
1977 15.9 15.6
1978 15.8 15.6
1979 15.7 15.6
1980 15.6 15.6
1981 15.5 15.6
1982 15.4 15.7
1983 15.3 15.8
1984 15.3 15.8
1985 15.2 15.9
1986 15.3 16
1987 15.3 16.1
1988 15.6 16.2
1989 15.9 16.4
1990 16.1 16.5
1991 16.3 16.7
1992 16.5 16.9
1993 16.7 17.1
1994 16.3 17.3
1995 16.1 17.5
1996 16.3 17.7
1997 16.6 17.9
1998 16.9 18.1
1999 17.3 18.3
2000 17.6 18.5
2001 17.8 18.8
2002 18.1 19
2003 18.3 19.2
2004 18.5 19.5
2005 18.6 19.7
2006 18.7 20.3
2007 18.9 21
2008 19.1 21.3
2009 19.4 21.5
2010 19.6 21.7
2011 19.9 21.9
2012 20.2 21.8
2013 20.5 21.2
2014 20.7 20.1
2015 21 19.5
2016 21.2 19.5
2017 21.5 19.6
2018 21.8 20.1
2019 22.1 20.9
2020 22.4 21.6
2021 22.6 22.2
2022 22.8 22.7
2023 23 23.3
2024 23.2 23.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Eswatini Syria
GNI, Atlas method
$4.45B
2024
$18.2B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
32.8%
2025
28.6%
2010
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.03%
2024
5.13%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.57%
2023
4.06%
2010
Armed forces personnel
3,000
1999
269,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.51%
2025
-7.79%
2010
Unemployment rate
34.6%
2023
8.61%
2010
Services, % of GDP
51.7%
2023
44.9%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
34.7%
2023
12%
2022
Economic freedom index
56.4
2025
51.2
2012
Income share by richest 10%
42.7%
2016
21.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.4%
2016
3.8%
2022
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
6
2007
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$234M
2007
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$479M
2023
$20.6B
2010
Personal remittances received
$33.3M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
345,299
2020
2,424,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
0.4%
2020
32.2%
2010
Banked people share
65.1%
2024
23.3%
2011

Energy

Eswatini Syria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
959 kg
2022
455 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$11.1
2022
$10.5
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.39 megatons
2023
25.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.13 tons
2023
1.08 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
99.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
64.7%
2022
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.99%
2022
0.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share
20.6%
2022
61.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
1,137 kWh
2022
690 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
83.1%
2021
3.91%
2021
Hydroelectric share
60.4%
2022
3.76%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
86.4%
2023
88.4%
2023

Society

Eswatini Syria
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.3%
2024
Annual migration change
-6,754
2024
+546,494
2024
Urban population
25%
2024
58%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.56 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
30.5
2025
17.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
27
2024
12
2024
Higher education index
28
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
12.7
2021
2.07
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
33.5
2019
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
81
2025
39
2025
Adult literacy rate
90.8%
2022
94.4%
2021
English speaking
48.2%
2023
4%
2025
People using the Internet
57.6%
2023
34.7%
2019

Health

Eswatini Syria
Government health expenditure per capita
$283.9
2022
$34.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$29.4
2022
$15.7
2022
Life expectancy
64.4 years
2025
73 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
28%
2022
20.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.59
2022
1.19
2016
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2017
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
118
2023
20
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
45
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
30.6%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
7.9%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
36
2025
42
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.5%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.79 liters
2020
0.09 liters
2020

Territory

Eswatini Syria
% of world land
0.01%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
5,343 sq mi
2024
2,874 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,614 sq mi
2025
52,533 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,935 sq mi
2025
2,016 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,342 mi
2019
n/a

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