Ethiopia vs Syria statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 25th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Ethiopia and Syria: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and Syria economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	Syria
1960	$1,610,511,694	$857,704,413
1961	$1,680,859,514	$945,244,972
1962	$1,747,566,307	$1,110,565,881
1963	$1,825,058,828	$1,200,447,408
1964	$1,984,129,186	$1,339,494,267
1965	$2,159,998,591	$1,472,036,540
1966	$2,324,466,416	$1,342,287,553
1967	$2,461,762,003	$1,580,229,799
1968	$2,619,948,865	$1,753,746,430
1969	$2,768,987,372	$2,245,011,515
1970	$3,045,354,455	$2,140,384,010
1971	$3,224,280,835	$2,589,851,325
1972	$3,520,252,938	$3,059,681,698
1973	$4,070,570,550	$3,239,487,516
1974	$4,577,209,966	$5,159,557,148
1975	$4,577,047,854	$6,826,980,444
1976	$4,943,806,093	$7,633,528,867
1977	$5,651,840,585	$7,696,011,396
1978	$6,014,961,435	$9,275,200,458
1979	$6,586,048,398	$9,929,681,529
1980	$7,012,585,454	$13,062,420,382
1981	$7,507,663,567	$15,518,201,335
1982	$7,899,988,841	$16,298,929,011
1983	$8,781,664,427	$17,589,277,143
1984	$8,298,309,581	$17,503,078,174
1985	$9,717,392,687	$16,403,539,893
1986	$10,094,328,898	$13,293,205,278
1987	$10,790,001,558	$11,356,215,543
1988	$11,181,119,718	$10,577,041,645
1989	$11,762,932,007	$9,853,395,762
1990	$12,478,943,895	$12,308,624,418
1991	$13,799,799,324	$12,981,833,333
1992	$10,754,799,037	$13,253,565,861
1993	$9,051,043,870	$13,695,962,055
1994	$7,100,806,754	$10,122,020,000
1995	$7,855,205,207	$11,396,706,587
1996	$8,761,215,548	$13,789,560,878
1997	$8,803,539,988	$14,505,233,463
1998	$8,013,274,132	$15,200,846,154
1999	$7,892,973,532	$15,873,875,969
2000	$8,242,349,618	$18,937,052,543
2001	$8,231,326,016	$20,237,024,725
2002	$7,850,809,498	$20,669,357,462
2003	$8,623,691,300	$21,828,144,686
2004	$10,131,187,261	$25,086,950,495
2005	$12,401,139,454	$28,858,965,517
2006	$15,280,861,835	$33,751,788,856
2007	$19,707,616,773	$40,465,318,382
2008	$27,066,912,635	$52,557,913,569
2009	$32,437,389,116	$54,111,735,629
2010	$29,933,790,334	$61,390,830,875
2011	$31,952,763,089	$67,539,428,159
2012	$43,310,721,414	$43,190,318,033
2013	$47,648,276,605	$21,361,254,635
2014	$55,612,228,234	$21,502,061,466
2015	$64,589,328,551	$16,466,863,117
2016	$74,296,766,562	$12,597,854,877
2017	$81,770,885,148	$16,369,843,352
2018	$84,269,180,857	$21,497,782,868
2019	$95,912,620,248	$22,583,045,060
2020	$107,657,732,424	$12,047,752,036
2021	$111,261,888,669	$14,353,205,678
2022	$126,772,707,851	$23,622,827,080
2023	-	$19,993,439,950

Ethiopia and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	Syria
1960	$75.3	$183.5
1961	$76.7	$196.3
1962	$77.8	$223.9
1963	$79.2	$234.9
1964	$83.8	$254.2
1965	$88.9	$270.8
1966	$93.2	$239.3
1967	$96.1	$272.9
1968	$99.5	$293.3
1969	$102.3	$364
1970	$109.4	$335
1971	$112.7	$393
1972	$119.8	$448
1973	$134.9	$459
1974	$147.9	$707
1975	$144.3	$904
1976	$152	$976
1977	$170.4	$951
1978	$178.3	$1,108
1979	$192.4	$1,146
1980	$203.7	$1,458
1981	$212.7	$1,676
1982	$215.3	$1,703
1983	$232.7	$1,776
1984	$214.2	$1,706
1985	$243.9	$1,544
1986	$246	$1,208
1987	$254.1	$997
1988	$253.2	$898
1989	$256.4	$809
1990	$262.1	$978
1991	$277.6	$1,000
1992	$207.4	$990
1993	$168.5	$993
1994	$127.7	$712
1995	$136.5	$780
1996	$147.3	$918
1997	$143.4	$941
1998	$126.5	$961
1999	$120.7	$978
2000	$122.3	$1,138
2001	$118.5	$1,187
2002	$109.6	$1,183
2003	$116.8	$1,220
2004	$133.2	$1,368
2005	$158.2	$1,534
2006	$189.3	$1,719
2007	$237.1	$1,938
2008	$316	$2,429
2009	$369	$2,462
2010	$331	$2,731
2011	$343	$2,952
2012	$452	$1,898
2013	$484	$986
2014	$550	$1,061
2015	$622	$848
2016	$696	$656
2017	$746	$852
2018	$748	$1,098
2019	$829	$1,110
2020	$905	$572
2021	$911	$664
2022	$1,011	$1,052
2023	-	$847

Ethiopia vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	Syria
1950	35.5	42.5
1951	35.9	43.4
1952	36.2	44.3
1953	36.6	45.3
1954	37	46.4
1955	37.3	47.4
1956	37.8	48.5
1957	32.2	49.6
1958	32.6	50.7
1959	39.2	51.7
1960	39.6	52.7
1961	40.2	53.7
1962	40.5	54.6
1963	41	55.4
1964	41.3	56.2
1965	41.4	56.9
1966	39.3	57.6
1967	41.9	58
1968	42.1	59.1
1969	42.1	59.8
1970	42.1	60.6
1971	42.2	61.3
1972	41	62
1973	41.1	60.8
1974	39.1	63.4
1975	38.9	64.2
1976	41.3	64.8
1977	41.4	65.4
1978	41.5	65.9
1979	42.4	66.2
1980	42.8	66.5
1981	43.1	64.6
1982	43.4	60.8
1983	36.3	67.4
1984	36.7	67.7
1985	37.7	68
1986	38.4	68.4
1987	45.9	68.8
1988	45.7	69.2
1989	45.6	69.5
1990	45.1	69.8
1991	46.7	70.1
1992	47.3	70.2
1993	47.7	70.3
1994	47.9	70.3
1995	48.2	70.2
1996	48.7	70.2
1997	49.2	70.2
1998	49.8	70.2
1999	49.5	70.5
2000	50.9	70.9
2001	51.4	71.3
2002	52.1	71.7
2003	52.9	72.2
2004	53.7	72.5
2005	54.4	72.8
2006	55.4	73
2007	56.6	73.3
2008	57.7	73.4
2009	58.7	73.5
2010	59.7	73.5
2011	60.6	72.3
2012	61.4	66.2
2013	62.2	65.1
2014	62.9	65.5
2015	63.6	63.3
2016	64.2	65.2
2017	64.8	65.7
2018	65.3	67.4
2019	65.7	71
2020	66	71.9
2021	65.3	72.4
2022	66.9	72.8
2023	67.3	72.1
2024	67.6	72.6
2025	67.9	73

Ethiopia and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	Syria
1960	21,376,693	4,673,500
1961	21,906,102	4,815,466
1962	22,465,126	4,959,340
1963	23,051,637	5,110,467
1964	23,666,548	5,269,087
1965	24,310,612	5,435,267
1966	24,952,689	5,609,047
1967	25,620,276	5,790,198
1968	26,337,930	5,978,742
1969	27,072,571	6,175,166
1970	27,829,128	6,380,609
1971	28,600,106	6,598,094
1972	29,374,608	6,826,024
1973	30,166,785	7,060,321
1974	30,957,273	7,302,160
1975	31,723,252	7,554,364
1976	32,534,418	7,817,320
1977	33,167,272	8,090,501
1978	33,734,592	8,372,759
1979	34,238,652	8,661,909
1980	34,428,514	8,957,663
1981	35,304,012	9,260,189
1982	36,701,290	9,572,511
1983	37,740,817	9,904,809
1984	38,735,722	10,258,398
1985	39,842,136	10,625,672
1986	41,037,656	11,002,844
1987	42,460,039	11,388,923
1988	44,150,825	11,782,264
1989	45,879,690	12,179,060
1990	47,609,755	12,579,208
1991	49,717,198	12,980,821
1992	51,853,747	13,385,571
1993	53,708,891	13,795,686
1994	55,611,508	14,208,583
1995	57,537,335	14,616,801
1996	59,467,635	15,018,104
1997	61,404,539	15,417,542
1998	63,363,524	15,820,413
1999	65,374,561	16,228,061
2000	67,411,494	16,637,888
2001	69,487,762	17,051,338
2002	71,635,517	17,468,332
2003	73,832,663	17,889,296
2004	76,077,206	18,336,875
2005	78,367,470	18,814,091
2006	80,703,490	19,637,022
2007	83,103,217	20,884,125
2008	85,543,668	21,636,564
2009	88,007,636	21,976,969
2010	90,538,514	22,482,421
2011	93,149,970	22,878,098
2012	95,798,767	22,759,763
2013	98,438,751	21,666,917
2014	101,115,610	20,273,659
2015	103,867,135	19,424,618
2016	106,718,162	19,193,834
2017	109,666,481	19,224,668
2018	112,664,152	19,577,845
2019	115,737,383	20,353,534
2020	118,917,671	21,049,429
2021	122,138,588	21,628,839
2022	125,384,287	22,462,173
2023	128,691,692	23,594,623
2024	132,059,767	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and Syria

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Syria
1960	6.51	7.51
1961	6.53	7.5
1962	6.56	7.51
1963	6.59	7.51
1964	6.61	7.53
1965	6.63	7.53
1966	6.66	7.55
1967	6.68	7.56
1968	6.7	7.57
1969	6.72	7.59
1970	6.78	7.62
1971	6.84	7.6
1972	6.9	7.57
1973	6.96	7.55
1974	7.02	7.52
1975	7.08	7.49
1976	7.13	7.45
1977	7.19	7.42
1978	7.23	7.35
1979	7.25	7.25
1980	7.29	7.12
1981	7.31	6.97
1982	7.34	6.81
1983	7.35	6.69
1984	7.36	6.59
1985	7.34	6.48
1986	7.32	6.37
1987	7.29	6.2
1988	7.26	6
1989	7.23	5.78
1990	7.2	5.56
1991	7.16	5.34
1992	7.13	5.14
1993	7.09	4.99
1994	7.05	4.86
1995	7	4.7
1996	6.93	4.54
1997	6.87	4.37
1998	6.79	4.25
1999	6.72	4.14
2000	6.65	4.07
2001	6.58	3.98
2002	6.5	3.87
2003	6.4	3.76
2004	6.3	3.68
2005	6.19	3.61
2006	6.05	3.56
2007	5.89	3.54
2008	5.7	3.48
2009	5.49	3.42
2010	5.28	3.36
2011	5.08	3.29
2012	4.89	3.22
2013	4.71	3.17
2014	4.61	3.12
2015	4.53	3.07
2016	4.47	3.01
2017	4.4	2.97
2018	4.37	2.93
2019	4.35	2.88
2020	4.27	2.84
2021	4.18	2.8
2022	4.08	2.75
2023	3.99	2.71

Ethiopia and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	Syria
1960	18.6	17.6
1961	18.6	17.3
1962	18.6	17.1
1963	18.6	16.9
1964	18.6	16.7
1965	18.6	16.5
1966	18.5	16.4
1967	18.5	16.2
1968	18.4	16.1
1969	18.3	16
1970	18.1	15.9
1971	17.9	15.8
1972	17.7	15.8
1973	17.6	15.7
1974	17.5	15.7
1975	17.3	15.7
1976	17.2	15.6
1977	17.1	15.6
1978	17	15.6
1979	16.9	15.6
1980	16.8	15.6
1981	16.8	15.6
1982	16.7	15.7
1983	16.7	15.8
1984	16.8	15.8
1985	16.9	15.9
1986	16.9	16
1987	16.9	16.1
1988	16.9	16.2
1989	16.9	16.4
1990	16.9	16.5
1991	16.9	16.7
1992	16.9	16.9
1993	16.8	17.1
1994	16.7	17.3
1995	16.6	17.5
1996	16.5	17.7
1997	16.4	17.9
1998	16.3	18.1
1999	16.2	18.3
2000	16.2	18.5
2001	16.1	18.8
2002	16.1	19
2003	16.1	19.2
2004	16.2	19.5
2005	16.2	19.7
2006	16.3	20.3
2007	16.4	21
2008	16.5	21.3
2009	16.7	21.5
2010	16.9	21.7
2011	17.1	21.9
2012	17.4	21.8
2013	17.6	21.2
2014	17.9	20.1
2015	18.1	19.5
2016	18.3	19.5
2017	18.6	19.6
2018	18.8	20.1
2019	19	20.9
2020	19.2	21.6
2021	19.4	22.2
2022	19.6	22.7
2023	19.7	23.3
2024	19.9	23.9

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