Japan vs Syria statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 61st vs. 87th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Japan and Syria: Comparison Charts

Japan and Syria economies compared

GDP

Japan

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Syria
1960	$47,419,238,274	$857,704,413
1961	$57,266,758,180	$945,244,972
1962	$64,987,857,542	$1,110,565,881
1963	$74,379,284,603	$1,200,447,408
1964	$87,490,590,818	$1,339,494,267
1965	$97,338,107,606	$1,472,036,540
1966	$113,046,784,179	$1,342,287,553
1967	$132,475,614,227	$1,580,229,799
1968	$156,897,496,759	$1,753,746,430
1969	$184,298,841,305	$2,245,011,515
1970	$217,223,652,719	$2,140,384,010
1971	$245,364,056,622	$2,589,851,325
1972	$324,933,841,269	$3,059,681,698
1973	$441,460,582,536	$3,239,487,516
1974	$490,035,789,970	$5,159,557,148
1975	$532,861,438,885	$6,826,980,444
1976	$598,883,902,156	$7,633,528,867
1977	$737,069,290,928	$7,696,011,396
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$9,275,200,458
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$9,929,681,529
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$13,062,420,382
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$15,518,201,335
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$16,298,929,011
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$17,589,277,143
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$17,503,078,174
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$16,403,539,893
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$13,293,205,278
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$11,356,215,543
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$10,577,041,645
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$9,853,395,762
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$12,308,624,418
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$12,981,833,333
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$13,253,565,861
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$13,695,962,055
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$10,122,020,000
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$11,396,706,587
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$13,789,560,878
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$14,505,233,463
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$15,200,846,154
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$15,873,875,969
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$18,937,052,543
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$20,237,024,725
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$20,669,357,462
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$21,828,144,686
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$25,086,950,495
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$28,858,965,517
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$33,751,788,856
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$40,465,318,382
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$52,557,913,569
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$54,111,735,629
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$61,390,830,875
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$67,539,428,159
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$43,190,318,033
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$21,361,254,635
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$21,502,061,466
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$16,466,863,117
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$12,597,854,877
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$16,369,843,352
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$21,497,782,868
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$22,583,045,060
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$12,047,752,036
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$14,353,205,678
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$23,622,827,080
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$19,993,439,950
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	-

Japan and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Syria
1960	$509	$183.5
1961	$609	$196.3
1962	$685	$223.9
1963	$776	$234.9
1964	$903	$254.2
1965	$994	$270.8
1966	$1,144	$239.3
1967	$1,326	$272.9
1968	$1,553	$293.3
1969	$1,803	$364
1970	$2,101	$335
1971	$2,321	$393
1972	$3,031	$448
1973	$4,061	$459
1974	$4,448	$707
1975	$4,776	$904
1976	$5,310	$976
1977	$6,473	$951
1978	$9,012	$1,108
1979	$9,301	$1,146
1980	$9,669	$1,458
1981	$10,583	$1,676
1982	$9,780	$1,703
1983	$10,652	$1,776
1984	$11,207	$1,706
1985	$11,809	$1,544
1986	$17,452	$1,208
1987	$21,142	$997
1988	$25,500	$898
1989	$25,266	$809
1990	$25,801	$978
1991	$29,428	$1,000
1992	$31,993	$990
1993	$36,345	$993
1994	$39,934	$712
1995	$44,198	$780
1996	$39,150	$918
1997	$35,638	$941
1998	$32,424	$961
1999	$36,610	$978
2000	$39,169	$1,138
2001	$34,406	$1,187
2002	$32,821	$1,183
2003	$35,387	$1,220
2004	$38,299	$1,368
2005	$37,813	$1,534
2006	$35,992	$1,719
2007	$35,779	$1,938
2008	$39,876	$2,429
2009	$41,309	$2,462
2010	$44,968	$2,731
2011	$48,760	$2,952
2012	$49,145	$1,898
2013	$40,899	$986
2014	$38,475	$1,061
2015	$34,961	$848
2016	$39,375	$656
2017	$38,834	$852
2018	$39,751	$1,098
2019	$40,416	$1,110
2020	$40,029	$572
2021	$40,095	$664
2022	$34,066	$1,052
2023	$33,836	$847
2024	$32,476	-

Japan vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Syria
1950	59.3	42.5
1951	61	43.4
1952	63	44.3
1953	63.3	45.3
1954	64.5	46.4
1955	65.7	47.4
1956	65.6	48.5
1957	65.4	49.6
1958	67	50.7
1959	67.5	51.7
1960	67.7	52.7
1961	68.4	53.7
1962	68.7	54.6
1963	69.7	55.4
1964	70.2	56.2
1965	70.3	56.9
1966	71.1	57.6
1967	71.4	58
1968	71.7	59.1
1969	71.9	59.8
1970	72	60.6
1971	72.8	61.3
1972	73.3	62
1973	73.4	60.8
1974	73.8	63.4
1975	74.4	64.2
1976	74.8	64.8
1977	75.3	65.4
1978	75.7	65.9
1979	76.2	66.2
1980	76.1	66.5
1981	76.6	64.6
1982	77.1	60.8
1983	77.1	67.4
1984	77.5	67.7
1985	77.8	68
1986	78.2	68.4
1987	78.6	68.8
1988	78.5	69.2
1989	79	69.5
1990	79	69.8
1991	79.3	70.1
1992	79.3	70.2
1993	79.4	70.3
1994	79.8	70.3
1995	79.7	70.2
1996	80.4	70.2
1997	80.6	70.2
1998	80.6	70.2
1999	80.6	70.5
2000	81.2	70.9
2001	81.5	71.3
2002	81.8	71.7
2003	81.9	72.2
2004	82.1	72.5
2005	82	72.8
2006	82.4	73
2007	82.5	73.3
2008	82.6	73.4
2009	83	73.5
2010	82.9	73.5
2011	82.7	72.3
2012	83.2	66.2
2013	83.4	65.1
2014	83.6	65.5
2015	83.9	63.3
2016	84.1	65.2
2017	84.2	65.7
2018	84.3	67.4
2019	84.4	71
2020	84.7	71.9
2021	84.6	72.4
2022	84.1	72.8
2023	84.7	72.1
2024	84.9	72.6
2025	85	73

Japan and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Syria
1960	93,216,000	4,673,500
1961	94,055,000	4,815,466
1962	94,933,000	4,959,340
1963	95,900,000	5,110,467
1964	96,903,000	5,269,087
1965	97,952,000	5,435,267
1966	98,851,000	5,609,047
1967	99,879,000	5,790,198
1968	101,011,000	5,978,742
1969	102,219,000	6,175,166
1970	103,403,000	6,380,609
1971	105,697,000	6,598,094
1972	107,188,000	6,826,024
1973	108,707,000	7,060,321
1974	110,162,000	7,302,160
1975	111,573,000	7,554,364
1976	112,775,000	7,817,320
1977	113,872,000	8,090,501
1978	114,913,000	8,372,759
1979	115,890,000	8,661,909
1980	116,807,000	8,957,663
1981	117,661,000	9,260,189
1982	118,480,000	9,572,511
1983	119,307,000	9,904,809
1984	120,083,000	10,258,398
1985	120,837,000	10,625,672
1986	121,482,000	11,002,844
1987	122,069,000	11,388,923
1988	122,578,000	11,782,264
1989	123,069,000	12,179,060
1990	123,478,000	12,579,208
1991	123,964,000	12,980,821
1992	124,425,000	13,385,571
1993	124,829,000	13,795,686
1994	125,178,000	14,208,583
1995	125,472,000	14,616,801
1996	125,757,000	15,018,104
1997	126,057,000	15,417,542
1998	126,400,000	15,820,413
1999	126,631,000	16,228,061
2000	126,843,000	16,637,888
2001	127,149,000	17,051,338
2002	127,445,000	17,468,332
2003	127,718,000	17,889,296
2004	127,761,000	18,336,875
2005	127,773,000	18,814,091
2006	127,854,000	19,637,022
2007	128,001,000	20,884,125
2008	128,063,000	21,636,564
2009	128,047,000	21,976,969
2010	128,070,000	22,482,421
2011	127,833,000	22,878,098
2012	127,629,000	22,759,763
2013	127,445,000	21,666,917
2014	127,276,000	20,273,659
2015	127,141,000	19,424,618
2016	127,076,000	19,193,834
2017	126,972,000	19,224,668
2018	126,811,000	19,577,845
2019	126,633,000	20,353,534
2020	126,261,000	21,049,429
2021	125,681,593	21,628,839
2022	125,124,989	22,462,173
2023	124,516,650	23,594,623
2024	123,975,371	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Japan and Syria

Fertility rate

Japan

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Syria
1960	2	7.51
1961	1.96	7.5
1962	1.98	7.51
1963	2	7.51
1964	2.05	7.53
1965	2.14	7.53
1966	1.58	7.55
1967	2.23	7.56
1968	2.13	7.57
1969	2.13	7.59
1970	2.13	7.62
1971	2.16	7.6
1972	2.14	7.57
1973	2.14	7.55
1974	2.05	7.52
1975	1.91	7.49
1976	1.85	7.45
1977	1.8	7.42
1978	1.79	7.35
1979	1.77	7.25
1980	1.75	7.12
1981	1.74	6.97
1982	1.77	6.81
1983	1.8	6.69
1984	1.81	6.59
1985	1.76	6.48
1986	1.72	6.37
1987	1.69	6.2
1988	1.66	6
1989	1.57	5.78
1990	1.54	5.56
1991	1.53	5.34
1992	1.5	5.14
1993	1.46	4.99
1994	1.5	4.86
1995	1.42	4.7
1996	1.43	4.54
1997	1.39	4.37
1998	1.38	4.25
1999	1.34	4.14
2000	1.36	4.07
2001	1.33	3.98
2002	1.32	3.87
2003	1.29	3.76
2004	1.29	3.68
2005	1.26	3.61
2006	1.32	3.56
2007	1.34	3.54
2008	1.37	3.48
2009	1.37	3.42
2010	1.39	3.36
2011	1.39	3.29
2012	1.41	3.22
2013	1.43	3.17
2014	1.42	3.12
2015	1.45	3.07
2016	1.44	3.01
2017	1.43	2.97
2018	1.42	2.93
2019	1.36	2.88
2020	1.33	2.84
2021	1.3	2.8
2022	1.26	2.75
2023	1.2	2.71

Japan and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Syria
1960	25.8	17.6
1961	26.2	17.3
1962	26.5	17.1
1963	26.9	16.9
1964	27.2	16.7
1965	27.6	16.5
1966	28	16.4
1967	28.4	16.2
1968	28.6	16.1
1969	28.9	16
1970	29.2	15.9
1971	29.6	15.8
1972	29.9	15.8
1973	30.2	15.7
1974	30.4	15.7
1975	30.6	15.7
1976	30.9	15.6
1977	31.5	15.6
1978	32	15.6
1979	32.4	15.6
1980	32.8	15.6
1981	33.1	15.6
1982	33.7	15.7
1983	34.3	15.8
1984	34.9	15.8
1985	35.4	15.9
1986	35.9	16
1987	36.3	16.1
1988	36.8	16.2
1989	37.2	16.4
1990	37.7	16.5
1991	38.2	16.7
1992	38.7	16.9
1993	39.2	17.1
1994	39.6	17.3
1995	40	17.5
1996	40.3	17.7
1997	40.7	17.9
1998	41	18.1
1999	41.4	18.3
2000	41.8	18.5
2001	42.1	18.8
2002	42.5	19
2003	42.8	19.2
2004	43.2	19.5
2005	43.6	19.7
2006	43.9	20.3
2007	44.2	21
2008	44.6	21.3
2009	44.9	21.5
2010	45.2	21.7
2011	45.5	21.9
2012	45.8	21.8
2013	46.2	21.2
2014	46.6	20.1
2015	47	19.5
2016	47.3	19.5
2017	47.6	19.6
2018	48	20.1
2019	48.3	20.9
2020	48.7	21.6
2021	49.1	22.2
2022	49.5	22.7
2023	50	23.3
2024	50.4	23.9

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