Kuwait vs Syria statistics compared

Kuwait has a population of 4.97M (ranked 127/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Kuwait's land area is 6,880 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 153rd vs. 87th).

By GDP, Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Kuwait and Syria: Comparison Charts

Kuwait and Syria economies compared

GDP

Kuwait

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Kuwait	Syria
1960	-	$857,704,413
1961	-	$945,244,972
1962	$1,828,107,503	$1,110,565,881
1963	$1,900,895,857	$1,200,447,408
1964	$2,071,668,533	$1,339,494,267
1965	$2,097,199,161	$1,472,036,540
1966	$2,391,199,044	$1,342,287,553
1967	$2,441,599,023	$1,580,229,799
1968	$2,662,798,935	$1,753,746,430
1969	$2,769,198,892	$2,245,011,515
1970	$2,873,638,851	$2,140,384,010
1971	$3,880,392,195	$2,589,851,325
1972	$4,450,537,925	$3,059,681,698
1973	$5,408,804,607	$3,239,487,516
1974	$13,006,948,296	$5,159,557,148
1975	$12,022,811,621	$6,826,980,444
1976	$13,132,252,802	$7,633,528,867
1977	$14,137,406,741	$7,696,011,396
1978	$15,503,557,496	$9,275,200,458
1979	$24,749,063,922	$9,929,681,529
1980	$28,638,868,356	$13,062,420,382
1981	$25,058,020,338	$15,518,201,335
1982	$21,577,153,356	$16,298,929,011
1983	$20,871,081,080	$17,589,277,143
1984	$21,700,082,753	$17,503,078,174
1985	$21,445,970,614	$16,403,539,893
1986	$17,903,989,745	$13,293,205,278
1987	$22,368,704,134	$11,356,215,543
1988	$20,690,322,153	$10,577,041,645
1989	$24,313,855,653	$9,853,395,762
1990	$18,427,777,778	$12,308,624,418
1991	$11,009,993,703	$12,981,833,333
1992	$19,858,555,215	$13,253,565,861
1993	$23,941,391,391	$13,695,962,055
1994	$24,848,483,838	$10,122,020,000
1995	$27,186,980,647	$11,396,706,587
1996	$31,492,373,309	$13,789,560,878
1997	$30,350,190,704	$14,505,233,463
1998	$25,943,705,784	$15,200,846,154
1999	$30,122,365,849	$15,873,875,969
2000	$37,718,743,480	$18,937,052,543
2001	$34,889,559,870	$20,237,024,725
2002	$38,135,788,414	$20,669,357,462
2003	$47,874,582,232	$21,828,144,686
2004	$59,439,090,601	$25,086,950,495
2005	$80,798,630,137	$28,858,965,517
2006	$101,557,330,723	$33,751,788,856
2007	$114,634,043,362	$40,465,318,382
2008	$147,379,737,230	$52,557,913,569
2009	$105,968,691,905	$54,111,735,629
2010	$115,416,245,238	$61,390,830,875
2011	$154,039,231,299	$67,539,428,159
2012	$174,047,662,555	$43,190,318,033
2013	$174,168,116,687	$21,361,254,635
2014	$162,650,450,785	$21,502,061,466
2015	$114,585,555,831	$16,466,863,117
2016	$109,406,674,088	$12,597,854,877
2017	$120,687,539,676	$16,369,843,352
2018	$138,646,316,322	$21,497,782,868
2019	$140,856,394,870	$22,583,045,060
2020	$111,045,470,461	$12,047,752,036
2021	$148,350,671,614	$14,353,205,678
2022	$183,502,046,669	$23,622,827,080
2023	$165,384,407,267	$19,993,439,950
2024	$160,227,273,001	-

Kuwait and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Kuwait

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kuwait	Syria
1960	-	$183.5
1961	-	$196.3
1962	$4,748	$223.9
1963	$4,445	$234.9
1964	$4,379	$254.2
1965	$4,024	$270.8
1966	$4,176	$239.3
1967	$3,887	$272.9
1968	$3,872	$293.3
1969	$3,695	$364
1970	$3,552	$335
1971	$4,486	$393
1972	$4,836	$448
1973	$5,532	$459
1974	$12,527	$707
1975	$10,882	$904
1976	$11,141	$976
1977	$11,238	$951
1978	$11,567	$1,108
1979	$17,386	$1,146
1980	$19,032	$1,458
1981	$15,825	$1,676
1982	$12,979	$1,703
1983	$11,965	$1,776
1984	$11,919	$1,706
1985	$11,322	$1,544
1986	$9,077	$1,208
1987	$10,896	$997
1988	$9,692	$898
1989	$10,965	$809
1990	$10,938	$978
1991	$8,147	$1,000
1992	$12,146	$990
1993	$14,318	$993
1994	$14,930	$712
1995	$16,168	$780
1996	$18,201	$918
1997	$16,977	$941
1998	$14,067	$961
1999	$15,854	$978
2000	$19,296	$1,138
2001	$17,374	$1,187
2002	$18,513	$1,183
2003	$22,691	$1,220
2004	$27,552	$1,368
2005	$36,123	$1,534
2006	$42,947	$1,719
2007	$45,709	$1,938
2008	$55,585	$2,429
2009	$37,907	$2,462
2010	$39,212	$2,731
2011	$49,170	$2,952
2012	$52,155	$1,898
2013	$49,651	$986
2014	$44,369	$1,061
2015	$29,882	$848
2016	$27,324	$656
2017	$29,048	$852
2018	$32,068	$1,098
2019	$31,708	$1,110
2020	$25,236	$572
2021	$34,019	$664
2022	$39,982	$1,052
2023	$34,076	$847
2024	$32,214	-

Kuwait vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kuwait

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kuwait	Syria
1950	49.7	42.5
1951	50.6	43.4
1952	51.4	44.3
1953	52.3	45.3
1954	53.1	46.4
1955	54	47.4
1956	54.9	48.5
1957	55.9	49.6
1958	56.9	50.7
1959	57.9	51.7
1960	58.9	52.7
1961	60	53.7
1962	61	54.6
1963	62	55.4
1964	63	56.2
1965	63.9	56.9
1966	64.9	57.6
1967	65.8	58
1968	66.6	59.1
1969	67.3	59.8
1970	68	60.6
1971	68.5	61.3
1972	68.9	62
1973	69.2	60.8
1974	69.4	63.4
1975	69.7	64.2
1976	69.9	64.8
1977	70.2	65.4
1978	70.5	65.9
1979	70.8	66.2
1980	71.1	66.5
1981	71.5	64.6
1982	71.9	60.8
1983	72.4	67.4
1984	72.9	67.7
1985	73.3	68
1986	73.8	68.4
1987	74.2	68.8
1988	74.6	69.2
1989	75	69.5
1990	72.9	69.8
1991	73.3	70.1
1992	75.7	70.2
1993	75.8	70.3
1994	75.7	70.3
1995	75.7	70.2
1996	75.6	70.2
1997	75.6	70.2
1998	75.6	70.2
1999	75.7	70.5
2000	75.9	70.9
2001	76	71.3
2002	76.2	71.7
2003	76.3	72.2
2004	76.4	72.5
2005	76.5	72.8
2006	76.6	73
2007	76.7	73.3
2008	76.9	73.4
2009	77.2	73.5
2010	77.5	73.5
2011	77.9	72.3
2012	78.2	66.2
2013	78.6	65.1
2014	78.9	65.5
2015	79.2	63.3
2016	79.5	65.2
2017	79.7	65.7
2018	79.9	67.4
2019	80	71
2020	78.2	71.9
2021	77.6	72.4
2022	78.8	72.8
2023	80.4	72.1
2024	80.6	72.6
2025	80.8	73

Kuwait and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Kuwait

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Kuwait	Syria
1960	311,060	4,673,500
1961	345,945	4,815,466
1962	384,995	4,959,340
1963	427,694	5,110,467
1964	473,115	5,269,087
1965	521,174	5,435,267
1966	572,590	5,609,047
1967	628,089	5,790,198
1968	687,716	5,978,742
1969	749,452	6,175,166
1970	809,114	6,380,609
1971	865,076	6,598,094
1972	920,352	6,826,024
1973	977,654	7,060,321
1974	1,038,346	7,302,160
1975	1,104,863	7,554,364
1976	1,178,711	7,817,320
1977	1,258,023	8,090,501
1978	1,340,319	8,372,759
1979	1,423,514	8,661,909
1980	1,504,782	8,957,663
1981	1,583,426	9,260,189
1982	1,662,480	9,572,511
1983	1,744,295	9,904,809
1984	1,820,688	10,258,398
1985	1,894,242	10,625,672
1986	1,972,520	11,002,844
1987	2,052,994	11,388,923
1988	2,134,707	11,782,264
1989	2,217,468	12,179,060
1990	1,684,819	12,579,208
1991	1,351,399	12,980,821
1992	1,634,961	13,385,571
1993	1,672,151	13,795,686
1994	1,664,361	14,208,583
1995	1,681,513	14,616,801
1996	1,730,246	15,018,104
1997	1,787,683	15,417,542
1998	1,844,302	15,820,413
1999	1,900,030	16,228,061
2000	1,954,709	16,637,888
2001	2,008,121	17,051,338
2002	2,059,974	17,468,332
2003	2,109,881	17,889,296
2004	2,157,320	18,336,875
2005	2,236,788	18,814,091
2006	2,364,733	19,637,022
2007	2,507,887	20,884,125
2008	2,651,421	21,636,564
2009	2,795,484	21,976,969
2010	2,943,372	22,482,421
2011	3,132,814	22,878,098
2012	3,337,109	22,759,763
2013	3,507,844	21,666,917
2014	3,665,876	20,273,659
2015	3,834,574	19,424,618
2016	4,004,096	19,193,834
2017	4,154,812	19,224,668
2018	4,323,515	19,577,845
2019	4,442,316	20,353,534
2020	4,400,267	21,049,429
2021	4,360,865	21,628,839
2022	4,589,643	22,462,173
2023	4,853,420	23,594,623
2024	4,973,861	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Kuwait and Syria

Fertility rate

Kuwait

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	Syria
1960	7.22	7.51
1961	7.25	7.5
1962	7.25	7.51
1963	7.28	7.51
1964	7.29	7.53
1965	7.31	7.53
1966	7.34	7.55
1967	7.33	7.56
1968	7.28	7.57
1969	7.18	7.59
1970	7.03	7.62
1971	6.84	7.6
1972	6.64	7.57
1973	6.43	7.55
1974	6.23	7.52
1975	6.06	7.49
1976	5.9	7.45
1977	5.71	7.42
1978	5.52	7.35
1979	5.33	7.25
1980	5.18	7.12
1981	5.02	6.97
1982	4.85	6.81
1983	4.66	6.69
1984	4.45	6.59
1985	4.22	6.48
1986	4	6.37
1987	3.83	6.2
1988	3.7	6
1989	3.59	5.78
1990	3.49	5.56
1991	3.4	5.34
1992	3.35	5.14
1993	3.31	4.99
1994	3.27	4.86
1995	3.25	4.7
1996	3.22	4.54
1997	3.14	4.37
1998	3.04	4.25
1999	2.95	4.14
2000	2.89	4.07
2001	2.84	3.98
2002	2.8	3.87
2003	2.77	3.76
2004	2.76	3.68
2005	2.73	3.61
2006	2.59	3.56
2007	2.41	3.54
2008	2.27	3.48
2009	2.15	3.42
2010	2.04	3.36
2011	1.96	3.29
2012	1.99	3.22
2013	1.97	3.17
2014	2.06	3.12
2015	2.03	3.07
2016	2.06	3.01
2017	2.16	2.97
2018	2.12	2.93
2019	2.08	2.88
2020	2.03	2.84
2021	2.15	2.8
2022	1.55	2.75
2023	1.52	2.71

Kuwait and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Kuwait

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kuwait	Syria
1960	22	17.6
1961	21.8	17.3
1962	21.5	17.1
1963	21	16.9
1964	20.7	16.7
1965	20.4	16.5
1966	20	16.4
1967	19.6	16.2
1968	19.2	16.1
1969	18.8	16
1970	18.5	15.9
1971	18.3	15.8
1972	18.3	15.8
1973	18.3	15.7
1974	18.4	15.7
1975	18.4	15.7
1976	18.7	15.6
1977	19.2	15.6
1978	19.6	15.6
1979	20.1	15.6
1980	20.5	15.6
1981	20.9	15.6
1982	21.3	15.7
1983	21.7	15.8
1984	22.1	15.8
1985	22.4	15.9
1986	22.7	16
1987	22.8	16.1
1988	23	16.2
1989	23.2	16.4
1990	23.4	16.5
1991	23.6	16.7
1992	23.8	16.9
1993	24.2	17.1
1994	25.1	17.3
1995	25.5	17.5
1996	25.5	17.7
1997	25.5	17.9
1998	25.5	18.1
1999	25.6	18.3
2000	25.9	18.5
2001	26.3	18.8
2002	26.8	19
2003	27.3	19.2
2004	27.9	19.5
2005	28.3	19.7
2006	28.5	20.3
2007	28.6	21
2008	28.8	21.3
2009	29.2	21.5
2010	29.6	21.7
2011	30.5	21.9
2012	31.5	21.8
2013	32.3	21.2
2014	33	20.1
2015	33.8	19.5
2016	34.7	19.5
2017	35.6	19.6
2018	36.4	20.1
2019	37.1	20.9
2020	37.7	21.6
2021	35.8	22.2
2022	34.4	22.7
2023	35.5	23.3
2024	35.8	23.9

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