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Marshall Islands vs Syria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Marshall Islands has a population of 37.5K (ranked 192/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). The Marshall Islands' land area is 69.5 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 191st vs. 87th).

By GDP, The Marshall Islands ranks 194/197 ($280M) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, The Marshall Islands ranks 100/197 ($7,467), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Main facts and rankings

Marshall Islands Syria
Population
36281
26304877
Population rank 192/197 57/197
GDP
$280M
2024
$20B
2023
GDP rank 194/197 129/197
GDP per capita
$7,467
2024
$847
2023
GDP per capita rank 100/197 184/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$8,198
2024
$4,650
2023
Government debt
$46.8M
2024
$18.4B
2010
Debt-to-GDP ratio
15.3%
2025
30%
2010
Government debt per person
$1,245
2024
$820
2010
Government debt per person rank 136/185 148/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,868
2025
$731
2025
Land area
69.5 sq mi
2025
70,900 sq mi
2025
Population density
540 ppl/mi²
2024
348 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.92
2023
2.71
2023
Median age
21.8 years
2024
23.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
67.2 years
2025
73 years
2025

Marshall Islands and Syria: Comparison Charts

Marshall Islands and Syria economies compared

GDP
Marshall Islands

Syria
Year GDP
Marshall Islands 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 $8,408,486 $2,140,384,010
1971 $9,116,810 $2,589,851,325
1972 $9,973,652 $3,059,681,698
1973 $11,607,366 $3,239,487,516
1974 $15,217,532 $5,159,557,148
1975 $16,691,301 $6,826,980,444
1976 $18,153,647 $7,633,528,867
1977 $20,210,069 $7,696,011,396
1978 $22,209,370 $9,275,200,458
1979 $25,545,346 $9,929,681,529
1980 $26,710,653 $13,062,420,382
1981 $31,020,000 $15,518,201,335
1982 $34,918,000 $16,298,929,011
1983 $41,749,000 $17,589,277,143
1984 $45,144,000 $17,503,078,174
1985 $43,879,000 $16,403,539,893
1986 $55,989,000 $13,293,205,278
1987 $62,983,000 $11,356,215,543
1988 $70,688,000 $10,577,041,645
1989 $72,798,000 $9,853,395,762
1990 $78,476,000 $12,308,624,418
1991 $82,507,000 $12,981,833,333
1992 $91,063,000 $13,253,565,861
1993 $99,461,000 $13,695,962,055
1994 $108,071,000 $10,122,020,000
1995 $120,230,000 $11,396,706,587
1996 $110,858,000 $13,789,560,878
1997 $109,884,700 $14,505,233,463
1998 $112,070,100 $15,200,846,154
1999 $113,352,100 $15,873,875,969
2000 $114,838,500 $18,937,052,543
2001 $122,406,100 $20,237,024,725
2002 $131,960,000 $20,669,357,462
2003 $131,128,500 $21,828,144,686
2004 $132,900,000 $25,086,950,495
2005 $138,000,000 $28,858,965,517
2006 $143,200,000 $33,751,788,856
2007 $150,500,000 $40,465,318,382
2008 $146,600,000 $52,557,913,569
2009 $151,200,000 $54,111,735,629
2010 $161,100,000 $61,390,830,875
2011 $172,300,000 $67,539,428,159
2012 $180,700,000 $43,190,318,033
2013 $186,400,000 $21,361,254,635
2014 $186,000,000 $21,502,061,466
2015 $183,700,000 $16,466,863,117
2016 $201,800,000 $12,597,854,877
2017 $213,700,000 $16,369,843,352
2018 $220,000,000 $21,497,782,868
2019 $232,900,000 $22,583,045,060
2020 $241,800,000 $12,047,752,036
2021 $258,900,000 $14,353,205,678
2022 $253,400,000 $23,622,827,080
2023 $259,300,000 $19,993,439,950
2024 $280,357,844 -

Marshall Islands and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita
Marshall Islands

Syria
Year GDP per capita
Marshall Islands 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 $373 $335
1971 $390 $393
1972 $416 $448
1973 $472 $459
1974 $602 $707
1975 $638 $904
1976 $672 $976
1977 $724 $951
1978 $771 $1,108
1979 $859 $1,146
1980 $868 $1,458
1981 $969 $1,676
1982 $1,046 $1,703
1983 $1,199 $1,776
1984 $1,245 $1,706
1985 $1,162 $1,544
1986 $1,425 $1,208
1987 $1,543 $997
1988 $1,670 $898
1989 $1,670 $809
1990 $1,758 $978
1991 $1,811 $1,000
1992 $1,963 $990
1993 $2,112 $993
1994 $2,265 $712
1995 $2,491 $780
1996 $2,273 $918
1997 $2,231 $941
1998 $2,254 $961
1999 $2,258 $978
2000 $2,265 $1,138
2001 $2,394 $1,187
2002 $2,566 $1,183
2003 $2,539 $1,220
2004 $2,566 $1,368
2005 $2,659 $1,534
2006 $2,754 $1,719
2007 $2,892 $1,938
2008 $2,818 $2,429
2009 $2,907 $2,462
2010 $3,095 $2,731
2011 $3,319 $2,952
2012 $3,514 $1,898
2013 $3,678 $986
2014 $3,735 $1,061
2015 $3,764 $848
2016 $4,230 $656
2017 $4,593 $852
2018 $4,858 $1,098
2019 $5,292 $1,110
2020 $5,662 $572
2021 $6,259 $664
2022 $6,323 $1,052
2023 $6,678 $847
2024 $7,467 -

Marshall Islands vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Marshall Islands

Syria
Year Life expectancy, years
Marshall Islands Syria
1950 52.6 42.5
1951 52.7 43.4
1952 52.7 44.3
1953 52.8 45.3
1954 52.9 46.4
1955 53 47.4
1956 53.2 48.5
1957 53.4 49.6
1958 53.6 50.7
1959 54 51.7
1960 54.4 52.7
1961 54.7 53.7
1962 55.2 54.6
1963 55.7 55.4
1964 56.3 56.2
1965 56.8 56.9
1966 57.3 57.6
1967 57.8 58
1968 58.2 59.1
1969 58.5 59.8
1970 58.8 60.6
1971 59.1 61.3
1972 59.5 62
1973 59.8 60.8
1974 60.1 63.4
1975 60.3 64.2
1976 60.4 64.8
1977 60.6 65.4
1978 60.7 65.9
1979 60.8 66.2
1980 61 66.5
1981 61.1 64.6
1982 61.3 60.8
1983 61.5 67.4
1984 61.6 67.7
1985 61.7 68
1986 61.8 68.4
1987 61.8 68.8
1988 61.8 69.2
1989 61.7 69.5
1990 61.8 69.8
1991 61.8 70.1
1992 61.9 70.2
1993 62.1 70.3
1994 62.3 70.3
1995 62.5 70.2
1996 62.8 70.2
1997 63 70.2
1998 63.2 70.2
1999 63.4 70.5
2000 63.3 70.9
2001 63.7 71.3
2002 63.8 71.7
2003 64 72.2
2004 64 72.5
2005 64.1 72.8
2006 64.2 73
2007 64.3 73.3
2008 64.3 73.4
2009 64.4 73.5
2010 64.5 73.5
2011 64.6 72.3
2012 64.8 66.2
2013 65 65.1
2014 65.1 65.5
2015 65.3 63.3
2016 65.5 65.2
2017 65.7 65.7
2018 65.9 67.4
2019 66 71
2020 65.4 71.9
2021 65.4 72.4
2022 66.7 72.8
2023 66.9 72.1
2024 67.1 72.6
2025 67.2 73

Marshall Islands and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population
Marshall Islands

Syria
Year Population
Marshall Islands Syria
1960 14,703 4,673,500
1961 15,219 4,815,466
1962 15,755 4,959,340
1963 16,302 5,110,467
1964 16,852 5,269,087
1965 17,402 5,435,267
1966 17,927 5,609,047
1967 18,655 5,790,198
1968 19,862 5,978,742
1969 21,305 6,175,166
1970 22,530 6,380,609
1971 23,366 6,598,094
1972 23,992 6,826,024
1973 24,581 7,060,321
1974 25,296 7,302,160
1975 26,154 7,554,364
1976 27,021 7,817,320
1977 27,906 8,090,501
1978 28,809 8,372,759
1979 29,738 8,661,909
1980 30,774 8,957,663
1981 32,017 9,260,189
1982 33,397 9,572,511
1983 34,811 9,904,809
1984 36,264 10,258,398
1985 37,761 10,625,672
1986 39,286 11,002,844
1987 40,828 11,388,923
1988 42,321 11,782,264
1989 43,586 12,179,060
1990 44,629 12,579,208
1991 45,568 12,980,821
1992 46,388 13,385,571
1993 47,093 13,795,686
1994 47,712 14,208,583
1995 48,266 14,616,801
1996 48,775 15,018,104
1997 49,259 15,417,542
1998 49,717 15,820,413
1999 50,202 16,228,061
2000 50,706 16,637,888
2001 51,123 17,051,338
2002 51,425 17,468,332
2003 51,639 17,889,296
2004 51,791 18,336,875
2005 51,906 18,814,091
2006 51,992 19,637,022
2007 52,035 20,884,125
2008 52,030 21,636,564
2009 52,019 21,976,969
2010 52,044 22,482,421
2011 51,907 22,878,098
2012 51,419 22,759,763
2013 50,681 21,666,917
2014 49,796 20,273,659
2015 48,800 19,424,618
2016 47,709 19,193,834
2017 46,529 19,224,668
2018 45,285 19,577,845
2019 44,007 20,353,534
2020 42,706 21,049,429
2021 41,367 21,628,839
2022 40,077 22,462,173
2023 38,827 23,594,623
2024 37,548 24,672,760

Fertility rates in Marshall Islands and Syria

Fertility rate
Marshall Islands

Syria
Year Fertility rate
Marshall Islands Syria
1960 8.08 7.51
1961 8.12 7.5
1962 8.12 7.51
1963 8.12 7.51
1964 8.14 7.53
1965 8.16 7.53
1966 8.2 7.55
1967 8.17 7.56
1968 8.14 7.57
1969 8.11 7.59
1970 8.07 7.62
1971 8.04 7.6
1972 8 7.57
1973 7.95 7.55
1974 7.9 7.52
1975 7.83 7.49
1976 7.76 7.45
1977 7.67 7.42
1978 7.58 7.35
1979 7.47 7.25
1980 7.37 7.12
1981 7.27 6.97
1982 7.18 6.81
1983 7.08 6.69
1984 6.99 6.59
1985 6.87 6.48
1986 6.73 6.37
1987 6.57 6.2
1988 6.38 6
1989 6.18 5.78
1990 5.97 5.56
1991 5.76 5.34
1992 5.55 5.14
1993 5.38 4.99
1994 5.23 4.86
1995 5.09 4.7
1996 5.02 4.54
1997 4.96 4.37
1998 4.87 4.25
1999 4.78 4.14
2000 4.7 4.07
2001 4.58 3.98
2002 4.49 3.87
2003 4.42 3.76
2004 4.34 3.68
2005 4.28 3.61
2006 4.2 3.56
2007 4.09 3.54
2008 3.97 3.48
2009 3.83 3.42
2010 3.67 3.36
2011 3.53 3.29
2012 3.38 3.22
2013 3.25 3.17
2014 3.18 3.12
2015 3.13 3.07
2016 3.09 3.01
2017 3.06 2.97
2018 3.04 2.93
2019 3.01 2.88
2020 2.99 2.84
2021 2.96 2.8
2022 2.94 2.75
2023 2.92 2.71

Marshall Islands and Syria demographics compared

Median age
Marshall Islands

Syria
Year Median age, years
Marshall Islands Syria
1960 17.4 17.6
1961 17 17.3
1962 16.7 17.1
1963 16.4 16.9
1964 16.3 16.7
1965 16.3 16.5
1966 16.4 16.4
1967 16.6 16.2
1968 16.9 16.1
1969 17.2 16
1970 17.4 15.9
1971 17.1 15.8
1972 16.6 15.8
1973 16.2 15.7
1974 16 15.7
1975 15.9 15.7
1976 15.7 15.6
1977 15.5 15.6
1978 15.3 15.6
1979 15.1 15.6
1980 15 15.6
1981 14.9 15.6
1982 14.9 15.7
1983 14.9 15.8
1984 14.8 15.8
1985 14.8 15.9
1986 14.7 16
1987 14.7 16.1
1988 14.7 16.2
1989 14.8 16.4
1990 14.9 16.5
1991 15.2 16.7
1992 15.4 16.9
1993 15.8 17.1
1994 16.1 17.3
1995 16.5 17.5
1996 16.9 17.7
1997 17.2 17.9
1998 17.6 18.1
1999 17.9 18.3
2000 18.2 18.5
2001 18.5 18.8
2002 18.8 19
2003 19.1 19.2
2004 19.4 19.5
2005 19.7 19.7
2006 19.9 20.3
2007 20.2 21
2008 20.4 21.3
2009 20.5 21.5
2010 20.6 21.7
2011 20.6 21.9
2012 20.8 21.8
2013 21 21.2
2014 21.3 20.1
2015 21.6 19.5
2016 21.9 19.5
2017 22.2 19.6
2018 22.4 20.1
2019 22.6 20.9
2020 22.6 21.6
2021 22.5 22.2
2022 22.2 22.7
2023 21.9 23.3
2024 21.8 23.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Marshall Islands Syria
GNI, Atlas method
$315M
2024
$18.2B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
71.9%
2025
28.6%
2010
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.7%
2022
5.13%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
4.06%
2010
Armed forces personnel n/a
269,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.51%
2025
-7.79%
2010
Unemployment rate
9.82%
2021
8.61%
2010
Services, % of GDP
70.5%
2023
44.9%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
11.1%
2023
12%
2022
Economic freedom index
58
2025
51.2
2012
Income share by richest 10%
27.5%
2019
21.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.8%
2019
3.8%
2022
Total reserves including gold n/a
$20.6B
2010
Personal remittances received
$34.5M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
6,099
2019
2,424,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
15.6%
2018
32.2%
2010
Banked people share n/a
23.3%
2011

Energy

Marshall Islands Syria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
615 kg
2007
455 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.38
2007
$10.5
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0 megatons
2023
25.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0 tons
2023
1.08 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
99.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.2%
2022
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
61.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
690 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
2.43%
2021
3.91%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
3.76%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
88.4%
2023

Society

Marshall Islands Syria
% of world population
0.0005%
2024
0.3%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,765
2024
+546,494
2024
Urban population
79.2%
2024
58%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.08 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.9
2025
17.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
64
2025
12
2024
Higher education index n/a
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.01
1994
2.07
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.7
2013
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
126
2025
39
2025
Adult literacy rate
95.8%
2021
94.4%
2021
English speaking
98.3%
2023
4%
2025
People using the Internet
65.7%
2023
34.7%
2019

Health

Marshall Islands Syria
Government health expenditure per capita
$758
2022
$34.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$9.1
2022
$15.7
2022
Life expectancy
67.2 years
2025
73 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
60.1%
2022
20.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.46
2012
1.19
2016
Age at first childbirth
20.7 years
2017
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
155
2023
20
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
28.2
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
47.1%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
25.7%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
100
2025
42
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
29.8%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
0.09 liters
2020

Territory

Marshall Islands Syria
% of world land
0.0001%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
1,851 sq mi
2024
2,874 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
27 sq mi
2025
52,533 sq mi
2025
Forest area
36.3 sq mi
2025
2,016 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,260 mi
2007
n/a

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