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Palau vs Syria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Palau has a population of 17.7K (ranked 194/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Palau's land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 180th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Palau ranks 193/197 ($282M) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Palau ranks 67/197 ($15,899), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Main facts and rankings

Palau Syria
Population
17663
26304877
Population rank 194/197 57/197
GDP
$282M
2023
$20B
2023
GDP rank 193/197 129/197
GDP per capita
$15,899
2023
$847
2023
GDP per capita rank 67/197 184/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$17,532
2023
$4,650
2023
Government debt n/a
$18.4B
2010
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
30%
2010
Government debt per person n/a
$820
2010
Government debt per person rank n/a 148/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,654
2025
$731
2025
Land area
177.6 sq mi
2025
70,900 sq mi
2025
Population density
99.6 ppl/mi²
2024
348 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.91
2023
2.71
2023
Median age
39.2 years
2024
23.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
69.5 years
2025
73 years
2025

Palau and Syria: Comparison Charts

Palau and Syria economies compared

GDP
Palau

Syria
Year GDP
Palau 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 $11,563,041 $2,140,384,010
1971 $12,706,874 $2,589,851,325
1972 $13,956,474 $3,059,681,698
1973 $15,331,889 $3,239,487,516
1974 $16,848,759 $5,159,557,148
1975 $18,521,112 $6,826,980,444
1976 $20,364,420 $7,633,528,867
1977 $22,308,104 $7,696,011,396
1978 $24,530,015 $9,275,200,458
1979 $27,004,251 $9,929,681,529
1980 $29,728,054 $13,062,420,382
1981 $32,726,594 $15,518,201,335
1982 $36,027,583 $16,298,929,011
1983 $39,661,530 $17,589,277,143
1984 $44,814,259 $17,503,078,174
1985 $51,030,637 $16,403,539,893
1986 $58,109,314 $13,293,205,278
1987 $66,169,905 $11,356,215,543
1988 $75,348,615 $10,577,041,645
1989 $85,800,543 $9,853,395,762
1990 $97,702,303 $12,308,624,418
1991 $106,555,300 $12,981,833,333
1992 $104,771,300 $13,253,565,861
1993 $96,455,700 $13,695,962,055
1994 $106,138,500 $10,122,020,000
1995 $121,018,500 $11,396,706,587
1996 $137,494,600 $13,789,560,878
1997 $143,860,800 $14,505,233,463
1998 $149,079,600 $15,200,846,154
1999 $144,206,500 $15,873,875,969
2000 $149,535,800 $18,937,052,543
2001 $159,453,500 $20,237,024,725
2002 $162,665,500 $20,669,357,462
2003 $154,559,900 $21,828,144,686
2004 $166,391,600 $25,086,950,495
2005 $191,048,400 $28,858,965,517
2006 $193,679,700 $33,751,788,856
2007 $200,903,600 $40,465,318,382
2008 $201,167,300 $52,557,913,569
2009 $189,998,000 $54,111,735,629
2010 $188,174,300 $61,390,830,875
2011 $198,873,900 $67,539,428,159
2012 $215,762,400 $43,190,318,033
2013 $225,345,700 $21,361,254,635
2014 $243,156,500 $21,502,061,466
2015 $278,824,800 $16,466,863,117
2016 $298,323,500 $12,597,854,877
2017 $285,600,000 $16,369,843,352
2018 $288,546,300 $21,497,782,868
2019 $281,941,600 $22,583,045,060
2020 $258,990,800 $12,047,752,036
2021 $235,752,900 $14,353,205,678
2022 $255,591,100 $23,622,827,080
2023 $281,849,100 $19,993,439,950

Palau and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita
Palau

Syria
Year GDP per capita
Palau 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 $1,017 $335
1971 $1,081 $393
1972 $1,145 $448
1973 $1,221 $459
1974 $1,328 $707
1975 $1,464 $904
1976 $1,616 $976
1977 $1,781 $951
1978 $1,972 $1,108
1979 $2,189 $1,146
1980 $2,423 $1,458
1981 $2,639 $1,676
1982 $2,838 $1,703
1983 $3,049 $1,776
1984 $3,360 $1,706
1985 $3,728 $1,544
1986 $4,144 $1,208
1987 $4,616 $997
1988 $5,145 $898
1989 $5,741 $809
1990 $6,403 $978
1991 $6,824 $1,000
1992 $6,553 $990
1993 $5,892 $993
1994 $6,329 $712
1995 $7,038 $780
1996 $7,788 $918
1997 $7,945 $941
1998 $8,048 $961
1999 $7,630 $978
2000 $7,797 $1,138
2001 $8,240 $1,187
2002 $8,341 $1,183
2003 $7,862 $1,220
2004 $8,395 $1,368
2005 $9,640 $1,534
2006 $9,885 $1,719
2007 $10,408 $1,938
2008 $10,583 $2,429
2009 $10,155 $2,462
2010 $10,229 $2,731
2011 $11,001 $2,952
2012 $12,145 $1,898
2013 $12,769 $986
2014 $13,726 $1,061
2015 $15,691 $848
2016 $16,763 $656
2017 $16,034 $852
2018 $16,198 $1,098
2019 $15,841 $1,110
2020 $14,557 $572
2021 $13,257 $664
2022 $14,392 $1,052
2023 $15,899 $847

Palau vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Palau

Syria
Year Life expectancy, years
Palau Syria
1950 52.7 42.5
1951 52.9 43.4
1952 53.1 44.3
1953 53.3 45.3
1954 53.5 46.4
1955 53.7 47.4
1956 53.9 48.5
1957 54.1 49.6
1958 54.4 50.7
1959 54.6 51.7
1960 54.9 52.7
1961 55.1 53.7
1962 55.4 54.6
1963 55.6 55.4
1964 55.8 56.2
1965 55.9 56.9
1966 56.2 57.6
1967 56.5 58
1968 56.9 59.1
1969 57.3 59.8
1970 57.7 60.6
1971 58.1 61.3
1972 58.6 62
1973 59 60.8
1974 59.5 63.4
1975 60 64.2
1976 60.5 64.8
1977 60.9 65.4
1978 61.3 65.9
1979 61.6 66.2
1980 61.9 66.5
1981 62.1 64.6
1982 62.3 60.8
1983 62.5 67.4
1984 62.6 67.7
1985 62.7 68
1986 62.8 68.4
1987 62.8 68.8
1988 62.8 69.2
1989 62.8 69.5
1990 62.8 69.8
1991 62.8 70.1
1992 62.9 70.2
1993 63 70.3
1994 63.1 70.3
1995 63.3 70.2
1996 63.5 70.2
1997 63.7 70.2
1998 64 70.2
1999 64.2 70.5
2000 64.5 70.9
2001 64.8 71.3
2002 65.1 71.7
2003 65.4 72.2
2004 65.8 72.5
2005 66.2 72.8
2006 66.6 73
2007 67.1 73.3
2008 67.6 73.4
2009 68 73.5
2010 68.3 73.5
2011 68.6 72.3
2012 68.9 66.2
2013 69 65.1
2014 69.1 65.5
2015 69.1 63.3
2016 69 65.2
2017 69 65.7
2018 69 67.4
2019 69 71
2020 68.7 71.9
2021 68.6 72.4
2022 68.9 72.8
2023 69.3 72.1
2024 69.4 72.6
2025 69.5 73

Palau and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population
Palau

Syria
Year Population
Palau Syria
1960 9,328 4,673,500
1961 9,555 4,815,466
1962 9,793 4,959,340
1963 10,037 5,110,467
1964 10,292 5,269,087
1965 10,547 5,435,267
1966 10,805 5,609,047
1967 10,988 5,790,198
1968 11,080 5,978,742
1969 11,159 6,175,166
1970 11,368 6,380,609
1971 11,759 6,598,094
1972 12,194 6,826,024
1973 12,552 7,060,321
1974 12,687 7,302,160
1975 12,655 7,554,364
1976 12,598 7,817,320
1977 12,525 8,090,501
1978 12,440 8,372,759
1979 12,337 8,661,909
1980 12,271 8,957,663
1981 12,402 9,260,189
1982 12,694 9,572,511
1983 13,006 9,904,809
1984 13,337 10,258,398
1985 13,688 10,625,672
1986 14,024 11,002,844
1987 14,334 11,388,923
1988 14,645 11,782,264
1989 14,945 12,179,060
1990 15,259 12,579,208
1991 15,614 12,980,821
1992 15,989 13,385,571
1993 16,372 13,795,686
1994 16,770 14,208,583
1995 17,195 14,616,801
1996 17,654 15,018,104
1997 18,108 15,417,542
1998 18,524 15,820,413
1999 18,901 16,228,061
2000 19,178 16,637,888
2001 19,352 17,051,338
2002 19,503 17,468,332
2003 19,659 17,889,296
2004 19,820 18,336,875
2005 19,819 18,814,091
2006 19,593 19,637,022
2007 19,302 20,884,125
2008 19,009 21,636,564
2009 18,709 21,976,969
2010 18,396 22,482,421
2011 18,078 22,878,098
2012 17,765 22,759,763
2013 17,648 21,666,917
2014 17,715 20,273,659
2015 17,770 19,424,618
2016 17,797 19,193,834
2017 17,812 19,224,668
2018 17,814 19,577,845
2019 17,798 20,353,534
2020 17,792 21,049,429
2021 17,783 21,628,839
2022 17,759 22,462,173
2023 17,727 23,594,623
2024 17,695 24,672,760

Fertility rates in Palau and Syria

Fertility rate
Palau

Syria
Year Fertility rate
Palau Syria
1960 7.19 7.51
1961 7.17 7.5
1962 7.15 7.51
1963 7.12 7.51
1964 7.08 7.53
1965 7.01 7.53
1966 6.93 7.55
1967 6.84 7.56
1968 6.71 7.57
1969 6.58 7.59
1970 6.39 7.62
1971 6.16 7.6
1972 5.9 7.57
1973 5.59 7.55
1974 5.26 7.52
1975 4.9 7.49
1976 4.53 7.45
1977 4.09 7.42
1978 3.74 7.35
1979 3.49 7.25
1980 3.35 7.12
1981 3.28 6.97
1982 3.22 6.81
1983 3.14 6.69
1984 3.08 6.59
1985 3.01 6.48
1986 2.98 6.37
1987 2.93 6.2
1988 2.91 6
1989 2.92 5.78
1990 2.88 5.56
1991 2.74 5.34
1992 2.71 5.14
1993 2.73 4.99
1994 2.66 4.86
1995 2.55 4.7
1996 2.39 4.54
1997 2.19 4.37
1998 2.01 4.25
1999 1.91 4.14
2000 1.82 4.07
2001 1.87 3.98
2002 1.92 3.87
2003 1.96 3.76
2004 1.99 3.68
2005 2.02 3.61
2006 2 3.56
2007 1.97 3.54
2008 1.95 3.48
2009 1.94 3.42
2010 1.94 3.36
2011 1.97 3.29
2012 2.01 3.22
2013 2.05 3.17
2014 2.03 3.12
2015 2 3.07
2016 2.06 3.01
2017 2.02 2.97
2018 1.97 2.93
2019 1.98 2.88
2020 1.97 2.84
2021 1.95 2.8
2022 1.93 2.75
2023 1.91 2.71

Palau and Syria demographics compared

Median age
Palau

Syria
Year Median age, years
Palau Syria
1960 16.7 17.6
1961 16.1 17.3
1962 15.5 17.1
1963 15.1 16.9
1964 15 16.7
1965 14.9 16.5
1966 14.9 16.4
1967 15.2 16.2
1968 15.7 16.1
1969 16.1 16
1970 16.5 15.9
1971 16.6 15.8
1972 16.6 15.8
1973 16.8 15.7
1974 17.1 15.7
1975 17.4 15.7
1976 17.8 15.6
1977 18.1 15.6
1978 18.3 15.6
1979 18.6 15.6
1980 18.9 15.6
1981 19.3 15.6
1982 19.9 15.7
1983 20.5 15.8
1984 21.1 15.8
1985 21.6 15.9
1986 22.2 16
1987 23.1 16.1
1988 24 16.2
1989 24.9 16.4
1990 25.6 16.5
1991 26 16.7
1992 26.4 16.9
1993 26.9 17.1
1994 27.4 17.3
1995 27.8 17.5
1996 28.3 17.7
1997 28.8 17.9
1998 29.4 18.1
1999 30.2 18.3
2000 30.8 18.5
2001 31.2 18.8
2002 31.5 19
2003 31.8 19.2
2004 32 19.5
2005 32.3 19.7
2006 32.7 20.3
2007 33.1 21
2008 33.5 21.3
2009 33.9 21.5
2010 34.2 21.7
2011 34.6 21.9
2012 35 21.8
2013 35.3 21.2
2014 35.6 20.1
2015 36 19.5
2016 36.3 19.5
2017 36.7 19.6
2018 37 20.1
2019 37.4 20.9
2020 37.8 21.6
2021 38.1 22.2
2022 38.5 22.7
2023 38.8 23.3
2024 39.2 23.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Palau Syria
GNI, Atlas method
$249M
2023
$18.2B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
53%
2025
28.6%
2010
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.53%
2023
5.13%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
4.06%
2010
Armed forces personnel n/a
269,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.29%
2025
-7.79%
2010
Unemployment rate
0.77%
2020
8.61%
2010
Services, % of GDP
76.7%
2023
44.9%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
9.87%
2023
12%
2022
Economic freedom index
62
2025
51.2
2012
Income share by richest 10% n/a
21.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
3.8%
2022
Total reserves including gold n/a
$20.6B
2010
Personal remittances received
$1.95M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
18,399
2020
2,424,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
93.5%
2017
32.2%
2010
Banked people share n/a
23.3%
2011

Energy

Palau Syria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,814 kg
1990
455 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$1.99
1990
$10.5
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.44 megatons
2023
25.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
81.2 tons
2023
1.08 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
1990
99.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
0.9%
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
4.6%
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

Palau Syria
% of world population
0.0002%
2024
0.3%
2024
Annual migration change
-14
2024
+546,494
2024
Urban population
82.8%
2024
58%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.6 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.23 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
47.9
2025
17.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
49
2025
12
2024
Higher education index n/a
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
11.2
2018
2.07
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.78
2013
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
123
2025
39
2025
Adult literacy rate
100%
2020
94.4%
2021
English speaking
92.5%
2023
4%
2025
People using the Internet
27%
2004
34.7%
2019

Health

Palau Syria
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,979
2022
$34.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$328
2022
$15.7
2022
Life expectancy
69.5 years
2025
73 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
21.3%
2022
20.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.78
2020
1.19
2016
Maternal mortality per 100K births
89
2023
20
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
22.3
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
42.1%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
19.3%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
65
2025
42
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
17.3%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
0.09 liters
2020

Territory

Palau Syria
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
10,037 sq mi
2024
2,874 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
16.6 sq mi
2025
52,533 sq mi
2025
Forest area
160.8 sq mi
2025
2,016 sq mi
2025

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