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Romania vs Syria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Romania has a population of 19.1M (ranked 67/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Romania's land area is 88,834 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 80th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Romania ranks 43/197 ($383B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Romania ranks 58/197 ($20,072), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Main facts and rankings

Romania Syria
Population
18962595
26304877
Population rank 69/197 57/197
GDP
$383B
2024
$20B
2023
GDP rank 43/197 129/197
GDP per capita
$20,072
2024
$847
2023
GDP per capita rank 58/197 184/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,712
2024
$4,650
2023
Government debt
$219B
2024
$18.4B
2010
Debt-to-GDP ratio
61.6%
2025
30%
2010
Government debt per person
$11,490
2024
$820
2010
Government debt per person rank 49/185 148/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,200
2025
$731
2025
Land area
88,834 sq mi
2025
70,900 sq mi
2025
Population density
214.7 ppl/mi²
2024
348 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
2.71
2023
Median age
43.8 years
2024
23.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.2 years
2025
73 years
2025

Romania and Syria: Comparison Charts

Romania and Syria economies compared

GDP
Romania

Syria
Year GDP
Romania 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 - $2,140,384,010
1971 - $2,589,851,325
1972 - $3,059,681,698
1973 - $3,239,487,516
1974 - $5,159,557,148
1975 - $6,826,980,444
1976 - $7,633,528,867
1977 - $7,696,011,396
1978 - $9,275,200,458
1979 - $9,929,681,529
1980 - $13,062,420,382
1981 - $15,518,201,335
1982 - $16,298,929,011
1983 - $17,589,277,143
1984 - $17,503,078,174
1985 - $16,403,539,893
1986 - $13,293,205,278
1987 $38,067,567,568 $11,356,215,543
1988 $40,424,528,302 $10,577,041,645
1989 $41,450,777,202 $9,853,395,762
1990 $38,247,882,300 $12,308,624,418
1991 $28,850,634,900 $12,981,833,333
1992 $25,121,666,667 $13,253,565,861
1993 $26,361,160,450 $13,695,962,055
1994 $30,072,805,104 $10,122,020,000
1995 $37,430,162,103 $11,396,706,587
1996 $36,937,074,278 $13,789,560,878
1997 $35,575,214,078 $14,505,233,463
1998 $41,696,091,974 $15,200,846,154
1999 $35,953,156,754 $15,873,875,969
2000 $37,253,739,511 $18,937,052,543
2001 $40,395,116,581 $20,237,024,725
2002 $46,065,502,703 $20,669,357,462
2003 $57,806,384,143 $21,828,144,686
2004 $74,973,656,852 $25,086,950,495
2005 $98,454,380,120 $28,858,965,517
2006 $122,023,735,993 $33,751,788,856
2007 $174,588,782,939 $40,465,318,382
2008 $214,315,932,061 $52,557,913,569
2009 $174,110,532,659 $54,111,735,629
2010 $170,064,350,672 $61,390,830,875
2011 $192,623,977,894 $67,539,428,159
2012 $179,117,323,107 $43,190,318,033
2013 $189,798,603,751 $21,361,254,635
2014 $199,722,319,676 $21,502,061,466
2015 $177,885,131,240 $16,466,863,117
2016 $185,290,759,249 $12,597,854,877
2017 $210,147,385,855 $16,369,843,352
2018 $243,468,683,030 $21,497,782,868
2019 $251,677,082,534 $22,583,045,060
2020 $252,033,792,712 $12,047,752,036
2021 $286,578,196,368 $14,353,205,678
2022 $296,354,358,293 $23,622,827,080
2023 $350,775,856,415 $19,993,439,950
2024 $382,767,571,329 -

Romania and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita
Romania

Syria
Year GDP per capita
Romania 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 - $335
1971 - $393
1972 - $448
1973 - $459
1974 - $707
1975 - $904
1976 - $976
1977 - $951
1978 - $1,108
1979 - $1,146
1980 - $1,458
1981 - $1,676
1982 - $1,703
1983 - $1,776
1984 - $1,706
1985 - $1,544
1986 - $1,208
1987 $1,659 $997
1988 $1,753 $898
1989 $1,790 $809
1990 $1,648 $978
1991 $1,254 $1,000
1992 $1,102 $990
1993 $1,158 $993
1994 $1,323 $712
1995 $1,650 $780
1996 $1,633 $918
1997 $1,577 $941
1998 $1,853 $961
1999 $1,600 $978
2000 $1,660 $1,138
2001 $1,825 $1,187
2002 $2,120 $1,183
2003 $2,679 $1,220
2004 $3,495 $1,368
2005 $4,618 $1,534
2006 $5,758 $1,719
2007 $8,360 $1,938
2008 $10,435 $2,429
2009 $8,548 $2,462
2010 $8,400 $2,731
2011 $9,561 $2,952
2012 $8,930 $1,898
2013 $9,498 $986
2014 $10,032 $1,061
2015 $8,977 $848
2016 $9,405 $656
2017 $10,728 $852
2018 $12,502 $1,098
2019 $12,992 $1,110
2020 $13,082 $572
2021 $14,987 $664
2022 $15,558 $1,052
2023 $18,404 $847
2024 $20,072 -

Romania vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Romania

Syria
Year Life expectancy, years
Romania Syria
1950 60.5 42.5
1951 61.2 43.4
1952 61.8 44.3
1953 62.5 45.3
1954 63 46.4
1955 63.3 47.4
1956 63.6 48.5
1957 64 49.6
1958 64.4 50.7
1959 64.9 51.7
1960 65.6 52.7
1961 66.4 53.7
1962 67.2 54.6
1963 67.8 55.4
1964 68.4 56.2
1965 68.4 56.9
1966 68.2 57.6
1967 68.1 58
1968 67.9 59.1
1969 67.2 59.8
1970 67.9 60.6
1971 68.4 61.3
1972 69 62
1973 68.7 60.8
1974 69.5 63.4
1975 69.6 64.2
1976 69.9 64.8
1977 69.5 65.4
1978 69.8 65.9
1979 69.5 66.2
1980 69.2 66.5
1981 69.5 64.6
1982 69.8 60.8
1983 69.8 67.4
1984 69.9 67.7
1985 69.4 68
1986 69.7 68.4
1987 69.1 68.8
1988 69.4 69.2
1989 69.5 69.5
1990 69.8 69.8
1991 70 70.1
1992 69.5 70.2
1993 69.5 70.3
1994 69.3 70.3
1995 69.3 70.2
1996 68.8 70.2
1997 69.1 70.2
1998 69.9 70.2
1999 70.6 70.5
2000 71.2 70.9
2001 71.1 71.3
2002 70.8 71.7
2003 70.8 72.2
2004 71.1 72.5
2005 71.6 72.8
2006 72.2 73
2007 72.8 73.3
2008 73.2 73.4
2009 73.5 73.5
2010 73.6 73.5
2011 74.3 72.3
2012 74.3 66.2
2013 74.9 65.1
2014 74.8 65.5
2015 74.7 63.3
2016 75 65.2
2017 75 65.7
2018 75.1 67.4
2019 75.3 71
2020 74 71.9
2021 72.7 72.4
2022 75.3 72.8
2023 75.9 72.1
2024 76.1 72.6
2025 76.2 73

Romania and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population
Romania

Syria
Year Population
Romania Syria
1960 18,406,905 4,673,500
1961 18,555,250 4,815,466
1962 18,676,550 4,959,340
1963 18,797,850 5,110,467
1964 18,919,126 5,269,087
1965 19,031,576 5,435,267
1966 19,215,450 5,609,047
1967 19,534,242 5,790,198
1968 19,799,831 5,978,742
1969 20,009,141 6,175,166
1970 20,250,398 6,380,609
1971 20,461,567 6,598,094
1972 20,657,957 6,826,024
1973 20,835,681 7,060,321
1974 21,029,429 7,302,160
1975 21,293,583 7,554,364
1976 21,551,634 7,817,320
1977 21,756,096 8,090,501
1978 21,951,464 8,372,759
1979 22,090,488 8,661,909
1980 22,207,282 8,957,663
1981 22,353,070 9,260,189
1982 22,475,741 9,572,511
1983 22,560,478 9,904,809
1984 22,640,547 10,258,398
1985 22,732,999 10,625,672
1986 22,836,841 11,002,844
1987 22,949,430 11,388,923
1988 23,057,662 11,782,264
1989 23,161,458 12,179,060
1990 23,201,835 12,579,208
1991 23,001,155 12,980,821
1992 22,794,284 13,385,571
1993 22,763,280 13,795,686
1994 22,730,211 14,208,583
1995 22,684,270 14,616,801
1996 22,619,004 15,018,104
1997 22,553,978 15,417,542
1998 22,507,344 15,820,413
1999 22,472,040 16,228,061
2000 22,442,971 16,637,888
2001 22,131,970 17,051,338
2002 21,730,496 17,468,332
2003 21,574,326 17,889,296
2004 21,451,748 18,336,875
2005 21,319,685 18,814,091
2006 21,193,760 19,637,022
2007 20,882,982 20,884,125
2008 20,537,875 21,636,564
2009 20,367,487 21,976,969
2010 20,246,871 22,482,421
2011 20,147,528 22,878,098
2012 20,058,035 22,759,763
2013 19,983,693 21,666,917
2014 19,908,979 20,273,659
2015 19,815,616 19,424,618
2016 19,702,267 19,193,834
2017 19,588,715 19,224,668
2018 19,473,970 19,577,845
2019 19,371,648 20,353,534
2020 19,265,250 21,049,429
2021 19,122,059 21,628,839
2022 19,048,502 22,462,173
2023 19,059,479 23,594,623
2024 19,069,340 24,672,760

Fertility rates in Romania and Syria

Fertility rate
Romania

Syria
Year Fertility rate
Romania Syria
1960 2.34 7.51
1961 2.17 7.5
1962 2.04 7.51
1963 2.01 7.51
1964 1.96 7.53
1965 1.91 7.53
1966 1.9 7.55
1967 3.66 7.56
1968 3.63 7.57
1969 3.19 7.59
1970 2.89 7.62
1971 2.67 7.6
1972 2.55 7.57
1973 2.44 7.55
1974 2.71 7.52
1975 2.59 7.49
1976 2.54 7.45
1977 2.57 7.42
1978 2.52 7.35
1979 2.49 7.25
1980 2.43 7.12
1981 2.36 6.97
1982 2.17 6.81
1983 2.06 6.69
1984 2.26 6.59
1985 2.31 6.48
1986 2.39 6.37
1987 2.38 6.2
1988 2.3 6
1989 2.22 5.78
1990 1.83 5.56
1991 1.59 5.34
1992 1.51 5.14
1993 1.43 4.99
1994 1.4 4.86
1995 1.33 4.7
1996 1.3 4.54
1997 1.32 4.37
1998 1.32 4.25
1999 1.3 4.14
2000 1.31 4.07
2001 1.27 3.98
2002 1.27 3.87
2003 1.3 3.76
2004 1.33 3.68
2005 1.4 3.61
2006 1.42 3.56
2007 1.45 3.54
2008 1.6 3.48
2009 1.66 3.42
2010 1.59 3.36
2011 1.47 3.29
2012 1.52 3.22
2013 1.46 3.17
2014 1.56 3.12
2015 1.62 3.07
2016 1.69 3.01
2017 1.78 2.97
2018 1.76 2.93
2019 1.77 2.88
2020 1.8 2.84
2021 1.81 2.8
2022 1.71 2.75
2023 1.71 2.71

Romania and Syria demographics compared

Median age
Romania

Syria
Year Median age, years
Romania Syria
1960 28.5 17.6
1961 28.9 17.3
1962 29.3 17.1
1963 29.7 16.9
1964 30.2 16.7
1965 30.6 16.5
1966 31 16.4
1967 31.3 16.2
1968 31.3 16.1
1969 31.3 16
1970 31.4 15.9
1971 31.4 15.8
1972 31.5 15.8
1973 31.5 15.7
1974 31.6 15.7
1975 31.7 15.7
1976 31.8 15.6
1977 31.8 15.6
1978 31.7 15.6
1979 31.7 15.6
1980 31.8 15.6
1981 31.9 15.6
1982 32 15.7
1983 32.1 15.8
1984 32.3 15.8
1985 32.5 15.9
1986 32.7 16
1987 32.8 16.1
1988 32.8 16.2
1989 32.9 16.4
1990 33 16.5
1991 33.1 16.7
1992 33.3 16.9
1993 33.6 17.1
1994 33.8 17.3
1995 34 17.5
1996 34.2 17.7
1997 34.4 17.9
1998 34.6 18.1
1999 34.7 18.3
2000 34.8 18.5
2001 34.8 18.8
2002 35.3 19
2003 36 19.2
2004 36.6 19.5
2005 37 19.7
2006 37.3 20.3
2007 37.7 21
2008 38.2 21.3
2009 38.8 21.5
2010 39.3 21.7
2011 39.8 21.9
2012 40.2 21.8
2013 40.5 21.2
2014 40.9 20.1
2015 41.3 19.5
2016 41.7 19.5
2017 42 19.6
2018 42.3 20.1
2019 42.6 20.9
2020 42.9 21.6
2021 43.2 22.2
2022 43.3 22.7
2023 43.5 23.3
2024 43.8 23.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Romania Syria
GNI, Atlas method
$336B
2024
$18.2B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.2%
2025
28.6%
2010
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.28%
2022
5.13%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.61%
2023
4.06%
2010
Armed forces personnel
128,000
2020
269,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-7.83%
2025
-7.79%
2010
Unemployment rate
5.43%
2024
8.61%
2010
Services, % of GDP
62.5%
2024
44.9%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
25%
2024
12%
2022
Economic freedom index
66.5
2025
51.2
2012
Income share by richest 10%
21.8%
2023
21.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.4%
2023
3.8%
2022
Number of billionaires
6
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00004%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
83
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$47.4B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$73.4B
2024
$20.6B
2010
Personal remittances received
$9.52B
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
5,023,000
2020
2,424,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
1.73%
2020
32.2%
2010
Banked people share
71.3%
2024
23.3%
2011

Energy

Romania Syria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,601 kg
2023
455 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$28.6
2023
$10.5
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
70.8 megatons
2023
25.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.71 tons
2023
1.08 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
70.4%
2022
99.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
23.6%
2021
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
17.5%
2023
0.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share
28.1%
2023
61.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
2,585 kWh
2023
690 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
44.9%
2021
3.91%
2021
Hydroelectric share
32.2%
2023
3.76%
2022
Nuclear share
19.3%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
88.4%
2023

Society

Romania Syria
% of world population
0.23%
2024
0.3%
2024
Annual migration change
-28,466
2024
+546,494
2024
Urban population
54.9%
2024
58%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.83 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
67.7
2025
17.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
46
2024
12
2024
Higher education index
69
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.11
2023
2.07
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
10.3
2019
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
39
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.2%
2021
94.4%
2021
English speaking
31%
2023
4%
2025
People using the Internet
91.3%
2024
34.7%
2019

Health

Romania Syria
Government health expenditure per capita
$902
2022
$34.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$193.3
2022
$15.7
2022
Life expectancy
76.2 years
2025
73 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
20.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.47
2021
1.19
2016
Age at first childbirth
27.1 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
12
2023
20
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
6.6
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
35%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
7.5%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
50
2025
42
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
16.8 liters
2020
0.09 liters
2020

Territory

Romania Syria
% of world land
0.15%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
4,658 sq mi
2024
2,874 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
49,093 sq mi
2025
52,533 sq mi
2025
Forest area
26,753 sq mi
2025
2,016 sq mi
2025
Roads length
53,679 mi
2023
n/a

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