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Samoa vs Syria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Samoa has a population of 218K (ranked 177/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Samoa's land area is 1,073 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 168th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Main facts and rankings

Samoa Syria
Population
220288
26304877
Population rank 177/197 57/197
GDP
$1.07B
2024
$20B
2023
GDP rank 187/197 129/197
GDP per capita
$4,899
2024
$847
2023
GDP per capita rank 120/197 184/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,837
2024
$4,650
2023
Government debt
$296M
2024
$18.4B
2010
Debt-to-GDP ratio
22.5%
2025
30%
2010
Government debt per person
$1,357
2024
$820
2010
Government debt per person rank 134/185 148/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,507
2025
$731
2025
Land area
1,073 sq mi
2025
70,900 sq mi
2025
Population density
203.1 ppl/mi²
2024
348 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.83
2023
2.71
2023
Median age
20.9 years
2024
23.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
71.9 years
2025
73 years
2025

Samoa and Syria: Comparison Charts

Samoa and Syria economies compared

GDP
Samoa

Syria
Year GDP
Samoa 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 $45,208,338 $2,140,384,010
1971 $53,719,569 $2,589,851,325
1972 $62,566,116 $3,059,681,698
1973 $82,452,985 $3,239,487,516
1974 $93,549,611 $5,159,557,148
1975 $93,489,283 $6,826,980,444
1976 $85,003,078 $7,633,528,867
1977 $98,295,671 $7,696,011,396
1978 $108,223,444 $9,275,200,458
1979 $122,257,393 $9,929,681,529
1980 $125,747,038 $13,062,420,382
1981 $118,190,655 $15,518,201,335
1982 $121,221,652 $16,298,929,011
1983 $111,862,824 $17,589,277,143
1984 $109,200,934 $17,503,078,174
1985 $95,572,173 $16,403,539,893
1986 $100,947,849 $13,293,205,278
1987 $111,713,922 $11,356,215,543
1988 $133,016,065 $10,577,041,645
1989 $122,888,610 $9,853,395,762
1990 $125,766,270 $12,308,624,418
1991 $125,597,205 $12,981,833,333
1992 $132,303,041 $13,253,565,861
1993 $133,122,897 $13,695,962,055
1994 $221,098,107 $10,122,020,000
1995 $224,865,731 $11,396,706,587
1996 $249,907,869 $13,789,560,878
1997 $285,475,592 $14,505,233,463
1998 $269,485,244 $15,200,846,154
1999 $255,408,060 $15,873,875,969
2000 $258,856,140 $18,937,052,543
2001 $266,299,591 $20,237,024,725
2002 $281,790,134 $20,669,357,462
2003 $333,426,188 $21,828,144,686
2004 $407,747,565 $25,086,950,495
2005 $476,801,793 $28,858,965,517
2006 $499,923,758 $33,751,788,856
2007 $573,548,460 $40,465,318,382
2008 $641,346,192 $52,557,913,569
2009 $628,006,115 $54,111,735,629
2010 $680,260,907 $61,390,830,875
2011 $744,097,050 $67,539,428,159
2012 $773,141,661 $43,190,318,033
2013 $797,736,334 $21,361,254,635
2014 $796,683,520 $21,502,061,466
2015 $824,150,499 $16,466,863,117
2016 $843,924,797 $12,597,854,877
2017 $884,844,384 $16,369,843,352
2018 $878,448,433 $21,497,782,868
2019 $912,950,466 $22,583,045,060
2020 $868,898,358 $12,047,752,036
2021 $843,923,639 $14,353,205,678
2022 $832,945,206 $23,622,827,080
2023 $938,189,444 $19,993,439,950
2024 $1,068,025,244 -

Samoa and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita
Samoa

Syria
Year GDP per capita
Samoa 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 $322 $335
1971 $377 $393
1972 $433 $448
1973 $563 $459
1974 $626 $707
1975 $610 $904
1976 $541 $976
1977 $615 $951
1978 $671 $1,108
1979 $751 $1,146
1980 $765 $1,458
1981 $713 $1,676
1982 $728 $1,703
1983 $671 $1,776
1984 $655 $1,706
1985 $573 $1,544
1986 $604 $1,208
1987 $666 $997
1988 $790 $898
1989 $728 $809
1990 $744 $978
1991 $742 $1,000
1992 $777 $990
1993 $775 $993
1994 $1,277 $712
1995 $1,288 $780
1996 $1,419 $918
1997 $1,608 $941
1998 $1,506 $961
1999 $1,417 $978
2000 $1,425 $1,138
2001 $1,454 $1,187
2002 $1,528 $1,183
2003 $1,798 $1,220
2004 $2,189 $1,368
2005 $2,550 $1,534
2006 $2,663 $1,719
2007 $3,039 $1,938
2008 $3,374 $2,429
2009 $3,279 $2,462
2010 $3,524 $2,731
2011 $3,822 $2,952
2012 $3,935 $1,898
2013 $4,024 $986
2014 $3,983 $1,061
2015 $4,084 $848
2016 $4,147 $656
2017 $4,308 $852
2018 $4,232 $1,098
2019 $4,352 $1,110
2020 $4,100 $572
2021 $3,948 $664
2022 $3,869 $1,052
2023 $4,330 $847
2024 $4,899 -

Samoa vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Samoa

Syria
Year Life expectancy, years
Samoa Syria
1950 49.2 42.5
1951 49.8 43.4
1952 50.4 44.3
1953 51 45.3
1954 51.6 46.4
1955 52.2 47.4
1956 52.8 48.5
1957 53.4 49.6
1958 54 50.7
1959 54.6 51.7
1960 55.2 52.7
1961 55.7 53.7
1962 56.3 54.6
1963 56.9 55.4
1964 54 56.2
1965 57.9 56.9
1966 58.2 57.6
1967 58.9 58
1968 59.4 59.1
1969 59.9 59.8
1970 60.4 60.6
1971 60.9 61.3
1972 61.4 62
1973 61.9 60.8
1974 62.3 63.4
1975 62.8 64.2
1976 63.3 64.8
1977 63.7 65.4
1978 64.1 65.9
1979 64.5 66.2
1980 65 66.5
1981 65.3 64.6
1982 65.6 60.8
1983 66 67.4
1984 66.3 67.7
1985 66.6 68
1986 66.8 68.4
1987 67 68.8
1988 67.3 69.2
1989 67.6 69.5
1990 67.8 69.8
1991 68 70.1
1992 68.5 70.2
1993 68.8 70.3
1994 69.2 70.3
1995 69.5 70.2
1996 69.8 70.2
1997 70 70.2
1998 70.3 70.2
1999 70.6 70.5
2000 70.8 70.9
2001 71 71.3
2002 71.2 71.7
2003 71.4 72.2
2004 71.5 72.5
2005 71.5 72.8
2006 71.6 73
2007 71.6 73.3
2008 71.5 73.4
2009 69.5 73.5
2010 71.5 73.5
2011 71.4 72.3
2012 71.2 66.2
2013 71.2 65.1
2014 71.1 65.5
2015 71.1 63.3
2016 71 65.2
2017 71 65.7
2018 71.1 67.4
2019 70.3 71
2020 70.7 71.9
2021 71.1 72.4
2022 71.6 72.8
2023 71.7 72.1
2024 71.8 72.6
2025 71.9 73

Samoa and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population
Samoa

Syria
Year Population
Samoa Syria
1960 112,490 4,673,500
1961 115,496 4,815,466
1962 118,597 4,959,340
1963 121,764 5,110,467
1964 124,894 5,269,087
1965 127,978 5,435,267
1966 131,073 5,609,047
1967 133,764 5,790,198
1968 136,020 5,978,742
1969 138,233 6,175,166
1970 140,400 6,380,609
1971 142,503 6,598,094
1972 144,538 6,826,024
1973 146,516 7,060,321
1974 149,431 7,302,160
1975 153,344 7,554,364
1976 157,113 7,817,320
1977 159,753 8,090,501
1978 161,375 8,372,759
1979 162,882 8,661,909
1980 164,322 8,957,663
1981 165,678 9,260,189
1982 166,484 9,572,511
1983 166,714 9,904,809
1984 166,796 10,258,398
1985 166,849 10,625,672
1986 167,061 11,002,844
1987 167,661 11,388,923
1988 168,346 11,782,264
1989 168,768 12,179,060
1990 169,042 12,579,208
1991 169,368 12,980,821
1992 170,331 13,385,571
1993 171,774 13,795,686
1994 173,159 14,208,583
1995 174,571 14,616,801
1996 176,071 15,018,104
1997 177,547 15,417,542
1998 178,905 15,820,413
1999 180,275 16,228,061
2000 181,685 16,637,888
2001 183,166 17,051,338
2002 184,471 17,468,332
2003 185,430 17,889,296
2004 186,249 18,336,875
2005 186,978 18,814,091
2006 187,709 19,637,022
2007 188,753 20,884,125
2008 190,107 21,636,564
2009 191,513 21,976,969
2010 193,023 22,482,421
2011 194,713 22,878,098
2012 196,498 22,759,763
2013 198,268 21,666,917
2014 200,037 20,273,659
2015 201,782 19,424,618
2016 203,499 19,193,834
2017 205,415 19,224,668
2018 207,582 19,577,845
2019 209,780 20,353,534
2020 211,944 21,049,429
2021 213,779 21,628,839
2022 215,261 22,462,173
2023 216,663 23,594,623
2024 218,019 24,672,760

Fertility rates in Samoa and Syria

Fertility rate
Samoa

Syria
Year Fertility rate
Samoa Syria
1960 7.78 7.51
1961 7.77 7.5
1962 7.76 7.51
1963 7.73 7.51
1964 7.7 7.53
1965 7.65 7.53
1966 7.6 7.55
1967 7.55 7.56
1968 7.5 7.57
1969 7.43 7.59
1970 7.34 7.62
1971 7.22 7.6
1972 7.07 7.57
1973 6.91 7.55
1974 6.75 7.52
1975 6.61 7.49
1976 6.47 7.45
1977 6.31 7.42
1978 6.15 7.35
1979 5.99 7.25
1980 5.86 7.12
1981 5.75 6.97
1982 5.68 6.81
1983 5.62 6.69
1984 5.55 6.59
1985 5.49 6.48
1986 5.42 6.37
1987 5.32 6.2
1988 5.21 6
1989 5.11 5.78
1990 5.01 5.56
1991 4.91 5.34
1992 4.87 5.14
1993 4.83 4.99
1994 4.79 4.86
1995 4.77 4.7
1996 4.74 4.54
1997 4.7 4.37
1998 4.64 4.25
1999 4.57 4.14
2000 4.52 4.07
2001 4.48 3.98
2002 4.44 3.87
2003 4.39 3.76
2004 4.34 3.68
2005 4.32 3.61
2006 4.32 3.56
2007 4.36 3.54
2008 4.42 3.48
2009 4.47 3.42
2010 4.52 3.36
2011 4.56 3.29
2012 4.55 3.22
2013 4.49 3.17
2014 4.42 3.12
2015 4.34 3.07
2016 4.26 3.01
2017 4.2 2.97
2018 4.14 2.93
2019 4.06 2.88
2020 4 2.84
2021 3.94 2.8
2022 3.88 2.75
2023 3.83 2.71

Samoa and Syria demographics compared

Median age
Samoa

Syria
Year Median age, years
Samoa Syria
1960 15 17.6
1961 14.9 17.3
1962 14.8 17.1
1963 14.6 16.9
1964 14.6 16.7
1965 14.5 16.5
1966 14.5 16.4
1967 14.5 16.2
1968 14.5 16.1
1969 14.5 16
1970 14.6 15.9
1971 14.7 15.8
1972 14.8 15.8
1973 14.9 15.7
1974 15 15.7
1975 15.3 15.7
1976 15.5 15.6
1977 15.8 15.6
1978 16 15.6
1979 16.2 15.6
1980 16.4 15.6
1981 16.6 15.6
1982 16.8 15.7
1983 17.1 15.8
1984 17.4 15.8
1985 17.6 15.9
1986 17.8 16
1987 18 16.1
1988 18.2 16.2
1989 18.3 16.4
1990 18.4 16.5
1991 18.5 16.7
1992 18.7 16.9
1993 19 17.1
1994 19.3 17.3
1995 19.6 17.5
1996 19.7 17.7
1997 19.8 17.9
1998 19.9 18.1
1999 19.9 18.3
2000 19.8 18.5
2001 19.7 18.8
2002 19.7 19
2003 19.9 19.2
2004 20.1 19.5
2005 20.3 19.7
2006 20.4 20.3
2007 20.6 21
2008 20.7 21.3
2009 20.8 21.5
2010 20.8 21.7
2011 20.8 21.9
2012 20.8 21.8
2013 21 21.2
2014 21.1 20.1
2015 21.2 19.5
2016 21.3 19.5
2017 21.4 19.6
2018 21.4 20.1
2019 21.5 20.9
2020 21.4 21.6
2021 21.4 22.2
2022 21.1 22.7
2023 21 23.3
2024 20.9 23.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Samoa Syria
GNI, Atlas method
$1.01B
2024
$18.2B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
33.1%
2025
28.6%
2010
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.46%
2024
5.13%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
4.06%
2010
Armed forces personnel n/a
269,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.11%
2025
-7.79%
2010
Unemployment rate
5.05%
2022
8.61%
2010
Services, % of GDP
72.5%
2024
44.9%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
10.9%
2024
12%
2022
Economic freedom index
66.6
2025
51.2
2012
Income share by richest 10%
31.3%
2013
21.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2013
3.8%
2022
Total reserves including gold
$508M
2024
$20.6B
2010
Personal remittances received
$282M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
23,899
2020
2,424,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
19.8%
2020
32.2%
2010
Banked people share n/a
23.3%
2011

Energy

Samoa Syria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
307 kg
2007
455 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.3
2007
$10.5
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.47 megatons
2023
25.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.16 tons
2023
1.08 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
99.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
35.9%
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
49.1%
2021
3.91%
2021
Hydroelectric share
28.8%
2021
3.76%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
88.4%
2023

Society

Samoa Syria
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.3%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,754
2024
+546,494
2024
Urban population
17.4%
2024
58%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.37 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
44.2
2025
17.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
48
2025
12
2024
Higher education index
15
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
6.2
2018
2.07
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
13
2019
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
131
2025
39
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.1%
2021
94.4%
2021
English speaking
49.9%
2023
4%
2025
People using the Internet
58.1%
2023
34.7%
2019

Health

Samoa Syria
Government health expenditure per capita
$236.2
2022
$34.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$29.5
2022
$15.7
2022
Life expectancy
71.9 years
2025
73 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
7.14%
2022
20.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.55
2021
1.19
2016
Age at first childbirth
23.6 years
2021
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
101
2023
20
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
15.7
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
63.7%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
25.4%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
92
2025
42
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
22.5%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.35 liters
2020
0.09 liters
2020

Territory

Samoa Syria
% of world land
0.002%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
4,923 sq mi
2024
2,874 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
188.5 sq mi
2025
52,533 sq mi
2025
Forest area
619 sq mi
2025
2,016 sq mi
2025
Roads length
715 mi
2018
n/a

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