Somalia vs Syria statistics compared

Somalia has a population of 19M (ranked 68/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Somalia's land area is 242,217 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 42nd vs. 87th).

By GDP, Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Somalia and Syria: Comparison Charts

Somalia and Syria economies compared

GDP

Somalia

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Somalia	Syria
1960	$180,459,937	$857,704,413
1961	$191,659,914	$945,244,972
1962	$203,531,928	$1,110,565,881
1963	$216,145,936	$1,200,447,408
1964	$229,529,913	$1,339,494,267
1965	$243,725,898	$1,472,036,540
1966	$257,375,897	$1,342,287,553
1967	$271,781,887	$1,580,229,799
1968	$286,719,885	$1,753,746,430
1969	$306,357,285	$2,245,011,515
1970	$347,985,394	$2,140,384,010
1971	$347,039,446	$2,589,851,325
1972	$447,883,941	$3,059,681,698
1973	$483,699,611	$3,239,487,516
1974	$572,504,036	$5,159,557,148
1975	$757,015,879	$6,826,980,444
1976	$871,344,245	$7,633,528,867
1977	$498,550,725	$7,696,011,396
1978	$564,571,823	$9,275,200,458
1979	$589,566,929	$9,929,681,529
1980	$602,515,548	$13,062,420,382
1981	$699,302,473	$15,518,201,335
1982	$774,578,932	$16,298,929,011
1983	$735,408,642	$17,589,277,143
1984	$787,434,542	$17,503,078,174
1985	$875,702,247	$16,403,539,893
1986	$916,590,786	$13,293,205,278
1987	$1,018,972,664	$11,356,215,543
1988	$1,051,596,967	$10,577,041,645
1989	$1,181,360,844	$9,853,395,762
1990	$1,031,282,081	$12,308,624,418
1991	$717,974,930	$12,981,833,333
1992	$709,297,579	$13,253,565,861
1993	$1,260,132,956	$13,695,962,055
1994	$1,481,205,098	$10,122,020,000
1995	$1,534,756,135	$11,396,706,587
1996	$1,792,234,297	$13,789,560,878
1997	$2,191,749,014	$14,505,233,463
1998	$2,962,047,564	$15,200,846,154
1999	$3,045,751,528	$15,873,875,969
2000	$3,412,797,450	$18,937,052,543
2001	$2,252,847,465	$20,237,024,725
2002	$2,192,684,135	$20,669,357,462
2003	$2,836,724,352	$21,828,144,686
2004	$3,859,592,813	$25,086,950,495
2005	$4,683,246,454	$28,858,965,517
2006	$5,026,743,282	$33,751,788,856
2007	$5,430,713,729	$40,465,318,382
2008	$5,913,620,293	$52,557,913,569
2009	$2,948,594,552	$54,111,735,629
2010	$2,687,807,004	$61,390,830,875
2011	$2,906,000,097	$67,539,428,159
2012	$4,364,670,160	$43,190,318,033
2013	$5,062,881,600	$21,361,254,635
2014	$5,728,399,720	$21,502,061,466
2015	$6,152,149,100	$16,466,863,117
2016	$6,613,743,070	$12,597,854,877
2017	$7,621,501,710	$16,369,843,352
2018	$7,873,440,830	$21,497,782,868
2019	$8,655,023,960	$22,583,045,060
2020	$8,628,393,720	$12,047,752,036
2021	$9,483,997,390	$14,353,205,678
2022	$10,202,767,270	$23,622,827,080
2023	$10,968,517,090	$19,993,439,950
2024	$12,108,515,110	-

Somalia and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Somalia

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Somalia	Syria
1960	$62.7	$183.5
1961	$64.9	$196.3
1962	$67.2	$223.9
1963	$69.5	$234.9
1964	$71.9	$254.2
1965	$74.4	$270.8
1966	$76.5	$239.3
1967	$78.7	$272.9
1968	$80.8	$293.3
1969	$84.1	$364
1970	$93.1	$335
1971	$90.4	$393
1972	$113.7	$448
1973	$119.6	$459
1974	$137.9	$707
1975	$177.8	$904
1976	$199.6	$976
1977	$111.2	$951
1978	$117.3	$1,108
1979	$108.2	$1,146
1980	$101.5	$1,458
1981	$116.9	$1,676
1982	$129	$1,703
1983	$118.6	$1,776
1984	$122.5	$1,706
1985	$130.8	$1,544
1986	$131.4	$1,208
1987	$141	$997
1988	$145.3	$898
1989	$166	$809
1990	$145.6	$978
1991	$105.4	$1,000
1992	$109.2	$990
1993	$188.6	$993
1994	$210.8	$712
1995	$210.7	$780
1996	$237.2	$918
1997	$280.1	$941
1998	$363	$961
1999	$359	$978
2000	$386	$1,138
2001	$244.9	$1,187
2002	$229.6	$1,183
2003	$286.3	$1,220
2004	$375	$1,368
2005	$440	$1,534
2006	$458	$1,719
2007	$480	$1,938
2008	$507	$2,429
2009	$246.5	$2,462
2010	$219.2	$2,731
2011	$235.3	$2,952
2012	$350	$1,898
2013	$393	$986
2014	$429	$1,061
2015	$446	$848
2016	$461	$656
2017	$511	$852
2018	$510	$1,098
2019	$540	$1,110
2020	$518	$572
2021	$549	$664
2022	$573	$1,052
2023	$597	$847
2024	$637	-

Somalia vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Somalia

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Somalia	Syria
1950	41.5	42.5
1951	41.7	43.4
1952	41.9	44.3
1953	42.1	45.3
1954	42.3	46.4
1955	42.5	47.4
1956	42.7	48.5
1957	42.9	49.6
1958	43.1	50.7
1959	43.3	51.7
1960	43.5	52.7
1961	43.7	53.7
1962	44	54.6
1963	44.2	55.4
1964	44.4	56.2
1965	44.6	56.9
1966	44.8	57.6
1967	45.1	58
1968	45.3	59.1
1969	45.5	59.8
1970	45.6	60.6
1971	45.8	61.3
1972	46	62
1973	46.2	60.8
1974	44.3	63.4
1975	44.5	64.2
1976	44.7	64.8
1977	47	65.4
1978	47	65.9
1979	47.4	66.2
1980	47.6	66.5
1981	47.8	64.6
1982	48	60.8
1983	48.2	67.4
1984	48.4	67.7
1985	48.3	68
1986	48.4	68.4
1987	49	68.8
1988	43.9	69.2
1989	46.6	69.5
1990	46.9	69.8
1991	25.4	70.1
1992	25	70.2
1993	50.6	70.3
1994	50.3	70.3
1995	50.6	70.2
1996	50.5	70.2
1997	50.3	70.2
1998	50.8	70.2
1999	50.6	70.5
2000	50.7	70.9
2001	50.8	71.3
2002	50.8	71.7
2003	50.7	72.2
2004	50.7	72.5
2005	50.9	72.8
2006	50.9	73
2007	50.9	73.3
2008	51.5	73.4
2009	52.1	73.5
2010	48.9	73.5
2011	32.5	72.3
2012	49.1	66.2
2013	54	65.1
2014	54.4	65.5
2015	55.1	63.3
2016	55.3	65.2
2017	52.2	65.7
2018	54.8	67.4
2019	57.2	71
2020	57.1	71.9
2021	55.7	72.4
2022	53.9	72.8
2023	58.8	72.1
2024	59	72.6
2025	59.1	73

Somalia and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Somalia

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Somalia	Syria
1960	2,876,331	4,673,500
1961	2,952,054	4,815,466
1962	3,030,091	4,959,340
1963	3,110,361	5,110,467
1964	3,192,796	5,269,087
1965	3,277,874	5,435,267
1966	3,365,106	5,609,047
1967	3,454,537	5,790,198
1968	3,546,590	5,978,742
1969	3,641,015	6,175,166
1970	3,738,448	6,380,609
1971	3,837,691	6,598,094
1972	3,939,436	6,826,024
1973	4,045,592	7,060,321
1974	4,151,842	7,302,160
1975	4,257,535	7,554,364
1976	4,365,812	7,817,320
1977	4,484,050	8,090,501
1978	4,814,892	8,372,759
1979	5,449,117	8,661,909
1980	5,936,154	8,957,663
1981	5,982,849	9,260,189
1982	6,003,840	9,572,511
1983	6,198,430	9,904,809
1984	6,428,389	10,258,398
1985	6,693,289	10,625,672
1986	6,974,788	11,002,844
1987	7,228,302	11,388,923
1988	7,235,360	11,782,264
1989	7,114,817	12,179,060
1990	7,082,811	12,579,208
1991	6,813,760	12,980,821
1992	6,495,107	13,385,571
1993	6,681,399	13,795,686
1994	7,026,797	14,208,583
1995	7,285,007	14,616,801
1996	7,554,474	15,018,104
1997	7,824,525	15,417,542
1998	8,155,417	15,820,413
1999	8,492,059	16,228,061
2000	8,838,713	16,637,888
2001	9,198,493	17,051,338
2002	9,550,063	17,468,332
2003	9,909,157	17,889,296
2004	10,280,998	18,336,875
2005	10,644,228	18,814,091
2006	10,975,502	19,637,022
2007	11,322,582	20,884,125
2008	11,663,084	21,636,564
2009	11,961,201	21,976,969
2010	12,261,756	22,482,421
2011	12,348,830	22,878,098
2012	12,461,160	22,759,763
2013	12,869,594	21,666,917
2014	13,339,491	20,273,659
2015	13,806,963	19,424,618
2016	14,348,740	19,193,834
2017	14,916,629	19,224,668
2018	15,452,487	19,577,845
2019	16,030,971	20,353,534
2020	16,651,191	21,049,429
2021	17,271,431	21,628,839
2022	17,801,897	22,462,173
2023	18,358,615	23,594,623
2024	19,009,151	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Somalia and Syria

Fertility rate

Somalia

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Somalia	Syria
1960	7.25	7.51
1961	7.25	7.5
1962	7.26	7.51
1963	7.26	7.51
1964	7.26	7.53
1965	7.26	7.53
1966	7.26	7.55
1967	7.25	7.56
1968	7.23	7.57
1969	7.21	7.59
1970	7.18	7.62
1971	7.15	7.6
1972	7.12	7.57
1973	7.09	7.55
1974	7.06	7.52
1975	7.03	7.49
1976	7.02	7.45
1977	7	7.42
1978	7.13	7.35
1979	7.16	7.25
1980	7.18	7.12
1981	7.23	6.97
1982	7.25	6.81
1983	7.28	6.69
1984	7.3	6.59
1985	7.33	6.48
1986	7.35	6.37
1987	7.37	6.2
1988	7.4	6
1989	7.42	5.78
1990	7.44	5.56
1991	7.47	5.34
1992	7.5	5.14
1993	7.53	4.99
1994	7.54	4.86
1995	7.58	4.7
1996	7.62	4.54
1997	7.66	4.37
1998	7.66	4.25
1999	7.66	4.14
2000	7.65	4.07
2001	7.64	3.98
2002	7.63	3.87
2003	7.6	3.76
2004	7.57	3.68
2005	7.53	3.61
2006	7.49	3.56
2007	7.46	3.54
2008	7.42	3.48
2009	7.38	3.42
2010	7.32	3.36
2011	7.27	3.29
2012	7.21	3.22
2013	7.14	3.17
2014	7.06	3.12
2015	6.98	3.07
2016	6.88	3.01
2017	6.77	2.97
2018	6.66	2.93
2019	6.56	2.88
2020	6.45	2.84
2021	6.35	2.8
2022	6.26	2.75
2023	6.13	2.71

Somalia and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Somalia

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Somalia	Syria
1960	18.1	17.6
1961	17.9	17.3
1962	17.8	17.1
1963	17.7	16.9
1964	17.6	16.7
1965	17.5	16.5
1966	17.5	16.4
1967	17.5	16.2
1968	17.5	16.1
1969	17.5	16
1970	17.5	15.9
1971	17.6	15.8
1972	17.6	15.8
1973	17.6	15.7
1974	17.7	15.7
1975	17.7	15.7
1976	17.7	15.6
1977	17.7	15.6
1978	17.7	15.6
1979	17.6	15.6
1980	17.6	15.6
1981	17.5	15.6
1982	17.4	15.7
1983	17.4	15.8
1984	17.3	15.8
1985	17.2	15.9
1986	17.1	16
1987	17	16.1
1988	16.8	16.2
1989	16.7	16.4
1990	16.5	16.5
1991	16.5	16.7
1992	16.7	16.9
1993	16.8	17.1
1994	16.7	17.3
1995	16.6	17.5
1996	16.5	17.7
1997	16.4	17.9
1998	16.4	18.1
1999	16.3	18.3
2000	16.3	18.5
2001	16.2	18.8
2002	16.2	19
2003	16.1	19.2
2004	16	19.5
2005	15.9	19.7
2006	15.7	20.3
2007	15.6	21
2008	15.6	21.3
2009	15.6	21.5
2010	15.7	21.7
2011	15.8	21.9
2012	16	21.8
2013	16	21.2
2014	16	20.1
2015	16.1	19.5
2016	16.1	19.5
2017	16.2	19.6
2018	16.2	20.1
2019	16.3	20.9
2020	16.3	21.6
2021	16.4	22.2
2022	16.5	22.7
2023	16.5	23.3
2024	16.6	23.9

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