Sri Lanka vs Syria statistics compared

Sri Lanka has a population of 21.9M (ranked 61/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Sri Lanka's land area is 23,884 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 122nd vs. 87th).

By GDP, Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Sri Lanka and Syria: Comparison Charts

Sri Lanka and Syria economies compared

GDP

Sri Lanka

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Sri Lanka	Syria
1960	$1,409,873,950	$857,704,413
1961	$1,444,327,731	$945,244,972
1962	$1,434,156,379	$1,110,565,881
1963	$1,240,672,269	$1,200,447,408
1964	$1,309,747,899	$1,339,494,267
1965	$1,698,319,328	$1,472,036,540
1966	$1,751,470,588	$1,342,287,553
1967	$1,859,465,021	$1,580,229,799
1968	$1,801,344,538	$1,753,746,430
1969	$1,965,546,218	$2,245,011,515
1970	$2,296,470,588	$2,140,384,010
1971	$2,369,308,600	$2,589,851,325
1972	$2,553,936,348	$3,059,681,698
1973	$2,875,625,000	$3,239,487,516
1974	$3,574,586,466	$5,159,557,148
1975	$3,791,298,146	$6,826,980,444
1976	$3,591,319,857	$7,633,528,867
1977	$4,104,509,583	$7,696,011,396
1978	$2,733,183,857	$9,275,200,458
1979	$3,364,611,432	$9,929,681,529
1980	$4,024,621,900	$13,062,420,382
1981	$4,415,844,156	$15,518,201,335
1982	$4,768,765,017	$16,298,929,011
1983	$5,167,913,302	$17,589,277,143
1984	$6,043,474,843	$17,503,078,174
1985	$5,978,460,972	$16,403,539,893
1986	$6,405,210,564	$13,293,205,278
1987	$6,682,167,120	$11,356,215,543
1988	$6,978,371,581	$10,577,041,645
1989	$6,987,267,684	$9,853,395,762
1990	$8,032,551,173	$12,308,624,418
1991	$9,000,362,582	$12,981,833,333
1992	$9,703,011,636	$13,253,565,861
1993	$10,338,679,636	$13,695,962,055
1994	$11,717,604,209	$10,122,020,000
1995	$13,029,697,561	$11,396,706,587
1996	$13,897,738,375	$13,789,560,878
1997	$15,091,913,884	$14,505,233,463
1998	$15,794,972,847	$15,200,846,154
1999	$15,656,327,860	$15,873,875,969
2000	$16,330,814,180	$18,937,052,543
2001	$15,749,753,805	$20,237,024,725
2002	$16,536,535,647	$20,669,357,462
2003	$18,881,765,437	$21,828,144,686
2004	$20,662,525,941	$25,086,950,495
2005	$24,405,791,045	$28,858,965,517
2006	$28,279,802,406	$33,751,788,856
2007	$32,350,238,760	$40,465,318,382
2008	$40,713,826,215	$52,557,913,569
2009	$42,066,224,093	$54,111,735,629
2010	$58,636,161,082	$61,390,830,875
2011	$67,753,284,044	$67,539,428,159
2012	$70,447,216,891	$43,190,318,033
2013	$77,000,578,167	$21,361,254,635
2014	$82,528,535,714	$21,502,061,466
2015	$85,090,301,052	$16,466,863,117
2016	$88,000,211,172	$12,597,854,877
2017	$94,369,350,286	$16,369,843,352
2018	$94,450,015,983	$21,497,782,868
2019	$88,998,706,297	$22,583,045,060
2020	$84,335,574,582	$12,047,752,036
2021	$88,556,698,938	$14,353,205,678
2022	$74,143,020,263	$23,622,827,080
2023	$83,716,142,582	$19,993,439,950
2024	$98,963,185,510	-

Sri Lanka and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Sri Lanka

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sri Lanka	Syria
1960	$145.9	$183.5
1961	$145.9	$196.3
1962	$141.4	$223.9
1963	$119.4	$234.9
1964	$122.9	$254.2
1965	$155.6	$270.8
1966	$156.6	$239.3
1967	$162.3	$272.9
1968	$153.5	$293.3
1969	$163.6	$364
1970	$186.9	$335
1971	$188.8	$393
1972	$199.4	$448
1973	$220.2	$459
1974	$268.7	$707
1975	$279.8	$904
1976	$260.3	$976
1977	$292.1	$951
1978	$191	$1,108
1979	$230.8	$1,146
1980	$271.1	$1,458
1981	$292.5	$1,676
1982	$312	$1,703
1983	$336	$1,776
1984	$391	$1,706
1985	$385	$1,544
1986	$407	$1,208
1987	$420	$997
1988	$434	$898
1989	$430	$809
1990	$491	$978
1991	$546	$1,000
1992	$580	$990
1993	$607	$993
1994	$678	$712
1995	$742	$780
1996	$776	$918
1997	$827	$941
1998	$849	$961
1999	$826	$978
2000	$846	$1,138
2001	$804	$1,187
2002	$835	$1,183
2003	$946	$1,220
2004	$1,029	$1,368
2005	$1,207	$1,534
2006	$1,390	$1,719
2007	$1,579	$1,938
2008	$1,974	$2,429
2009	$2,027	$2,462
2010	$2,808	$2,731
2011	$3,225	$2,952
2012	$3,328	$1,898
2013	$3,741	$986
2014	$3,972	$1,061
2015	$4,058	$848
2016	$4,149	$656
2017	$4,399	$852
2018	$4,359	$1,098
2019	$4,082	$1,110
2020	$3,848	$572
2021	$3,997	$664
2022	$3,343	$1,052
2023	$3,799	$847
2024	$4,516	-

Sri Lanka vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sri Lanka

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sri Lanka	Syria
1950	53.2	42.5
1951	54	43.4
1952	54.9	44.3
1953	55.6	45.3
1954	56.4	46.4
1955	57.2	47.4
1956	57.9	48.5
1957	58.5	49.6
1958	59.3	50.7
1959	60	51.7
1960	60.6	52.7
1961	61.2	53.7
1962	61.6	54.6
1963	62	55.4
1964	62.4	56.2
1965	62.8	56.9
1966	63.2	57.6
1967	63.6	58
1968	63.9	59.1
1969	64.1	59.8
1970	64.4	60.6
1971	64.2	61.3
1972	64.6	62
1973	64.8	60.8
1974	65	63.4
1975	65.4	64.2
1976	65.8	64.8
1977	66.4	65.4
1978	66.8	65.9
1979	67.5	66.2
1980	68	66.5
1981	68.4	64.6
1982	68.7	60.8
1983	68.7	67.4
1984	68.8	67.7
1985	68.9	68
1986	69	68.4
1987	69	68.8
1988	69	69.2
1989	67.3	69.5
1990	69.2	69.8
1991	69.1	70.1
1992	69.6	70.2
1993	70	70.3
1994	70.2	70.3
1995	69.7	70.2
1996	69.8	70.2
1997	69.9	70.2
1998	70.1	70.2
1999	70.4	70.5
2000	71.2	70.9
2001	71.8	71.3
2002	72.3	71.7
2003	72.4	72.2
2004	68	72.5
2005	73.1	72.8
2006	72.8	73
2007	73	73.3
2008	72.6	73.4
2009	70.3	73.5
2010	74.5	73.5
2011	74.7	72.3
2012	75.2	66.2
2013	75.5	65.1
2014	75.8	65.5
2015	76	63.3
2016	76.1	65.2
2017	76.2	65.7
2018	76.5	67.4
2019	76.7	71
2020	76.9	71.9
2021	76.3	72.4
2022	77.3	72.8
2023	77.5	72.1
2024	77.7	72.6
2025	77.9	73

Sri Lanka and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Sri Lanka

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Sri Lanka	Syria
1960	9,661,389	4,673,500
1961	9,899,372	4,815,466
1962	10,143,754	4,959,340
1963	10,395,040	5,110,467
1964	10,653,397	5,269,087
1965	10,916,965	5,435,267
1966	11,183,928	5,609,047
1967	11,457,328	5,790,198
1968	11,736,088	5,978,742
1969	12,013,858	6,175,166
1970	12,287,110	6,380,609
1971	12,551,910	6,598,094
1972	12,809,205	6,826,024
1973	13,060,916	7,060,321
1974	13,305,693	7,302,160
1975	13,548,984	7,554,364
1976	13,796,770	7,817,320
1977	14,049,371	8,090,501
1978	14,310,128	8,372,759
1979	14,579,614	8,661,909
1980	14,847,974	8,957,663
1981	15,099,414	9,260,189
1982	15,286,567	9,572,511
1983	15,388,794	9,904,809
1984	15,441,860	10,258,398
1985	15,544,154	10,625,672
1986	15,731,256	11,002,844
1987	15,916,576	11,388,923
1988	16,078,621	11,782,264
1989	16,248,557	12,179,060
1990	16,352,458	12,579,208
1991	16,475,354	12,980,821
1992	16,739,284	13,385,571
1993	17,025,918	13,795,686
1994	17,275,773	14,208,583
1995	17,564,068	14,616,801
1996	17,905,018	15,018,104
1997	18,248,200	15,417,542
1998	18,596,003	15,820,413
1999	18,944,731	16,228,061
2000	19,293,054	16,637,888
2001	19,600,362	17,051,338
2002	19,805,752	17,468,332
2003	19,951,521	17,889,296
2004	20,087,605	18,336,875
2005	20,216,524	18,814,091
2006	20,352,411	19,637,022
2007	20,492,545	20,884,125
2008	20,629,378	21,636,564
2009	20,756,435	21,976,969
2010	20,879,089	22,482,421
2011	21,009,048	22,878,098
2012	21,169,458	22,759,763
2013	20,585,000	21,666,917
2014	20,778,000	20,273,659
2015	20,970,000	19,424,618
2016	21,209,000	19,193,834
2017	21,453,000	19,224,668
2018	21,670,000	19,577,845
2019	21,803,000	20,353,534
2020	21,919,000	21,049,429
2021	22,156,000	21,628,839
2022	22,181,000	22,462,173
2023	22,037,000	23,594,623
2024	21,916,000	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Sri Lanka and Syria

Fertility rate

Sri Lanka

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sri Lanka	Syria
1960	5.35	7.51
1961	5.24	7.5
1962	5.18	7.51
1963	5.12	7.51
1964	5.06	7.53
1965	4.93	7.53
1966	4.83	7.55
1967	4.79	7.56
1968	4.66	7.57
1969	4.5	7.59
1970	4.39	7.62
1971	4.27	7.6
1972	4.16	7.57
1973	4	7.55
1974	3.86	7.52
1975	3.82	7.49
1976	3.78	7.45
1977	3.74	7.42
1978	3.81	7.35
1979	3.82	7.25
1980	3.73	7.12
1981	3.65	6.97
1982	3.32	6.81
1983	3.11	6.69
1984	3.01	6.59
1985	2.9	6.48
1986	2.74	6.37
1987	2.64	6.2
1988	2.57	6
1989	2.58	5.78
1990	2.54	5.56
1991	2.51	5.34
1992	2.49	5.14
1993	2.44	4.99
1994	2.4	4.86
1995	2.35	4.7
1996	2.29	4.54
1997	2.22	4.37
1998	2.14	4.25
1999	2.14	4.14
2000	2.21	4.07
2001	2.28	3.98
2002	2.31	3.87
2003	2.3	3.76
2004	2.27	3.68
2005	2.26	3.61
2006	2.29	3.56
2007	2.3	3.54
2008	2.23	3.48
2009	2.18	3.42
2010	2.13	3.36
2011	2.14	3.29
2012	2.17	3.22
2013	2.18	3.17
2014	2.13	3.12
2015	2.09	3.07
2016	2.06	3.01
2017	2.04	2.97
2018	2.03	2.93
2019	2.02	2.88
2020	2.01	2.84
2021	2	2.8
2022	1.98	2.75
2023	1.97	2.71

Sri Lanka and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Sri Lanka

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sri Lanka	Syria
1960	19.5	17.6
1961	19.5	17.3
1962	19.5	17.1
1963	19.5	16.9
1964	19.5	16.7
1965	19.5	16.5
1966	19.6	16.4
1967	19.7	16.2
1968	19.8	16.1
1969	19.9	16
1970	20	15.9
1971	20.1	15.8
1972	20.2	15.8
1973	20.4	15.7
1974	20.6	15.7
1975	20.7	15.7
1976	20.9	15.6
1977	21	15.6
1978	21.2	15.6
1979	21.3	15.6
1980	21.5	15.6
1981	21.6	15.6
1982	21.7	15.7
1983	21.9	15.8
1984	22	15.8
1985	22.2	15.9
1986	22.5	16
1987	22.8	16.1
1988	23.1	16.2
1989	23.4	16.4
1990	23.6	16.5
1991	23.9	16.7
1992	24.3	16.9
1993	24.6	17.1
1994	24.9	17.3
1995	25.3	17.5
1996	25.8	17.7
1997	26.2	17.9
1998	26.5	18.1
1999	26.9	18.3
2000	27.2	18.5
2001	27.6	18.8
2002	27.9	19
2003	28.2	19.2
2004	28.5	19.5
2005	28.8	19.7
2006	29	20.3
2007	29.3	21
2008	29.6	21.3
2009	29.9	21.5
2010	30.2	21.7
2011	30.5	21.9
2012	30.8	21.8
2013	31.1	21.2
2014	31.4	20.1
2015	31.7	19.5
2016	32	19.5
2017	32.3	19.6
2018	32.5	20.1
2019	32.8	20.9
2020	33.1	21.6
2021	33.3	22.2
2022	33.6	22.7
2023	33.8	23.3
2024	34.1	23.9

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