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Suriname vs Syria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Suriname has a population of 634K (ranked 165/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Suriname's land area is 61,972 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 90th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Main facts and rankings

Suriname Syria
Population
644193
26304877
Population rank 165/197 57/197
GDP
$4.71B
2024
$20B
2023
GDP rank 164/197 129/197
GDP per capita
$7,431
2024
$847
2023
GDP per capita rank 101/197 184/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,067
2024
$4,650
2023
Government debt
$4.11B
2024
$18.4B
2010
Debt-to-GDP ratio
86.6%
2025
30%
2010
Government debt per person
$6,481
2024
$820
2010
Government debt per person rank 71/185 148/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,252
2025
$731
2025
Land area
61,972 sq mi
2025
70,900 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
348 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.25
2023
2.71
2023
Median age
29.4 years
2024
23.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.9 years
2025
73 years
2025

Suriname and Syria: Comparison Charts

Suriname and Syria economies compared

GDP
Suriname

Syria
Year GDP
Suriname Syria
1960 $99,650,000 $857,704,413
1961 $107,700,000 $945,244,972
1962 $116,150,000 $1,110,565,881
1963 $125,950,000 $1,200,447,408
1964 $134,400,000 $1,339,494,267
1965 $154,150,000 $1,472,036,540
1966 $190,350,000 $1,342,287,553
1967 $220,700,000 $1,580,229,799
1968 $241,350,000 $1,753,746,430
1969 $259,650,000 $2,245,011,515
1970 $274,900,000 $2,140,384,010
1971 $301,000,000 $2,589,851,325
1972 $311,950,000 $3,059,681,698
1973 $339,450,000 $3,239,487,516
1974 $409,850,000 $5,159,557,148
1975 $465,500,000 $6,826,980,444
1976 $505,500,000 $7,633,528,867
1977 $641,500,000 $7,696,011,396
1978 $735,500,000 $9,275,200,458
1979 $782,500,000 $9,929,681,529
1980 $795,000,000 $13,062,420,382
1981 $889,000,000 $15,518,201,335
1982 $915,000,000 $16,298,929,011
1983 $883,500,000 $17,589,277,143
1984 $864,000,000 $17,503,078,174
1985 $873,000,000 $16,403,539,893
1986 $891,000,000 $13,293,205,278
1987 $980,000,000 $11,356,215,543
1988 $1,161,000,000 $10,577,041,645
1989 $542,600,000 $9,853,395,762
1990 $388,400,000 $12,308,624,418
1991 $448,100,000 $12,981,833,333
1992 $404,600,000 $13,253,565,861
1993 $428,764,706 $13,695,962,055
1994 $605,492,537 $10,122,020,000
1995 $691,590,498 $11,396,706,587
1996 $861,372,806 $13,789,560,878
1997 $926,422,500 $14,505,233,463
1998 $1,110,850,000 $15,200,846,154
1999 $886,290,698 $15,873,875,969
2000 $947,671,970 $18,937,052,543
2001 $834,279,358 $20,237,024,725
2002 $1,093,574,468 $20,669,357,462
2003 $1,274,190,311 $21,828,144,686
2004 $1,484,092,538 $25,086,950,495
2005 $1,793,410,397 $28,858,965,517
2006 $2,626,380,435 $33,751,788,856
2007 $2,936,612,022 $40,465,318,382
2008 $3,532,969,035 $52,557,913,569
2009 $3,875,409,836 $54,111,735,629
2010 $4,368,370,998 $61,390,830,875
2011 $4,422,276,622 $67,539,428,159
2012 $4,980,000,000 $43,190,318,033
2013 $5,145,757,576 $21,361,254,635
2014 $5,240,606,061 $21,502,061,466
2015 $5,126,237,646 $16,466,863,117
2016 $3,317,421,648 $12,597,854,877
2017 $3,591,679,431 $16,369,843,352
2018 $3,996,198,867 $21,497,782,868
2019 $4,016,040,575 $22,583,045,060
2020 $2,911,807,496 $12,047,752,036
2021 $3,107,923,198 $14,353,205,678
2022 $3,791,603,200 $23,622,827,080
2023 $3,455,146,281 $19,993,439,950
2024 $4,714,267,822 -

Suriname and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita
Suriname

Syria
Year GDP per capita
Suriname Syria
1960 $378 $183.5
1961 $395 $196.3
1962 $409 $223.9
1963 $424 $234.9
1964 $435 $254.2
1965 $482 $270.8
1966 $575 $239.3
1967 $644 $272.9
1968 $681 $293.3
1969 $708 $364
1970 $724 $335
1971 $768 $393
1972 $785 $448
1973 $858 $459
1974 $1,041 $707
1975 $1,190 $904
1976 $1,302 $976
1977 $1,666 $951
1978 $1,928 $1,108
1979 $2,072 $1,146
1980 $2,118 $1,458
1981 $2,368 $1,676
1982 $2,430 $1,703
1983 $2,333 $1,776
1984 $2,261 $1,706
1985 $2,256 $1,544
1986 $2,271 $1,208
1987 $2,469 $997
1988 $2,886 $898
1989 $1,329 $809
1990 $942 $978
1991 $1,080 $1,000
1992 $969 $990
1993 $1,022 $993
1994 $1,434 $712
1995 $1,610 $780
1996 $1,963 $918
1997 $2,068 $941
1998 $2,429 $961
1999 $1,898 $978
2000 $1,988 $1,138
2001 $1,715 $1,187
2002 $2,202 $1,183
2003 $2,516 $1,220
2004 $2,888 $1,368
2005 $3,453 $1,534
2006 $5,003 $1,719
2007 $5,530 $1,938
2008 $6,576 $2,429
2009 $7,130 $2,462
2010 $7,944 $2,731
2011 $7,950 $2,952
2012 $8,851 $1,898
2013 $9,043 $986
2014 $9,108 $1,061
2015 $8,814 $848
2016 $5,644 $656
2017 $6,050 $852
2018 $6,666 $1,098
2019 $6,630 $1,110
2020 $4,755 $572
2021 $5,030 $664
2022 $6,084 $1,052
2023 $5,494 $847
2024 $7,431 -

Suriname vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Suriname

Syria
Year Life expectancy, years
Suriname Syria
1950 50.7 42.5
1951 51.1 43.4
1952 51.4 44.3
1953 52.1 45.3
1954 52.8 46.4
1955 53.5 47.4
1956 54.1 48.5
1957 54.7 49.6
1958 55.4 50.7
1959 55.9 51.7
1960 56.6 52.7
1961 57.3 53.7
1962 58 54.6
1963 58.5 55.4
1964 58.9 56.2
1965 59.1 56.9
1966 59.2 57.6
1967 59.2 58
1968 59.3 59.1
1969 59.4 59.8
1970 59.5 60.6
1971 59.6 61.3
1972 59.7 62
1973 59.8 60.8
1974 59.9 63.4
1975 60 64.2
1976 60.2 64.8
1977 60.3 65.4
1978 60.4 65.9
1979 60.5 66.2
1980 60.7 66.5
1981 60.8 64.6
1982 60.9 60.8
1983 61.1 67.4
1984 61.2 67.7
1985 61.4 68
1986 61.2 68.4
1987 61.3 68.8
1988 61.5 69.2
1989 62 69.5
1990 62.1 69.8
1991 62.2 70.1
1992 62.2 70.2
1993 62.4 70.3
1994 62.5 70.3
1995 62.8 70.2
1996 63.1 70.2
1997 63.4 70.2
1998 63.7 70.2
1999 64 70.5
2000 64.4 70.9
2001 64.8 71.3
2002 65.3 71.7
2003 65.8 72.2
2004 66.4 72.5
2005 67 72.8
2006 67.6 73
2007 68.3 73.3
2008 68.9 73.4
2009 69.3 73.5
2010 69.6 73.5
2011 69.8 72.3
2012 70 66.2
2013 70.1 65.1
2014 70.3 65.5
2015 70.6 63.3
2016 71 65.2
2017 71.2 65.7
2018 71.5 67.4
2019 71.8 71
2020 72.3 71.9
2021 68.9 72.4
2022 73.3 72.8
2023 73.6 72.1
2024 73.8 72.6
2025 73.9 73

Suriname and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population
Suriname

Syria
Year Population
Suriname Syria
1960 263,918 4,673,500
1961 272,791 4,815,466
1962 283,912 4,959,340
1963 297,034 5,110,467
1964 309,041 5,269,087
1965 320,000 5,435,267
1966 331,135 5,609,047
1967 342,679 5,790,198
1968 354,616 5,978,742
1969 366,906 6,175,166
1970 379,442 6,380,609
1971 391,932 6,598,094
1972 397,413 6,826,024
1973 395,772 7,060,321
1974 393,676 7,302,160
1975 391,170 7,554,364
1976 388,289 7,817,320
1977 385,067 8,090,501
1978 381,502 8,372,759
1979 377,602 8,661,909
1980 375,377 8,957,663
1981 375,459 9,260,189
1982 376,555 9,572,511
1983 378,746 9,904,809
1984 382,193 10,258,398
1985 386,972 10,625,672
1986 392,330 11,002,844
1987 396,911 11,388,923
1988 402,227 11,782,264
1989 408,409 12,179,060
1990 412,493 12,579,208
1991 415,013 12,980,821
1992 417,589 13,385,571
1993 419,352 13,795,686
1994 422,375 14,208,583
1995 429,606 14,616,801
1996 438,830 15,018,104
1997 448,067 15,417,542
1998 457,406 15,820,413
1999 466,916 16,228,061
2000 476,643 16,637,888
2001 486,560 17,051,338
2002 496,551 17,468,332
2003 506,414 17,889,296
2004 513,923 18,336,875
2005 519,313 18,814,091
2006 524,997 19,637,022
2007 531,016 20,884,125
2008 537,245 21,636,564
2009 543,568 21,976,969
2010 549,923 22,482,421
2011 556,269 22,878,098
2012 562,633 22,759,763
2013 569,020 21,666,917
2014 575,373 20,273,659
2015 581,627 19,424,618
2016 587,757 19,193,834
2017 593,713 19,224,668
2018 599,513 19,577,845
2019 605,768 20,353,534
2020 612,317 21,049,429
2021 617,896 21,628,839
2022 623,164 22,462,173
2023 628,886 23,594,623
2024 634,431 24,672,760

Fertility rates in Suriname and Syria

Fertility rate
Suriname

Syria
Year Fertility rate
Suriname Syria
1960 6.59 7.51
1961 6.58 7.5
1962 6.57 7.51
1963 6.51 7.51
1964 6.43 7.53
1965 6.32 7.53
1966 6.2 7.55
1967 6.04 7.56
1968 5.86 7.57
1969 5.7 7.59
1970 5.53 7.62
1971 5.36 7.6
1972 5.18 7.57
1973 5.01 7.55
1974 4.81 7.52
1975 4.63 7.49
1976 4.45 7.45
1977 4.26 7.42
1978 4.08 7.35
1979 3.93 7.25
1980 3.79 7.12
1981 3.75 6.97
1982 3.82 6.81
1983 3.87 6.69
1984 3.8 6.59
1985 3.71 6.48
1986 3.61 6.37
1987 3.53 6.2
1988 3.46 6
1989 3.39 5.78
1990 3.23 5.56
1991 3.09 5.34
1992 3.01 5.14
1993 2.94 4.99
1994 2.9 4.86
1995 2.9 4.7
1996 2.92 4.54
1997 2.95 4.37
1998 2.99 4.25
1999 3.02 4.14
2000 3.05 4.07
2001 3.06 3.98
2002 2.96 3.87
2003 2.84 3.76
2004 2.74 3.68
2005 2.71 3.61
2006 2.73 3.56
2007 2.74 3.54
2008 2.73 3.48
2009 2.71 3.42
2010 2.69 3.36
2011 2.67 3.29
2012 2.67 3.22
2013 2.65 3.17
2014 2.62 3.12
2015 2.57 3.07
2016 2.5 3.01
2017 2.43 2.97
2018 2.38 2.93
2019 2.35 2.88
2020 2.31 2.84
2021 2.3 2.8
2022 2.27 2.75
2023 2.25 2.71

Suriname and Syria demographics compared

Median age
Suriname

Syria
Year Median age, years
Suriname Syria
1960 18.1 17.6
1961 18.2 17.3
1962 17.8 17.1
1963 17.3 16.9
1964 16.8 16.7
1965 16.4 16.5
1966 16.1 16.4
1967 15.8 16.2
1968 15.6 16.1
1969 15.6 16
1970 15.6 15.9
1971 15.7 15.8
1972 16 15.8
1973 16.3 15.7
1974 16.7 15.7
1975 17 15.7
1976 17.4 15.6
1977 17.6 15.6
1978 17.9 15.6
1979 18.1 15.6
1980 18.4 15.6
1981 18.7 15.6
1982 18.9 15.7
1983 19.2 15.8
1984 19.5 15.8
1985 19.7 15.9
1986 20 16
1987 20.2 16.1
1988 20.4 16.2
1989 20.6 16.4
1990 20.8 16.5
1991 21 16.7
1992 21.2 16.9
1993 21.5 17.1
1994 21.7 17.3
1995 22 17.5
1996 22.4 17.7
1997 22.8 17.9
1998 23.2 18.1
1999 23.6 18.3
2000 24 18.5
2001 24.4 18.8
2002 24.7 19
2003 25 19.2
2004 25.3 19.5
2005 25.5 19.7
2006 25.6 20.3
2007 25.8 21
2008 26.1 21.3
2009 26.3 21.5
2010 26.5 21.7
2011 26.7 21.9
2012 26.9 21.8
2013 27.1 21.2
2014 27.3 20.1
2015 27.5 19.5
2016 27.7 19.5
2017 27.9 19.6
2018 28.1 20.1
2019 28.3 20.9
2020 28.6 21.6
2021 28.7 22.2
2022 28.9 22.7
2023 29.2 23.3
2024 29.4 23.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Suriname Syria
GNI, Atlas method
$3.72B
2024
$18.2B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.2%
2025
28.6%
2010
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.87%
2023
5.13%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
4.06%
2010
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
269,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.18%
2025
-7.79%
2010
Unemployment rate
7.92%
2016
8.61%
2010
Services, % of GDP
48.3%
2023
44.9%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
39.9%
2023
12%
2022
Economic freedom index
50.9
2025
51.2
2012
Income share by richest 10%
30.1%
2022
21.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.2%
2022
3.8%
2022
Total reserves including gold
$1.63B
2024
$20.6B
2010
Personal remittances received
$160M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
279,000
2017
2,424,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
0.78%
2020
32.2%
2010
Banked people share n/a
23.3%
2011

Energy

Suriname Syria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,695 kg
2023
455 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.5
2023
$10.5
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
2.63 megatons
2023
25.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.18 tons
2023
1.08 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
90.4%
2022
99.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
14.5%
2021
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
10.3%
2023
0.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share
12.3%
2023
61.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
2,897 kWh
2023
690 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
41.9%
2021
3.91%
2021
Hydroelectric share
61%
2023
3.76%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
99.6%
2023
88.4%
2023

Society

Suriname Syria
% of world population
0.008%
2024
0.3%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,166
2024
+546,494
2024
Urban population
66.5%
2024
58%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.73 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.32 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
47.3
2025
17.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
40
2024
12
2024
Higher education index
22
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.28
2022
2.07
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
15.3
2019
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
88
2025
39
2025
Adult literacy rate
95%
2021
94.4%
2021
English speaking
87.1%
2023
4%
2025
People using the Internet
78.4%
2023
34.7%
2019

Health

Suriname Syria
Government health expenditure per capita
$344
2022
$34.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$79.4
2022
$15.7
2022
Life expectancy
73.9 years
2025
73 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.47%
2022
20.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.48
2021
1.19
2016
Maternal mortality per 100K births
84
2023
20
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
16.2
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
29.8%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
13.8%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
63
2025
42
2025
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.93 liters
2020
0.09 liters
2020

Territory

Suriname Syria
% of world land
0.11%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
97,682 sq mi
2024
2,874 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
275.8 sq mi
2025
52,533 sq mi
2025
Forest area
58,531 sq mi
2025
2,016 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,674 mi
2003
n/a

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