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Syria vs Tanzania statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Syria has a population of 24.7M (ranked 57/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). Syria's land area is 70,900 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 87th vs. 31st).

By GDP, Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, Syria ranks 184/197 ($847), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149).

Main facts and rankings

Syria Tanzania
Population
26304877
72166806
Population rank 57/197 20/197
GDP
$20B
2023
$78.8B
2024
GDP rank 129/197 82/197
GDP per capita
$847
2023
$1,149
2024
GDP per capita rank 184/197 170/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,650
2023
$4,221
2024
Government debt
$18.4B
2010
$38B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
30%
2010
47.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$820
2010
$554
2024
Government debt per person rank 148/185 163/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$731
2025
$2,745
2025
Land area
70,900 sq mi
2025
342,009 sq mi
2025
Population density
348 ppl/mi²
2024
200.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.71
2023
4.61
2023
Median age
23.9 years
2024
18.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
73 years
2025
67.4 years
2025

Syria and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

Syria and Tanzania economies compared

GDP
Syria

Tanzania
Year GDP
Syria Tanzania
1960 $857,704,413 $2,651,729,807
1961 $945,244,972 $2,826,179,031
1962 $1,110,565,881 $3,101,589,993
1963 $1,200,447,408 $3,456,579,293
1964 $1,339,494,267 $3,748,840,925
1965 $1,472,036,540 $3,817,226,546
1966 $1,342,287,553 $4,377,998,825
1967 $1,580,229,799 $4,565,132,048
1968 $1,753,746,430 $4,895,251,824
1969 $2,245,011,515 $5,142,066,811
1970 $2,140,384,010 $2,851,419,386
1971 $2,589,851,325 $3,050,673,517
1972 $3,059,681,698 $3,472,787,266
1973 $3,239,487,516 $4,144,104,535
1974 $5,159,557,148 $4,977,337,978
1975 $6,826,980,444 $5,729,917,840
1976 $7,633,528,867 $6,472,511,988
1977 $7,696,011,396 $7,732,598,995
1978 $9,275,200,458 $9,261,675,710
1979 $9,929,681,529 $9,804,637,491
1980 $13,062,420,382 $11,409,228,087
1981 $15,518,201,335 $13,161,540,378
1982 $16,298,929,011 $13,927,383,240
1983 $17,589,277,143 $14,049,883,809
1984 $17,503,078,174 $12,906,635,133
1985 $16,403,539,893 $15,328,295,175
1986 $13,293,205,278 $10,840,864,521
1987 $11,356,215,543 $7,824,193,222
1988 $10,577,041,645 $7,406,614,407
1989 $9,853,395,762 $6,418,799,007
1990 $12,308,624,418 $6,184,384,225
1991 $12,981,833,333 $7,197,768,159
1992 $13,253,565,861 $6,681,997,469
1993 $13,695,962,055 $6,182,872,708
1994 $10,122,020,000 $6,550,480,484
1995 $11,396,706,587 $7,631,431,840
1996 $13,789,560,878 $9,433,528,150
1997 $14,505,233,463 $11,158,197,942
1998 $15,200,846,154 $12,172,790,056
1999 $15,873,875,969 $12,704,334,196
2000 $18,937,052,543 $13,371,767,082
2001 $20,237,024,725 $13,563,990,022
2002 $20,669,357,462 $14,129,651,896
2003 $21,828,144,686 $15,211,487,709
2004 $25,086,950,495 $16,673,062,473
2005 $28,858,965,517 $18,395,383,647
2006 $33,751,788,856 $18,619,859,795
2007 $40,465,318,382 $21,860,434,823
2008 $52,557,913,569 $27,947,821,398
2009 $54,111,735,629 $29,400,573,554
2010 $61,390,830,875 $32,012,892,919
2011 $67,539,428,159 $34,657,140,096
2012 $43,190,318,033 $39,650,394,363
2013 $21,361,254,635 $45,648,857,242
2014 $21,502,061,466 $49,986,726,461
2015 $16,466,863,117 $47,413,919,817
2016 $12,597,854,877 $49,774,409,374
2017 $16,369,843,352 $53,274,884,533
2018 $21,497,782,868 $57,003,712,892
2019 $22,583,045,060 $61,026,731,926
2020 $12,047,752,036 $66,068,737,786
2021 $14,353,205,678 $70,655,628,148
2022 $23,622,827,080 $75,769,974,505
2023 $19,993,439,950 $79,062,403,837
2024 - $78,779,864,877

Syria and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita
Syria

Tanzania
Year GDP per capita
Syria Tanzania
1960 $183.5 $267.8
1961 $196.3 $277.4
1962 $223.9 $295.7
1963 $234.9 $320
1964 $254.2 $337
1965 $270.8 $333
1966 $239.3 $370
1967 $272.9 $374
1968 $293.3 $388
1969 $364 $394
1970 $335 $211.3
1971 $393 $218.4
1972 $448 $239.8
1973 $459 $276.1
1974 $707 $320
1975 $904 $355
1976 $976 $387
1977 $951 $446
1978 $1,108 $515
1979 $1,146 $527
1980 $1,458 $595
1981 $1,676 $665
1982 $1,703 $683
1983 $1,776 $667
1984 $1,706 $593
1985 $1,544 $681
1986 $1,208 $466
1987 $997 $326
1988 $898 $299
1989 $809 $252.3
1990 $978 $236.9
1991 $1,000 $268.8
1992 $990 $243.4
1993 $993 $218.2
1994 $712 $222.5
1995 $780 $251.2
1996 $918 $305
1997 $941 $353
1998 $961 $375
1999 $978 $382
2000 $1,138 $390
2001 $1,187 $385
2002 $1,183 $391
2003 $1,220 $410
2004 $1,368 $438
2005 $1,534 $469
2006 $1,719 $462
2007 $1,938 $528
2008 $2,429 $657
2009 $2,462 $674
2010 $2,731 $715
2011 $2,952 $753
2012 $1,898 $837
2013 $986 $935
2014 $1,061 $993
2015 $848 $911
2016 $656 $925
2017 $852 $957
2018 $1,098 $992
2019 $1,110 $1,031
2020 $572 $1,084
2021 $664 $1,125
2022 $1,052 $1,171
2023 $847 $1,187
2024 - $1,149

Syria vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Syria

Tanzania
Year Life expectancy, years
Syria Tanzania
1950 42.5 41
1951 43.4 41.2
1952 44.3 41.4
1953 45.3 41.5
1954 46.4 41.7
1955 47.4 41.8
1956 48.5 42
1957 49.6 42.1
1958 50.7 42.3
1959 51.7 42.5
1960 52.7 42.6
1961 53.7 42.8
1962 54.6 43.2
1963 55.4 43.6
1964 56.2 44.1
1965 56.9 44.5
1966 57.6 44.9
1967 58 45.2
1968 59.1 45.6
1969 59.8 46
1970 60.6 46.5
1971 61.3 47
1972 62 47.4
1973 60.8 47.9
1974 63.4 48.4
1975 64.2 48.9
1976 64.8 49.5
1977 65.4 50
1978 65.9 50.4
1979 66.2 50.8
1980 66.5 51.3
1981 64.6 51.7
1982 60.8 52
1983 67.4 52.2
1984 67.7 52.2
1985 68 52.2
1986 68.4 52.2
1987 68.8 52.2
1988 69.2 52.2
1989 69.5 52.1
1990 69.8 52
1991 70.1 51.8
1992 70.2 51.4
1993 70.3 51.2
1994 70.3 51.1
1995 70.2 51
1996 70.2 51.1
1997 70.2 51.2
1998 70.2 51.8
1999 70.5 52.4
2000 70.9 53.2
2001 71.3 54.1
2002 71.7 54.9
2003 72.2 55.9
2004 72.5 56.8
2005 72.8 57.7
2006 73 58.5
2007 73.3 59.3
2008 73.4 59.9
2009 73.5 60.5
2010 73.5 61.1
2011 72.3 61.6
2012 66.2 62.3
2013 65.1 62.8
2014 65.5 63.4
2015 63.3 63.9
2016 65.2 64.4
2017 65.7 65
2018 67.4 65.5
2019 71 66
2020 71.9 66.8
2021 72.4 66.1
2022 72.8 66.9
2023 72.1 67
2024 72.6 67.2
2025 73 67.4

Syria and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population
Syria

Tanzania
Year Population
Syria Tanzania
1960 4,673,500 9,901,419
1961 4,815,466 10,187,886
1962 4,959,340 10,487,756
1963 5,110,467 10,799,528
1964 5,269,087 11,127,826
1965 5,435,267 11,470,728
1966 5,609,047 11,827,459
1967 5,790,198 12,200,109
1968 5,978,742 12,602,076
1969 6,175,166 13,036,700
1970 6,380,609 13,492,677
1971 6,598,094 13,971,451
1972 6,826,024 14,479,308
1973 7,060,321 15,010,101
1974 7,302,160 15,561,630
1975 7,554,364 16,138,361
1976 7,817,320 16,736,211
1977 8,090,501 17,352,929
1978 8,372,759 17,976,566
1979 8,661,909 18,592,038
1980 8,957,663 19,189,769
1981 9,260,189 19,784,703
1982 9,572,511 20,398,571
1983 9,904,809 21,079,874
1984 10,258,398 21,779,066
1985 10,625,672 22,501,693
1986 11,002,844 23,258,959
1987 11,388,923 24,030,378
1988 11,782,264 24,769,686
1989 12,179,060 25,438,759
1990 12,579,208 26,110,207
1991 12,980,821 26,780,436
1992 13,385,571 27,457,588
1993 13,795,686 28,332,692
1994 14,208,583 29,442,356
1995 14,616,801 30,383,497
1996 15,018,104 30,945,762
1997 15,417,542 31,578,089
1998 15,820,413 32,420,458
1999 16,228,061 33,300,330
2000 16,637,888 34,260,139
2001 17,051,338 35,198,299
2002 17,468,332 36,121,304
2003 17,889,296 37,089,555
2004 18,336,875 38,109,668
2005 18,814,091 39,182,076
2006 19,637,022 40,294,902
2007 20,884,125 41,435,512
2008 21,636,564 42,570,728
2009 21,976,969 43,633,982
2010 22,482,421 44,758,488
2011 22,878,098 46,029,367
2012 22,759,763 47,374,260
2013 21,666,917 48,824,128
2014 20,273,659 50,351,512
2015 19,424,618 52,020,962
2016 19,193,834 53,824,013
2017 19,224,668 55,652,890
2018 19,577,845 57,437,145
2019 20,353,534 59,174,891
2020 21,049,429 60,972,798
2021 21,628,839 62,830,412
2022 22,462,173 64,711,821
2023 23,594,623 66,617,606
2024 24,672,760 68,560,157

Fertility rates in Syria and Tanzania

Fertility rate
Syria

Tanzania
Year Fertility rate
Syria Tanzania
1960 7.51 6.54
1961 7.5 6.56
1962 7.51 6.61
1963 7.51 6.65
1964 7.53 6.68
1965 7.53 6.73
1966 7.55 6.8
1967 7.56 6.86
1968 7.57 6.9
1969 7.59 6.95
1970 7.62 7
1971 7.6 7.04
1972 7.57 7.05
1973 7.55 7.06
1974 7.52 7.12
1975 7.49 7.1
1976 7.45 7.09
1977 7.42 7.07
1978 7.35 7.06
1979 7.25 7.04
1980 7.12 6.99
1981 6.97 6.93
1982 6.81 6.87
1983 6.69 6.81
1984 6.59 6.72
1985 6.48 6.6
1986 6.37 6.49
1987 6.2 6.41
1988 6 6.38
1989 5.78 6.3
1990 5.56 6.2
1991 5.34 6.14
1992 5.14 6.08
1993 4.99 6
1994 4.86 5.89
1995 4.7 5.82
1996 4.54 5.83
1997 4.37 5.84
1998 4.25 5.81
1999 4.14 5.75
2000 4.07 5.67
2001 3.98 5.62
2002 3.87 5.57
2003 3.76 5.58
2004 3.68 5.6
2005 3.61 5.58
2006 3.56 5.51
2007 3.54 5.4
2008 3.48 5.32
2009 3.42 5.26
2010 3.36 5.23
2011 3.29 5.14
2012 3.22 5.14
2013 3.17 5.16
2014 3.12 5.12
2015 3.07 5.03
2016 3.01 5.01
2017 2.97 4.99
2018 2.93 4.93
2019 2.88 4.87
2020 2.84 4.8
2021 2.8 4.73
2022 2.75 4.67
2023 2.71 4.61

Syria and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age
Syria

Tanzania
Year Median age, years
Syria Tanzania
1960 17.6 17.4
1961 17.3 17.4
1962 17.1 17.4
1963 16.9 17.4
1964 16.7 17.4
1965 16.5 17.3
1966 16.4 17.2
1967 16.2 17.2
1968 16.1 17.1
1969 16 17.1
1970 15.9 17.1
1971 15.8 17
1972 15.8 17
1973 15.7 17
1974 15.7 16.9
1975 15.7 16.9
1976 15.6 16.8
1977 15.6 16.8
1978 15.6 16.7
1979 15.6 16.6
1980 15.6 16.5
1981 15.6 16.4
1982 15.7 16.3
1983 15.8 16.2
1984 15.8 16.2
1985 15.9 16.3
1986 16 16.4
1987 16.1 16.5
1988 16.2 16.6
1989 16.4 16.6
1990 16.5 16.7
1991 16.7 16.7
1992 16.9 16.8
1993 17.1 17
1994 17.3 17.3
1995 17.5 17.4
1996 17.7 17.4
1997 17.9 17.3
1998 18.1 17.3
1999 18.3 17.4
2000 18.5 17.4
2001 18.8 17.5
2002 19 17.5
2003 19.2 17.4
2004 19.5 17.4
2005 19.7 17.4
2006 20.3 17.4
2007 21 17.3
2008 21.3 17.3
2009 21.5 17.2
2010 21.7 17.2
2011 21.9 17.2
2012 21.8 17.3
2013 21.2 17.3
2014 20.1 17.4
2015 19.5 17.5
2016 19.5 17.6
2017 19.6 17.8
2018 20.1 17.9
2019 20.9 17.9
2020 21.6 18
2021 22.2 18.1
2022 22.7 18.2
2023 23.3 18.3
2024 23.9 18.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Syria Tanzania
GNI, Atlas method
$18.2B
2023
$80B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
28.6%
2010
19.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.13%
2009
3.16%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
4.06%
2010
1.15%
2023
Armed forces personnel
269,000
2020
28,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-7.79%
2010
-2.89%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.61%
2010
1.79%
2020
Services, % of GDP
44.9%
2022
28.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
12%
2022
28.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
51.2
2012
59.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
21.1%
2022
33.1%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
3.8%
2022
2.9%
2018
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000003%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
22
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$7.32B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$20.6B
2010
$5.05B
2018
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$750M
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,424,000
2019
1,527,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
32.2%
2010
27.2%
2019
Banked people share
23.3%
2011
59.8%
2024

Energy

Syria Tanzania
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
455 kg
2022
405 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.5
2022
$9.09
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
25.6 megatons
2023
19.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.08 tons
2023
0.29 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
99.5%
2022
23.1%
2022
Renewable energy use share
1.1%
2021
78.3%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.72%
2022
0.93%
2022
Net energy imports use share
61.3%
2022
12.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
690 kWh
2022
123.5 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
3.91%
2021
39.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
3.76%
2022
29.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
88.4%
2023
48.3%
2023

Society

Syria Tanzania
% of world population
0.3%
2024
0.84%
2024
Annual migration change
+546,494
2024
-29,865
2024
Urban population
58%
2024
38.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.63 ft
2025
5.48 ft
2025
Average female height
5.23 ft
2025
5.15 ft
2025
Quality of life index
17.2
2025
37.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
12
2024
41
2024
Higher education index
32
2025
50
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.07
2010
3.71
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14.9
2019
31.1
2019
Visa free countries
39
2025
76
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.4%
2021
78.2%
2022
English speaking
4%
2025
9.89%
2023
People using the Internet
34.7%
2019
29.1%
2023

Health

Syria Tanzania
Government health expenditure per capita
$34.4
2022
$35.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$15.7
2022
$10.2
2022
Life expectancy
73 years
2025
67.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
20.4%
2022
38.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.19
2016
0.13
2022
Age at first childbirth n/a
19.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
20
2023
276
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
20.6
2023
38.9
2023
Obesity rate n/a
13%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
19%
2024
9.8%
2024
Air quality index
42
2025
37
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
9.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.09 liters
2020
11 liters
2020

Territory

Syria Tanzania
% of world land
0.12%
2025
0.59%
2025
Land area per capita
2,874 sq mi
2024
4,988 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
52,533 sq mi
2025
152,592 sq mi
2025
Forest area
2,016 sq mi
2025
171,190 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
90,225 mi
2022

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