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Syria vs Tonga statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Syria has a population of 24.7M (ranked 57/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Syria's land area is 70,900 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 87th vs. 176th).

By GDP, Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, Syria ranks 184/197 ($847), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Main facts and rankings

Syria Tonga
Population
26304877
103744
Population rank 57/197 183/197
GDP
$20B
2023
$509M
2023
GDP rank 129/197 191/197
GDP per capita
$847
2023
$4,864
2023
GDP per capita rank 184/197 121/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,650
2023
$7,853
2023
Government debt
$18.4B
2010
$224M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
30%
2010
44.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$820
2010
$2,138
2023
Government debt per person rank 148/185 117/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$731
2025
$4,126
2025
Land area
70,900 sq mi
2025
278 sq mi
2025
Population density
348 ppl/mi²
2024
375 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.71
2023
3.13
2023
Median age
23.9 years
2024
21.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
73 years
2025
73.2 years
2025

Syria and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Syria and Tonga economies compared

GDP
Syria

Tonga
Year GDP
Syria Tonga
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 $2,140,384,010 -
1971 $2,589,851,325 -
1972 $3,059,681,698 -
1973 $3,239,487,516 -
1974 $5,159,557,148 -
1975 $6,826,980,444 $32,506,742
1976 $7,633,528,867 $30,036,417
1977 $7,696,011,396 $34,139,388
1978 $9,275,200,458 $41,567,472
1979 $9,929,681,529 $44,667,002
1980 $13,062,420,382 $53,260,077
1981 $15,518,201,335 $62,242,013
1982 $16,298,929,011 $62,068,161
1983 $17,589,277,143 $60,863,964
1984 $17,503,078,174 $64,248,355
1985 $16,403,539,893 $60,058,663
1986 $13,293,205,278 $68,195,856
1987 $11,356,215,543 $81,667,133
1988 $10,577,041,645 $106,657,267
1989 $9,853,395,762 $106,344,855
1990 $12,308,624,418 $113,563,822
1991 $12,981,833,333 $132,201,141
1992 $13,253,565,861 $137,066,291
1993 $13,695,962,055 $138,489,884
1994 $10,122,020,000 $195,990,986
1995 $11,396,706,587 $208,871,666
1996 $13,789,560,878 $222,100,576
1997 $14,505,233,463 $214,991,452
1998 $15,200,846,154 $191,504,893
1999 $15,873,875,969 $199,208,718
2000 $18,937,052,543 $204,848,488
2001 $20,237,024,725 $181,117,230
2002 $20,669,357,462 $182,764,281
2003 $21,828,144,686 $202,246,591
2004 $25,086,950,495 $230,678,011
2005 $28,858,965,517 $261,823,805
2006 $33,751,788,856 $292,232,703
2007 $40,465,318,382 $298,519,623
2008 $52,557,913,569 $344,438,844
2009 $54,111,735,629 $312,415,028
2010 $61,390,830,875 $366,887,375
2011 $67,539,428,159 $414,143,828
2012 $43,190,318,033 $471,122,971
2013 $21,361,254,635 $451,788,498
2014 $21,502,061,466 $440,997,735
2015 $16,466,863,117 $437,525,539
2016 $12,597,854,877 $420,828,255
2017 $16,369,843,352 $459,976,847
2018 $21,497,782,868 $489,714,530
2019 $22,583,045,060 $494,197,854
2020 $12,047,752,036 $496,856,304
2021 $14,353,205,678 $518,228,029
2022 $23,622,827,080 $518,180,029
2023 $19,993,439,950 $508,735,107

Syria and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita
Syria

Tonga
Year GDP per capita
Syria Tonga
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 $335 -
1971 $393 -
1972 $448 -
1973 $459 -
1974 $707 -
1975 $904 $349
1976 $976 $315
1977 $951 $353
1978 $1,108 $428
1979 $1,146 $458
1980 $1,458 $545
1981 $1,676 $636
1982 $1,703 $633
1983 $1,776 $621
1984 $1,706 $656
1985 $1,544 $613
1986 $1,208 $696
1987 $997 $830
1988 $898 $1,078
1989 $809 $1,070
1990 $978 $1,139
1991 $1,000 $1,323
1992 $990 $1,370
1993 $993 $1,383
1994 $712 $1,957
1995 $780 $2,084
1996 $918 $2,215
1997 $941 $2,136
1998 $961 $1,889
1999 $978 $1,952
2000 $1,138 $1,995
2001 $1,187 $1,754
2002 $1,183 $1,759
2003 $1,220 $1,936
2004 $1,368 $2,195
2005 $1,534 $2,478
2006 $1,719 $2,750
2007 $1,938 $2,797
2008 $2,429 $3,218
2009 $2,462 $2,914
2010 $2,731 $3,416
2011 $2,952 $3,850
2012 $1,898 $4,384
2013 $986 $4,219
2014 $1,061 $4,137
2015 $848 $4,124
2016 $656 $3,988
2017 $852 $4,366
2018 $1,098 $4,639
2019 $1,110 $4,677
2020 $572 $4,700
2021 $664 $4,913
2022 $1,052 $4,933
2023 $847 $4,864

Syria vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Syria

Tonga
Year Life expectancy, years
Syria Tonga
1950 42.5 48.4
1951 43.4 49.8
1952 44.3 51.2
1953 45.3 52.4
1954 46.4 53.6
1955 47.4 54.7
1956 48.5 55.7
1957 49.6 56.5
1958 50.7 57.2
1959 51.7 57.8
1960 52.7 58.3
1961 53.7 58.8
1962 54.6 59.3
1963 55.4 59.8
1964 56.2 60.3
1965 56.9 60.7
1966 57.6 61.2
1967 58 61.7
1968 59.1 62.2
1969 59.8 62.7
1970 60.6 63.2
1971 61.3 63.6
1972 62 64.1
1973 60.8 64.4
1974 63.4 64.8
1975 64.2 65.1
1976 64.8 65.4
1977 65.4 65.6
1978 65.9 65.9
1979 66.2 66
1980 66.5 66.2
1981 64.6 66.4
1982 60.8 66.3
1983 67.4 66.7
1984 67.7 66.8
1985 68 66.9
1986 68.4 67.1
1987 68.8 67.2
1988 69.2 67.3
1989 69.5 67.4
1990 69.8 67.5
1991 70.1 67.7
1992 70.2 67.9
1993 70.3 68.2
1994 70.3 68.4
1995 70.2 68.6
1996 70.2 68.8
1997 70.2 69
1998 70.2 69.2
1999 70.5 69.4
2000 70.9 69.6
2001 71.3 69.8
2002 71.7 70
2003 72.2 70.2
2004 72.5 70.4
2005 72.8 70.6
2006 73 70.7
2007 73.3 70.9
2008 73.4 71
2009 73.5 70.9
2010 73.5 71.3
2011 72.3 71.4
2012 66.2 71.5
2013 65.1 71.6
2014 65.5 71.7
2015 63.3 71.9
2016 65.2 72
2017 65.7 72.1
2018 67.4 72.2
2019 71 72.3
2020 71.9 72.4
2021 72.4 72.1
2022 72.8 72.6
2023 72.1 72.9
2024 72.6 73.1
2025 73 73.2

Syria and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population
Syria

Tonga
Year Population
Syria Tonga
1960 4,673,500 66,170
1961 4,815,466 68,037
1962 4,959,340 69,940
1963 5,110,467 71,885
1964 5,269,087 73,879
1965 5,435,267 75,924
1966 5,609,047 78,002
1967 5,790,198 79,814
1968 5,978,742 81,353
1969 6,175,166 82,885
1970 6,380,609 84,401
1971 6,598,094 85,896
1972 6,826,024 87,356
1973 7,060,321 88,805
1974 7,302,160 90,683
1975 7,554,364 93,017
1976 7,817,320 95,325
1977 8,090,501 96,725
1978 8,372,759 97,204
1979 8,661,909 97,544
1980 8,957,663 97,769
1981 9,260,189 97,909
1982 9,572,511 97,980
1983 9,904,809 97,998
1984 10,258,398 97,990
1985 10,625,672 97,984
1986 11,002,844 98,010
1987 11,388,923 98,376
1988 11,782,264 98,969
1989 12,179,060 99,403
1990 12,579,208 99,700
1991 12,980,821 99,895
1992 13,385,571 100,022
1993 13,795,686 100,103
1994 14,208,583 100,166
1995 14,616,801 100,225
1996 15,018,104 100,275
1997 15,417,542 100,674
1998 15,820,413 101,388
1999 16,228,061 102,046
2000 16,637,888 102,677
2001 17,051,338 103,288
2002 17,468,332 103,874
2003 17,889,296 104,464
2004 18,336,875 105,071
2005 18,814,091 105,671
2006 19,637,022 106,253
2007 20,884,125 106,726
2008 21,636,564 107,020
2009 21,976,969 107,203
2010 22,482,421 107,400
2011 22,878,098 107,570
2012 22,759,763 107,460
2013 21,666,917 107,078
2014 20,273,659 106,609
2015 19,424,618 106,095
2016 19,193,834 105,524
2017 19,224,668 105,356
2018 19,577,845 105,567
2019 20,353,534 105,669
2020 21,049,429 105,704
2021 21,628,839 105,490
2022 22,462,173 105,042
2023 23,594,623 104,597
2024 24,672,760 104,175

Fertility rates in Syria and Tonga

Fertility rate
Syria

Tonga
Year Fertility rate
Syria Tonga
1960 7.51 6.65
1961 7.5 6.61
1962 7.51 6.57
1963 7.51 6.52
1964 7.53 6.46
1965 7.53 6.41
1966 7.55 6.35
1967 7.56 6.29
1968 7.57 6.23
1969 7.59 6.17
1970 7.62 6.07
1971 7.6 5.96
1972 7.57 5.86
1973 7.55 5.8
1974 7.52 5.77
1975 7.49 5.75
1976 7.45 5.73
1977 7.42 5.7
1978 7.35 5.68
1979 7.25 5.65
1980 7.12 5.6
1981 6.97 5.55
1982 6.81 5.5
1983 6.69 5.45
1984 6.59 5.41
1985 6.48 5.34
1986 6.37 5.27
1987 6.2 5.19
1988 6 5.1
1989 5.78 5.01
1990 5.56 4.93
1991 5.34 4.85
1992 5.14 4.79
1993 4.99 4.73
1994 4.86 4.66
1995 4.7 4.56
1996 4.54 4.46
1997 4.37 4.38
1998 4.25 4.31
1999 4.14 4.23
2000 4.07 4.16
2001 3.98 4.13
2002 3.87 4.14
2003 3.76 4.18
2004 3.68 4.19
2005 3.61 4.2
2006 3.56 4.14
2007 3.54 4.09
2008 3.48 4.01
2009 3.42 3.95
2010 3.36 3.88
2011 3.29 3.83
2012 3.22 3.77
2013 3.17 3.7
2014 3.12 3.62
2015 3.07 3.54
2016 3.01 3.46
2017 2.97 3.39
2018 2.93 3.33
2019 2.88 3.27
2020 2.84 3.23
2021 2.8 3.2
2022 2.75 3.17
2023 2.71 3.13

Syria and Tonga demographics compared

Median age
Syria

Tonga
Year Median age, years
Syria Tonga
1960 17.6 17.1
1961 17.3 17.1
1962 17.1 17.1
1963 16.9 17
1964 16.7 17
1965 16.5 17
1966 16.4 17
1967 16.2 17
1968 16.1 16.9
1969 16 16.8
1970 15.9 16.8
1971 15.8 16.7
1972 15.8 16.7
1973 15.7 16.8
1974 15.7 16.8
1975 15.7 16.7
1976 15.6 16.7
1977 15.6 16.8
1978 15.6 17.1
1979 15.6 17.3
1980 15.6 17.4
1981 15.6 17.6
1982 15.7 17.8
1983 15.8 17.9
1984 15.8 18
1985 15.9 18.1
1986 16 18.2
1987 16.1 18.3
1988 16.2 18.6
1989 16.4 18.9
1990 16.5 19.1
1991 16.7 19.3
1992 16.9 19.5
1993 17.1 19.6
1994 17.3 19.6
1995 17.5 19.6
1996 17.7 19.6
1997 17.9 19.7
1998 18.1 19.9
1999 18.3 20.1
2000 18.5 20.3
2001 18.8 20.5
2002 19 20.7
2003 19.2 20.8
2004 19.5 20.8
2005 19.7 20.8
2006 20.3 20.8
2007 21 20.9
2008 21.3 21
2009 21.5 21.1
2010 21.7 21.2
2011 21.9 21.2
2012 21.8 21.4
2013 21.2 21.6
2014 20.1 21.7
2015 19.5 21.8
2016 19.5 21.9
2017 19.6 21.9
2018 20.1 22
2019 20.9 22
2020 21.6 22.1
2021 22.2 22.1
2022 22.7 22
2023 23.3 21.9
2024 23.9 21.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Syria Tonga
GNI, Atlas method
$18.2B
2023
$578M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
28.6%
2010
49.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.13%
2009
5.15%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
4.06%
2010
n/a
Armed forces personnel
269,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-7.79%
2010
-7.9%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.61%
2010
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
44.9%
2022
50.2%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
12%
2022
13.5%
2023
Economic freedom index
51.2
2012
58.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
21.1%
2022
22%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
3.8%
2022
4%
2021
Total reserves including gold
$20.6B
2010
$377M
2024
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$257M
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,424,000
2019
94,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
32.2%
2010
47.8%
2020
Banked people share
23.3%
2011
n/a

Energy

Syria Tonga
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
455 kg
2022
543 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.5
2022
$7.94
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
25.6 megatons
2023
0.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.08 tons
2023
2.1 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
99.5%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
1.1%
2021
2.3%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.72%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
61.3%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
690 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
3.91%
2021
14.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
3.76%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
88.4%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Syria Tonga
% of world population
0.3%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
+546,494
2024
-2,149
2024
Urban population
58%
2024
23.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.63 ft
2025
5.74 ft
2025
Average female height
5.23 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Quality of life index
17.2
2025
42.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
12
2024
50
2025
Higher education index
32
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
2.07
2010
0.95
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14.9
2019
33
2019
Visa free countries
39
2025
127
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.4%
2021
99.4%
2021
English speaking
4%
2025
30%
2023
People using the Internet
34.7%
2019
58.5%
2023

Health

Syria Tonga
Government health expenditure per capita
$34.4
2022
$378
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$15.7
2022
$11.1
2022
Life expectancy
73 years
2025
73.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
20.4%
2022
45.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.19
2016
1.01
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
24.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
20
2023
67
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
20.6
2023
9.9
2023
Obesity rate n/a
72.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
19%
2024
19.6%
2024
Air quality index
42
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
31.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.09 liters
2020
0.36 liters
2020

Territory

Syria Tonga
% of world land
0.12%
2025
0.0005%
2025
Land area per capita
2,874 sq mi
2024
2,669 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
52,533 sq mi
2025
135.1 sq mi
2025
Forest area
2,016 sq mi
2025
34.6 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
423 mi
2011

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