Syria vs Turkey statistics compared

Syria has a population of 24.7M (ranked 57/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). Syria's land area is 70,900 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 87th vs. 36th).

By GDP, Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T). By GDP per capita, Syria ranks 184/197 ($847), while Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473).

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Syria and Turkey economies compared

GDP

Syria

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP
	Syria	Turkey
1960	$857,704,413	$7,566,666,667
1961	$945,244,972	$7,988,888,889
1962	$1,110,565,881	$8,922,222,222
1963	$1,200,447,408	$10,355,555,556
1964	$1,339,494,267	$11,177,777,778
1965	$1,472,036,540	$11,966,666,667
1966	$1,342,287,553	$14,100,000,000
1967	$1,580,229,799	$15,644,444,444
1968	$1,753,746,430	$17,500,000,000
1969	$2,245,011,515	$19,466,666,667
1970	$2,140,384,010	$17,863,636,364
1971	$2,589,851,325	$16,166,666,667
1972	$3,059,681,698	$20,650,000,000
1973	$3,239,487,516	$26,000,000,000
1974	$5,159,557,148	$35,414,285,714
1975	$6,826,980,444	$46,042,857,143
1976	$7,633,528,867	$51,450,000,000
1977	$7,696,011,396	$58,683,333,333
1978	$9,275,200,458	$65,912,500,000
1979	$9,929,681,529	$89,616,129,032
1980	$13,062,420,382	$68,823,684,211
1981	$15,518,201,335	$71,180,180,180
1982	$16,298,929,011	$64,369,325,153
1983	$17,589,277,143	$61,803,555,556
1984	$17,503,078,174	$59,937,602,180
1985	$16,403,539,893	$67,232,758,621
1986	$13,293,205,278	$75,673,037,037
1987	$11,356,215,543	$87,190,081,680
1988	$10,577,041,645	$90,875,175,809
1989	$9,853,395,762	$107,127,191,329
1990	$12,308,624,418	$150,655,500,192
1991	$12,981,833,333	$151,034,731,544
1992	$13,253,565,861	$159,104,772,992
1993	$13,695,962,055	$180,415,757,852
1994	$10,122,020,000	$130,650,447,499
1995	$11,396,706,587	$169,319,579,016
1996	$13,789,560,878	$181,464,408,820
1997	$14,505,233,463	$189,878,399,895
1998	$15,200,846,154	$275,941,990,764
1999	$15,873,875,969	$256,395,932,738
2000	$18,937,052,543	$274,294,623,164
2001	$20,237,024,725	$201,753,123,807
2002	$20,669,357,462	$240,249,071,871
2003	$21,828,144,686	$314,595,572,146
2004	$25,086,950,495	$408,865,430,220
2005	$28,858,965,517	$506,314,717,662
2006	$33,751,788,856	$557,076,157,773
2007	$40,465,318,382	$681,321,124,296
2008	$52,557,913,569	$770,449,132,861
2009	$54,111,735,629	$649,289,324,628
2010	$61,390,830,875	$776,967,266,306
2011	$67,539,428,159	$838,785,289,694
2012	$43,190,318,033	$880,555,885,492
2013	$21,361,254,635	$957,799,120,008
2014	$21,502,061,466	$938,934,609,297
2015	$16,466,863,117	$864,313,810,469
2016	$12,597,854,877	$869,682,881,593
2017	$16,369,843,352	$858,988,492,854
2018	$21,497,782,868	$778,972,108,041
2019	$22,583,045,060	$761,005,915,751
2020	$12,047,752,036	$720,338,490,327
2021	$14,353,205,678	$819,865,223,976
2022	$23,622,827,080	$907,118,434,654
2023	$19,993,439,950	$1,118,252,958,514
2024	-	$1,323,254,808,059

Syria and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita

Syria

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Syria	Turkey
1960	$183.5	$267.1
1961	$196.3	$274.4
1962	$223.9	$298.2
1963	$234.9	$337
1964	$254.2	$354
1965	$270.8	$370
1966	$239.3	$425
1967	$272.9	$459
1968	$293.3	$501
1969	$364	$544
1970	$335	$488
1971	$393	$431
1972	$448	$537
1973	$459	$661
1974	$707	$881
1975	$904	$1,122
1976	$976	$1,228
1977	$951	$1,372
1978	$1,108	$1,510
1979	$1,146	$2,013
1980	$1,458	$1,516
1981	$1,676	$1,537
1982	$1,703	$1,360
1983	$1,776	$1,276
1984	$1,706	$1,209
1985	$1,544	$1,326
1986	$1,208	$1,461
1987	$997	$1,650
1988	$898	$1,686
1989	$809	$1,949
1990	$978	$2,690
1991	$1,000	$2,649
1992	$990	$2,744
1993	$993	$3,058
1994	$712	$2,176
1995	$780	$2,775
1996	$918	$2,929
1997	$941	$3,021
1998	$961	$4,330
1999	$978	$3,969
2000	$1,138	$4,192
2001	$1,187	$3,046
2002	$1,183	$3,583
2003	$1,220	$4,638
2004	$1,368	$5,961
2005	$1,534	$7,303
2006	$1,719	$7,953
2007	$1,938	$9,711
2008	$2,429	$10,844
2009	$2,462	$9,013
2010	$2,731	$10,623
2011	$2,952	$11,301
2012	$1,898	$11,713
2013	$986	$12,578
2014	$1,061	$12,165
2015	$848	$11,050
2016	$656	$10,970
2017	$852	$10,696
2018	$1,098	$9,569
2019	$1,110	$9,215
2020	$572	$8,639
2021	$664	$9,743
2022	$1,052	$10,675
2023	$847	$13,106
2024	-	$15,473

Syria vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Syria

Turkey

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Syria	Turkey
1950	42.5	47.3
1951	43.4	47.6
1952	44.3	48.1
1953	45.3	48.2
1954	46.4	48.8
1955	47.4	49.1
1956	48.5	49.5
1957	49.6	49.2
1958	50.7	49.2
1959	51.7	50.1
1960	52.7	50.8
1961	53.7	51.6
1962	54.6	52.3
1963	55.4	53.1
1964	56.2	53.6
1965	56.9	54.1
1966	57.6	54.6
1967	58	55.2
1968	59.1	55.6
1969	59.8	56.2
1970	60.6	56.7
1971	61.3	57.2
1972	62	58
1973	60.8	58.5
1974	63.4	59
1975	64.2	59.5
1976	64.8	60
1977	65.4	60.8
1978	65.9	61.6
1979	66.2	62.2
1980	66.5	62.7
1981	64.6	63.2
1982	60.8	63.7
1983	67.4	64.3
1984	67.7	64.8
1985	68	65.3
1986	68.4	65.9
1987	68.8	66.4
1988	69.2	66.9
1989	69.5	67.4
1990	69.8	67.8
1991	70.1	68.3
1992	70.2	68.6
1993	70.3	69
1994	70.3	69.4
1995	70.2	69.7
1996	70.2	70.2
1997	70.2	70.7
1998	70.2	71.1
1999	70.5	70.8
2000	70.9	71.9
2001	71.3	72.3
2002	71.7	72.6
2003	72.2	72.9
2004	72.5	73.2
2005	72.8	73.5
2006	73	73.8
2007	73.3	74.1
2008	73.4	74.4
2009	73.5	74.7
2010	73.5	75
2011	72.3	74.8
2012	66.2	75.6
2013	65.1	76.2
2014	65.5	76.5
2015	63.3	76.5
2016	65.2	76.6
2017	65.7	77
2018	67.4	77.5
2019	71	77.7
2020	71.9	76.5
2021	72.4	75.7
2022	72.8	77.6
2023	72.1	77.2
2024	72.6	77.4
2025	73	77.8

Syria and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population

Syria

Turkey

Table

Year	Population
	Syria	Turkey
1960	4,673,500	28,329,898
1961	4,815,466	29,119,238
1962	4,959,340	29,916,147
1963	5,110,467	30,726,841
1964	5,269,087	31,543,072
1965	5,435,267	32,345,220
1966	5,609,047	33,177,672
1967	5,790,198	34,050,421
1968	5,978,742	34,921,684
1969	6,175,166	35,787,774
1970	6,380,609	36,638,465
1971	6,598,094	37,518,611
1972	6,826,024	38,430,221
1973	7,060,321	39,329,533
1974	7,302,160	40,210,234
1975	7,554,364	41,053,126
1976	7,817,320	41,899,984
1977	8,090,501	42,773,298
1978	8,372,759	43,645,306
1979	8,661,909	44,510,429
1980	8,957,663	45,408,815
1981	9,260,189	46,321,190
1982	9,572,511	47,322,096
1983	9,904,809	48,447,410
1984	10,258,398	49,574,069
1985	10,625,672	50,687,115
1986	11,002,844	51,777,772
1987	11,388,923	52,843,670
1988	11,782,264	53,909,626
1989	12,179,060	54,976,723
1990	12,579,208	56,015,628
1991	12,980,821	57,009,887
1992	13,385,571	57,990,118
1993	13,795,686	58,999,167
1994	14,208,583	60,033,836
1995	14,616,801	61,024,503
1996	15,018,104	61,951,134
1997	15,417,542	62,852,966
1998	15,820,413	63,734,383
1999	16,228,061	64,591,923
2000	16,637,888	65,425,961
2001	17,051,338	66,245,128
2002	17,468,332	67,048,795
2003	17,889,296	67,831,730
2004	18,336,875	68,592,617
2005	18,814,091	69,329,557
2006	19,637,022	70,045,349
2007	20,884,125	70,158,112
2008	21,636,564	71,051,678
2009	21,976,969	72,039,206
2010	22,482,421	73,142,150
2011	22,878,098	74,223,629
2012	22,759,763	75,175,827
2013	21,666,917	76,147,624
2014	20,273,659	77,181,884
2015	19,424,618	78,218,479
2016	19,193,834	79,277,962
2017	19,224,668	80,312,698
2018	19,577,845	81,407,204
2019	20,353,534	82,579,440
2020	21,049,429	83,384,680
2021	21,628,839	84,147,318
2022	22,462,173	84,979,913
2023	23,594,623	85,325,965
2024	24,672,760	85,518,661

Fertility rates in Syria and Turkey

Fertility rate

Syria

Turkey

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Syria	Turkey
1960	7.51	6.38
1961	7.5	6.42
1962	7.51	6.38
1963	7.51	6.34
1964	7.53	6.29
1965	7.53	6.22
1966	7.55	6.15
1967	7.56	6.06
1968	7.57	5.96
1969	7.59	5.87
1970	7.62	5.78
1971	7.6	5.67
1972	7.57	5.55
1973	7.55	5.41
1974	7.52	5.24
1975	7.49	5.09
1976	7.45	4.93
1977	7.42	4.78
1978	7.35	4.69
1979	7.25	4.58
1980	7.12	4.45
1981	6.97	4.35
1982	6.81	4.21
1983	6.69	4.06
1984	6.59	3.91
1985	6.48	3.78
1986	6.37	3.66
1987	6.2	3.54
1988	6	3.45
1989	5.78	3.34
1990	5.56	3.11
1991	5.34	3
1992	5.14	2.94
1993	4.99	2.92
1994	4.86	2.87
1995	4.7	2.84
1996	4.54	2.78
1997	4.37	2.74
1998	4.25	2.71
1999	4.14	2.63
2000	4.07	2.49
2001	3.98	2.39
2002	3.87	2.27
2003	3.76	2.2
2004	3.68	2.2
2005	3.61	2.2
2006	3.56	2.19
2007	3.54	2.16
2008	3.48	2.15
2009	3.42	2.1
2010	3.36	2.08
2011	3.29	2.05
2012	3.22	2.11
2013	3.17	2.11
2014	3.12	2.19
2015	3.07	2.16
2016	3.01	2.11
2017	2.97	2.08
2018	2.93	2
2019	2.88	1.89
2020	2.84	1.77
2021	2.8	1.71
2022	2.75	1.63
2023	2.71	1.51

Syria and Turkey demographics compared

Median age

Syria

Turkey

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Syria	Turkey
1960	17.6	19.4
1961	17.3	19.3
1962	17.1	19.1
1963	16.9	19
1964	16.7	18.9
1965	16.5	18.9
1966	16.4	18.8
1967	16.2	18.7
1968	16.1	18.6
1969	16	18.6
1970	15.9	18.6
1971	15.8	18.7
1972	15.8	18.8
1973	15.7	18.9
1974	15.7	19
1975	15.7	19.1
1976	15.6	19.3
1977	15.6	19.4
1978	15.6	19.5
1979	15.6	19.7
1980	15.6	19.8
1981	15.6	19.9
1982	15.7	20
1983	15.8	20.2
1984	15.8	20.4
1985	15.9	20.6
1986	16	20.9
1987	16.1	21.1
1988	16.2	21.3
1989	16.4	21.6
1990	16.5	21.8
1991	16.7	22.1
1992	16.9	22.4
1993	17.1	22.7
1994	17.3	23
1995	17.5	23.3
1996	17.7	23.6
1997	17.9	24
1998	18.1	24.3
1999	18.3	24.7
2000	18.5	25
2001	18.8	25.4
2002	19	25.8
2003	19.2	26.2
2004	19.5	26.6
2005	19.7	27
2006	20.3	27.5
2007	21	27.9
2008	21.3	28.3
2009	21.5	28.6
2010	21.7	29.1
2011	21.9	29.5
2012	21.8	29.8
2013	21.2	30.1
2014	20.1	30.4
2015	19.5	30.6
2016	19.5	30.9
2017	19.6	31.2
2018	20.1	31.5
2019	20.9	31.8
2020	21.6	32.3
2021	22.2	32.7
2022	22.7	33.1
2023	23.3	33.5
2024	23.9	34

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