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Syria vs Tuvalu statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Syria has a population of 24.7M (ranked 57/197), compared with 9.65K in Tuvalu (ranked 196/197). Syria's land area is 70,900 sq mi versus 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu (ranked 87th vs. 194th).

By GDP, Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B) and Tuvalu ranks 196/197 ($62.3M). By GDP per capita, Syria ranks 184/197 ($847), while Tuvalu ranks 109/197 ($6,345).

Main facts and rankings

Syria Tuvalu
Population
26304877
9493
Population rank 57/197 196/197
GDP
$20B
2023
$62.3M
2023
GDP rank 129/197 196/197
GDP per capita
$847
2023
$6,345
2023
GDP per capita rank 184/197 109/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,650
2023
$6,151
2023
Government debt
$18.4B
2010
$2.84M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
30%
2010
3.26%
2025
Government debt per person
$820
2010
$289.4
2023
Government debt per person rank 148/185 179/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$731
2025
$4,174
2025
Land area
70,900 sq mi
2025
11.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
348 ppl/mi²
2024
833 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.71
2023
3.21
2023
Median age
23.9 years
2024
25.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
73 years
2025
67.4 years
2025

Syria and Tuvalu: Comparison Charts

Syria and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP
Syria

Tuvalu
Year GDP
Syria Tuvalu
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 $2,585,956
1971 $2,589,851,325 $2,716,990
1972 $3,059,681,698 $2,968,458
1973 $3,239,487,516 $3,411,915
1974 $5,159,557,148 $4,122,329
1975 $6,826,980,444 $4,014,748
1976 $7,633,528,867 $3,919,072
1977 $7,696,011,396 $3,669,420
1978 $9,275,200,458 $3,798,782
1979 $9,929,681,529 $4,065,659
1980 $13,062,420,382 $4,206,128
1981 $15,518,201,335 $4,773,018
1982 $16,298,929,011 $4,118,945
1983 $17,589,277,143 $4,152,550
1984 $17,503,078,174 $4,481,978
1985 $16,403,539,893 $3,862,852
1986 $13,293,205,278 $4,574,706
1987 $11,356,215,543 $5,020,513
1988 $10,577,041,645 $7,011,059
1989 $9,853,395,762 $8,454,523
1990 $12,308,624,418 $9,542,901
1991 $12,981,833,333 $10,127,314
1992 $13,253,565,861 $10,535,028
1993 $13,695,962,055 $10,414,400
1994 $10,122,020,000 $11,772,611
1995 $11,396,706,587 $11,922,614
1996 $13,789,560,878 $13,338,597
1997 $14,505,233,463 $13,734,210
1998 $15,200,846,154 $13,795,146
1999 $15,873,875,969 $14,800,503
2000 $18,937,052,543 $15,073,976
2001 $20,237,024,725 $13,964,732
2002 $20,669,357,462 $16,842,673
2003 $21,828,144,686 $19,456,338
2004 $25,086,950,495 $22,798,275
2005 $28,858,965,517 $22,909,980
2006 $33,751,788,856 $24,096,875
2007 $40,465,318,382 $28,450,169
2008 $52,557,913,569 $31,874,435
2009 $54,111,735,629 $28,076,984
2010 $61,390,830,875 $32,105,408
2011 $67,539,428,159 $39,196,957
2012 $43,190,318,033 $39,345,579
2013 $21,361,254,635 $38,615,891
2014 $21,502,061,466 $38,760,983
2015 $16,466,863,117 $36,811,936
2016 $12,597,854,877 $41,629,064
2017 $16,369,843,352 $45,276,595
2018 $21,497,782,868 $48,015,260
2019 $22,583,045,060 $54,123,199
2020 $12,047,752,036 $51,746,594
2021 $14,353,205,678 $60,196,406
2022 $23,622,827,080 $59,065,982
2023 $19,993,439,950 $62,280,312

Syria and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP per capita
Syria

Tuvalu
Year GDP per capita
Syria Tuvalu
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 $457
1971 $393 $478
1972 $448 $522
1973 $459 $601
1974 $707 $708
1975 $904 $656
1976 $976 $612
1977 $951 $549
1978 $1,108 $546
1979 $1,146 $566
1980 $1,458 $571
1981 $1,676 $634
1982 $1,703 $537
1983 $1,776 $533
1984 $1,706 $567
1985 $1,544 $480
1986 $1,208 $557
1987 $997 $600
1988 $898 $823
1989 $809 $976
1990 $978 $1,085
1991 $1,000 $1,134
1992 $990 $1,166
1993 $993 $1,141
1994 $712 $1,279
1995 $780 $1,285
1996 $918 $1,428
1997 $941 $1,461
1998 $961 $1,460
1999 $978 $1,559
2000 $1,138 $1,579
2001 $1,187 $1,457
2002 $1,183 $1,750
2003 $1,220 $2,007
2004 $1,368 $2,323
2005 $1,534 $2,305
2006 $1,719 $2,396
2007 $1,938 $2,794
2008 $2,429 $3,088
2009 $2,462 $2,684
2010 $2,731 $3,025
2011 $2,952 $3,636
2012 $1,898 $3,598
2013 $986 $3,510
2014 $1,061 $3,529
2015 $848 $3,358
2016 $656 $3,809
2017 $852 $4,166
2018 $1,098 $4,466
2019 $1,110 $5,115
2020 $572 $4,976
2021 $664 $5,905
2022 $1,052 $5,911
2023 $847 $6,345

Syria vs. Tuvalu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Syria

Tuvalu
Year Life expectancy, years
Syria Tuvalu
1950 42.5 40
1951 43.4 40.8
1952 44.3 41.7
1953 45.3 42.5
1954 46.4 43.4
1955 47.4 44.2
1956 48.5 45
1957 49.6 45.8
1958 50.7 46.7
1959 51.7 47.5
1960 52.7 48.3
1961 53.7 49
1962 54.6 49.8
1963 55.4 50.6
1964 56.2 51.3
1965 56.9 52.1
1966 57.6 52.8
1967 58 53.5
1968 59.1 54.1
1969 59.8 54.7
1970 60.6 55.3
1971 61.3 56
1972 62 54.7
1973 60.8 57.2
1974 63.4 57.7
1975 64.2 58.3
1976 64.8 58.8
1977 65.4 59.2
1978 65.9 59.6
1979 66.2 59.9
1980 66.5 60.2
1981 64.6 60.5
1982 60.8 60.7
1983 67.4 60.9
1984 67.7 61.1
1985 68 61.1
1986 68.4 61.2
1987 68.8 61.3
1988 69.2 61.4
1989 69.5 61.5
1990 69.8 61.6
1991 70.1 61.8
1992 70.2 60.3
1993 70.3 62.1
1994 70.3 62.3
1995 70.2 62.5
1996 70.2 62.7
1997 70.2 62.9
1998 70.2 63.2
1999 70.5 63.3
2000 70.9 63.5
2001 71.3 63.7
2002 71.7 63.8
2003 72.2 63.9
2004 72.5 64
2005 72.8 64.1
2006 73 64.2
2007 73.3 64.4
2008 73.4 64.5
2009 73.5 64.7
2010 73.5 64.8
2011 72.3 65
2012 66.2 65.1
2013 65.1 65.2
2014 65.5 65.3
2015 63.3 65.4
2016 65.2 65.5
2017 65.7 65.7
2018 67.4 65.9
2019 71 66.1
2020 71.9 66.4
2021 72.4 65.8
2022 72.8 66.9
2023 72.1 67.1
2024 72.6 67.3
2025 73 67.4

Syria and Tuvalu population clocks and comparison

Population
Syria

Tuvalu
Year Population
Syria Tuvalu
1960 4,673,500 5,598
1961 4,815,466 5,648
1962 4,959,340 5,699
1963 5,110,467 5,751
1964 5,269,087 5,752
1965 5,435,267 5,715
1966 5,609,047 5,686
1967 5,790,198 5,652
1968 5,978,742 5,624
1969 6,175,166 5,631
1970 6,380,609 5,663
1971 6,598,094 5,685
1972 6,826,024 5,692
1973 7,060,321 5,681
1974 7,302,160 5,822
1975 7,554,364 6,117
1976 7,817,320 6,404
1977 8,090,501 6,686
1978 8,372,759 6,957
1979 8,661,909 7,184
1980 8,957,663 7,366
1981 9,260,189 7,526
1982 9,572,511 7,664
1983 9,904,809 7,789
1984 10,258,398 7,902
1985 10,625,672 8,046
1986 11,002,844 8,217
1987 11,388,923 8,371
1988 11,782,264 8,518
1989 12,179,060 8,662
1990 12,579,208 8,798
1991 12,980,821 8,928
1992 13,385,571 9,038
1993 13,795,686 9,126
1994 14,208,583 9,207
1995 14,616,801 9,280
1996 15,018,104 9,342
1997 15,417,542 9,400
1998 15,820,413 9,451
1999 16,228,061 9,496
2000 16,637,888 9,544
2001 17,051,338 9,586
2002 17,468,332 9,623
2003 17,889,296 9,695
2004 18,336,875 9,816
2005 18,814,091 9,940
2006 19,637,022 10,056
2007 20,884,125 10,182
2008 21,636,564 10,321
2009 21,976,969 10,461
2010 22,482,421 10,614
2011 22,878,098 10,780
2012 22,759,763 10,934
2013 21,666,917 11,001
2014 20,273,659 10,984
2015 19,424,618 10,963
2016 19,193,834 10,930
2017 19,224,668 10,869
2018 19,577,845 10,751
2019 20,353,534 10,581
2020 21,049,429 10,399
2021 21,628,839 10,194
2022 22,462,173 9,992
2023 23,594,623 9,816
2024 24,672,760 9,646

Fertility rates in Syria and Tuvalu

Fertility rate
Syria

Tuvalu
Year Fertility rate
Syria Tuvalu
1960 7.51 5.15
1961 7.5 5.09
1962 7.51 5
1963 7.51 4.91
1964 7.53 4.83
1965 7.53 4.73
1966 7.55 4.64
1967 7.56 4.49
1968 7.57 4.36
1969 7.59 4.23
1970 7.62 4.08
1971 7.6 3.94
1972 7.57 3.81
1973 7.55 3.71
1974 7.52 3.63
1975 7.49 3.58
1976 7.45 3.55
1977 7.42 3.56
1978 7.35 3.59
1979 7.25 3.65
1980 7.12 3.73
1981 6.97 3.8
1982 6.81 3.88
1983 6.69 3.91
1984 6.59 3.95
1985 6.48 3.97
1986 6.37 3.97
1987 6.2 3.94
1988 6 3.88
1989 5.78 3.8
1990 5.56 3.75
1991 5.34 3.79
1992 5.14 3.86
1993 4.99 3.92
1994 4.86 3.92
1995 4.7 3.96
1996 4.54 3.95
1997 4.37 3.95
1998 4.25 3.95
1999 4.14 3.92
2000 4.07 3.84
2001 3.98 3.75
2002 3.87 3.64
2003 3.76 3.58
2004 3.68 3.55
2005 3.61 3.55
2006 3.56 3.53
2007 3.54 3.45
2008 3.48 3.42
2009 3.42 3.43
2010 3.36 3.44
2011 3.29 3.46
2012 3.22 3.47
2013 3.17 3.39
2014 3.12 3.33
2015 3.07 3.31
2016 3.01 3.3
2017 2.97 3.3
2018 2.93 3.33
2019 2.88 3.33
2020 2.84 3.31
2021 2.8 3.28
2022 2.75 3.24
2023 2.71 3.21

Syria and Tuvalu demographics compared

Median age
Syria

Tuvalu
Year Median age, years
Syria Tuvalu
1960 17.6 23.1
1961 17.3 23.1
1962 17.1 23
1963 16.9 22.6
1964 16.7 21
1965 16.5 19.3
1966 16.4 18.5
1967 16.2 18.1
1968 16.1 17.9
1969 16 18
1970 15.9 18.2
1971 15.8 18.6
1972 15.8 19
1973 15.7 19.4
1974 15.7 19.7
1975 15.7 19.8
1976 15.6 19.9
1977 15.6 20.2
1978 15.6 20.5
1979 15.6 20.9
1980 15.6 21
1981 15.6 21.4
1982 15.7 21.9
1983 15.8 22.5
1984 15.8 23.2
1985 15.9 23.6
1986 16 23.8
1987 16.1 24
1988 16.2 24.2
1989 16.4 24.5
1990 16.5 24.7
1991 16.7 24.9
1992 16.9 25
1993 17.1 25
1994 17.3 25.1
1995 17.5 25
1996 17.7 24.9
1997 17.9 24.6
1998 18.1 24.4
1999 18.3 24.1
2000 18.5 23.9
2001 18.8 23.7
2002 19 23.5
2003 19.2 23.5
2004 19.5 23.5
2005 19.7 23.6
2006 20.3 23.6
2007 21 23.7
2008 21.3 23.8
2009 21.5 23.9
2010 21.7 24
2011 21.9 24.1
2012 21.8 24.2
2013 21.2 24.3
2014 20.1 24.5
2015 19.5 24.7
2016 19.5 24.9
2017 19.6 25.2
2018 20.1 25.3
2019 20.9 25.3
2020 21.6 25.3
2021 22.2 25.3
2022 22.7 25.3
2023 23.3 25.3
2024 23.9 25.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Syria Tuvalu
GNI, Atlas method
$18.2B
2023
$86M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
28.6%
2010
101.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.13%
2009
12.8%
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
-1.87%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.61%
2010
7.32%
2022
Services, % of GDP
44.9%
2022
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
12%
2022
7.02%
2015
Economic freedom index
51.2
2012
60
2025
Income share by richest 10%
21.1%
2022
30.8%
2010
Income share by poorest 10%
3.8%
2022
2.7%
2010
Total reserves including gold
$20.6B
2010
n/a
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$2M
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,424,000
2019
3,599
2019
International tourism as share of exports
32.2%
2010
43.4%
2013
Banked people share
23.3%
2011
n/a

Energy

Syria Tuvalu
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
455 kg
2022
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.5
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
25.6 megatons
2023
0 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.08 tons
2023
0 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
99.5%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
1.1%
2021
5.2%
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
15.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
3.76%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
88.4%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Syria Tuvalu
% of world population
0.3%
2024
0.0001%
2024
Annual migration change
+546,494
2024
-280
2024
Urban population
58%
2024
66.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.63 ft
2025
5.62 ft
2025
Average female height
5.23 ft
2025
5.37 ft
2025
Quality of life index
17.2
2025
44.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
12
2024
48
2025
Higher education index
32
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
2.07
2010
0
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14.9
2019
0.2
2025
Visa free countries
39
2025
130
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.4%
2021
100%
2022
English speaking
4%
2025
70%
2025
People using the Internet
34.7%
2019
74.3%
2023

Health

Syria Tuvalu
Government health expenditure per capita
$34.4
2022
$1,085
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$15.7
2022
$4
2022
Life expectancy
73 years
2025
67.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
20.4%
2022
27.1%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.19
2016
1.26
2020
Age at first childbirth n/a
23.5 years
2017
Maternal mortality per 100K births
20
2023
170
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
20.6
2023
19.9
2023
Obesity rate n/a
65.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
19%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
42
2025
97
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
33.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.09 liters
2020
1.26 liters
2020

Territory

Syria Tuvalu
% of world land
0.12%
2025
0.00002%
2025
Land area per capita
2,874 sq mi
2024
1,201 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
52,533 sq mi
2025
6.95 sq mi
2025
Forest area
2,016 sq mi
2025
3.86 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
4.97 mi
2011

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