Syria vs Yemen statistics compared

Syria has a population of 24.7M (ranked 57/197), compared with 40.6M in Yemen (ranked 38/197). Syria's land area is 70,900 sq mi versus 203,850 sq mi for Yemen (ranked 87th vs. 49th).

By GDP, Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B) and Yemen ranks 124/197 ($21.6B). By GDP per capita, Syria ranks 184/197 ($847), while Yemen ranks 192/197 ($634).

Syria and Yemen: Comparison Charts

Syria and Yemen economies compared

GDP

Syria

Yemen

Table

Year	GDP
	Syria	Yemen
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	-
1976	$7,633,528,867	-
1977	$7,696,011,396	-
1978	$9,275,200,458	-
1979	$9,929,681,529	-
1980	$13,062,420,382	-
1981	$15,518,201,335	-
1982	$16,298,929,011	-
1983	$17,589,277,143	-
1984	$17,503,078,174	-
1985	$16,403,539,893	-
1986	$13,293,205,278	-
1987	$11,356,215,543	-
1988	$10,577,041,645	-
1989	$9,853,395,762	-
1990	$12,308,624,418	$12,643,821,569
1991	$12,981,833,333	$14,665,445,462
1992	$13,253,565,861	$17,959,367,194
1993	$13,695,962,055	$21,736,802,664
1994	$10,122,020,000	$28,019,483,764
1995	$11,396,706,587	$12,796,345,679
1996	$13,789,560,878	$6,496,163,616
1997	$14,505,233,463	$6,838,298,531
1998	$15,200,846,154	$6,322,175,566
1999	$15,873,875,969	$7,639,325,296
2000	$18,937,052,543	$9,679,316,770
2001	$20,237,024,725	$9,852,990,693
2002	$20,669,357,462	$10,693,430,511
2003	$21,828,144,686	$11,777,532,662
2004	$25,086,950,495	$13,867,634,371
2005	$28,858,965,517	$16,731,566,717
2006	$33,751,788,856	$19,063,143,370
2007	$40,465,318,382	$21,650,528,674
2008	$52,557,913,569	$26,910,855,807
2009	$54,111,735,629	$25,130,278,213
2010	$61,390,830,875	$30,906,749,533
2011	$67,539,428,159	$32,726,417,878
2012	$43,190,318,033	$35,401,331,609
2013	$21,361,254,635	$40,415,233,436
2014	$21,502,061,466	$43,228,585,321
2015	$16,466,863,117	$42,444,490,074
2016	$12,597,854,877	$31,317,825,274
2017	$16,369,843,352	$26,842,229,045
2018	$21,497,782,868	$21,606,160,663
2019	$22,583,045,060	-
2020	$12,047,752,036	-
2021	$14,353,205,678	-
2022	$23,622,827,080	-
2023	$19,993,439,950	-

Syria and Yemen economies compared

GDP per capita

Syria

Yemen

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Syria	Yemen
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	-
1976	$976	-
1977	$951	-
1978	$1,108	-
1979	$1,146	-
1980	$1,458	-
1981	$1,676	-
1982	$1,703	-
1983	$1,776	-
1984	$1,706	-
1985	$1,544	-
1986	$1,208	-
1987	$997	-
1988	$898	-
1989	$809	-
1990	$978	$910
1991	$1,000	$1,016
1992	$990	$1,198
1993	$993	$1,397
1994	$712	$1,735
1995	$780	$764
1996	$918	$375
1997	$941	$383
1998	$961	$343
1999	$978	$401
2000	$1,138	$493
2001	$1,187	$487
2002	$1,183	$513
2003	$1,220	$549
2004	$1,368	$628
2005	$1,534	$734
2006	$1,719	$810
2007	$1,938	$890
2008	$2,429	$1,072
2009	$2,462	$969
2010	$2,731	$1,155
2011	$2,952	$1,186
2012	$1,898	$1,245
2013	$986	$1,379
2014	$1,061	$1,430
2015	$848	$1,362
2016	$656	$975
2017	$852	$811
2018	$1,098	$634
2019	$1,110	-
2020	$572	-
2021	$664	-
2022	$1,052	-
2023	$847	-

Syria vs. Yemen life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Syria

Yemen

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Syria	Yemen
1950	42.5	28.9
1951	43.4	29.3
1952	44.3	29.6
1953	45.3	30
1954	46.4	30.4
1955	47.4	30.8
1956	48.5	31.3
1957	49.6	31.8
1958	50.7	32.4
1959	51.7	32.9
1960	52.7	33.5
1961	53.7	34.1
1962	54.6	33.7
1963	55.4	33.4
1964	56.2	34.9
1965	56.9	35.6
1966	57.6	36.3
1967	58	37.1
1968	59.1	38
1969	59.8	39.6
1970	60.6	40.6
1971	61.3	41.8
1972	62	42.7
1973	60.8	43.6
1974	63.4	44.5
1975	64.2	45.5
1976	64.8	46.4
1977	65.4	47.4
1978	65.9	48.5
1979	66.2	49.5
1980	66.5	50.6
1981	64.6	51.7
1982	60.8	52.4
1983	67.4	53.6
1984	67.7	54.6
1985	68	55.4
1986	68.4	54
1987	68.8	56.8
1988	69.2	57.4
1989	69.5	58
1990	69.8	58.5
1991	70.1	58.8
1992	70.2	59.3
1993	70.3	59.7
1994	70.3	59.8
1995	70.2	60.5
1996	70.2	60.9
1997	70.2	61.3
1998	70.2	61.8
1999	70.5	62.3
2000	70.9	62.8
2001	71.3	63.3
2002	71.7	63.8
2003	72.2	64.4
2004	72.5	64.9
2005	72.8	65.4
2006	73	65.8
2007	73.3	66.2
2008	73.4	66.6
2009	73.5	66.9
2010	73.5	67.2
2011	72.3	67.4
2012	66.2	67.6
2013	65.1	68
2014	65.5	68
2015	63.3	66.8
2016	65.2	67.1
2017	65.7	67.1
2018	67.4	65.9
2019	71	66.6
2020	71.9	66.4
2021	72.4	66
2022	72.8	68
2023	72.1	69.3
2024	72.6	69.4
2025	73	69.6

Syria and Yemen population clocks and comparison

Population

Syria

Yemen

Table

Year	Population
	Syria	Yemen
1960	4,673,500	5,532,301
1961	4,815,466	5,655,232
1962	4,959,340	5,782,221
1963	5,110,467	5,911,135
1964	5,269,087	6,048,006
1965	5,435,267	6,195,593
1966	5,609,047	6,351,494
1967	5,790,198	6,516,444
1968	5,978,742	6,690,524
1969	6,175,166	6,875,859
1970	6,380,609	7,065,279
1971	6,598,094	7,257,462
1972	6,826,024	7,460,068
1973	7,060,321	7,672,796
1974	7,302,160	7,896,783
1975	7,554,364	8,133,598
1976	7,817,320	8,384,113
1977	8,090,501	8,648,222
1978	8,372,759	8,926,586
1979	8,661,909	9,224,194
1980	8,957,663	9,543,358
1981	9,260,189	9,882,362
1982	9,572,511	10,241,006
1983	9,904,809	10,621,499
1984	10,258,398	11,025,597
1985	10,625,672	11,453,825
1986	11,002,844	11,901,040
1987	11,388,923	12,369,912
1988	11,782,264	12,859,708
1989	12,179,060	13,364,174
1990	12,579,208	13,887,862
1991	12,980,821	14,430,201
1992	13,385,571	14,989,494
1993	13,795,686	15,563,914
1994	14,208,583	16,149,147
1995	14,616,801	16,740,058
1996	15,018,104	17,313,177
1997	15,417,542	17,873,936
1998	15,820,413	18,446,013
1999	16,228,061	19,029,420
2000	16,637,888	19,624,141
2001	17,051,338	20,226,147
2002	17,468,332	20,835,086
2003	17,889,296	21,456,379
2004	18,336,875	22,095,167
2005	18,814,091	22,790,085
2006	19,637,022	23,543,083
2007	20,884,125	24,318,082
2008	21,636,564	25,111,941
2009	21,976,969	25,927,724
2010	22,482,421	26,754,387
2011	22,878,098	27,582,897
2012	22,759,763	28,433,647
2013	21,666,917	29,312,952
2014	20,273,659	30,226,309
2015	19,424,618	31,159,379
2016	19,193,834	32,109,010
2017	19,224,668	33,090,921
2018	19,577,845	34,085,182
2019	20,353,534	35,111,408
2020	21,049,429	36,134,863
2021	21,628,839	37,140,230
2022	22,462,173	38,222,876
2023	23,594,623	39,390,799
2024	24,672,760	40,583,164

Fertility rates in Syria and Yemen

Fertility rate

Syria

Yemen

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Syria	Yemen
1960	7.51	7.99
1961	7.5	8
1962	7.51	8.01
1963	7.51	8.03
1964	7.53	8.07
1965	7.53	8.1
1966	7.55	8.14
1967	7.56	8.17
1968	7.57	8.19
1969	7.59	8.22
1970	7.62	8.23
1971	7.6	8.26
1972	7.57	8.27
1973	7.55	8.29
1974	7.52	8.33
1975	7.49	8.37
1976	7.45	8.42
1977	7.42	8.47
1978	7.35	8.5
1979	7.25	8.67
1980	7.12	8.71
1981	6.97	8.75
1982	6.81	8.79
1983	6.69	8.83
1984	6.59	8.85
1985	6.48	8.86
1986	6.37	8.86
1987	6.2	8.83
1988	6	8.79
1989	5.78	8.71
1990	5.56	8.61
1991	5.34	8.46
1992	5.14	8.27
1993	4.99	8.05
1994	4.86	7.8
1995	4.7	7.53
1996	4.54	7
1997	4.37	6.82
1998	4.25	6.64
1999	4.14	6.49
2000	4.07	6.32
2001	3.98	6.14
2002	3.87	5.97
2003	3.76	5.84
2004	3.68	5.71
2005	3.61	5.56
2006	3.56	5.41
2007	3.54	5.26
2008	3.48	5.11
2009	3.42	5
2010	3.36	4.81
2011	3.29	4.63
2012	3.22	4.63
2013	3.17	4.62
2014	3.12	4.62
2015	3.07	4.62
2016	3.01	4.61
2017	2.97	4.61
2018	2.93	4.61
2019	2.88	4.6
2020	2.84	4.6
2021	2.8	4.6
2022	2.75	4.59
2023	2.71	4.59

Syria and Yemen demographics compared

Median age

Syria

Yemen

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Syria	Yemen
1960	17.6	19.7
1961	17.3	19.6
1962	17.1	19.6
1963	16.9	19.5
1964	16.7	19.4
1965	16.5	19.3
1966	16.4	19.2
1967	16.2	19.1
1968	16.1	18.9
1969	16	18.7
1970	15.9	18.4
1971	15.8	18.1
1972	15.8	17.8
1973	15.7	17.6
1974	15.7	17.3
1975	15.7	17
1976	15.6	16.8
1977	15.6	16.6
1978	15.6	16.3
1979	15.6	16.1
1980	15.6	15.9
1981	15.6	15.7
1982	15.7	15.5
1983	15.8	15.3
1984	15.8	15.1
1985	15.9	15
1986	16	14.9
1987	16.1	14.8
1988	16.2	14.7
1989	16.4	14.6
1990	16.5	14.6
1991	16.7	14.6
1992	16.9	14.6
1993	17.1	14.6
1994	17.3	14.6
1995	17.5	14.7
1996	17.7	14.8
1997	17.9	14.9
1998	18.1	15
1999	18.3	15.2
2000	18.5	15.4
2001	18.8	15.6
2002	19	15.8
2003	19.2	16
2004	19.5	16.2
2005	19.7	16.4
2006	20.3	16.7
2007	21	16.9
2008	21.3	17.2
2009	21.5	17.4
2010	21.7	17.7
2011	21.9	17.9
2012	21.8	18.1
2013	21.2	18.3
2014	20.1	18.5
2015	19.5	18.7
2016	19.5	18.8
2017	19.6	18.9
2018	20.1	19
2019	20.9	19.1
2020	21.6	19.1
2021	22.2	19.1
2022	22.7	19.2
2023	23.3	19.2
2024	23.9	19.3

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