Syria vs Zambia statistics compared

Syria has a population of 24.7M (ranked 57/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Syria's land area is 70,900 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 87th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Syria ranks 184/197 ($847), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Syria and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Syria and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Syria

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Syria	Zambia
1960	$857,704,413	$698,739,721
1961	$945,244,972	$682,359,727
1962	$1,110,565,881	$679,279,729
1963	$1,200,447,408	$704,339,719
1964	$1,339,494,267	$822,639,671
1965	$1,472,036,540	$1,061,199,576
1966	$1,342,287,553	$1,238,999,505
1967	$1,580,229,799	$1,340,639,464
1968	$1,753,746,430	$1,573,739,371
1969	$2,245,011,515	$1,926,399,230
1970	$2,140,384,010	$1,788,779,285
1971	$2,589,851,325	$1,653,259,341
1972	$3,059,681,698	$1,872,416,680
1973	$3,239,487,516	$2,434,255,237
1974	$5,159,557,148	$2,910,981,262
1975	$6,826,980,444	$2,442,672,141
1976	$7,633,528,867	$2,742,859,263
1977	$7,696,011,396	$2,515,296,940
1978	$9,275,200,458	$2,811,032,473
1979	$9,929,681,529	$3,353,445,378
1980	$13,062,420,382	$3,884,530,854
1981	$15,518,201,335	$4,008,126,497
1982	$16,298,929,011	$3,871,117,093
1983	$17,589,277,143	$3,321,048,451
1984	$17,503,078,174	$2,719,518,933
1985	$16,403,539,893	$2,252,454,500
1986	$13,293,205,278	$1,664,413,508
1987	$11,356,215,543	$2,265,250,972
1988	$10,577,041,645	$3,728,878,149
1989	$9,853,395,762	$3,994,673,161
1990	$12,308,624,418	$3,288,381,797
1991	$12,981,833,333	$3,376,806,697
1992	$13,253,565,861	$3,182,810,841
1993	$13,695,962,055	$3,273,505,344
1994	$10,122,020,000	$3,656,806,166
1995	$11,396,706,587	$3,806,983,413
1996	$13,789,560,878	$3,597,220,962
1997	$14,505,233,463	$4,303,288,480
1998	$15,200,846,154	$3,537,741,942
1999	$15,873,875,969	$3,404,284,891
2000	$18,937,052,543	$3,600,632,111
2001	$20,237,024,725	$4,094,441,301
2002	$20,669,357,462	$4,193,850,445
2003	$21,828,144,686	$4,901,869,764
2004	$25,086,950,495	$6,221,110,219
2005	$28,858,965,517	$8,331,870,169
2006	$33,751,788,856	$12,756,858,899
2007	$40,465,318,382	$14,056,957,976
2008	$52,557,913,569	$17,910,858,638
2009	$54,111,735,629	$15,328,342,304
2010	$61,390,830,875	$20,265,559,484
2011	$67,539,428,159	$23,459,515,276
2012	$43,190,318,033	$25,503,060,420
2013	$21,361,254,635	$28,037,239,463
2014	$21,502,061,466	$27,141,023,558
2015	$16,466,863,117	$21,251,216,799
2016	$12,597,854,877	$20,958,412,538
2017	$16,369,843,352	$25,873,601,261
2018	$21,497,782,868	$26,311,507,274
2019	$22,583,045,060	$23,308,667,781
2020	$12,047,752,036	$18,137,764,931
2021	$14,353,205,678	$22,096,416,932
2022	$23,622,827,080	$29,163,782,140
2023	$19,993,439,950	$27,577,956,471
2024	-	$26,325,775,287

Syria and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Syria

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Syria	Zambia
1960	$183.5	$221.6
1961	$196.3	$209.7
1962	$223.9	$202.3
1963	$234.9	$203.2
1964	$254.2	$230
1965	$270.8	$287.4
1966	$239.3	$325
1967	$272.9	$341
1968	$293.3	$387
1969	$364	$459
1970	$335	$414
1971	$393	$372
1972	$448	$410
1973	$459	$518
1974	$707	$601
1975	$904	$490
1976	$976	$533
1977	$951	$474
1978	$1,108	$514
1979	$1,146	$595
1980	$1,458	$669
1981	$1,676	$670
1982	$1,703	$627
1983	$1,776	$520
1984	$1,706	$413
1985	$1,544	$332
1986	$1,208	$238.2
1987	$997	$315
1988	$898	$504
1989	$809	$526
1990	$978	$422
1991	$1,000	$423
1992	$990	$389
1993	$993	$391
1994	$712	$426
1995	$780	$433
1996	$918	$400
1997	$941	$466
1998	$961	$373
1999	$978	$350
2000	$1,138	$359
2001	$1,187	$397
2002	$1,183	$394
2003	$1,220	$446
2004	$1,368	$549
2005	$1,534	$711
2006	$1,719	$1,052
2007	$1,938	$1,119
2008	$2,429	$1,376
2009	$2,462	$1,136
2010	$2,731	$1,451
2011	$2,952	$1,625
2012	$1,898	$1,710
2013	$986	$1,821
2014	$1,061	$1,707
2015	$848	$1,296
2016	$656	$1,239
2017	$852	$1,483
2018	$1,098	$1,464
2019	$1,110	$1,259
2020	$572	$952
2021	$664	$1,127
2022	$1,052	$1,447
2023	$847	$1,331
2024	-	$1,235

Syria vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Syria

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Syria	Zambia
1950	42.5	46.8
1951	43.4	47.2
1952	44.3	47.6
1953	45.3	48
1954	46.4	48.4
1955	47.4	48.8
1956	48.5	49.1
1957	49.6	49.5
1958	50.7	49.9
1959	51.7	50.3
1960	52.7	50.6
1961	53.7	51
1962	54.6	51.3
1963	55.4	51.6
1964	56.2	51.2
1965	56.9	52.1
1966	57.6	52.3
1967	58	52.5
1968	59.1	52.7
1969	59.8	53
1970	60.6	53.4
1971	61.3	53.9
1972	62	54.4
1973	60.8	54.9
1974	63.4	55.4
1975	64.2	55.7
1976	64.8	56.1
1977	65.4	56.3
1978	65.9	56.3
1979	66.2	56
1980	66.5	55.5
1981	64.6	55
1982	60.8	54.4
1983	67.4	53.7
1984	67.7	52.9
1985	68	52
1986	68.4	51.1
1987	68.8	50.4
1988	69.2	49.7
1989	69.5	48.9
1990	69.8	48.2
1991	70.1	47.4
1992	70.2	47
1993	70.3	46.7
1994	70.3	46.3
1995	70.2	46.1
1996	70.2	45.8
1997	70.2	45.7
1998	70.2	45.7
1999	70.5	45.9
2000	70.9	46.6
2001	71.3	47.4
2002	71.7	48.5
2003	72.2	49.6
2004	72.5	50.5
2005	72.8	51.6
2006	73	52.7
2007	73.3	53.7
2008	73.4	54.8
2009	73.5	55.9
2010	73.5	56.9
2011	72.3	57.8
2012	66.2	58.7
2013	65.1	59.4
2014	65.5	60.1
2015	63.3	60.7
2016	65.2	61.1
2017	65.7	61.6
2018	67.4	62.1
2019	71	62.9
2020	71.9	63.4
2021	72.4	62.4
2022	72.8	65.3
2023	72.1	66.3
2024	72.6	66.5
2025	73	66.7

Syria and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Syria

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Syria	Zambia
1960	4,673,500	3,153,729
1961	4,815,466	3,254,086
1962	4,959,340	3,358,099
1963	5,110,467	3,465,907
1964	5,269,087	3,577,017
1965	5,435,267	3,692,086
1966	5,609,047	3,812,003
1967	5,790,198	3,936,343
1968	5,978,742	4,065,593
1969	6,175,166	4,197,116
1970	6,380,609	4,321,718
1971	6,598,094	4,442,525
1972	6,826,024	4,569,309
1973	7,060,321	4,702,693
1974	7,302,160	4,842,746
1975	7,554,364	4,990,086
1976	7,817,320	5,143,842
1977	8,090,501	5,302,480
1978	8,372,759	5,465,374
1979	8,661,909	5,631,728
1980	8,957,663	5,802,833
1981	9,260,189	5,983,289
1982	9,572,511	6,178,637
1983	9,904,809	6,381,038
1984	10,258,398	6,580,490
1985	10,625,672	6,780,953
1986	11,002,844	6,986,471
1987	11,388,923	7,191,282
1988	11,782,264	7,391,440
1989	12,179,060	7,589,216
1990	12,579,208	7,786,169
1991	12,980,821	7,981,650
1992	13,385,571	8,176,680
1993	13,795,686	8,373,921
1994	14,208,583	8,576,269
1995	14,616,801	8,785,763
1996	15,018,104	9,004,053
1997	15,417,542	9,237,063
1998	15,820,413	9,482,408
1999	16,228,061	9,740,005
2000	16,637,888	10,017,631
2001	17,051,338	10,325,185
2002	17,468,332	10,647,949
2003	17,889,296	10,983,595
2004	18,336,875	11,338,198
2005	18,814,091	11,718,819
2006	19,637,022	12,129,553
2007	20,884,125	12,565,085
2008	21,636,564	13,021,324
2009	21,976,969	13,490,389
2010	22,482,421	13,965,594
2011	22,878,098	14,437,796
2012	22,759,763	14,913,629
2013	21,666,917	15,398,997
2014	20,273,659	15,895,315
2015	19,424,618	16,399,089
2016	19,193,834	16,914,423
2017	19,224,668	17,441,320
2018	19,577,845	17,973,569
2019	20,353,534	18,513,839
2020	21,049,429	19,059,395
2021	21,628,839	19,603,607
2022	22,462,173	20,152,938
2023	23,594,623	20,723,965
2024	24,672,760	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Syria and Zambia

Fertility rate

Syria

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Syria	Zambia
1960	7.51	6.95
1961	7.5	6.98
1962	7.51	7.01
1963	7.51	7.06
1964	7.53	7.09
1965	7.53	7.12
1966	7.55	7.14
1967	7.56	7.15
1968	7.57	7.18
1969	7.59	7.18
1970	7.62	7.22
1971	7.6	7.26
1972	7.57	7.3
1973	7.55	7.34
1974	7.52	7.36
1975	7.49	7.42
1976	7.45	7.39
1977	7.42	7.35
1978	7.35	7.29
1979	7.25	7.22
1980	7.12	7.14
1981	6.97	7.07
1982	6.81	7.04
1983	6.69	7.01
1984	6.59	6.97
1985	6.48	6.93
1986	6.37	6.87
1987	6.2	6.8
1988	6	6.7
1989	5.78	6.64
1990	5.56	6.57
1991	5.34	6.46
1992	5.14	6.35
1993	4.99	6.3
1994	4.86	6.26
1995	4.7	6.23
1996	4.54	6.18
1997	4.37	6.12
1998	4.25	6.07
1999	4.14	6
2000	4.07	5.92
2001	3.98	5.85
2002	3.87	5.77
2003	3.76	5.71
2004	3.68	5.7
2005	3.61	5.7
2006	3.56	5.68
2007	3.54	5.61
2008	3.48	5.53
2009	3.42	5.45
2010	3.36	5.36
2011	3.29	5.26
2012	3.22	5.14
2013	3.17	5.01
2014	3.12	4.89
2015	3.07	4.78
2016	3.01	4.67
2017	2.97	4.57
2018	2.93	4.49
2019	2.88	4.42
2020	2.84	4.32
2021	2.8	4.25
2022	2.75	4.18
2023	2.71	4.1

Syria and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Syria

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Syria	Zambia
1960	17.6	17
1961	17.3	16.9
1962	17.1	16.8
1963	16.9	16.7
1964	16.7	16.6
1965	16.5	16.6
1966	16.4	16.5
1967	16.2	16.5
1968	16.1	16.4
1969	16	16.4
1970	15.9	16.2
1971	15.8	16.1
1972	15.8	15.9
1973	15.7	15.8
1974	15.7	15.7
1975	15.7	15.5
1976	15.6	15.4
1977	15.6	15.4
1978	15.6	15.3
1979	15.6	15.3
1980	15.6	15.2
1981	15.6	15.3
1982	15.7	15.3
1983	15.8	15.4
1984	15.8	15.4
1985	15.9	15.5
1986	16	15.5
1987	16.1	15.6
1988	16.2	15.6
1989	16.4	15.7
1990	16.5	15.7
1991	16.7	15.7
1992	16.9	15.8
1993	17.1	15.8
1994	17.3	15.8
1995	17.5	15.8
1996	17.7	15.8
1997	17.9	15.8
1998	18.1	15.8
1999	18.3	15.8
2000	18.5	15.9
2001	18.8	15.9
2002	19	16
2003	19.2	16.1
2004	19.5	16.2
2005	19.7	16.3
2006	20.3	16.3
2007	21	16.4
2008	21.3	16.5
2009	21.5	16.6
2010	21.7	16.7
2011	21.9	16.8
2012	21.8	16.9
2013	21.2	17
2014	20.1	17.1
2015	19.5	17.2
2016	19.5	17.4
2017	19.6	17.5
2018	20.1	17.7
2019	20.9	17.9
2020	21.6	18
2021	22.2	18.2
2022	22.7	18.4
2023	23.3	18.6
2024	23.9	18.8

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