Population in Algeria compared to Syria: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and Syria: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Syria	Algeria	Syria
1960	11,424,922	4,673,500	-	-
1961	11,628,883	4,815,466	1.79%	3.04%
1962	11,800,771	4,959,340	1.48%	2.99%
1963	11,982,118	5,110,467	1.54%	3.05%
1964	12,179,813	5,269,087	1.65%	3.1%
1965	12,365,976	5,435,267	1.53%	3.15%
1966	12,590,069	5,609,047	1.81%	3.2%
1967	12,876,118	5,790,198	2.27%	3.23%
1968	13,172,614	5,978,742	2.3%	3.26%
1969	13,475,960	6,175,166	2.3%	3.29%
1970	13,783,719	6,380,609	2.28%	3.33%
1971	14,098,936	6,598,094	2.29%	3.41%
1972	14,427,072	6,826,024	2.33%	3.45%
1973	14,771,147	7,060,321	2.38%	3.43%
1974	15,133,502	7,302,160	2.45%	3.43%
1975	15,678,596	7,554,364	3.6%	3.45%
1976	16,409,170	7,817,320	4.66%	3.48%
1977	17,015,994	8,090,501	3.7%	3.49%
1978	17,506,974	8,372,759	2.89%	3.49%
1979	18,036,655	8,661,909	3.03%	3.45%
1980	18,607,174	8,957,663	3.16%	3.41%
1981	19,220,704	9,260,189	3.3%	3.38%
1982	19,872,348	9,572,511	3.39%	3.37%
1983	20,558,115	9,904,809	3.45%	3.47%
1984	21,271,969	10,258,398	3.47%	3.57%
1985	22,008,544	10,625,672	3.46%	3.58%
1986	22,745,499	11,002,844	3.35%	3.55%
1987	23,443,624	11,388,923	3.07%	3.51%
1988	24,109,536	11,782,264	2.84%	3.45%
1989	24,754,485	12,179,060	2.68%	3.37%
1990	25,375,810	12,579,208	2.51%	3.29%
1991	25,987,928	12,980,821	2.41%	3.19%
1992	26,628,568	13,385,571	2.47%	3.12%
1993	27,277,048	13,795,686	2.44%	3.06%
1994	27,887,279	14,208,583	2.24%	2.99%
1995	28,470,191	14,616,801	2.09%	2.87%
1996	29,033,044	15,018,104	1.98%	2.75%
1997	29,579,301	15,417,542	1.88%	2.66%
1998	30,054,133	15,820,413	1.61%	2.61%
1999	30,474,354	16,228,061	1.4%	2.58%
2000	30,903,893	16,637,888	1.41%	2.53%
2001	31,331,221	17,051,338	1.38%	2.48%
2002	31,750,835	17,468,332	1.34%	2.45%
2003	32,175,818	17,889,296	1.34%	2.41%
2004	32,628,286	18,336,875	1.41%	2.5%
2005	33,109,249	18,814,091	1.47%	2.6%
2006	33,623,506	19,637,022	1.55%	4.37%
2007	34,189,416	20,884,125	1.68%	6.35%
2008	34,816,961	21,636,564	1.84%	3.6%
2009	35,490,445	21,976,969	1.93%	1.57%
2010	36,188,236	22,482,421	1.97%	2.3%
2011	36,903,376	22,878,098	1.98%	1.76%
2012	37,646,166	22,759,763	2.01%	-0.52%
2013	38,414,171	21,666,917	2.04%	-4.8%
2014	39,205,031	20,273,659	2.06%	-6.43%
2015	40,019,529	19,424,618	2.08%	-4.19%
2016	40,850,721	19,193,834	2.08%	-1.19%
2017	41,689,299	19,224,668	2.05%	0.16%
2018	42,505,035	19,577,845	1.96%	1.84%
2019	43,294,546	20,353,534	1.86%	3.96%
2020	44,042,091	21,049,429	1.73%	3.42%
2021	44,761,099	21,628,839	1.63%	2.75%
2022	45,477,389	22,462,173	1.6%	3.85%
2023	46,164,219	23,594,623	1.51%	5.04%
2024	46,814,308	24,672,760	1.41%	4.57%
2025	47,435,316	25,620,422	1.33%	3.84%
2026	48,028,344	26,472,499	1.25%	3.33%
2027	48,593,419	27,261,544	1.18%	2.98%
2028	49,135,532	28,006,558	1.12%	2.73%
2029	49,655,386	28,719,309	1.06%	2.54%
2030	50,154,168	29,395,545	1%	2.35%
2031	50,637,369	30,029,824	0.96%	2.16%
2032	51,113,505	30,633,661	0.94%	2.01%
2033	51,584,249	31,212,478	0.92%	1.89%
2034	52,048,009	31,768,138	0.9%	1.78%
2035	52,516,794	32,294,792	0.9%	1.66%
2036	52,986,277	32,788,153	0.89%	1.53%
2037	53,452,788	33,258,407	0.88%	1.43%
2038	53,921,847	33,710,718	0.88%	1.36%
2039	54,396,263	34,131,238	0.88%	1.25%
2040	54,873,482	34,533,185	0.88%	1.18%
2041	55,351,998	34,916,936	0.87%	1.11%
2042	55,834,554	35,279,863	0.87%	1.04%
2043	56,319,606	35,623,325	0.87%	0.97%
2044	56,806,185	35,944,394	0.86%	0.9%
2045	57,290,162	36,265,295	0.85%	0.89%
2046	57,767,681	36,583,260	0.83%	0.88%
2047	58,234,183	36,878,640	0.81%	0.81%
2048	58,690,893	37,171,029	0.78%	0.79%
2049	59,136,165	37,477,690	0.76%	0.83%
2050	59,565,558	37,793,378	0.73%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.