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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belgium	Syria	Belgium	Syria
1960	9,153,489	4,673,500	-	-
1961	9,183,948	4,815,466	0.33%	3.04%
1962	9,220,578	4,959,340	0.4%	2.99%
1963	9,289,770	5,110,467	0.75%	3.05%
1964	9,378,113	5,269,087	0.95%	3.1%
1965	9,463,667	5,435,267	0.91%	3.15%
1966	9,527,807	5,609,047	0.68%	3.2%
1967	9,580,991	5,790,198	0.56%	3.23%
1968	9,618,756	5,978,742	0.39%	3.26%
1969	9,646,032	6,175,166	0.28%	3.29%
1970	9,655,549	6,380,609	0.1%	3.33%
1971	9,673,162	6,598,094	0.18%	3.41%
1972	9,711,115	6,826,024	0.39%	3.45%
1973	9,741,720	7,060,321	0.32%	3.43%
1974	9,772,419	7,302,160	0.32%	3.43%
1975	9,800,700	7,554,364	0.29%	3.45%
1976	9,818,227	7,817,320	0.18%	3.48%
1977	9,830,358	8,090,501	0.12%	3.49%
1978	9,839,534	8,372,759	0.09%	3.49%
1979	9,848,382	8,661,909	0.09%	3.45%
1980	9,859,242	8,957,663	0.11%	3.41%
1981	9,858,982	9,260,189	-0.003%	3.38%
1982	9,856,303	9,572,511	-0.03%	3.37%
1983	9,855,520	9,904,809	-0.008%	3.47%
1984	9,855,372	10,258,398	-0.002%	3.57%
1985	9,858,308	10,625,672	0.03%	3.58%
1986	9,861,823	11,002,844	0.04%	3.55%
1987	9,870,234	11,388,923	0.09%	3.51%
1988	9,901,664	11,782,264	0.32%	3.45%
1989	9,937,697	12,179,060	0.36%	3.37%
1990	9,967,379	12,579,208	0.3%	3.29%
1991	10,004,486	12,980,821	0.37%	3.19%
1992	10,045,158	13,385,571	0.41%	3.12%
1993	10,084,475	13,795,686	0.39%	3.06%
1994	10,115,603	14,208,583	0.31%	2.99%
1995	10,136,811	14,616,801	0.21%	2.87%
1996	10,156,637	15,018,104	0.2%	2.75%
1997	10,181,245	15,417,542	0.24%	2.66%
1998	10,203,008	15,820,413	0.21%	2.61%
1999	10,226,419	16,228,061	0.23%	2.58%
2000	10,251,250	16,637,888	0.24%	2.53%
2001	10,286,570	17,051,338	0.34%	2.48%
2002	10,332,785	17,468,332	0.45%	2.45%
2003	10,376,133	17,889,296	0.42%	2.41%
2004	10,421,137	18,336,875	0.43%	2.5%
2005	10,478,617	18,814,091	0.55%	2.6%
2006	10,547,958	19,637,022	0.66%	4.37%
2007	10,625,700	20,884,125	0.74%	6.35%
2008	10,709,973	21,636,564	0.79%	3.6%
2009	10,796,493	21,976,969	0.81%	1.57%
2010	10,895,586	22,482,421	0.92%	2.3%
2011	11,038,264	22,878,098	1.31%	1.76%
2012	11,106,932	22,759,763	0.62%	-0.52%
2013	11,159,407	21,666,917	0.47%	-4.8%
2014	11,209,057	20,273,659	0.44%	-6.43%
2015	11,274,196	19,424,618	0.58%	-4.19%
2016	11,331,422	19,193,834	0.51%	-1.19%
2017	11,375,158	19,224,668	0.39%	0.16%
2018	11,427,054	19,577,845	0.46%	1.84%
2019	11,488,980	20,353,534	0.54%	3.96%
2020	11,538,604	21,049,429	0.43%	3.42%
2021	11,586,195	21,628,839	0.41%	2.75%
2022	11,680,210	22,462,173	0.81%	3.85%
2023	11,787,423	23,594,623	0.92%	5.04%
2024	11,876,844	24,672,760	0.76%	4.57%
2025	11,896,918	25,620,422	0.17%	3.84%
2026	11,913,154	26,472,499	0.14%	3.33%
2027	11,927,312	27,261,544	0.12%	2.98%
2028	11,940,447	28,006,558	0.11%	2.73%
2029	11,952,623	28,719,309	0.1%	2.54%
2030	11,963,228	29,395,545	0.09%	2.35%
2031	11,972,203	30,029,824	0.08%	2.16%
2032	11,980,413	30,633,661	0.07%	2.01%
2033	11,988,622	31,212,478	0.07%	1.89%
2034	11,996,340	31,768,138	0.06%	1.78%
2035	12,003,132	32,294,792	0.06%	1.66%
2036	12,009,585	32,788,153	0.05%	1.53%
2037	12,016,237	33,258,407	0.06%	1.43%
2038	12,022,688	33,710,718	0.05%	1.36%
2039	12,027,954	34,131,238	0.04%	1.25%
2040	12,032,091	34,533,185	0.03%	1.18%
2041	12,035,890	34,916,936	0.03%	1.11%
2042	12,038,939	35,279,863	0.03%	1.04%
2043	12,040,642	35,623,325	0.01%	0.97%
2044	12,041,547	35,944,394	0.008%	0.9%
2045	12,040,973	36,265,295	-0.005%	0.89%
2046	12,038,516	36,583,260	-0.02%	0.88%
2047	12,034,474	36,878,640	-0.03%	0.81%
2048	12,028,475	37,171,029	-0.05%	0.79%
2049	12,020,405	37,477,690	-0.07%	0.83%
2050	12,010,542	37,793,378	-0.08%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belgium increased by 795,579 people (a 7.59% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belgium gained 635,764 (a 5.64% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2005 and is 83rd 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) Belgium's population will grow by 0.84% to 12,010,542 people with a rank change from 83rd to 92nd. The population of Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.