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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	Syria	Brunei	Syria
1960	88,347	4,673,500	-	-
1961	92,517	4,815,466	4.72%	3.04%
1962	96,719	4,959,340	4.54%	2.99%
1963	101,159	5,110,467	4.59%	3.05%
1964	105,922	5,269,087	4.71%	3.1%
1965	110,838	5,435,267	4.64%	3.15%
1966	115,874	5,609,047	4.54%	3.2%
1967	121,017	5,790,198	4.44%	3.23%
1968	126,222	5,978,742	4.3%	3.26%
1969	131,446	6,175,166	4.14%	3.29%
1970	135,138	6,380,609	2.81%	3.33%
1971	137,921	6,598,094	2.06%	3.41%
1972	142,189	6,826,024	3.09%	3.45%
1973	147,369	7,060,321	3.64%	3.43%
1974	152,656	7,302,160	3.59%	3.43%
1975	158,070	7,554,364	3.55%	3.45%
1976	163,607	7,817,320	3.5%	3.48%
1977	169,277	8,090,501	3.47%	3.49%
1978	174,884	8,372,759	3.31%	3.49%
1979	180,422	8,661,909	3.17%	3.45%
1980	186,111	8,957,663	3.15%	3.41%
1981	191,977	9,260,189	3.15%	3.38%
1982	198,165	9,572,511	3.22%	3.37%
1983	204,741	9,904,809	3.32%	3.47%
1984	211,661	10,258,398	3.38%	3.57%
1985	218,919	10,625,672	3.43%	3.58%
1986	226,495	11,002,844	3.46%	3.55%
1987	233,860	11,388,923	3.25%	3.51%
1988	240,913	11,782,264	3.02%	3.45%
1989	248,064	12,179,060	2.97%	3.37%
1990	255,292	12,579,208	2.91%	3.29%
1991	262,596	12,980,821	2.86%	3.19%
1992	269,839	13,385,571	2.76%	3.12%
1993	276,971	13,795,686	2.64%	3.06%
1994	284,091	14,208,583	2.57%	2.99%
1995	291,195	14,616,801	2.5%	2.87%
1996	298,276	15,018,104	2.43%	2.75%
1997	305,341	15,417,542	2.37%	2.66%
1998	312,385	15,820,413	2.31%	2.61%
1999	319,411	16,228,061	2.25%	2.58%
2000	326,424	16,637,888	2.2%	2.53%
2001	333,345	17,051,338	2.12%	2.48%
2002	340,099	17,468,332	2.03%	2.45%
2003	346,637	17,889,296	1.92%	2.41%
2004	352,911	18,336,875	1.81%	2.5%
2005	358,916	18,814,091	1.7%	2.6%
2006	364,663	19,637,022	1.6%	4.37%
2007	370,873	20,884,125	1.7%	6.35%
2008	377,793	21,636,564	1.87%	3.6%
2009	384,952	21,976,969	1.89%	1.57%
2010	392,332	22,482,421	1.92%	2.3%
2011	399,389	22,878,098	1.8%	1.76%
2012	405,557	22,759,763	1.54%	-0.52%
2013	411,202	21,666,917	1.39%	-4.8%
2014	416,750	20,273,659	1.35%	-6.43%
2015	422,212	19,424,618	1.31%	-4.19%
2016	427,564	19,193,834	1.27%	-1.19%
2017	432,772	19,224,668	1.22%	0.16%
2018	437,810	19,577,845	1.16%	1.84%
2019	442,680	20,353,534	1.11%	3.96%
2020	447,404	21,049,429	1.07%	3.42%
2021	451,721	21,628,839	0.96%	2.75%
2022	455,370	22,462,173	0.81%	3.85%
2023	458,949	23,594,623	0.79%	5.04%
2024	462,721	24,672,760	0.82%	4.57%
2025	466,324	25,620,422	0.78%	3.84%
2026	469,766	26,472,499	0.74%	3.33%
2027	473,148	27,261,544	0.72%	2.98%
2028	476,428	28,006,558	0.69%	2.73%
2029	479,491	28,719,309	0.64%	2.54%
2030	482,438	29,395,545	0.61%	2.35%
2031	485,308	30,029,824	0.59%	2.16%
2032	487,943	30,633,661	0.54%	2.01%
2033	490,424	31,212,478	0.51%	1.89%
2034	492,887	31,768,138	0.5%	1.78%
2035	495,286	32,294,792	0.49%	1.66%
2036	497,544	32,788,153	0.46%	1.53%
2037	499,693	33,258,407	0.43%	1.43%
2038	501,910	33,710,718	0.44%	1.36%
2039	504,061	34,131,238	0.43%	1.25%
2040	505,968	34,533,185	0.38%	1.18%
2041	507,800	34,916,936	0.36%	1.11%
2042	509,531	35,279,863	0.34%	1.04%
2043	511,124	35,623,325	0.31%	0.97%
2044	512,586	35,944,394	0.29%	0.9%
2045	514,047	36,265,295	0.29%	0.89%
2046	515,409	36,583,260	0.26%	0.88%
2047	516,596	36,878,640	0.23%	0.81%
2048	517,693	37,171,029	0.21%	0.79%
2049	518,684	37,477,690	0.19%	0.83%
2050	519,542	37,793,378	0.17%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brunei increased by 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brunei gained 46,876 (a 11.1% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2005 and is 170th 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) Brunei's population will grow by 10.8% to 519,542 people with a rank change from 170th to 171st. The population of Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.