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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cyprus	Syria	Cyprus	Syria
1960	586,490	4,673,500	-	-
1961	595,514	4,815,466	1.54%	3.04%
1962	601,466	4,959,340	1%	2.99%
1963	607,252	5,110,467	0.96%	3.05%
1964	612,521	5,269,087	0.87%	3.1%
1965	617,736	5,435,267	0.85%	3.15%
1966	623,390	5,609,047	0.92%	3.2%
1967	629,251	5,790,198	0.94%	3.23%
1968	635,157	5,978,742	0.94%	3.26%
1969	641,189	6,175,166	0.95%	3.29%
1970	647,446	6,380,609	0.98%	3.33%
1971	654,050	6,598,094	1.02%	3.41%
1972	661,063	6,826,024	1.07%	3.45%
1973	665,937	7,060,321	0.74%	3.43%
1974	663,254	7,302,160	-0.4%	3.43%
1975	659,405	7,554,364	-0.58%	3.45%
1976	662,032	7,817,320	0.4%	3.48%
1977	667,101	8,090,501	0.77%	3.49%
1978	672,249	8,372,759	0.77%	3.49%
1979	677,549	8,661,909	0.79%	3.45%
1980	683,076	8,957,663	0.82%	3.41%
1981	688,893	9,260,189	0.85%	3.38%
1982	696,497	9,572,511	1.1%	3.37%
1983	707,225	9,904,809	1.54%	3.47%
1984	719,334	10,258,398	1.71%	3.57%
1985	731,277	10,625,672	1.66%	3.58%
1986	743,105	11,002,844	1.62%	3.55%
1987	754,785	11,388,923	1.57%	3.51%
1988	766,235	11,782,264	1.52%	3.45%
1989	777,420	12,179,060	1.46%	3.37%
1990	788,351	12,579,208	1.41%	3.29%
1991	798,944	12,980,821	1.34%	3.19%
1992	810,341	13,385,571	1.43%	3.12%
1993	826,034	13,795,686	1.94%	3.06%
1994	844,667	14,208,583	2.26%	2.99%
1995	862,695	14,616,801	2.13%	2.87%
1996	880,290	15,018,104	2.04%	2.75%
1997	897,568	15,417,542	1.96%	2.66%
1998	914,548	15,820,413	1.89%	2.61%
1999	931,234	16,228,061	1.82%	2.58%
2000	947,667	16,637,888	1.76%	2.53%
2001	964,127	17,051,338	1.74%	2.48%
2002	981,440	17,468,332	1.8%	2.45%
2003	999,590	17,889,296	1.85%	2.41%
2004	1,017,875	18,336,875	1.83%	2.5%
2005	1,036,151	18,814,091	1.8%	2.6%
2006	1,054,418	19,637,022	1.76%	4.37%
2007	1,072,714	20,884,125	1.74%	6.35%
2008	1,091,026	21,636,564	1.71%	3.6%
2009	1,109,371	21,976,969	1.68%	1.57%
2010	1,127,816	22,482,421	1.66%	2.3%
2011	1,146,493	22,878,098	1.66%	1.76%
2012	1,165,397	22,759,763	1.65%	-0.52%
2013	1,183,895	21,666,917	1.59%	-4.8%
2014	1,201,801	20,273,659	1.51%	-6.43%
2015	1,219,502	19,424,618	1.47%	-4.19%
2016	1,237,112	19,193,834	1.44%	-1.19%
2017	1,254,275	19,224,668	1.39%	0.16%
2018	1,270,737	19,577,845	1.31%	1.84%
2019	1,286,671	20,353,534	1.25%	3.96%
2020	1,302,247	21,049,429	1.21%	3.42%
2021	1,317,309	21,628,839	1.16%	2.75%
2022	1,331,370	22,462,173	1.07%	3.85%
2023	1,344,976	23,594,623	1.02%	5.04%
2024	1,358,282	24,672,760	0.99%	4.57%
2025	1,370,750	25,620,422	0.92%	3.84%
2026	1,382,331	26,472,499	0.84%	3.33%
2027	1,393,332	27,261,544	0.8%	2.98%
2028	1,403,777	28,006,558	0.75%	2.73%
2029	1,413,339	28,719,309	0.68%	2.54%
2030	1,422,317	29,395,545	0.64%	2.35%
2031	1,430,677	30,029,824	0.59%	2.16%
2032	1,438,502	30,633,661	0.55%	2.01%
2033	1,445,956	31,212,478	0.52%	1.89%
2034	1,452,842	31,768,138	0.48%	1.78%
2035	1,459,190	32,294,792	0.44%	1.66%
2036	1,465,171	32,788,153	0.41%	1.53%
2037	1,470,712	33,258,407	0.38%	1.43%
2038	1,475,792	33,710,718	0.35%	1.36%
2039	1,480,540	34,131,238	0.32%	1.25%
2040	1,484,845	34,533,185	0.29%	1.18%
2041	1,488,688	34,916,936	0.26%	1.11%
2042	1,492,043	35,279,863	0.23%	1.04%
2043	1,494,983	35,623,325	0.2%	0.97%
2044	1,497,653	35,944,394	0.18%	0.9%
2045	1,500,062	36,265,295	0.16%	0.89%
2046	1,502,255	36,583,260	0.15%	0.88%
2047	1,504,222	36,878,640	0.13%	0.81%
2048	1,505,909	37,171,029	0.11%	0.79%
2049	1,507,311	37,477,690	0.09%	0.83%
2050	1,508,478	37,793,378	0.08%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cyprus increased by 182,694 people (a 17.3% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cyprus gained 145,339 (a 11.7% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Cyprus was ranked 153rd most populous country in 2006 and is still 153rd in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Cyprus' population will grow by 9.12% to 1,508,478 people with a rank change from 153rd to 154th. The population of Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.