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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Djibouti	Syria	Djibouti	Syria
1960	86,024	4,673,500	-	-
1961	89,390	4,815,466	3.91%	3.04%
1962	93,283	4,959,340	4.36%	2.99%
1963	97,872	5,110,467	4.92%	3.05%
1964	103,198	5,269,087	5.44%	3.1%
1965	109,092	5,435,267	5.71%	3.15%
1966	115,269	5,609,047	5.66%	3.2%
1967	121,649	5,790,198	5.53%	3.23%
1968	128,250	5,978,742	5.43%	3.26%
1969	136,078	6,175,166	6.1%	3.29%
1970	145,175	6,380,609	6.69%	3.33%
1971	155,136	6,598,094	6.86%	3.41%
1972	166,256	6,826,024	7.17%	3.45%
1973	178,449	7,060,321	7.33%	3.43%
1974	192,613	7,302,160	7.94%	3.43%
1975	209,908	7,554,364	8.98%	3.45%
1976	230,737	7,817,320	9.92%	3.48%
1977	254,613	8,090,501	10.3%	3.49%
1978	280,031	8,372,759	9.98%	3.49%
1979	304,513	8,661,909	8.74%	3.45%
1980	325,815	8,957,663	7%	3.41%
1981	343,047	9,260,189	5.29%	3.38%
1982	356,880	9,572,511	4.03%	3.37%
1983	369,553	9,904,809	3.55%	3.47%
1984	384,053	10,258,398	3.92%	3.57%
1985	402,687	10,625,672	4.85%	3.58%
1986	426,341	11,002,844	5.87%	3.55%
1987	454,399	11,388,923	6.58%	3.51%
1988	484,523	11,782,264	6.63%	3.45%
1989	523,355	12,179,060	8.01%	3.37%
1990	579,538	12,579,208	10.7%	3.29%
1991	631,092	12,980,821	8.9%	3.19%
1992	626,010	13,385,571	-0.81%	3.12%
1993	614,245	13,795,686	-1.88%	3.06%
1994	626,710	14,208,583	2.03%	2.99%
1995	633,074	14,616,801	1.02%	2.87%
1996	648,348	15,018,104	2.41%	2.75%
1997	671,817	15,417,542	3.62%	2.66%
1998	699,352	15,820,413	4.1%	2.61%
1999	724,218	16,228,061	3.56%	2.58%
2000	747,318	16,637,888	3.19%	2.53%
2001	771,313	17,051,338	3.21%	2.48%
2002	795,574	17,468,332	3.15%	2.45%
2003	813,519	17,889,296	2.26%	2.41%
2004	826,124	18,336,875	1.55%	2.5%
2005	839,167	18,814,091	1.58%	2.6%
2006	855,764	19,637,022	1.98%	4.37%
2007	874,528	20,884,125	2.19%	6.35%
2008	892,734	21,636,564	2.08%	3.6%
2009	911,527	21,976,969	2.11%	1.57%
2010	930,251	22,482,421	2.05%	2.3%
2011	948,558	22,878,098	1.97%	1.76%
2012	966,747	22,759,763	1.92%	-0.52%
2013	984,824	21,666,917	1.87%	-4.8%
2014	1,002,717	20,273,659	1.82%	-6.43%
2015	1,020,313	19,424,618	1.75%	-4.19%
2016	1,037,653	19,193,834	1.7%	-1.19%
2017	1,054,841	19,224,668	1.66%	0.16%
2018	1,071,882	19,577,845	1.62%	1.84%
2019	1,088,709	20,353,534	1.57%	3.96%
2020	1,105,188	21,049,429	1.51%	3.42%
2021	1,121,248	21,628,839	1.45%	2.75%
2022	1,137,096	22,462,173	1.41%	3.85%
2023	1,152,944	23,594,623	1.39%	5.04%
2024	1,168,722	24,672,760	1.37%	4.57%
2025	1,184,076	25,620,422	1.31%	3.84%
2026	1,199,453	26,472,499	1.3%	3.33%
2027	1,215,019	27,261,544	1.3%	2.98%
2028	1,230,584	28,006,558	1.28%	2.73%
2029	1,246,669	28,719,309	1.31%	2.54%
2030	1,262,678	29,395,545	1.28%	2.35%
2031	1,278,340	30,029,824	1.24%	2.16%
2032	1,293,443	30,633,661	1.18%	2.01%
2033	1,307,796	31,212,478	1.11%	1.89%
2034	1,321,611	31,768,138	1.06%	1.78%
2035	1,335,496	32,294,792	1.05%	1.66%
2036	1,349,357	32,788,153	1.04%	1.53%
2037	1,363,478	33,258,407	1.05%	1.43%
2038	1,377,783	33,710,718	1.05%	1.36%
2039	1,391,875	34,131,238	1.02%	1.25%
2040	1,406,628	34,533,185	1.06%	1.18%
2041	1,421,789	34,916,936	1.08%	1.11%
2042	1,436,439	35,279,863	1.03%	1.04%
2043	1,449,557	35,623,325	0.91%	0.97%
2044	1,461,638	35,944,394	0.83%	0.9%
2045	1,474,036	36,265,295	0.85%	0.89%
2046	1,486,457	36,583,260	0.84%	0.88%
2047	1,498,043	36,878,640	0.78%	0.81%
2048	1,508,873	37,171,029	0.72%	0.79%
2049	1,519,716	37,477,690	0.72%	0.83%
2050	1,530,539	37,793,378	0.71%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,889 people (a 21.3% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Djibouti gained 161,970 (a 15.6% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Djibouti was ranked 159th most populous country in 2006 and is 158th 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) Djibouti's population will grow by 27.6% to 1,530,539 people with a rank change from 158th to 151st. The population of Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.