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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Syria	Egypt	Syria
1960	26,896,479	4,673,500	-	-
1961	27,600,898	4,815,466	2.62%	3.04%
1962	28,337,013	4,959,340	2.67%	2.99%
1963	29,091,869	5,110,467	2.66%	3.05%
1964	29,858,922	5,269,087	2.64%	3.1%
1965	30,629,174	5,435,267	2.58%	3.15%
1966	31,406,541	5,609,047	2.54%	3.2%
1967	32,196,360	5,790,198	2.51%	3.23%
1968	32,998,319	5,978,742	2.49%	3.26%
1969	33,811,615	6,175,166	2.46%	3.29%
1970	34,623,990	6,380,609	2.4%	3.33%
1971	35,433,368	6,598,094	2.34%	3.41%
1972	36,258,328	6,826,024	2.33%	3.45%
1973	37,102,043	7,060,321	2.33%	3.43%
1974	37,969,667	7,302,160	2.34%	3.43%
1975	38,875,327	7,554,364	2.39%	3.45%
1976	39,795,557	7,817,320	2.37%	3.48%
1977	40,748,870	8,090,501	2.4%	3.49%
1978	41,761,431	8,372,759	2.48%	3.49%
1979	42,818,628	8,661,909	2.53%	3.45%
1980	43,950,413	8,957,663	2.64%	3.41%
1981	45,147,224	9,260,189	2.72%	3.38%
1982	46,407,611	9,572,511	2.79%	3.37%
1983	47,786,402	9,904,809	2.97%	3.47%
1984	49,247,334	10,258,398	3.06%	3.57%
1985	50,734,968	10,625,672	3.02%	3.58%
1986	52,206,295	11,002,844	2.9%	3.55%
1987	53,674,435	11,388,923	2.81%	3.51%
1988	55,187,681	11,782,264	2.82%	3.45%
1989	56,710,642	12,179,060	2.76%	3.37%
1990	58,396,618	12,579,208	2.97%	3.29%
1991	60,028,997	12,980,821	2.8%	3.19%
1992	61,480,660	13,385,571	2.42%	3.12%
1993	62,915,681	13,795,686	2.33%	3.06%
1994	64,285,589	14,208,583	2.18%	2.99%
1995	65,652,622	14,616,801	2.13%	2.87%
1996	67,028,048	15,018,104	2.1%	2.75%
1997	68,431,740	15,417,542	2.09%	2.66%
1998	69,943,294	15,820,413	2.21%	2.61%
1999	71,520,954	16,228,061	2.26%	2.58%
2000	73,083,284	16,637,888	2.18%	2.53%
2001	74,652,029	17,051,338	2.15%	2.48%
2002	76,239,137	17,468,332	2.13%	2.45%
2003	77,853,548	17,889,296	2.12%	2.41%
2004	79,477,443	18,336,875	2.09%	2.5%
2005	81,101,004	18,814,091	2.04%	2.6%
2006	82,700,403	19,637,022	1.97%	4.37%
2007	84,276,225	20,884,125	1.91%	6.35%
2008	85,864,789	21,636,564	1.88%	3.6%
2009	87,501,636	21,976,969	1.91%	1.57%
2010	89,196,072	22,482,421	1.94%	2.3%
2011	91,093,059	22,878,098	2.13%	1.76%
2012	93,161,001	22,759,763	2.27%	-0.52%
2013	95,333,553	21,666,917	2.33%	-4.8%
2014	97,528,654	20,273,659	2.3%	-6.43%
2015	99,597,342	19,424,618	2.12%	-4.19%
2016	101,644,589	19,193,834	2.06%	-1.19%
2017	103,696,057	19,224,668	2.02%	0.16%
2018	105,682,094	19,577,845	1.92%	1.84%
2019	107,553,158	20,353,534	1.77%	3.96%
2020	109,315,124	21,049,429	1.64%	3.42%
2021	110,957,008	21,628,839	1.5%	2.75%
2022	112,618,250	22,462,173	1.5%	3.85%
2023	114,535,772	23,594,623	1.7%	5.04%
2024	116,538,258	24,672,760	1.75%	4.57%
2025	118,365,997	25,620,422	1.57%	3.84%
2026	120,101,181	26,472,499	1.47%	3.33%
2027	121,847,622	27,261,544	1.45%	2.98%
2028	123,608,457	28,006,558	1.45%	2.73%
2029	125,373,058	28,719,309	1.43%	2.54%
2030	127,139,323	29,395,545	1.41%	2.35%
2031	128,912,256	30,029,824	1.39%	2.16%
2032	130,695,084	30,633,661	1.38%	2.01%
2033	132,485,612	31,212,478	1.37%	1.89%
2034	134,287,838	31,768,138	1.36%	1.78%
2035	136,097,214	32,294,792	1.35%	1.66%
2036	137,913,263	32,788,153	1.33%	1.53%
2037	139,738,699	33,258,407	1.32%	1.43%
2038	141,565,835	33,710,718	1.31%	1.36%
2039	143,393,267	34,131,238	1.29%	1.25%
2040	145,213,662	34,533,185	1.27%	1.18%
2041	147,018,554	34,916,936	1.24%	1.11%
2042	148,800,785	35,279,863	1.21%	1.04%
2043	150,547,655	35,623,325	1.17%	0.97%
2044	152,255,332	35,944,394	1.13%	0.9%
2045	153,919,190	36,265,295	1.09%	0.89%
2046	155,535,951	36,583,260	1.05%	0.88%
2047	157,114,404	36,878,640	1.01%	0.81%
2048	158,657,392	37,171,029	0.98%	0.79%
2049	160,161,615	37,477,690	0.95%	0.83%
2050	161,630,197	37,793,378	0.92%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th 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) Egypt's population will grow by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.