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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Syria	Greece	Syria
1960	8,331,725	4,673,500	-	-
1961	8,398,050	4,815,466	0.8%	3.04%
1962	8,448,233	4,959,340	0.6%	2.99%
1963	8,479,625	5,110,467	0.37%	3.05%
1964	8,510,429	5,269,087	0.36%	3.1%
1965	8,550,333	5,435,267	0.47%	3.15%
1966	8,613,651	5,609,047	0.74%	3.2%
1967	8,684,088	5,790,198	0.82%	3.23%
1968	8,740,765	5,978,742	0.65%	3.26%
1969	8,772,764	6,175,166	0.37%	3.29%
1970	8,792,806	6,380,609	0.23%	3.33%
1971	8,831,036	6,598,094	0.43%	3.41%
1972	8,888,628	6,826,024	0.65%	3.45%
1973	8,929,086	7,060,321	0.46%	3.43%
1974	8,962,022	7,302,160	0.37%	3.43%
1975	9,046,541	7,554,364	0.94%	3.45%
1976	9,188,150	7,817,320	1.57%	3.48%
1977	9,308,479	8,090,501	1.31%	3.49%
1978	9,429,959	8,372,759	1.31%	3.49%
1979	9,548,258	8,661,909	1.25%	3.45%
1980	9,642,505	8,957,663	0.99%	3.41%
1981	9,729,350	9,260,189	0.9%	3.38%
1982	9,789,513	9,572,511	0.62%	3.37%
1983	9,846,627	9,904,809	0.58%	3.47%
1984	9,895,801	10,258,398	0.5%	3.57%
1985	9,934,300	10,625,672	0.39%	3.58%
1986	9,967,213	11,002,844	0.33%	3.55%
1987	10,000,595	11,388,923	0.33%	3.51%
1988	10,036,983	11,782,264	0.36%	3.45%
1989	10,089,498	12,179,060	0.52%	3.37%
1990	10,196,792	12,579,208	1.06%	3.29%
1991	10,319,927	12,980,821	1.21%	3.19%
1992	10,399,061	13,385,571	0.77%	3.12%
1993	10,460,415	13,795,686	0.59%	3.06%
1994	10,512,922	14,208,583	0.5%	2.99%
1995	10,562,153	14,616,801	0.47%	2.87%
1996	10,608,800	15,018,104	0.44%	2.75%
1997	10,661,259	15,417,542	0.49%	2.66%
1998	10,720,509	15,820,413	0.56%	2.61%
1999	10,761,698	16,228,061	0.38%	2.58%
2000	10,805,808	16,637,888	0.41%	2.53%
2001	10,862,132	17,051,338	0.52%	2.48%
2002	10,902,022	17,468,332	0.37%	2.45%
2003	10,928,070	17,889,296	0.24%	2.41%
2004	10,955,141	18,336,875	0.25%	2.5%
2005	10,987,314	18,814,091	0.29%	2.6%
2006	11,020,362	19,637,022	0.3%	4.37%
2007	11,048,473	20,884,125	0.26%	6.35%
2008	11,077,841	21,636,564	0.27%	3.6%
2009	11,107,017	21,976,969	0.26%	1.57%
2010	11,121,341	22,482,421	0.13%	2.3%
2011	11,104,899	22,878,098	-0.15%	1.76%
2012	11,045,011	22,759,763	-0.54%	-0.52%
2013	10,965,211	21,666,917	-0.72%	-4.8%
2014	10,892,413	20,273,659	-0.66%	-6.43%
2015	10,820,883	19,424,618	-0.66%	-4.19%
2016	10,775,971	19,193,834	-0.42%	-1.19%
2017	10,754,679	19,224,668	-0.2%	0.16%
2018	10,732,882	19,577,845	-0.2%	1.84%
2019	10,721,582	20,353,534	-0.11%	3.96%
2020	10,698,599	21,049,429	-0.21%	3.42%
2021	10,569,207	21,628,839	-1.21%	2.75%
2022	10,436,882	22,462,173	-1.25%	3.85%
2023	10,405,588	23,594,623	-0.3%	5.04%
2024	10,388,805	24,672,760	-0.16%	4.57%
2025	10,276,140	25,620,422	-1.08%	3.84%
2026	10,232,997	26,472,499	-0.42%	3.33%
2027	10,188,386	27,261,544	-0.44%	2.98%
2028	10,143,203	28,006,558	-0.44%	2.73%
2029	10,097,603	28,719,309	-0.45%	2.54%
2030	10,051,921	29,395,545	-0.45%	2.35%
2031	10,006,045	30,029,824	-0.46%	2.16%
2032	9,959,048	30,633,661	-0.47%	2.01%
2033	9,911,765	31,212,478	-0.47%	1.89%
2034	9,865,342	31,768,138	-0.47%	1.78%
2035	9,818,783	32,294,792	-0.47%	1.66%
2036	9,772,426	32,788,153	-0.47%	1.53%
2037	9,726,502	33,258,407	-0.47%	1.43%
2038	9,680,639	33,710,718	-0.47%	1.36%
2039	9,635,315	34,131,238	-0.47%	1.25%
2040	9,590,401	34,533,185	-0.47%	1.18%
2041	9,545,637	34,916,936	-0.47%	1.11%
2042	9,501,568	35,279,863	-0.46%	1.04%
2043	9,457,398	35,623,325	-0.46%	0.97%
2044	9,411,943	35,944,394	-0.48%	0.9%
2045	9,365,737	36,265,295	-0.49%	0.89%
2046	9,319,023	36,583,260	-0.5%	0.88%
2047	9,269,970	36,878,640	-0.53%	0.81%
2048	9,218,699	37,171,029	-0.55%	0.79%
2049	9,165,668	37,477,690	-0.58%	0.83%
2050	9,111,122	37,793,378	-0.6%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th 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) Greece's population will shrink by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people with a rank change from 95th to 106th. The population of Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.