The latest officially reported population of Indonesia was 283,487,931 in 2024 vs 24,672,760 people in Syria in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Indonesia's population is 287,460,768 people compared to 26,304,877 in Syria.
Population statistics:
- Indonesia's population is 10.9 times bigger than Syria's.
- Indonesia is ranked the 4th most populous country in the world, while Syria is the 57th.
- The countries together account for 3.8% of the world: 3.48% for Indonesia vs 0.32% for Syria.
- For the last 10 years, Indonesia has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +1.25% in Syria.
- Since 2005, the population of Indonesia has increased from 231M people to 287M (24.5% growth), while Syria has grown from 18.8M to 26.3M (39.8% growth).
- Indonesia is projected to reach its peak in 2058 at 323M people compared to the peak of 44.1M people in 2086 for Syria.
Indonesia vs Syria: live population counter
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| Current population |
287460768
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26304877
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| Population rank | 4/197 | 57/197 |
| Percent of world population | 3.48% | 0.32% |
| One net population change |
13.7 seconds
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29.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
7.04 seconds
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1.01 minutes
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| One death every |
14.9 seconds
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4.42 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
13.7 minutes
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57.7 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -38,469 | +546,494 |
| Daily growth/decline | +6,296 | +2,954 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,297,864 | +1,078,137 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.82% | +4.57% |
| Population growth rate rank | 117/197 | 5/197 |
Indonesia and Syria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 88,296,070 | 4,673,500 | - | - |
| 1961 | 90,791,249 | 4,815,466 | 2.83% | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 93,375,850 | 4,959,340 | 2.85% | 2.99% |
| 1963 | 96,051,424 | 5,110,467 | 2.87% | 3.05% |
| 1964 | 98,833,749 | 5,269,087 | 2.9% | 3.1% |
| 1965 | 101,365,130 | 5,435,267 | 2.56% | 3.15% |
| 1966 | 103,792,754 | 5,609,047 | 2.39% | 3.2% |
| 1967 | 106,526,393 | 5,790,198 | 2.63% | 3.23% |
| 1968 | 109,450,006 | 5,978,742 | 2.74% | 3.26% |
| 1969 | 112,517,639 | 6,175,166 | 2.8% | 3.29% |
| 1970 | 115,657,495 | 6,380,609 | 2.79% | 3.33% |
| 1971 | 118,833,702 | 6,598,094 | 2.75% | 3.41% |
| 1972 | 122,039,841 | 6,826,024 | 2.7% | 3.45% |
| 1973 | 125,288,515 | 7,060,321 | 2.66% | 3.43% |
| 1974 | 128,555,045 | 7,302,160 | 2.61% | 3.43% |
| 1975 | 131,843,848 | 7,554,364 | 2.56% | 3.45% |
| 1976 | 135,173,655 | 7,817,320 | 2.53% | 3.48% |
| 1977 | 138,533,541 | 8,090,501 | 2.49% | 3.49% |
| 1978 | 141,953,163 | 8,372,759 | 2.47% | 3.49% |
| 1979 | 145,434,834 | 8,661,909 | 2.45% | 3.45% |
| 1980 | 148,950,540 | 8,957,663 | 2.42% | 3.41% |
| 1981 | 152,485,035 | 9,260,189 | 2.37% | 3.38% |
| 1982 | 156,052,152 | 9,572,511 | 2.34% | 3.37% |
| 1983 | 159,651,381 | 9,904,809 | 2.31% | 3.47% |
| 1984 | 163,251,124 | 10,258,398 | 2.25% | 3.57% |
| 1985 | 166,776,185 | 10,625,672 | 2.16% | 3.58% |
| 1986 | 170,175,065 | 11,002,844 | 2.04% | 3.55% |
| 1987 | 173,511,154 | 11,388,923 | 1.96% | 3.51% |
| 1988 | 176,855,065 | 11,782,264 | 1.93% | 3.45% |
| 1989 | 180,201,630 | 12,179,060 | 1.89% | 3.37% |
| 1990 | 183,501,098 | 12,579,208 | 1.83% | 3.29% |
| 1991 | 186,778,238 | 12,980,821 | 1.79% | 3.19% |
| 1992 | 190,043,744 | 13,385,571 | 1.75% | 3.12% |
| 1993 | 193,305,168 | 13,795,686 | 1.72% | 3.06% |
| 1994 | 196,591,828 | 14,208,583 | 1.7% | 2.99% |
| 1995 | 199,888,057 | 14,616,801 | 1.68% | 2.87% |
| 1996 | 203,204,348 | 15,018,104 | 1.66% | 2.75% |
| 1997 | 206,536,095 | 15,417,542 | 1.64% | 2.66% |
| 1998 | 209,826,788 | 15,820,413 | 1.59% | 2.61% |
| 1999 | 213,004,668 | 16,228,061 | 1.51% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 216,077,790 | 16,637,888 | 1.44% | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 219,097,902 | 17,051,338 | 1.4% | 2.48% |
| 2002 | 222,088,495 | 17,468,332 | 1.36% | 2.45% |
| 2003 | 225,048,008 | 17,889,296 | 1.33% | 2.41% |
| 2004 | 227,926,649 | 18,336,875 | 1.28% | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 230,871,650 | 18,814,091 | 1.29% | 2.6% |
| 2006 | 233,951,652 | 19,637,022 | 1.33% | 4.37% |
| 2007 | 237,062,337 | 20,884,125 | 1.33% | 6.35% |
| 2008 | 240,157,903 | 21,636,564 | 1.31% | 3.6% |
| 2009 | 243,220,028 | 21,976,969 | 1.28% | 1.57% |
| 2010 | 246,305,322 | 22,482,421 | 1.27% | 2.3% |
| 2011 | 249,470,032 | 22,878,098 | 1.28% | 1.76% |
| 2012 | 252,698,525 | 22,759,763 | 1.29% | -0.52% |
| 2013 | 255,852,467 | 21,666,917 | 1.25% | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 258,877,399 | 20,273,659 | 1.18% | -6.43% |
| 2015 | 261,799,249 | 19,424,618 | 1.13% | -4.19% |
| 2016 | 264,627,418 | 19,193,834 | 1.08% | -1.19% |
| 2017 | 267,346,658 | 19,224,668 | 1.03% | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 269,951,846 | 19,577,845 | 0.97% | 1.84% |
| 2019 | 272,489,381 | 20,353,534 | 0.94% | 3.96% |
| 2020 | 274,814,866 | 21,049,429 | 0.85% | 3.42% |
| 2021 | 276,758,053 | 21,628,839 | 0.71% | 2.75% |
| 2022 | 278,830,529 | 22,462,173 | 0.75% | 3.85% |
| 2023 | 281,190,067 | 23,594,623 | 0.85% | 5.04% |
| 2024 | 283,487,931 | 24,672,760 | 0.82% | 4.57% |
| 2025 | 285,721,231 | 25,620,422 | 0.79% | 3.84% |
| 2026 | 287,886,778 | 26,472,499 | 0.76% | 3.33% |
| 2027 | 289,986,520 | 27,261,544 | 0.73% | 2.98% |
| 2028 | 292,016,774 | 28,006,558 | 0.7% | 2.73% |
| 2029 | 293,978,106 | 28,719,309 | 0.67% | 2.54% |
| 2030 | 295,876,644 | 29,395,545 | 0.65% | 2.35% |
| 2031 | 297,719,741 | 30,029,824 | 0.62% | 2.16% |
| 2032 | 299,510,654 | 30,633,661 | 0.6% | 2.01% |
| 2033 | 301,250,975 | 31,212,478 | 0.58% | 1.89% |
| 2034 | 302,938,571 | 31,768,138 | 0.56% | 1.78% |
| 2035 | 304,566,615 | 32,294,792 | 0.54% | 1.66% |
| 2036 | 306,135,097 | 32,788,153 | 0.51% | 1.53% |
| 2037 | 307,646,407 | 33,258,407 | 0.49% | 1.43% |
| 2038 | 309,096,450 | 33,710,718 | 0.47% | 1.36% |
| 2039 | 310,481,116 | 34,131,238 | 0.45% | 1.25% |
| 2040 | 311,797,391 | 34,533,185 | 0.42% | 1.18% |
| 2041 | 313,041,656 | 34,916,936 | 0.4% | 1.11% |
| 2042 | 314,211,278 | 35,279,863 | 0.37% | 1.04% |
| 2043 | 315,304,309 | 35,623,325 | 0.35% | 0.97% |
| 2044 | 316,318,412 | 35,944,394 | 0.32% | 0.9% |
| 2045 | 317,249,609 | 36,265,295 | 0.29% | 0.89% |
| 2046 | 318,096,567 | 36,583,260 | 0.27% | 0.88% |
| 2047 | 318,862,018 | 36,878,640 | 0.24% | 0.81% |
| 2048 | 319,554,646 | 37,171,029 | 0.22% | 0.79% |
| 2049 | 320,173,244 | 37,477,690 | 0.19% | 0.83% |
| 2050 | 320,712,941 | 37,793,378 | 0.17% | 0.84% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Indonesia increased by 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Indonesia gained 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).
Indonesia was ranked 4th most populous country in 2005 and is still 4th 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) Indonesia's population will grow by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people with a rank change from 4th to 6th. The population of Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.
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Population differences between Indonesia and Syria
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| Life expectancy | 71.4 years | 73 years |
| Average age | 32.8 years | 27.8 years |
| Median age | 31.1 years | 23.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 2.13 births per woman | 2.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 388 ppl/mi² | 348 ppl/mi² |
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