The latest officially reported population of Kazakhstan was 20,592,571 in 2024 vs 24,672,760 people in Syria in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kazakhstan's population is 21,036,432 people compared to 26,304,877 in Syria.
Population statistics:
- Syria's population is 1.25 times bigger than Kazakhstan's.
- Kazakhstan is ranked the 65th most populous country in the world, while Syria is the 57th.
- The countries together account for 0.57% of the world: 0.25% for Kazakhstan vs 0.32% for Syria.
- For the last 10 years, Kazakhstan has had an average growth rate of +1.46% per year vs +1.25% in Syria.
- Since 2005, the population of Kazakhstan has increased from 16M people to 21M (31.7% growth), while Syria has grown from 18.8M to 26.3M (39.8% growth).
- Kazakhstan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 33.7M people compared to the peak of 44.1M people in 2086 for Syria.
Kazakhstan vs Syria: live population counter
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| Current population |
21036432
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26304877
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| Population rank | 65/197 | 57/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.25% | 0.32% |
| One net population change |
2 minutes
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29.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.28 minutes
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1.01 minutes
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| One death every |
3.85 minutes
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4.42 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.19 hours
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57.7 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -7,368 | +546,494 |
| Daily growth/decline | +719 | +2,954 |
| Annual growth/decline | +262,467 | +1,078,137 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.29% | +4.57% |
| Population growth rate rank | 84/197 | 5/197 |
Kazakhstan and Syria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,429,981 | 4,673,500 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,742,085 | 4,815,466 | 3.31% | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 10,058,928 | 4,959,340 | 3.25% | 2.99% |
| 1963 | 10,377,466 | 5,110,467 | 3.17% | 3.05% |
| 1964 | 10,690,309 | 5,269,087 | 3.01% | 3.1% |
| 1965 | 10,993,183 | 5,435,267 | 2.83% | 3.15% |
| 1966 | 11,288,989 | 5,609,047 | 2.69% | 3.2% |
| 1967 | 11,584,428 | 5,790,198 | 2.62% | 3.23% |
| 1968 | 11,879,182 | 5,978,742 | 2.54% | 3.26% |
| 1969 | 12,156,212 | 6,175,166 | 2.33% | 3.29% |
| 1970 | 12,419,057 | 6,380,609 | 2.16% | 3.33% |
| 1971 | 12,684,813 | 6,598,094 | 2.14% | 3.41% |
| 1972 | 12,951,798 | 6,826,024 | 2.1% | 3.45% |
| 1973 | 13,208,121 | 7,060,321 | 1.98% | 3.43% |
| 1974 | 13,454,570 | 7,302,160 | 1.87% | 3.43% |
| 1975 | 13,700,843 | 7,554,364 | 1.83% | 3.45% |
| 1976 | 13,998,738 | 7,817,320 | 2.17% | 3.48% |
| 1977 | 14,353,265 | 8,090,501 | 2.53% | 3.49% |
| 1978 | 14,711,497 | 8,372,759 | 2.5% | 3.49% |
| 1979 | 14,978,696 | 8,661,909 | 1.82% | 3.45% |
| 1980 | 15,152,949 | 8,957,663 | 1.16% | 3.41% |
| 1981 | 15,323,082 | 9,260,189 | 1.12% | 3.38% |
| 1982 | 15,492,595 | 9,572,511 | 1.11% | 3.37% |
| 1983 | 15,665,551 | 9,904,809 | 1.12% | 3.47% |
| 1984 | 15,844,621 | 10,258,398 | 1.14% | 3.57% |
| 1985 | 16,031,090 | 10,625,672 | 1.18% | 3.58% |
| 1986 | 16,262,702 | 11,002,844 | 1.44% | 3.55% |
| 1987 | 16,527,715 | 11,388,923 | 1.63% | 3.51% |
| 1988 | 16,781,168 | 11,782,264 | 1.53% | 3.45% |
| 1989 | 16,997,013 | 12,179,060 | 1.29% | 3.37% |
| 1990 | 17,154,054 | 12,579,208 | 0.92% | 3.29% |
| 1991 | 17,278,600 | 12,980,821 | 0.73% | 3.19% |
| 1992 | 17,332,625 | 13,385,571 | 0.31% | 3.12% |
| 1993 | 17,274,487 | 13,795,686 | -0.34% | 3.06% |
| 1994 | 17,043,771 | 14,208,583 | -1.34% | 2.99% |
| 1995 | 16,730,536 | 14,616,801 | -1.84% | 2.87% |
| 1996 | 16,416,027 | 15,018,104 | -1.88% | 2.75% |
| 1997 | 16,043,251 | 15,417,542 | -2.27% | 2.66% |
| 1998 | 15,647,785 | 15,820,413 | -2.46% | 2.61% |
| 1999 | 15,455,874 | 16,228,061 | -1.23% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 15,501,103 | 16,637,888 | 0.29% | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 15,575,550 | 17,051,338 | 0.48% | 2.48% |
| 2002 | 15,656,677 | 17,468,332 | 0.52% | 2.45% |
| 2003 | 15,747,380 | 17,889,296 | 0.58% | 2.41% |
| 2004 | 15,850,159 | 18,336,875 | 0.65% | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 15,968,117 | 18,814,091 | 0.74% | 2.6% |
| 2006 | 16,103,716 | 19,637,022 | 0.85% | 4.37% |
| 2007 | 16,257,214 | 20,884,125 | 0.95% | 6.35% |
| 2008 | 16,426,525 | 21,636,564 | 1.04% | 3.6% |
| 2009 | 16,619,846 | 21,976,969 | 1.18% | 1.57% |
| 2010 | 16,836,810 | 22,482,421 | 1.31% | 2.3% |
| 2011 | 17,066,002 | 22,878,098 | 1.36% | 1.76% |
| 2012 | 17,306,106 | 22,759,763 | 1.41% | -0.52% |
| 2013 | 17,556,502 | 21,666,917 | 1.45% | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 17,816,285 | 20,273,659 | 1.48% | -6.43% |
| 2015 | 18,084,169 | 19,424,618 | 1.5% | -4.19% |
| 2016 | 18,363,600 | 19,193,834 | 1.55% | -1.19% |
| 2017 | 18,651,931 | 19,224,668 | 1.57% | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 18,932,727 | 19,577,845 | 1.51% | 1.84% |
| 2019 | 19,209,555 | 20,353,534 | 1.46% | 3.96% |
| 2020 | 19,482,117 | 21,049,429 | 1.42% | 3.42% |
| 2021 | 19,743,603 | 21,628,839 | 1.34% | 2.75% |
| 2022 | 20,034,609 | 22,462,173 | 1.47% | 3.85% |
| 2023 | 20,330,104 | 23,594,623 | 1.47% | 5.04% |
| 2024 | 20,592,571 | 24,672,760 | 1.29% | 4.57% |
| 2025 | 20,843,753 | 25,620,422 | 1.22% | 3.84% |
| 2026 | 21,083,619 | 26,472,499 | 1.15% | 3.33% |
| 2027 | 21,316,177 | 27,261,544 | 1.1% | 2.98% |
| 2028 | 21,547,638 | 28,006,558 | 1.09% | 2.73% |
| 2029 | 21,777,008 | 28,719,309 | 1.06% | 2.54% |
| 2030 | 22,003,192 | 29,395,545 | 1.04% | 2.35% |
| 2031 | 22,227,045 | 30,029,824 | 1.02% | 2.16% |
| 2032 | 22,452,639 | 30,633,661 | 1.01% | 2.01% |
| 2033 | 22,679,377 | 31,212,478 | 1.01% | 1.89% |
| 2034 | 22,903,209 | 31,768,138 | 0.99% | 1.78% |
| 2035 | 23,125,951 | 32,294,792 | 0.97% | 1.66% |
| 2036 | 23,349,072 | 32,788,153 | 0.96% | 1.53% |
| 2037 | 23,571,233 | 33,258,407 | 0.95% | 1.43% |
| 2038 | 23,793,387 | 33,710,718 | 0.94% | 1.36% |
| 2039 | 24,017,887 | 34,131,238 | 0.94% | 1.25% |
| 2040 | 24,246,822 | 34,533,185 | 0.95% | 1.18% |
| 2041 | 24,477,612 | 34,916,936 | 0.95% | 1.11% |
| 2042 | 24,707,974 | 35,279,863 | 0.94% | 1.04% |
| 2043 | 24,941,020 | 35,623,325 | 0.94% | 0.97% |
| 2044 | 25,175,225 | 35,944,394 | 0.94% | 0.9% |
| 2045 | 25,409,749 | 36,265,295 | 0.93% | 0.89% |
| 2046 | 25,642,870 | 36,583,260 | 0.92% | 0.88% |
| 2047 | 25,875,743 | 36,878,640 | 0.91% | 0.81% |
| 2048 | 26,106,834 | 37,171,029 | 0.89% | 0.79% |
| 2049 | 26,328,898 | 37,477,690 | 0.85% | 0.83% |
| 2050 | 26,544,261 | 37,793,378 | 0.82% | 0.84% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kazakhstan increased by 2,116,052 people (a 13.3% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kazakhstan gained 2,952,263 (a 16.3% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).
Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd most populous country in 2005 and is 65th 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) Kazakhstan's population will grow by 26.2% to 26,544,261 people with a rank change from 65th to 64th. 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 Kazakhstan and Syria
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| Life expectancy | 74.7 years | 73 years |
| Average age | 32 years | 27.8 years |
| Median age | 30.5 years | 23.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 3.01 births per woman | 2.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 19.8 ppl/mi² | 348 ppl/mi² |
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