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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kiribati	Syria	Kiribati	Syria
1960	47,157	4,673,500	-	-
1961	48,323	4,815,466	2.47%	3.04%
1962	49,538	4,959,340	2.51%	2.99%
1963	50,791	5,110,467	2.53%	3.05%
1964	52,088	5,269,087	2.55%	3.1%
1965	53,439	5,435,267	2.59%	3.15%
1966	54,425	5,609,047	1.85%	3.2%
1967	54,996	5,790,198	1.05%	3.23%
1968	55,529	5,978,742	0.97%	3.26%
1969	56,360	6,175,166	1.5%	3.29%
1970	57,510	6,380,609	2.04%	3.33%
1971	58,652	6,598,094	1.99%	3.41%
1972	59,778	6,826,024	1.92%	3.45%
1973	60,824	7,060,321	1.75%	3.43%
1974	61,219	7,302,160	0.65%	3.43%
1975	60,987	7,554,364	-0.38%	3.45%
1976	60,661	7,817,320	-0.53%	3.48%
1977	60,267	8,090,501	-0.65%	3.49%
1978	59,864	8,372,759	-0.67%	3.49%
1979	60,172	8,661,909	0.51%	3.45%
1980	61,148	8,957,663	1.62%	3.41%
1981	62,121	9,260,189	1.59%	3.38%
1982	63,134	9,572,511	1.63%	3.37%
1983	64,169	9,904,809	1.64%	3.47%
1984	65,228	10,258,398	1.65%	3.57%
1985	66,496	10,625,672	1.94%	3.58%
1986	68,059	11,002,844	2.35%	3.55%
1987	69,733	11,388,923	2.46%	3.51%
1988	71,427	11,782,264	2.43%	3.45%
1989	73,147	12,179,060	2.41%	3.37%
1990	74,855	12,579,208	2.34%	3.29%
1991	76,367	12,980,821	2.02%	3.19%
1992	77,641	13,385,571	1.67%	3.12%
1993	78,841	13,795,686	1.55%	3.06%
1994	80,021	14,208,583	1.5%	2.99%
1995	81,234	14,616,801	1.52%	2.87%
1996	82,623	15,018,104	1.71%	2.75%
1997	84,147	15,417,542	1.84%	2.66%
1998	85,657	15,820,413	1.79%	2.61%
1999	87,126	16,228,061	1.71%	2.58%
2000	88,613	16,637,888	1.71%	2.53%
2001	90,335	17,051,338	1.94%	2.48%
2002	92,264	17,468,332	2.14%	2.45%
2003	94,175	17,889,296	2.07%	2.41%
2004	96,085	18,336,875	2.03%	2.5%
2005	98,035	18,814,091	2.03%	2.6%
2006	100,017	19,637,022	2.02%	4.37%
2007	102,068	20,884,125	2.05%	6.35%
2008	104,222	21,636,564	2.11%	3.6%
2009	106,467	21,976,969	2.15%	1.57%
2010	108,704	22,482,421	2.1%	2.3%
2011	110,647	22,878,098	1.79%	1.76%
2012	112,284	22,759,763	1.48%	-0.52%
2013	113,838	21,666,917	1.38%	-4.8%
2014	115,326	20,273,659	1.31%	-6.43%
2015	116,815	19,424,618	1.29%	-4.19%
2016	118,478	19,193,834	1.42%	-1.19%
2017	120,275	19,224,668	1.52%	0.16%
2018	122,084	19,577,845	1.5%	1.84%
2019	123,921	20,353,534	1.5%	3.96%
2020	126,099	21,049,429	1.76%	3.42%
2021	128,377	21,628,839	1.81%	2.75%
2022	130,469	22,462,173	1.63%	3.85%
2023	132,530	23,594,623	1.58%	5.04%
2024	134,518	24,672,760	1.5%	4.57%
2025	136,501	25,620,422	1.47%	3.84%
2026	138,451	26,472,499	1.43%	3.33%
2027	140,405	27,261,544	1.41%	2.98%
2028	142,335	28,006,558	1.37%	2.73%
2029	144,231	28,719,309	1.33%	2.54%
2030	146,130	29,395,545	1.32%	2.35%
2031	148,028	30,029,824	1.3%	2.16%
2032	149,915	30,633,661	1.27%	2.01%
2033	151,768	31,212,478	1.24%	1.89%
2034	153,602	31,768,138	1.21%	1.78%
2035	155,447	32,294,792	1.2%	1.66%
2036	157,316	32,788,153	1.2%	1.53%
2037	159,188	33,258,407	1.19%	1.43%
2038	161,050	33,710,718	1.17%	1.36%
2039	162,895	34,131,238	1.15%	1.25%
2040	164,711	34,533,185	1.11%	1.18%
2041	166,508	34,916,936	1.09%	1.11%
2042	168,325	35,279,863	1.09%	1.04%
2043	170,182	35,623,325	1.1%	0.97%
2044	172,012	35,944,394	1.08%	0.9%
2045	173,818	36,265,295	1.05%	0.89%
2046	175,629	36,583,260	1.04%	0.88%
2047	177,392	36,878,640	1%	0.81%
2048	179,152	37,171,029	0.99%	0.79%
2049	180,915	37,477,690	0.98%	0.83%
2050	182,629	37,793,378	0.95%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kiribati increased by 18,461 people (a 18.5% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kiribati gained 19,994 (a 16.9% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Kiribati was ranked 183rd most populous country in 2006 and is 180th 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) Kiribati's population will grow by 31.9% to 182,629 people with a rank change from 180th to 178th. The population of Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.