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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Syria	Liberia	Syria
1960	1,139,522	4,673,500	-	-
1961	1,167,717	4,815,466	2.47%	3.04%
1962	1,197,039	4,959,340	2.51%	2.99%
1963	1,227,414	5,110,467	2.54%	3.05%
1964	1,258,745	5,269,087	2.55%	3.1%
1965	1,291,156	5,435,267	2.57%	3.15%
1966	1,324,383	5,609,047	2.57%	3.2%
1967	1,358,435	5,790,198	2.57%	3.23%
1968	1,393,530	5,978,742	2.58%	3.26%
1969	1,429,605	6,175,166	2.59%	3.29%
1970	1,466,676	6,380,609	2.59%	3.33%
1971	1,504,077	6,598,094	2.55%	3.41%
1972	1,542,670	6,826,024	2.57%	3.45%
1973	1,583,588	7,060,321	2.65%	3.43%
1974	1,626,362	7,302,160	2.7%	3.43%
1975	1,670,913	7,554,364	2.74%	3.45%
1976	1,717,060	7,817,320	2.76%	3.48%
1977	1,766,019	8,090,501	2.85%	3.49%
1978	1,818,247	8,372,759	2.96%	3.49%
1979	1,872,713	8,661,909	3%	3.45%
1980	1,929,253	8,957,663	3.02%	3.41%
1981	1,986,867	9,260,189	2.99%	3.38%
1982	2,045,073	9,572,511	2.93%	3.37%
1983	2,107,113	9,904,809	3.03%	3.47%
1984	2,173,312	10,258,398	3.14%	3.57%
1985	2,240,539	10,625,672	3.09%	3.58%
1986	2,308,511	11,002,844	3.03%	3.55%
1987	2,377,229	11,388,923	2.98%	3.51%
1988	2,446,941	11,782,264	2.93%	3.45%
1989	2,517,858	12,179,060	2.9%	3.37%
1990	2,223,667	12,579,208	-11.7%	3.29%
1991	1,956,518	12,980,821	-12%	3.19%
1992	2,072,461	13,385,571	5.93%	3.12%
1993	2,155,126	13,795,686	3.99%	3.06%
1994	2,149,928	14,208,583	-0.24%	2.99%
1995	2,169,162	14,616,801	0.89%	2.87%
1996	2,232,289	15,018,104	2.91%	2.75%
1997	2,412,989	15,417,542	8.09%	2.66%
1998	2,670,124	15,820,413	10.7%	2.61%
1999	2,821,684	16,228,061	5.68%	2.58%
2000	2,928,117	16,637,888	3.77%	2.53%
2001	3,015,338	17,051,338	2.98%	2.48%
2002	3,094,782	17,468,332	2.63%	2.45%
2003	3,119,532	17,889,296	0.8%	2.41%
2004	3,156,892	18,336,875	1.2%	2.5%
2005	3,301,015	18,814,091	4.57%	2.6%
2006	3,490,787	19,637,022	5.75%	4.37%
2007	3,669,050	20,884,125	5.11%	6.35%
2008	3,821,003	21,636,564	4.14%	3.6%
2009	3,943,028	21,976,969	3.19%	1.57%
2010	4,058,890	22,482,421	2.94%	2.3%
2011	4,221,178	22,878,098	4%	1.76%
2012	4,373,043	22,759,763	3.6%	-0.52%
2013	4,470,239	21,666,917	2.22%	-4.8%
2014	4,564,293	20,273,659	2.1%	-6.43%
2015	4,659,431	19,424,618	2.08%	-4.19%
2016	4,755,608	19,193,834	2.06%	-1.19%
2017	4,848,925	19,224,668	1.96%	0.16%
2018	4,944,726	19,577,845	1.98%	1.84%
2019	5,043,721	20,353,534	2%	3.96%
2020	5,149,463	21,049,429	2.1%	3.42%
2021	5,259,323	21,628,839	2.13%	2.75%
2022	5,373,294	22,462,173	2.17%	3.85%
2023	5,493,031	23,594,623	2.23%	5.04%
2024	5,612,817	24,672,760	2.18%	4.57%
2025	5,731,211	25,620,422	2.11%	3.84%
2026	5,853,958	26,472,499	2.14%	3.33%
2027	5,986,805	27,261,544	2.27%	2.98%
2028	6,118,769	28,006,558	2.2%	2.73%
2029	6,245,093	28,719,309	2.06%	2.54%
2030	6,366,293	29,395,545	1.94%	2.35%
2031	6,486,749	30,029,824	1.89%	2.16%
2032	6,614,257	30,633,661	1.97%	2.01%
2033	6,744,927	31,212,478	1.98%	1.89%
2034	6,873,688	31,768,138	1.91%	1.78%
2035	7,003,567	32,294,792	1.89%	1.66%
2036	7,142,326	32,788,153	1.98%	1.53%
2037	7,278,759	33,258,407	1.91%	1.43%
2038	7,408,720	33,710,718	1.79%	1.36%
2039	7,545,510	34,131,238	1.85%	1.25%
2040	7,681,693	34,533,185	1.8%	1.18%
2041	7,817,089	34,916,936	1.76%	1.11%
2042	7,954,182	35,279,863	1.75%	1.04%
2043	8,077,173	35,623,325	1.55%	0.97%
2044	8,194,136	35,944,394	1.45%	0.9%
2045	8,310,657	36,265,295	1.42%	0.89%
2046	8,428,924	36,583,260	1.42%	0.88%
2047	8,552,033	36,878,640	1.46%	0.81%
2048	8,673,963	37,171,029	1.43%	0.79%
2049	8,795,838	37,477,690	1.41%	0.83%
2050	8,910,539	37,793,378	1.3%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Liberia increased by 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Liberia gained 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Liberia was ranked 126th most populous country in 2006 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.