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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mexico	Syria	Mexico	Syria
1960	36,724,615	4,673,500	-	-
1961	37,890,118	4,815,466	3.17%	3.04%
1962	39,129,200	4,959,340	3.27%	2.99%
1963	40,424,065	5,110,467	3.31%	3.05%
1964	41,772,049	5,269,087	3.33%	3.1%
1965	43,174,477	5,435,267	3.36%	3.15%
1966	44,629,106	5,609,047	3.37%	3.2%
1967	46,129,608	5,790,198	3.36%	3.23%
1968	47,668,303	5,978,742	3.34%	3.26%
1969	49,233,194	6,175,166	3.28%	3.29%
1970	50,814,953	6,380,609	3.21%	3.33%
1971	52,412,558	6,598,094	3.14%	3.41%
1972	54,030,168	6,826,024	3.09%	3.45%
1973	55,667,284	7,060,321	3.03%	3.43%
1974	57,320,149	7,302,160	2.97%	3.43%
1975	58,982,400	7,554,364	2.9%	3.45%
1976	60,645,512	7,817,320	2.82%	3.48%
1977	62,308,493	8,090,501	2.74%	3.49%
1978	63,979,046	8,372,759	2.68%	3.49%
1979	65,648,865	8,661,909	2.61%	3.45%
1980	67,300,334	8,957,663	2.52%	3.41%
1981	68,892,108	9,260,189	2.37%	3.38%
1982	70,433,260	9,572,511	2.24%	3.37%
1983	71,971,240	9,904,809	2.18%	3.47%
1984	73,506,846	10,258,398	2.13%	3.57%
1985	75,043,414	10,625,672	2.09%	3.58%
1986	76,585,637	11,002,844	2.06%	3.55%
1987	78,136,651	11,388,923	2.03%	3.51%
1988	79,695,531	11,782,264	2%	3.45%
1989	81,247,182	12,179,060	1.95%	3.37%
1990	82,820,170	12,579,208	1.94%	3.29%
1991	84,430,572	12,980,821	1.94%	3.19%
1992	86,044,809	13,385,571	1.91%	3.12%
1993	87,653,807	13,795,686	1.87%	3.06%
1994	89,259,205	14,208,583	1.83%	2.99%
1995	90,862,455	14,616,801	1.8%	2.87%
1996	92,452,702	15,018,104	1.75%	2.75%
1997	94,021,207	15,417,542	1.7%	2.66%
1998	95,575,245	15,820,413	1.65%	2.61%
1999	97,115,707	16,228,061	1.61%	2.58%
2000	98,625,552	16,637,888	1.55%	2.53%
2001	100,099,099	17,051,338	1.49%	2.48%
2002	101,548,624	17,468,332	1.45%	2.45%
2003	102,978,515	17,889,296	1.41%	2.41%
2004	104,394,131	18,336,875	1.37%	2.5%
2005	105,811,504	18,814,091	1.36%	2.6%
2006	107,253,666	19,637,022	1.36%	4.37%
2007	108,774,360	20,884,125	1.42%	6.35%
2008	110,374,288	21,636,564	1.47%	3.6%
2009	111,999,721	21,976,969	1.47%	1.57%
2010	113,623,895	22,482,421	1.45%	2.3%
2011	115,243,504	22,878,098	1.43%	1.76%
2012	116,818,208	22,759,763	1.37%	-0.52%
2013	118,343,573	21,666,917	1.31%	-4.8%
2014	119,784,261	20,273,659	1.22%	-6.43%
2015	121,072,306	19,424,618	1.08%	-4.19%
2016	122,251,351	19,193,834	0.97%	-1.19%
2017	123,400,057	19,224,668	0.94%	0.16%
2018	124,573,711	19,577,845	0.95%	1.84%
2019	125,762,982	20,353,534	0.95%	3.96%
2020	126,799,054	21,049,429	0.82%	3.42%
2021	127,648,148	21,628,839	0.67%	2.75%
2022	128,613,117	22,462,173	0.76%	3.85%
2023	129,739,759	23,594,623	0.88%	5.04%
2024	130,861,007	24,672,760	0.86%	4.57%
2025	131,946,905	25,620,422	0.83%	3.84%
2026	132,997,664	26,472,499	0.8%	3.33%
2027	134,017,711	27,261,544	0.77%	2.98%
2028	135,008,697	28,006,558	0.74%	2.73%
2029	135,970,893	28,719,309	0.71%	2.54%
2030	136,904,747	29,395,545	0.69%	2.35%
2031	137,811,068	30,029,824	0.66%	2.16%
2032	138,690,189	30,633,661	0.64%	2.01%
2033	139,542,087	31,212,478	0.61%	1.89%
2034	140,362,026	31,768,138	0.59%	1.78%
2035	141,150,818	32,294,792	0.56%	1.66%
2036	141,909,168	32,788,153	0.54%	1.53%
2037	142,637,546	33,258,407	0.51%	1.43%
2038	143,336,222	33,710,718	0.49%	1.36%
2039	143,998,296	34,131,238	0.46%	1.25%
2040	144,624,328	34,533,185	0.43%	1.18%
2041	145,217,780	34,916,936	0.41%	1.11%
2042	145,777,459	35,279,863	0.39%	1.04%
2043	146,300,011	35,623,325	0.36%	0.97%
2044	146,787,722	35,944,394	0.33%	0.9%
2045	147,240,096	36,265,295	0.31%	0.89%
2046	147,654,160	36,583,260	0.28%	0.88%
2047	148,030,153	36,878,640	0.25%	0.81%
2048	148,372,233	37,171,029	0.23%	0.79%
2049	148,677,894	37,477,690	0.21%	0.83%
2050	148,946,272	37,793,378	0.18%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mexico increased by 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mexico gained 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2006 and is still 11th 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) Mexico's population will grow by 12% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.