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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Syria	Nauru	Syria
1960	4,607	4,673,500	-	-
1961	4,774	4,815,466	3.62%	3.04%
1962	4,979	4,959,340	4.29%	2.99%
1963	5,226	5,110,467	4.96%	3.05%
1964	5,515	5,269,087	5.53%	3.1%
1965	5,832	5,435,267	5.75%	3.15%
1966	6,043	5,609,047	3.62%	3.2%
1967	6,135	5,790,198	1.52%	3.23%
1968	6,328	5,978,742	3.15%	3.26%
1969	6,581	6,175,166	4%	3.29%
1970	6,710	6,380,609	1.96%	3.33%
1971	6,762	6,598,094	0.77%	3.41%
1972	6,812	6,826,024	0.74%	3.45%
1973	6,866	7,060,321	0.79%	3.43%
1974	6,923	7,302,160	0.83%	3.43%
1975	6,987	7,554,364	0.92%	3.45%
1976	7,064	7,817,320	1.1%	3.48%
1977	7,163	8,090,501	1.4%	3.49%
1978	7,298	8,372,759	1.88%	3.49%
1979	7,468	8,661,909	2.33%	3.45%
1980	7,649	8,957,663	2.42%	3.41%
1981	7,839	9,260,189	2.48%	3.38%
1982	8,040	9,572,511	2.56%	3.37%
1983	8,216	9,904,809	2.19%	3.47%
1984	8,377	10,258,398	1.96%	3.57%
1985	8,551	10,625,672	2.08%	3.58%
1986	8,742	11,002,844	2.23%	3.55%
1987	8,946	11,388,923	2.33%	3.51%
1988	9,165	11,782,264	2.45%	3.45%
1989	9,390	12,179,060	2.45%	3.37%
1990	9,622	12,579,208	2.47%	3.29%
1991	9,850	12,980,821	2.37%	3.19%
1992	10,021	13,385,571	1.74%	3.12%
1993	10,102	13,795,686	0.81%	3.06%
1994	10,137	14,208,583	0.35%	2.99%
1995	10,165	14,616,801	0.28%	2.87%
1996	10,183	15,018,104	0.18%	2.75%
1997	10,197	15,417,542	0.14%	2.66%
1998	10,198	15,820,413	0.01%	2.61%
1999	10,187	16,228,061	-0.11%	2.58%
2000	10,168	16,637,888	-0.19%	2.53%
2001	10,130	17,051,338	-0.37%	2.48%
2002	10,082	17,468,332	-0.47%	2.45%
2003	10,059	17,889,296	-0.23%	2.41%
2004	10,060	18,336,875	0.01%	2.5%
2005	10,049	18,814,091	-0.11%	2.6%
2006	10,034	19,637,022	-0.15%	4.37%
2007	10,020	20,884,125	-0.14%	6.35%
2008	10,009	21,636,564	-0.11%	3.6%
2009	10,016	21,976,969	0.07%	1.57%
2010	10,043	22,482,421	0.27%	2.3%
2011	10,098	22,878,098	0.55%	1.76%
2012	10,267	22,759,763	1.67%	-0.52%
2013	10,517	21,666,917	2.43%	-4.8%
2014	10,742	20,273,659	2.14%	-6.43%
2015	10,954	19,424,618	1.97%	-4.19%
2016	11,150	19,193,834	1.79%	-1.19%
2017	11,324	19,224,668	1.56%	0.16%
2018	11,477	19,577,845	1.35%	1.84%
2019	11,587	20,353,534	0.96%	3.96%
2020	11,643	21,049,429	0.48%	3.42%
2021	11,709	21,628,839	0.57%	2.75%
2022	11,801	22,462,173	0.79%	3.85%
2023	11,875	23,594,623	0.63%	5.04%
2024	11,947	24,672,760	0.61%	4.57%
2025	12,030	25,620,422	0.7%	3.84%
2026	12,103	26,472,499	0.61%	3.33%
2027	12,196	27,261,544	0.77%	2.98%
2028	12,296	28,006,558	0.82%	2.73%
2029	12,403	28,719,309	0.87%	2.54%
2030	12,519	29,395,545	0.94%	2.35%
2031	12,645	30,029,824	1%	2.16%
2032	12,785	30,633,661	1.11%	2.01%
2033	12,921	31,212,478	1.06%	1.89%
2034	13,071	31,768,138	1.16%	1.78%
2035	13,230	32,294,792	1.22%	1.66%
2036	13,391	32,788,153	1.21%	1.53%
2037	13,541	33,258,407	1.12%	1.43%
2038	13,697	33,710,718	1.16%	1.36%
2039	13,857	34,131,238	1.17%	1.25%
2040	14,041	34,533,185	1.33%	1.18%
2041	14,220	34,916,936	1.27%	1.11%
2042	14,402	35,279,863	1.28%	1.04%
2043	14,579	35,623,325	1.23%	0.97%
2044	14,754	35,944,394	1.2%	0.9%
2045	14,920	36,265,295	1.13%	0.89%
2046	15,098	36,583,260	1.19%	0.88%
2047	15,268	36,878,640	1.12%	0.81%
2048	15,431	37,171,029	1.07%	0.79%
2049	15,595	37,477,690	1.06%	0.83%
2050	15,751	37,793,378	1%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nauru increased by 1,116 people (a 11.1% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nauru gained 954 (a 8.56% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Nauru was ranked 196th most populous country in 2006 and is 195th 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) Nauru's population will grow by 30.1% to 15,751 people with a rank change from 195th to 194th. The population of Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.