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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palestine	Syria	Palestine	Syria
1960	-	4,673,500	-	-
1961	-	4,815,466	-	3.04%
1962	-	4,959,340	-	2.99%
1963	-	5,110,467	-	3.05%
1964	-	5,269,087	-	3.1%
1965	-	5,435,267	-	3.15%
1966	-	5,609,047	-	3.2%
1967	-	5,790,198	-	3.23%
1968	-	5,978,742	-	3.26%
1969	-	6,175,166	-	3.29%
1970	-	6,380,609	-	3.33%
1971	-	6,598,094	-	3.41%
1972	-	6,826,024	-	3.45%
1973	-	7,060,321	-	3.43%
1974	-	7,302,160	-	3.43%
1975	-	7,554,364	-	3.45%
1976	-	7,817,320	-	3.48%
1977	-	8,090,501	-	3.49%
1978	-	8,372,759	-	3.49%
1979	-	8,661,909	-	3.45%
1980	-	8,957,663	-	3.41%
1981	-	9,260,189	-	3.38%
1982	-	9,572,511	-	3.37%
1983	-	9,904,809	-	3.47%
1984	-	10,258,398	-	3.57%
1985	-	10,625,672	-	3.58%
1986	-	11,002,844	-	3.55%
1987	-	11,388,923	-	3.51%
1988	-	11,782,264	-	3.45%
1989	-	12,179,060	-	3.37%
1990	1,978,248	12,579,208	-	3.29%
1991	2,068,845	12,980,821	4.58%	3.19%
1992	2,163,591	13,385,571	4.58%	3.12%
1993	2,262,676	13,795,686	4.58%	3.06%
1994	2,366,298	14,208,583	4.58%	2.99%
1995	2,474,666	14,616,801	4.58%	2.87%
1996	2,587,997	15,018,104	4.58%	2.75%
1997	2,706,518	15,417,542	4.58%	2.66%
1998	2,776,568	15,820,413	2.59%	2.61%
1999	2,848,431	16,228,061	2.59%	2.58%
2000	2,922,153	16,637,888	2.59%	2.53%
2001	2,997,784	17,051,338	2.59%	2.48%
2002	3,075,373	17,468,332	2.59%	2.45%
2003	3,154,969	17,889,296	2.59%	2.41%
2004	3,236,626	18,336,875	2.59%	2.5%
2005	3,320,396	18,814,091	2.59%	2.6%
2006	3,406,334	19,637,022	2.59%	4.37%
2007	3,494,496	20,884,125	2.59%	6.35%
2008	3,591,977	21,636,564	2.79%	3.6%
2009	3,689,099	21,976,969	2.7%	1.57%
2010	3,786,161	22,482,421	2.63%	2.3%
2011	3,882,986	22,878,098	2.56%	1.76%
2012	3,979,998	22,759,763	2.5%	-0.52%
2013	4,076,708	21,666,917	2.43%	-4.8%
2014	4,173,398	20,273,659	2.37%	-6.43%
2015	4,270,092	19,424,618	2.32%	-4.19%
2016	4,367,088	19,193,834	2.27%	-1.19%
2017	4,454,805	19,224,668	2.01%	0.16%
2018	4,569,087	19,577,845	2.57%	1.84%
2019	4,685,306	20,353,534	2.54%	3.96%
2020	4,803,269	21,049,429	2.52%	3.42%
2021	4,922,749	21,628,839	2.49%	2.75%
2022	5,043,612	22,462,173	2.46%	3.85%
2023	5,165,775	23,594,623	2.42%	5.04%
2024	5,289,152	24,672,760	2.39%	4.57%
2025	5,379,801	25,620,422	1.71%	3.84%
2026	5,479,090	26,472,499	1.85%	3.33%
2027	5,582,345	27,261,544	1.88%	2.98%
2028	5,684,855	28,006,558	1.84%	2.73%
2029	5,787,948	28,719,309	1.81%	2.54%
2030	5,892,492	29,395,545	1.81%	2.35%
2031	5,998,645	30,029,824	1.8%	2.16%
2032	6,106,047	30,633,661	1.79%	2.01%
2033	6,215,922	31,212,478	1.8%	1.89%
2034	6,327,947	31,768,138	1.8%	1.78%
2035	6,441,493	32,294,792	1.79%	1.66%
2036	6,555,481	32,788,153	1.77%	1.53%
2037	6,669,212	33,258,407	1.73%	1.43%
2038	6,783,431	33,710,718	1.71%	1.36%
2039	6,899,866	34,131,238	1.72%	1.25%
2040	7,018,099	34,533,185	1.71%	1.18%
2041	7,135,825	34,916,936	1.68%	1.11%
2042	7,253,328	35,279,863	1.65%	1.04%
2043	7,369,647	35,623,325	1.6%	0.97%
2044	7,484,632	35,944,394	1.56%	0.9%
2045	7,598,729	36,265,295	1.52%	0.89%
2046	7,710,259	36,583,260	1.47%	0.88%
2047	7,818,786	36,878,640	1.41%	0.81%
2048	7,925,101	37,171,029	1.36%	0.79%
2049	8,029,929	37,477,690	1.32%	0.83%
2050	8,134,618	37,793,378	1.3%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palestine increased by 949,696 people (a 28.6% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palestine gained 1,189,465 (a 27.9% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Palestine was ranked 127th most populous country in 2005 and is 122nd 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) Palestine's population will grow by 49% to 8,134,618 people with a rank change from 122nd to 112th. The population of Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.