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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Switzerland	Syria	Switzerland	Syria
1960	5,327,827	4,673,500	-	-
1961	5,434,294	4,815,466	2%	3.04%
1962	5,573,815	4,959,340	2.57%	2.99%
1963	5,694,247	5,110,467	2.16%	3.05%
1964	5,789,228	5,269,087	1.67%	3.1%
1965	5,856,472	5,435,267	1.16%	3.15%
1966	5,918,002	5,609,047	1.05%	3.2%
1967	5,991,785	5,790,198	1.25%	3.23%
1968	6,067,714	5,978,742	1.27%	3.26%
1969	6,136,387	6,175,166	1.13%	3.29%
1970	6,180,877	6,380,609	0.73%	3.33%
1971	6,213,399	6,598,094	0.53%	3.41%
1972	6,260,956	6,826,024	0.77%	3.45%
1973	6,307,347	7,060,321	0.74%	3.43%
1974	6,341,405	7,302,160	0.54%	3.43%
1975	6,338,632	7,554,364	-0.04%	3.45%
1976	6,302,504	7,817,320	-0.57%	3.48%
1977	6,281,174	8,090,501	-0.34%	3.49%
1978	6,281,738	8,372,759	0.009%	3.49%
1979	6,294,365	8,661,909	0.2%	3.45%
1980	6,319,408	8,957,663	0.4%	3.41%
1981	6,354,074	9,260,189	0.55%	3.38%
1982	6,391,309	9,572,511	0.59%	3.37%
1983	6,418,773	9,904,809	0.43%	3.47%
1984	6,441,865	10,258,398	0.36%	3.57%
1985	6,470,365	10,625,672	0.44%	3.58%
1986	6,504,124	11,002,844	0.52%	3.55%
1987	6,545,106	11,388,923	0.63%	3.51%
1988	6,593,386	11,782,264	0.74%	3.45%
1989	6,646,912	12,179,060	0.81%	3.37%
1990	6,715,519	12,579,208	1.03%	3.29%
1991	6,799,978	12,980,821	1.26%	3.19%
1992	6,875,364	13,385,571	1.11%	3.12%
1993	6,938,265	13,795,686	0.91%	3.06%
1994	6,993,795	14,208,583	0.8%	2.99%
1995	7,040,687	14,616,801	0.67%	2.87%
1996	7,071,850	15,018,104	0.44%	2.75%
1997	7,088,906	15,417,542	0.24%	2.66%
1998	7,110,001	15,820,413	0.3%	2.61%
1999	7,143,991	16,228,061	0.48%	2.58%
2000	7,184,250	16,637,888	0.56%	2.53%
2001	7,229,854	17,051,338	0.63%	2.48%
2002	7,284,753	17,468,332	0.76%	2.45%
2003	7,339,001	17,889,296	0.74%	2.41%
2004	7,389,625	18,336,875	0.69%	2.5%
2005	7,437,115	18,814,091	0.64%	2.6%
2006	7,483,934	19,637,022	0.63%	4.37%
2007	7,551,117	20,884,125	0.9%	6.35%
2008	7,647,675	21,636,564	1.28%	3.6%
2009	7,743,831	21,976,969	1.26%	1.57%
2010	7,824,909	22,482,421	1.05%	2.3%
2011	7,912,398	22,878,098	1.12%	1.76%
2012	7,996,861	22,759,763	1.07%	-0.52%
2013	8,089,346	21,666,917	1.16%	-4.8%
2014	8,188,649	20,273,659	1.23%	-6.43%
2015	8,282,396	19,424,618	1.14%	-4.19%
2016	8,373,338	19,193,834	1.1%	-1.19%
2017	8,451,840	19,224,668	0.94%	0.16%
2018	8,514,329	19,577,845	0.74%	1.84%
2019	8,575,280	20,353,534	0.72%	3.96%
2020	8,638,167	21,049,429	0.73%	3.42%
2021	8,704,546	21,628,839	0.77%	2.75%
2022	8,777,088	22,462,173	0.83%	3.85%
2023	8,888,093	23,594,623	1.26%	5.04%
2024	9,034,102	24,672,760	1.64%	4.57%
2025	9,080,106	25,620,422	0.51%	3.84%
2026	9,120,994	26,472,499	0.45%	3.33%
2027	9,157,559	27,261,544	0.4%	2.98%
2028	9,190,572	28,006,558	0.36%	2.73%
2029	9,219,373	28,719,309	0.31%	2.54%
2030	9,245,030	29,395,545	0.28%	2.35%
2031	9,269,063	30,029,824	0.26%	2.16%
2032	9,289,991	30,633,661	0.23%	2.01%
2033	9,307,909	31,212,478	0.19%	1.89%
2034	9,324,938	31,768,138	0.18%	1.78%
2035	9,340,145	32,294,792	0.16%	1.66%
2036	9,352,822	32,788,153	0.14%	1.53%
2037	9,364,126	33,258,407	0.12%	1.43%
2038	9,373,988	33,710,718	0.11%	1.36%
2039	9,382,808	34,131,238	0.09%	1.25%
2040	9,392,748	34,533,185	0.11%	1.18%
2041	9,401,829	34,916,936	0.1%	1.11%
2042	9,410,286	35,279,863	0.09%	1.04%
2043	9,418,963	35,623,325	0.09%	0.97%
2044	9,426,166	35,944,394	0.08%	0.9%
2045	9,432,561	36,265,295	0.07%	0.89%
2046	9,438,518	36,583,260	0.06%	0.88%
2047	9,445,091	36,878,640	0.07%	0.81%
2048	9,452,109	37,171,029	0.07%	0.79%
2049	9,457,335	37,477,690	0.06%	0.83%
2050	9,459,997	37,793,378	0.03%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Switzerland increased by 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Switzerland gained 830,554 (a 10% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Switzerland was ranked 97th most populous country in 2005 and is 100th 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) Switzerland's population will grow by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people with a rank change from 100th to 102nd. The population of Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.