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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Syria	Tunisia	Syria	Tunisia
1960	4,673,500	4,267,288	-	-
1961	4,815,466	4,316,278	3.04%	1.15%
1962	4,959,340	4,369,136	2.99%	1.22%
1963	5,110,467	4,427,131	3.05%	1.33%
1964	5,269,087	4,489,869	3.1%	1.42%
1965	5,435,267	4,561,385	3.15%	1.59%
1966	5,609,047	4,652,287	3.2%	1.99%
1967	5,790,198	4,760,970	3.23%	2.34%
1968	5,978,742	4,879,899	3.26%	2.5%
1969	6,175,166	5,004,697	3.29%	2.56%
1970	6,380,609	5,131,396	3.33%	2.53%
1971	6,598,094	5,261,658	3.41%	2.54%
1972	6,826,024	5,396,557	3.45%	2.56%
1973	7,060,321	5,537,242	3.43%	2.61%
1974	7,302,160	5,684,674	3.43%	2.66%
1975	7,554,364	5,839,262	3.45%	2.72%
1976	7,817,320	5,996,994	3.48%	2.7%
1977	8,090,501	6,155,931	3.49%	2.65%
1978	8,372,759	6,309,390	3.49%	2.49%
1979	8,661,909	6,456,419	3.45%	2.33%
1980	8,957,663	6,606,195	3.41%	2.32%
1981	9,260,189	6,758,284	3.38%	2.3%
1982	9,572,511	6,908,642	3.37%	2.22%
1983	9,904,809	7,053,800	3.47%	2.1%
1984	10,258,398	7,220,044	3.57%	2.36%
1985	10,625,672	7,409,903	3.58%	2.63%
1986	11,002,844	7,600,301	3.55%	2.57%
1987	11,388,923	7,789,987	3.51%	2.5%
1988	11,782,264	7,974,440	3.45%	2.37%
1989	12,179,060	8,151,660	3.37%	2.22%
1990	12,579,208	8,324,509	3.29%	2.12%
1991	12,980,821	8,501,827	3.19%	2.13%
1992	13,385,571	8,682,512	3.12%	2.13%
1993	13,795,686	8,857,910	3.06%	2.02%
1994	14,208,583	9,018,448	2.99%	1.81%
1995	14,616,801	9,161,258	2.87%	1.58%
1996	15,018,104	9,294,432	2.75%	1.45%
1997	15,417,542	9,421,270	2.66%	1.36%
1998	15,820,413	9,541,667	2.61%	1.28%
1999	16,228,061	9,655,963	2.58%	1.2%
2000	16,637,888	9,764,935	2.53%	1.13%
2001	17,051,338	9,869,677	2.48%	1.07%
2002	17,468,332	9,971,515	2.45%	1.03%
2003	17,889,296	10,071,632	2.41%	1%
2004	18,336,875	10,166,163	2.5%	0.94%
2005	18,814,091	10,255,472	2.6%	0.88%
2006	19,637,022	10,346,410	4.37%	0.89%
2007	20,884,125	10,441,702	6.35%	0.92%
2008	21,636,564	10,542,635	3.6%	0.97%
2009	21,976,969	10,650,681	1.57%	1.02%
2010	22,482,421	10,765,980	2.3%	1.08%
2011	22,878,098	10,886,035	1.76%	1.12%
2012	22,759,763	11,009,647	-0.52%	1.14%
2013	21,666,917	11,141,361	-4.8%	1.2%
2014	20,273,659	11,274,288	-6.43%	1.19%
2015	19,424,618	11,402,264	-4.19%	1.14%
2016	19,193,834	11,528,674	-1.19%	1.11%
2017	19,224,668	11,650,498	0.16%	1.06%
2018	19,577,845	11,765,514	1.84%	0.99%
2019	20,353,534	11,875,081	3.96%	0.93%
2020	21,049,429	11,974,057	3.42%	0.83%
2021	21,628,839	12,048,622	2.75%	0.62%
2022	22,462,173	12,119,334	3.85%	0.59%
2023	23,594,623	12,200,431	5.04%	0.67%
2024	24,672,760	12,277,109	4.57%	0.63%
2025	25,620,422	12,348,580	3.84%	0.58%
2026	26,472,499	12,415,147	3.33%	0.54%
2027	27,261,544	12,476,105	2.98%	0.49%
2028	28,006,558	12,531,994	2.73%	0.45%
2029	28,719,309	12,582,709	2.54%	0.4%
2030	29,395,545	12,628,154	2.35%	0.36%
2031	30,029,824	12,669,925	2.16%	0.33%
2032	30,633,661	12,709,155	2.01%	0.31%
2033	31,212,478	12,746,538	1.89%	0.29%
2034	31,768,138	12,781,017	1.78%	0.27%
2035	32,294,792	12,812,275	1.66%	0.24%
2036	32,788,153	12,842,495	1.53%	0.24%
2037	33,258,407	12,872,063	1.43%	0.23%
2038	33,710,718	12,900,190	1.36%	0.22%
2039	34,131,238	12,927,314	1.25%	0.21%
2040	34,533,185	12,953,871	1.18%	0.21%
2041	34,916,936	12,979,696	1.11%	0.2%
2042	35,279,863	13,005,242	1.04%	0.2%
2043	35,623,325	13,030,307	0.97%	0.19%
2044	35,944,394	13,054,103	0.9%	0.18%
2045	36,265,295	13,076,097	0.89%	0.17%
2046	36,583,260	13,095,748	0.88%	0.15%
2047	36,878,640	13,113,228	0.81%	0.13%
2048	37,171,029	13,127,662	0.79%	0.11%
2049	37,477,690	13,138,151	0.83%	0.08%
2050	37,793,378	13,145,144	0.84%	0.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Syria decreased by 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Syria gained 7,287,288 (a 38% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).

Syria was ranked 58th most populous country in 2006 and is 57th in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Syria's population will grow by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people with a rank change from 57th to 54th. The population of Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.