The latest officially reported population of Syria was 24,672,760 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Syria's population is 26,304,877 people compared to 85,914,550 in Turkey.
Population statistics:
- Turkey's population is 3.27 times bigger than Syria's.
- Syria is ranked the 57th most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
- The countries together account for 1.36% of the world: 0.32% for Syria vs 1.04% for Turkey.
- For the last 10 years, Syria has had an average growth rate of +1.25% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
- Since 2005, the population of Syria has increased from 18.8M people to 26.3M (39.8% growth), while Turkey has grown from 69.3M to 85.9M (23.9% growth).
- Syria is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 44.1M people compared to the peak of 89.4M people in 2047 for Turkey.
Syria vs Turkey: live population counter
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| Current population |
26304877
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85914550
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| Population rank | 57/197 | 18/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.32% | 1.04% |
| One net population change |
29.3 seconds
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2.73 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.01 minutes
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33 seconds
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| One death every |
4.42 minutes
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59.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
57.7 seconds
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1.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +546,494 | -275,952 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,954 | +528 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,078,137 | +192,696 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +4.57% | +0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 5/197 | 153/197 |
Syria and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,673,500 | 28,329,898 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,815,466 | 29,119,238 | 3.04% | 2.79% |
| 1962 | 4,959,340 | 29,916,147 | 2.99% | 2.74% |
| 1963 | 5,110,467 | 30,726,841 | 3.05% | 2.71% |
| 1964 | 5,269,087 | 31,543,072 | 3.1% | 2.66% |
| 1965 | 5,435,267 | 32,345,220 | 3.15% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 5,609,047 | 33,177,672 | 3.2% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 5,790,198 | 34,050,421 | 3.23% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 5,978,742 | 34,921,684 | 3.26% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 6,175,166 | 35,787,774 | 3.29% | 2.48% |
| 1970 | 6,380,609 | 36,638,465 | 3.33% | 2.38% |
| 1971 | 6,598,094 | 37,518,611 | 3.41% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 6,826,024 | 38,430,221 | 3.45% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 7,060,321 | 39,329,533 | 3.43% | 2.34% |
| 1974 | 7,302,160 | 40,210,234 | 3.43% | 2.24% |
| 1975 | 7,554,364 | 41,053,126 | 3.45% | 2.1% |
| 1976 | 7,817,320 | 41,899,984 | 3.48% | 2.06% |
| 1977 | 8,090,501 | 42,773,298 | 3.49% | 2.08% |
| 1978 | 8,372,759 | 43,645,306 | 3.49% | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 8,661,909 | 44,510,429 | 3.45% | 1.98% |
| 1980 | 8,957,663 | 45,408,815 | 3.41% | 2.02% |
| 1981 | 9,260,189 | 46,321,190 | 3.38% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 9,572,511 | 47,322,096 | 3.37% | 2.16% |
| 1983 | 9,904,809 | 48,447,410 | 3.47% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 10,258,398 | 49,574,069 | 3.57% | 2.33% |
| 1985 | 10,625,672 | 50,687,115 | 3.58% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 11,002,844 | 51,777,772 | 3.55% | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 11,388,923 | 52,843,670 | 3.51% | 2.06% |
| 1988 | 11,782,264 | 53,909,626 | 3.45% | 2.02% |
| 1989 | 12,179,060 | 54,976,723 | 3.37% | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 12,579,208 | 56,015,628 | 3.29% | 1.89% |
| 1991 | 12,980,821 | 57,009,887 | 3.19% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 13,385,571 | 57,990,118 | 3.12% | 1.72% |
| 1993 | 13,795,686 | 58,999,167 | 3.06% | 1.74% |
| 1994 | 14,208,583 | 60,033,836 | 2.99% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 14,616,801 | 61,024,503 | 2.87% | 1.65% |
| 1996 | 15,018,104 | 61,951,134 | 2.75% | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 15,417,542 | 62,852,966 | 2.66% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 15,820,413 | 63,734,383 | 2.61% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 16,228,061 | 64,591,923 | 2.58% | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 16,637,888 | 65,425,961 | 2.53% | 1.29% |
| 2001 | 17,051,338 | 66,245,128 | 2.48% | 1.25% |
| 2002 | 17,468,332 | 67,048,795 | 2.45% | 1.21% |
| 2003 | 17,889,296 | 67,831,730 | 2.41% | 1.17% |
| 2004 | 18,336,875 | 68,592,617 | 2.5% | 1.12% |
| 2005 | 18,814,091 | 69,329,557 | 2.6% | 1.07% |
| 2006 | 19,637,022 | 70,045,349 | 4.37% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 20,884,125 | 70,158,112 | 6.35% | 0.16% |
| 2008 | 21,636,564 | 71,051,678 | 3.6% | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 21,976,969 | 72,039,206 | 1.57% | 1.39% |
| 2010 | 22,482,421 | 73,142,150 | 2.3% | 1.53% |
| 2011 | 22,878,098 | 74,223,629 | 1.76% | 1.48% |
| 2012 | 22,759,763 | 75,175,827 | -0.52% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 21,666,917 | 76,147,624 | -4.8% | 1.29% |
| 2014 | 20,273,659 | 77,181,884 | -6.43% | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 19,424,618 | 78,218,479 | -4.19% | 1.34% |
| 2016 | 19,193,834 | 79,277,962 | -1.19% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 19,224,668 | 80,312,698 | 0.16% | 1.31% |
| 2018 | 19,577,845 | 81,407,204 | 1.84% | 1.36% |
| 2019 | 20,353,534 | 82,579,440 | 3.96% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 21,049,429 | 83,384,680 | 3.42% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 21,628,839 | 84,147,318 | 2.75% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 22,462,173 | 84,979,913 | 3.85% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | 23,594,623 | 85,325,965 | 5.04% | 0.41% |
| 2024 | 24,672,760 | 85,518,661 | 4.57% | 0.23% |
| 2025 | 25,620,422 | 85,725,557 | 3.84% | 0.24% |
| 2026 | 26,472,499 | 85,960,835 | 3.33% | 0.27% |
| 2027 | 27,261,544 | 86,227,115 | 2.98% | 0.31% |
| 2028 | 28,006,558 | 86,502,744 | 2.73% | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 28,719,309 | 86,771,652 | 2.54% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 29,395,545 | 87,037,680 | 2.35% | 0.31% |
| 2031 | 30,029,824 | 87,297,191 | 2.16% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 30,633,661 | 87,537,075 | 2.01% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 31,212,478 | 87,762,403 | 1.89% | 0.26% |
| 2034 | 31,768,138 | 87,974,138 | 1.78% | 0.24% |
| 2035 | 32,294,792 | 88,172,739 | 1.66% | 0.23% |
| 2036 | 32,788,153 | 88,364,318 | 1.53% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 33,258,407 | 88,545,669 | 1.43% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 33,710,718 | 88,707,268 | 1.36% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 34,131,238 | 88,849,956 | 1.25% | 0.16% |
| 2040 | 34,533,185 | 88,975,510 | 1.18% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 34,916,936 | 89,083,304 | 1.11% | 0.12% |
| 2042 | 35,279,863 | 89,177,769 | 1.04% | 0.11% |
| 2043 | 35,623,325 | 89,254,147 | 0.97% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 35,944,394 | 89,311,458 | 0.9% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 36,265,295 | 89,349,806 | 0.89% | 0.04% |
| 2046 | 36,583,260 | 89,375,429 | 0.88% | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 36,878,640 | 89,383,765 | 0.81% | 0.009% |
| 2048 | 37,171,029 | 89,361,174 | 0.79% | -0.03% |
| 2049 | 37,477,690 | 89,306,566 | 0.83% | -0.06% |
| 2050 | 37,793,378 | 89,218,346 | 0.84% | -0.1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Syria increased by 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Syria gained 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).
Syria was ranked 58th most populous country in 2005 and is 57th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Syria's population will grow by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people with a rank change from 57th to 54th. The population of Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.
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Population differences between Syria and Turkey
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| Life expectancy | 73 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 27.8 years | 35.3 years |
| Median age | 23.9 years | 34 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.71 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 348 ppl/mi² | 287.8 ppl/mi² |
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