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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Syria	Turkey	Syria	Turkey
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 2006 to 2016, the population of Syria decreased by 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Syria gained 7,287,288 (a 38% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).

Syria was ranked 58th most populous country in 2006 and is 57th in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.