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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Syria	Uganda	Syria	Uganda
1960	4,673,500	7,640,973	-	-
1961	4,815,466	7,862,217	3.04%	2.9%
1962	4,959,340	8,092,231	2.99%	2.93%
1963	5,110,467	8,333,663	3.05%	2.98%
1964	5,269,087	8,586,363	3.1%	3.03%
1965	5,435,267	8,849,203	3.15%	3.06%
1966	5,609,047	9,122,864	3.2%	3.09%
1967	5,790,198	9,408,924	3.23%	3.14%
1968	5,978,742	9,708,632	3.26%	3.19%
1969	6,175,166	10,014,858	3.29%	3.15%
1970	6,380,609	10,321,603	3.33%	3.06%
1971	6,598,094	10,618,206	3.41%	2.87%
1972	6,826,024	10,885,796	3.45%	2.52%
1973	7,060,321	11,144,236	3.43%	2.37%
1974	7,302,160	11,424,846	3.43%	2.52%
1975	7,554,364	11,725,240	3.45%	2.63%
1976	7,817,320	12,037,294	3.48%	2.66%
1977	8,090,501	12,359,669	3.49%	2.68%
1978	8,372,759	12,692,113	3.49%	2.69%
1979	8,661,909	13,002,163	3.45%	2.44%
1980	8,957,663	13,275,741	3.41%	2.1%
1981	9,260,189	13,556,452	3.38%	2.11%
1982	9,572,511	13,873,631	3.37%	2.34%
1983	9,904,809	14,221,881	3.47%	2.51%
1984	10,258,398	14,607,677	3.57%	2.71%
1985	10,625,672	15,023,681	3.58%	2.85%
1986	11,002,844	15,467,579	3.55%	2.95%
1987	11,388,923	15,954,170	3.51%	3.15%
1988	11,782,264	16,470,483	3.45%	3.24%
1989	12,179,060	17,010,698	3.37%	3.28%
1990	12,579,208	17,569,897	3.29%	3.29%
1991	12,980,821	18,155,901	3.19%	3.34%
1992	13,385,571	18,785,032	3.12%	3.47%
1993	13,795,686	19,445,161	3.06%	3.51%
1994	14,208,583	20,108,801	2.99%	3.41%
1995	14,616,801	20,665,667	2.87%	2.77%
1996	15,018,104	21,231,550	2.75%	2.74%
1997	15,417,542	21,856,046	2.66%	2.94%
1998	15,820,413	22,515,806	2.61%	3.02%
1999	16,228,061	23,257,281	2.58%	3.29%
2000	16,637,888	24,000,150	2.53%	3.19%
2001	17,051,338	24,745,676	2.48%	3.11%
2002	17,468,332	25,532,870	2.45%	3.18%
2003	17,889,296	26,352,124	2.41%	3.21%
2004	18,336,875	27,154,515	2.5%	3.04%
2005	18,814,091	27,963,289	2.6%	2.98%
2006	19,637,022	28,794,003	4.37%	2.97%
2007	20,884,125	29,653,430	6.35%	2.98%
2008	21,636,564	30,539,553	3.6%	2.99%
2009	21,976,969	31,451,151	1.57%	2.98%
2010	22,482,421	32,390,802	2.3%	2.99%
2011	22,878,098	33,354,543	1.76%	2.98%
2012	22,759,763	34,337,438	-0.52%	2.95%
2013	21,666,917	35,337,042	-4.8%	2.91%
2014	20,273,659	36,395,539	-6.43%	3%
2015	19,424,618	37,531,446	-4.19%	3.12%
2016	19,193,834	38,799,152	-1.19%	3.38%
2017	19,224,668	40,177,388	0.16%	3.55%
2018	19,577,845	41,565,831	1.84%	3.46%
2019	20,353,534	42,999,637	3.96%	3.45%
2020	21,049,429	44,457,152	3.42%	3.39%
2021	21,628,839	45,910,930	2.75%	3.27%
2022	22,462,173	47,312,719	3.85%	3.05%
2023	23,594,623	48,656,601	5.04%	2.84%
2024	24,672,760	50,015,092	4.57%	2.79%
2025	25,620,422	51,384,895	3.84%	2.74%
2026	26,472,499	52,761,471	3.33%	2.68%
2027	27,261,544	54,144,274	2.98%	2.62%
2028	28,006,558	55,532,564	2.73%	2.56%
2029	28,719,309	56,922,797	2.54%	2.5%
2030	29,395,545	58,312,944	2.35%	2.44%
2031	30,029,824	59,703,537	2.16%	2.38%
2032	30,633,661	61,089,060	2.01%	2.32%
2033	31,212,478	62,464,116	1.89%	2.25%
2034	31,768,138	63,833,872	1.78%	2.19%
2035	32,294,792	65,205,570	1.66%	2.15%
2036	32,788,153	66,573,737	1.53%	2.1%
2037	33,258,407	67,942,634	1.43%	2.06%
2038	33,710,718	69,312,210	1.36%	2.02%
2039	34,131,238	70,669,875	1.25%	1.96%
2040	34,533,185	72,020,414	1.18%	1.91%
2041	34,916,936	73,372,658	1.11%	1.88%
2042	35,279,863	74,730,004	1.04%	1.85%
2043	35,623,325	76,090,991	0.97%	1.82%
2044	35,944,394	77,449,517	0.9%	1.79%
2045	36,265,295	78,797,995	0.89%	1.74%
2046	36,583,260	80,139,174	0.88%	1.7%
2047	36,878,640	81,478,503	0.81%	1.67%
2048	37,171,029	82,812,102	0.79%	1.64%
2049	37,477,690	84,130,056	0.83%	1.59%
2050	37,793,378	85,431,202	0.84%	1.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Syria decreased by 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Syria gained 7,287,288 (a 38% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).

Syria was ranked 58th most populous country in 2006 and is 57th in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.