Population in Syria compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Syria and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Syria	United States	Syria	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	4,673,500	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	4,815,466	183,691,481	3.04%	1.67%
1962	4,959,340	186,537,737	2.99%	1.55%
1963	5,110,467	189,241,798	3.05%	1.45%
1964	5,269,087	191,888,791	3.1%	1.4%
1965	5,435,267	194,302,963	3.15%	1.26%
1966	5,609,047	196,560,338	3.2%	1.16%
1967	5,790,198	198,712,056	3.23%	1.09%
1968	5,978,742	200,706,052	3.26%	1%
1969	6,175,166	202,676,946	3.29%	0.98%
1970	6,380,609	205,052,174	3.33%	1.17%
1971	6,598,094	207,660,677	3.41%	1.27%
1972	6,826,024	209,896,021	3.45%	1.08%
1973	7,060,321	211,908,788	3.43%	0.96%
1974	7,302,160	213,853,928	3.43%	0.92%
1975	7,554,364	215,973,199	3.45%	0.99%
1976	7,817,320	218,035,164	3.48%	0.95%
1977	8,090,501	220,239,425	3.49%	1.01%
1978	8,372,759	222,584,545	3.49%	1.06%
1979	8,661,909	225,055,487	3.45%	1.11%
1980	8,957,663	226,542,250	3.41%	0.66%
1981	9,260,189	229,465,744	3.38%	1.29%
1982	9,572,511	231,664,432	3.37%	0.96%
1983	9,904,809	233,792,014	3.47%	0.92%
1984	10,258,398	235,824,908	3.57%	0.87%
1985	10,625,672	237,923,734	3.58%	0.89%
1986	11,002,844	240,132,831	3.55%	0.93%
1987	11,388,923	242,288,936	3.51%	0.9%
1988	11,782,264	244,499,004	3.45%	0.91%
1989	12,179,060	246,819,222	3.37%	0.95%
1990	12,579,208	250,131,894	3.29%	1.34%
1991	12,980,821	253,492,503	3.19%	1.34%
1992	13,385,571	256,894,189	3.12%	1.34%
1993	13,795,686	260,255,352	3.06%	1.31%
1994	14,208,583	263,435,673	2.99%	1.22%
1995	14,616,801	266,557,091	2.87%	1.18%
1996	15,018,104	269,667,391	2.75%	1.17%
1997	15,417,542	272,911,760	2.66%	1.2%
1998	15,820,413	276,115,288	2.61%	1.17%
1999	16,228,061	279,294,713	2.58%	1.15%
2000	16,637,888	282,162,411	2.53%	1.03%
2001	17,051,338	284,968,955	2.48%	0.99%
2002	17,468,332	287,625,193	2.45%	0.93%
2003	17,889,296	290,107,933	2.41%	0.86%
2004	18,336,875	292,805,298	2.5%	0.93%
2005	18,814,091	295,516,599	2.6%	0.93%
2006	19,637,022	298,379,912	4.37%	0.97%
2007	20,884,125	301,231,207	6.35%	0.96%
2008	21,636,564	304,093,966	3.6%	0.95%
2009	21,976,969	306,771,529	1.57%	0.88%
2010	22,482,421	309,327,143	2.3%	0.83%
2011	22,878,098	311,583,481	1.76%	0.73%
2012	22,759,763	313,877,662	-0.52%	0.74%
2013	21,666,917	316,059,947	-4.8%	0.7%
2014	20,273,659	318,386,329	-6.43%	0.74%
2015	19,424,618	320,738,994	-4.19%	0.74%
2016	19,193,834	323,071,755	-1.19%	0.73%
2017	19,224,668	325,122,128	0.16%	0.63%
2018	19,577,845	326,838,199	1.84%	0.53%
2019	20,353,534	328,329,953	3.96%	0.46%
2020	21,049,429	331,526,933	3.42%	0.97%
2021	21,628,839	331,893,745	2.75%	0.11%
2022	22,462,173	333,271,411	3.85%	0.42%
2023	23,594,623	334,914,895	5.04%	0.49%
2024	24,672,760	340,110,988	4.57%	1.55%
2025	25,620,422	341,931,772	3.84%	0.54%
2026	26,472,499	343,664,369	3.33%	0.51%
2027	27,261,544	345,331,185	2.98%	0.49%
2028	28,006,558	346,981,137	2.73%	0.48%
2029	28,719,309	348,601,982	2.54%	0.47%
2030	29,395,545	350,176,974	2.35%	0.45%
2031	30,029,824	351,725,612	2.16%	0.44%
2032	30,633,661	353,249,060	2.01%	0.43%
2033	31,212,478	354,749,644	1.89%	0.42%
2034	31,768,138	356,234,239	1.78%	0.42%
2035	32,294,792	357,694,316	1.66%	0.41%
2036	32,788,153	359,119,002	1.53%	0.4%
2037	33,258,407	360,517,853	1.43%	0.39%
2038	33,710,718	361,895,407	1.36%	0.38%
2039	34,131,238	363,229,908	1.25%	0.37%
2040	34,533,185	364,512,364	1.18%	0.35%
2041	34,916,936	365,753,139	1.11%	0.34%
2042	35,279,863	366,969,419	1.04%	0.33%
2043	35,623,325	368,146,925	0.97%	0.32%
2044	35,944,394	369,258,123	0.9%	0.3%
2045	36,265,295	370,318,770	0.89%	0.29%
2046	36,583,260	371,328,255	0.88%	0.27%
2047	36,878,640	372,299,116	0.81%	0.26%
2048	37,171,029	373,230,539	0.79%	0.25%
2049	37,477,690	374,119,803	0.83%	0.24%
2050	37,793,378	374,986,259	0.84%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Syria decreased by 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Syria gained 7,287,288 (a 38% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Syria was ranked 58th most populous country in 2006 and is 57th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.