Population in Syria compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Syria and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Syria	Vatican	Syria	Vatican
1960	4,673,500	-	-	-
1961	4,815,466	-	3.04%	-
1962	4,959,340	-	2.99%	-
1963	5,110,467	-	3.05%	-
1964	5,269,087	-	3.1%	-
1965	5,435,267	-	3.15%	-
1966	5,609,047	-	3.2%	-
1967	5,790,198	-	3.23%	-
1968	5,978,742	-	3.26%	-
1969	6,175,166	-	3.29%	-
1970	6,380,609	-	3.33%	-
1971	6,598,094	-	3.41%	-
1972	6,826,024	-	3.45%	-
1973	7,060,321	-	3.43%	-
1974	7,302,160	-	3.43%	-
1975	7,554,364	-	3.45%	-
1976	7,817,320	-	3.48%	-
1977	8,090,501	-	3.49%	-
1978	8,372,759	-	3.49%	-
1979	8,661,909	-	3.45%	-
1980	8,957,663	-	3.41%	-
1981	9,260,189	-	3.38%	-
1982	9,572,511	-	3.37%	-
1983	9,904,809	-	3.47%	-
1984	10,258,398	-	3.57%	-
1985	10,625,672	-	3.58%	-
1986	11,002,844	-	3.55%	-
1987	11,388,923	-	3.51%	-
1988	11,782,264	-	3.45%	-
1989	12,179,060	-	3.37%	-
1990	12,579,208	-	3.29%	-
1991	12,980,821	-	3.19%	-
1992	13,385,571	-	3.12%	-
1993	13,795,686	-	3.06%	-
1994	14,208,583	-	2.99%	-
1995	14,616,801	-	2.87%	-
1996	15,018,104	-	2.75%	-
1997	15,417,542	-	2.66%	-
1998	15,820,413	-	2.61%	-
1999	16,228,061	-	2.58%	-
2000	16,637,888	880	2.53%	-
2001	17,051,338	890	2.48%	1.14%
2002	17,468,332	900	2.45%	1.12%
2003	17,889,296	911	2.41%	1.22%
2004	18,336,875	921	2.5%	1.1%
2005	18,814,091	921	2.6%	0%
2006	19,637,022	932	4.37%	1.19%
2007	20,884,125	821	6.35%	-11.9%
2008	21,636,564	824	3.6%	0.37%
2009	21,976,969	826	1.57%	0.24%
2010	22,482,421	829	2.3%	0.36%
2011	22,878,098	832	1.76%	0.36%
2012	22,759,763	836	-0.52%	0.48%
2013	21,666,917	839	-4.8%	0.36%
2014	20,273,659	842	-6.43%	0.36%
2015	19,424,618	1,000	-4.19%	18.8%
2016	19,193,834	-	-1.19%	0%
2017	19,224,668	1,000	0.16%	0%
2018	19,577,845	-	1.84%	0%
2019	20,353,534	1,000	3.96%	0%
2020	21,049,429	987	3.42%	-1.29%
2021	21,628,839	970	2.75%	-1.68%
2022	22,462,173	944	3.85%	-2.66%
2023	23,594,623	922	5.04%	-2.34%
2024	24,672,760	933	4.57%	1.2%
2025	25,620,422	939	3.84%	0.59%
2026	26,472,499	952	3.33%	1.37%
2027	27,261,544	974	2.98%	2.32%
2028	28,006,558	985	2.73%	1.13%
2029	28,719,309	983	2.54%	-0.19%
2030	29,395,545	976	2.35%	-0.75%
2031	30,029,824	968	2.16%	-0.75%
2032	30,633,661	968	2.01%	0%
2033	31,212,478	988	1.89%	2.09%
2034	31,768,138	992	1.78%	0.37%
2035	32,294,792	1,000	1.66%	0.74%
2036	32,788,153	998	1.53%	-0.18%
2037	33,258,407	1,003	1.43%	0.55%
2038	33,710,718	1,022	1.36%	1.83%
2039	34,131,238	1,060	1.25%	3.78%
2040	34,533,185	1,095	1.18%	3.3%
2041	34,916,936	1,127	1.11%	2.86%
2042	35,279,863	1,149	1.04%	1.96%
2043	35,623,325	1,169	0.97%	1.76%
2044	35,944,394	1,186	0.9%	1.42%
2045	36,265,295	1,209	0.89%	2.02%
2046	36,583,260	1,224	0.88%	1.22%
2047	36,878,640	1,248	0.81%	1.95%
2048	37,171,029	1,272	0.79%	1.92%
2049	37,477,690	1,296	0.83%	1.88%
2050	37,793,378	1,325	0.84%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Syria decreased by 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Syria gained 7,287,288 (a 38% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Syria was ranked 58th most populous country in 2006 and is 57th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.