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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Syria	Vietnam	Syria	Vietnam
1960	4,673,500	32,531,933	-	-
1961	4,815,466	33,409,059	3.04%	2.7%
1962	4,959,340	34,288,560	2.99%	2.63%
1963	5,110,467	35,249,101	3.05%	2.8%
1964	5,269,087	36,201,563	3.1%	2.7%
1965	5,435,267	37,129,656	3.15%	2.56%
1966	5,609,047	38,024,836	3.2%	2.41%
1967	5,790,198	38,895,080	3.23%	2.29%
1968	5,978,742	39,734,609	3.26%	2.16%
1969	6,175,166	40,582,096	3.29%	2.13%
1970	6,380,609	41,475,230	3.33%	2.2%
1971	6,598,094	42,449,276	3.41%	2.35%
1972	6,826,024	43,429,168	3.45%	2.31%
1973	7,060,321	44,409,861	3.43%	2.26%
1974	7,302,160	45,413,537	3.43%	2.26%
1975	7,554,364	46,482,903	3.45%	2.35%
1976	7,817,320	47,684,931	3.48%	2.59%
1977	8,090,501	48,954,872	3.49%	2.66%
1978	8,372,759	50,249,552	3.49%	2.64%
1979	8,661,909	51,378,211	3.45%	2.25%
1980	8,957,663	52,490,101	3.41%	2.16%
1981	9,260,189	53,738,141	3.38%	2.38%
1982	9,572,511	55,011,289	3.37%	2.37%
1983	9,904,809	56,337,921	3.47%	2.41%
1984	10,258,398	57,706,067	3.57%	2.43%
1985	10,625,672	59,060,622	3.58%	2.35%
1986	11,002,844	60,347,048	3.55%	2.18%
1987	11,388,923	61,584,651	3.51%	2.05%
1988	11,782,264	62,843,228	3.45%	2.04%
1989	12,179,060	64,147,348	3.37%	2.08%
1990	12,579,208	65,504,552	3.29%	2.12%
1991	12,980,821	66,891,775	3.19%	2.12%
1992	13,385,571	68,260,337	3.12%	2.05%
1993	13,795,686	69,586,384	3.06%	1.94%
1994	14,208,583	70,854,391	2.99%	1.82%
1995	14,616,801	72,049,940	2.87%	1.69%
1996	15,018,104	73,156,447	2.75%	1.54%
1997	15,417,542	74,226,889	2.66%	1.46%
1998	15,820,413	75,299,660	2.61%	1.45%
1999	16,228,061	76,287,452	2.58%	1.31%
2000	16,637,888	77,154,011	2.53%	1.14%
2001	17,051,338	77,969,361	2.48%	1.06%
2002	17,468,332	78,772,224	2.45%	1.03%
2003	17,889,296	79,563,777	2.41%	1%
2004	18,336,875	80,338,971	2.5%	0.97%
2005	18,814,091	81,088,313	2.6%	0.93%
2006	19,637,022	82,167,897	4.37%	1.33%
2007	20,884,125	83,633,375	6.35%	1.78%
2008	21,636,564	85,175,788	3.6%	1.84%
2009	21,976,969	86,460,018	1.57%	1.51%
2010	22,482,421	87,455,152	2.3%	1.15%
2011	22,878,098	88,468,314	1.76%	1.16%
2012	22,759,763	89,510,356	-0.52%	1.18%
2013	21,666,917	90,573,104	-4.8%	1.19%
2014	20,273,659	91,679,578	-6.43%	1.22%
2015	19,424,618	92,823,254	-4.19%	1.25%
2016	19,193,834	94,000,117	-1.19%	1.27%
2017	19,224,668	95,176,977	0.16%	1.25%
2018	19,577,845	96,237,319	1.84%	1.11%
2019	20,353,534	97,173,776	3.96%	0.97%
2020	21,049,429	98,079,191	3.42%	0.93%
2021	21,628,839	98,935,098	2.75%	0.87%
2022	22,462,173	99,680,655	3.85%	0.75%
2023	23,594,623	100,352,192	5.04%	0.67%
2024	24,672,760	100,987,686	4.57%	0.63%
2025	25,620,422	101,598,531	3.84%	0.6%
2026	26,472,499	102,177,434	3.33%	0.57%
2027	27,261,544	102,727,392	2.98%	0.54%
2028	28,006,558	103,255,746	2.73%	0.51%
2029	28,719,309	103,761,151	2.54%	0.49%
2030	29,395,545	104,254,900	2.35%	0.48%
2031	30,029,824	104,737,913	2.16%	0.46%
2032	30,633,661	105,204,401	2.01%	0.45%
2033	31,212,478	105,656,307	1.89%	0.43%
2034	31,768,138	106,097,515	1.78%	0.42%
2035	32,294,792	106,530,671	1.66%	0.41%
2036	32,788,153	106,945,842	1.53%	0.39%
2037	33,258,407	107,346,046	1.43%	0.37%
2038	33,710,718	107,732,019	1.36%	0.36%
2039	34,131,238	108,097,653	1.25%	0.34%
2040	34,533,185	108,437,634	1.18%	0.31%
2041	34,916,936	108,752,199	1.11%	0.29%
2042	35,279,863	109,040,314	1.04%	0.26%
2043	35,623,325	109,292,559	0.97%	0.23%
2044	35,944,394	109,506,274	0.9%	0.2%
2045	36,265,295	109,685,396	0.89%	0.16%
2046	36,583,260	109,827,664	0.88%	0.13%
2047	36,878,640	109,930,243	0.81%	0.09%
2048	37,171,029	109,994,024	0.79%	0.06%
2049	37,477,690	110,018,017	0.83%	0.02%
2050	37,793,378	110,008,910	0.84%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Syria decreased by 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Syria gained 7,287,288 (a 38% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

Syria was ranked 58th most populous country in 2006 and is 57th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.