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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Syria	Zambia	Syria	Zambia
1960	4,673,500	3,153,729	-	-
1961	4,815,466	3,254,086	3.04%	3.18%
1962	4,959,340	3,358,099	2.99%	3.2%
1963	5,110,467	3,465,907	3.05%	3.21%
1964	5,269,087	3,577,017	3.1%	3.21%
1965	5,435,267	3,692,086	3.15%	3.22%
1966	5,609,047	3,812,003	3.2%	3.25%
1967	5,790,198	3,936,343	3.23%	3.26%
1968	5,978,742	4,065,593	3.26%	3.28%
1969	6,175,166	4,197,116	3.29%	3.24%
1970	6,380,609	4,321,718	3.33%	2.97%
1971	6,598,094	4,442,525	3.41%	2.8%
1972	6,826,024	4,569,309	3.45%	2.85%
1973	7,060,321	4,702,693	3.43%	2.92%
1974	7,302,160	4,842,746	3.43%	2.98%
1975	7,554,364	4,990,086	3.45%	3.04%
1976	7,817,320	5,143,842	3.48%	3.08%
1977	8,090,501	5,302,480	3.49%	3.08%
1978	8,372,759	5,465,374	3.49%	3.07%
1979	8,661,909	5,631,728	3.45%	3.04%
1980	8,957,663	5,802,833	3.41%	3.04%
1981	9,260,189	5,983,289	3.38%	3.11%
1982	9,572,511	6,178,637	3.37%	3.26%
1983	9,904,809	6,381,038	3.47%	3.28%
1984	10,258,398	6,580,490	3.57%	3.13%
1985	10,625,672	6,780,953	3.58%	3.05%
1986	11,002,844	6,986,471	3.55%	3.03%
1987	11,388,923	7,191,282	3.51%	2.93%
1988	11,782,264	7,391,440	3.45%	2.78%
1989	12,179,060	7,589,216	3.37%	2.68%
1990	12,579,208	7,786,169	3.29%	2.6%
1991	12,980,821	7,981,650	3.19%	2.51%
1992	13,385,571	8,176,680	3.12%	2.44%
1993	13,795,686	8,373,921	3.06%	2.41%
1994	14,208,583	8,576,269	2.99%	2.42%
1995	14,616,801	8,785,763	2.87%	2.44%
1996	15,018,104	9,004,053	2.75%	2.48%
1997	15,417,542	9,237,063	2.66%	2.59%
1998	15,820,413	9,482,408	2.61%	2.66%
1999	16,228,061	9,740,005	2.58%	2.72%
2000	16,637,888	10,017,631	2.53%	2.85%
2001	17,051,338	10,325,185	2.48%	3.07%
2002	17,468,332	10,647,949	2.45%	3.13%
2003	17,889,296	10,983,595	2.41%	3.15%
2004	18,336,875	11,338,198	2.5%	3.23%
2005	18,814,091	11,718,819	2.6%	3.36%
2006	19,637,022	12,129,553	4.37%	3.5%
2007	20,884,125	12,565,085	6.35%	3.59%
2008	21,636,564	13,021,324	3.6%	3.63%
2009	21,976,969	13,490,389	1.57%	3.6%
2010	22,482,421	13,965,594	2.3%	3.52%
2011	22,878,098	14,437,796	1.76%	3.38%
2012	22,759,763	14,913,629	-0.52%	3.3%
2013	21,666,917	15,398,997	-4.8%	3.25%
2014	20,273,659	15,895,315	-6.43%	3.22%
2015	19,424,618	16,399,089	-4.19%	3.17%
2016	19,193,834	16,914,423	-1.19%	3.14%
2017	19,224,668	17,441,320	0.16%	3.12%
2018	19,577,845	17,973,569	1.84%	3.05%
2019	20,353,534	18,513,839	3.96%	3.01%
2020	21,049,429	19,059,395	3.42%	2.95%
2021	21,628,839	19,603,607	2.75%	2.86%
2022	22,462,173	20,152,938	3.85%	2.8%
2023	23,594,623	20,723,965	5.04%	2.83%
2024	24,672,760	21,314,956	4.57%	2.85%
2025	25,620,422	21,913,869	3.84%	2.81%
2026	26,472,499	22,521,905	3.33%	2.77%
2027	27,261,544	23,138,716	2.98%	2.74%
2028	28,006,558	23,761,368	2.73%	2.69%
2029	28,719,309	24,389,681	2.54%	2.64%
2030	29,395,545	25,024,887	2.35%	2.6%
2031	30,029,824	25,666,496	2.16%	2.56%
2032	30,633,661	26,311,946	2.01%	2.51%
2033	31,212,478	26,960,073	1.89%	2.46%
2034	31,768,138	27,611,621	1.78%	2.42%
2035	32,294,792	28,266,887	1.66%	2.37%
2036	32,788,153	28,925,103	1.53%	2.33%
2037	33,258,407	29,583,482	1.43%	2.28%
2038	33,710,718	30,240,549	1.36%	2.22%
2039	34,131,238	30,895,586	1.25%	2.17%
2040	34,533,185	31,550,394	1.18%	2.12%
2041	34,916,936	32,204,340	1.11%	2.07%
2042	35,279,863	32,856,596	1.04%	2.03%
2043	35,623,325	33,510,500	0.97%	1.99%
2044	35,944,394	34,165,920	0.9%	1.96%
2045	36,265,295	34,821,101	0.89%	1.92%
2046	36,583,260	35,475,795	0.88%	1.88%
2047	36,878,640	36,129,270	0.81%	1.84%
2048	37,171,029	36,782,260	0.79%	1.81%
2049	37,477,690	37,434,667	0.83%	1.77%
2050	37,793,378	38,083,369	0.84%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Syria decreased by 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Syria gained 7,287,288 (a 38% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Syria was ranked 58th most populous country in 2006 and is 57th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.