Syria / People / Population growth
Population growth in Syria
% · 2025 · from World Bank World Development Indicators
3.77%in 2025
- −0.70 pts over 1 year, +0.41 pts over 5, +8.05 pts over 10
- Highest quartile among countries: 5 of 215 with a 2025 figure (1 is the highest value)
- World: 0.91% the same year
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- Syria
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| Year | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.77% | 0.91% |
| 2024 | 4.47% | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 4.92% | 0.93% |
| 2022 | 3.78% | 0.87% |
| 2021 | 2.72% | 0.83% |
| 2020 | 3.36% | 0.98% |
| 2019 | 3.89% | 1.05% |
| 2018 | 1.82% | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 0.16% | 1.13% |
| 2016 | -1.20% | 1.16% |
| 2015 | -4.28% | 1.18% |
| 2014 | -6.65% | 1.21% |
| 2013 | -4.92% | 1.23% |
| 2012 | -0.52% | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 1.74% | 1.22% |
| 2010 | 2.27% | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 1.56% | 1.25% |
| 2008 | 3.54% | 1.27% |
| 2007 | 6.16% | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 4.28% | 1.27% |
| 2005 | 2.57% | 1.27% |
| 2004 | 2.47% | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 2.38% | 1.29% |
| 2002 | 2.42% | 1.31% |
| 2001 | 2.45% | 1.34% |
| 2000 | 2.49% | 1.36% |
| 1999 | 2.54% | 1.40% |
| 1998 | 2.58% | 1.44% |
| 1997 | 2.62% | 1.46% |
| 1996 | 2.71% | 1.49% |
| 1995 | 2.83% | 1.50% |
| 1994 | 2.95% | 1.54% |
| 1993 | 3.02% | 1.59% |
| 1992 | 3.07% | 1.63% |
| 1991 | 3.14% | 1.67% |
| 1990 | 3.23% | 1.74% |
| 1989 | 3.31% | 1.75% |
| 1988 | 3.40% | 1.78% |
| 1987 | 3.45% | 1.79% |
| 1986 | 3.49% | 1.78% |
| 1985 | 3.52% | 1.76% |
| 1984 | 3.51% | 1.76% |
| 1983 | 3.41% | 1.80% |
| 1982 | 3.32% | 1.81% |
| 1981 | 3.32% | 1.77% |
| 1980 | 3.36% | 1.76% |
| 1979 | 3.40% | 1.77% |
| 1978 | 3.43% | 1.75% |
| 1977 | 3.43% | 1.75% |
| 1976 | 3.42% | 1.80% |
| 1975 | 3.40% | 1.86% |
| 1974 | 3.37% | 1.93% |
| 1973 | 3.37% | 1.98% |
| 1972 | 3.40% | 2.00% |
| 1971 | 3.35% | 2.10% |
| 1970 | 3.27% | 2.08% |
| 1969 | 3.23% | 2.08% |
| 1968 | 3.20% | 2.05% |
| 1967 | 3.18% | 2.04% |
| 1966 | 3.15% | 2.09% |
| 1965 | 3.11% | 2.06% |
| 1964 | 3.06% | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 3.00% | 2.12% |
| 1962 | 2.94% | 1.77% |
| 1961 | 2.99% | 1.36% |
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Every country, 2025 (215)
- United Arab Emirates 4.68%
- Saudi Arabia 4.63%
- Oman 3.96%
- Qatar 3.92%
- Syria 3.77%
- Chad 3.41%
- Central African Republic 3.37%
- Somalia 3.34%
- Niger 3.22%
- Congo - Kinshasa 3.20%
- Georgia 3.18%
- Angola 3.00%
- Ukraine 2.92%
- Mali 2.90%
- Yemen 2.89%
- Tanzania 2.86%
- Mozambique 2.85%
- Mauritania 2.78%
- Zambia 2.77%
- Afghanistan 2.77%
- Uganda 2.70%
- Cameroon 2.56%
- Malawi 2.56%
- Ethiopia 2.55%
- Burundi 2.41%
- Côte d’Ivoire 2.40%
- Benin 2.40%
- Madagascar 2.40%
- Equatorial Guinea 2.40%
- Sudan 2.38%
- Congo - Brazzaville 2.36%
- Solomon Islands 2.35%
- Palestinian Territories 2.33%
- Guinea 2.31%
- Senegal 2.30%
- Vanuatu 2.23%
- Gambia 2.23%
- Burkina Faso 2.21%
- Togo 2.18%
- Rwanda 2.17%
- Guinea-Bissau 2.16%
- Gabon 2.11%
- Iraq 2.10%
- Liberia 2.09%
- Nigeria 2.06%
- Namibia 2.05%
- Sierra Leone 2.04%
- South Sudan 2.03%
- Gibraltar 2.01%
- Eritrea 2.00%
- São Tomé & Príncipe 1.98%
- Kenya 1.93%
- Malta 1.89%
- Zimbabwe 1.88%
- Uzbekistan 1.88%
- Comoros 1.85%
- Cayman Islands 1.85%
- Ghana 1.83%
- Tajikistan 1.83%
- Papua New Guinea 1.75%
- Armenia 1.74%
- Kyrgyzstan 1.66%
- Honduras 1.65%
- Turkmenistan 1.65%
- Ireland 1.63%
- Botswana 1.61%
- Pakistan 1.56%
- Egypt 1.56%
- Australia 1.53%
- Guatemala 1.52%
- Iceland 1.51%
- Luxembourg 1.46%
- Kiribati 1.45%
- Liechtenstein 1.41%
- Belize 1.39%
- Bolivia 1.35%
- Laos 1.32%
- Algeria 1.32%
- Sint Maarten 1.31%
- Nicaragua 1.31%
- Djibouti 1.31%
- Timor-Leste 1.27%
- Mongolia 1.25%
- Panama 1.22%
- Singapore 1.22%
- Bangladesh 1.22%
- Kazakhstan 1.21%
- Paraguay 1.20%
- Israel 1.20%
- Cambodia 1.18%
- Malaysia 1.17%
- Andorra 1.17%
- South Africa 1.15%
- Haiti 1.13%
- Seychelles 1.13%
- Lesotho 1.10%
- Eswatini 1.07%
- Libya 1.04%
- Peru 1.04%
- Spain 1.03%
- Portugal 1.03%
- Colombia 1.01%
- Switzerland 0.96%
- Canada 0.94%
- Iran 0.92%
- New Caledonia 0.92%
- Cyprus 0.91%
- Morocco 0.91%
- India 0.89%
- Suriname 0.85%
- Ecuador 0.85%
- Mexico 0.83%
- Philippines 0.81%
- Dominican Republic 0.81%
- Indonesia 0.78%
- Brunei 0.78%
- Lebanon 0.75%
- Bahrain 0.73%
- Aruba 0.73%
- Guam 0.73%
- Belgium 0.70%
- Norway 0.69%
- Turks & Caicos Islands 0.69%
- British Virgin Islands 0.66%
- New Zealand 0.65%
- Nauru 0.65%
- Bhutan 0.65%
- Myanmar (Burma) 0.64%
- Vietnam 0.60%
- Samoa 0.59%
- Guyana 0.59%
- Tunisia 0.58%
- Denmark 0.54%
- United States 0.52%
- Netherlands 0.52%
- Chile 0.48%
- Faroe Islands 0.47%
- Finland 0.47%
- Fiji 0.47%
- Cape Verde 0.47%
- Antigua & Barbuda 0.46%
- Micronesia 0.46%
- Costa Rica 0.45%
- Bahamas 0.44%
- Azerbaijan 0.43%
- El Salvador 0.43%
- Türkiye 0.42%
- Venezuela 0.39%
- San Marino 0.39%
- Brazil 0.38%
- Maldives 0.35%
- Argentina 0.34%
- Austria 0.33%
- United Kingdom 0.30%
- North Korea 0.27%
- Croatia 0.26%
- Sweden 0.25%
- France 0.25%
- French Polynesia 0.23%
- St. Lucia 0.23%
- Curaçao 0.19%
- St. Kitts & Nevis 0.17%
- Slovenia 0.17%
- Greece 0.08%
- Grenada 0.08%
- Barbados 0.06%
- Lithuania 0.02%
- Greenland -0.01%
- Germany -0.03%
- Trinidad & Tobago -0.04%
- Isle of Man -0.05%
- Uruguay -0.06%
- Italy -0.06%
- Montenegro -0.06%
- Thailand -0.07%
- Jamaica -0.07%
- Russia -0.11%
- Nepal -0.11%
- Bermuda -0.13%
- Bulgaria -0.13%
- South Korea -0.13%
- Slovakia -0.15%
- Macao SAR China -0.16%
- Mauritius -0.16%
- Romania -0.17%
- Czechia -0.17%
- China -0.17%
- Palau -0.18%
- North Macedonia -0.19%
- Jordan -0.28%
- Hong Kong SAR China -0.34%
- Poland -0.34%
- Cuba -0.39%
- Tonga -0.42%
- Estonia -0.43%
- Japan -0.49%
- Hungary -0.50%
- Dominica -0.51%
- Belarus -0.51%
- Puerto Rico -0.55%
- U.S. Virgin Islands -0.56%
- Serbia -0.57%
- Kuwait -0.65%
- St. Vincent & Grenadines -0.69%
- Sri Lanka -0.73%
- Monaco -0.75%
- Bosnia & Herzegovina -0.77%
- Latvia -0.99%
- Albania -1.17%
- American Samoa -1.59%
- Tuvalu -1.61%
- Northern Mariana Islands -1.68%
- Moldova -1.75%
- Marshall Islands -3.43%
- St. Martin -4.65%
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