What is the difference in number of births between Saudi Arabia and Syrian Arab Republic?

24,437 births, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Syrian Arab Republic?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Saudi Arabia vs Syrian Arab Republic: Number of births

Saudi Arabia

546,038 births

in 2023

Syrian Arab Republic

521,601 births

in 2023

Saudi Arabia rank

50th

Syrian Arab Republic rank

53rd

Number of births over time

Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 546,038 births against 521,601 births in Syrian Arab Republic, a difference of 24,437 births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Syrian Arab Republic ahead.

Saudi Arabia ranks 50th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 53rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Saudi Arabia averaged higher in 2 and Syrian Arab Republic in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Saudi Arabia	Syrian Arab Republic	Difference	Ahead
1950s	103,473 births	190,136 births	86,663 births	Syrian Arab Republic
1960s	145,781 births	251,978 births	106,196 births	Syrian Arab Republic
1970s	216,018 births	339,585 births	123,567 births	Syrian Arab Republic
1980s	348,162 births	431,290 births	83,128 births	Syrian Arab Republic
1990s	425,422 births	490,250 births	64,828 births	Syrian Arab Republic
2000s	452,026 births	563,948 births	111,923 births	Syrian Arab Republic
2010s	565,855 births	492,179 births	73,675 births	Saudi Arabia
2020s	512,288 births	472,736 births	39,552 births	Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Saudi Arabia or Syrian Arab Republic?: Saudi Arabia, at 546,038 births against 521,601 births in Syrian Arab Republic as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Saudi Arabia and Syrian Arab Republic?: 24,437 births, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Syrian Arab Republic?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Saudi Arabia and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for number of births?: Saudi Arabia ranks 50th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.