Mali vs Syria: Population
Mali
23.77 million people
in 2023
Syria
23.59 million people
in 2023
Mali rank
57th
Syria rank
58th
Population over time
- Mali
- Syria
How they compare
Mali currently reports 23.77 million people against 23.59 million people in Syria, a difference of 174,500 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Syria ahead.
Mali ranks 57th and Syria ranks 58th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 31 and Syria in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 722,000 people | 1.06 million people | 343,000 people | Syria |
| 1100s | 776,150 people | 1.12 million people | 348,180 people | Syria |
| 1200s | 830,300 people | 1.18 million people | 353,370 people | Syria |
| 1300s | 900,000 people | 1.24 million people | 343,000 people | Syria |
| 1400s | 1.00 million people | 994,000 people | 6,000 people | Mali |
| 1500s | 1.08 million people | 1.06 million people | 18,000 people | Mali |
| 1600s | 1.26 million people | 1.24 million people | 20,500 people | Mali |
| 1700s | 1.44 million people | 1.25 million people | 194,000 people | Mali |
| 1710s | 1.62 million people | 1.26 million people | 364,110 people | Mali |
| 1720s | 1.64 million people | 1.26 million people | 374,970 people | Mali |
| 1730s | 1.66 million people | 1.27 million people | 386,830 people | Mali |
| 1740s | 1.68 million people | 1.28 million people | 399,800 people | Mali |
| 1750s | 1.70 million people | 1.29 million people | 414,000 people | Mali |
| 1760s | 1.72 million people | 1.29 million people | 429,580 people | Mali |
| 1770s | 1.75 million people | 1.30 million people | 446,710 people | Mali |
| 1780s | 1.77 million people | 1.31 million people | 465,570 people | Mali |
| 1790s | 1.80 million people | 1.32 million people | 486,400 people | Mali |
| 1800s | 1.40 million people | 1.27 million people | 134,272 people | Mali |
| 1810s | 1.40 million people | 1.31 million people | 90,900 people | Mali |
| 1820s | 1.42 million people | 1.36 million people | 60,656 people | Mali |
| 1830s | 1.45 million people | 1.40 million people | 46,568 people | Mali |
| 1840s | 1.48 million people | 1.45 million people | 31,889 people | Mali |
| 1850s | 1.56 million people | 1.50 million people | 55,514 people | Mali |
| 1860s | 1.68 million people | 1.56 million people | 128,451 people | Mali |
| 1870s | 1.83 million people | 1.61 million people | 220,698 people | Mali |
| 1880s | 2.01 million people | 1.67 million people | 339,358 people | Mali |
| 1890s | 2.20 million people | 1.73 million people | 477,621 people | Mali |
| 1900s | 2.49 million people | 1.87 million people | 626,528 people | Mali |
| 1910s | 2.87 million people | 2.14 million people | 726,536 people | Mali |
| 1920s | 3.23 million people | 2.46 million people | 767,698 people | Mali |
| 1930s | 3.69 million people | 2.83 million people | 860,180 people | Mali |
| 1940s | 4.28 million people | 3.26 million people | 1.02 million people | Mali |
| 1950s | 5.01 million people | 4.03 million people | 980,622 people | Mali |
| 1960s | 5.78 million people | 5.38 million people | 397,850 people | Mali |
| 1970s | 6.79 million people | 7.47 million people | 671,926 people | Syria |
| 1980s | 8.27 million people | 10.49 million people | 2.22 million people | Syria |
| 1990s | 10.12 million people | 14.41 million people | 4.28 million people | Syria |
| 2000s | 13.39 million people | 19.03 million people | 5.64 million people | Syria |
| 2010s | 18.40 million people | 20.78 million people | 2.39 million people | Syria |
| 2020s | 22.74 million people | 22.18 million people | 552,275 people | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population, Mali or Syria?
- Mali, at 23.77 million people against 23.59 million people in Syria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population between Mali and Syria?
- 174,500 people, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Syria?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Mali and Syria rank globally for population?
- Mali ranks 57th and Syria ranks 58th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.