Sri Lanka vs Syria: Population marimekko

Sri Lanka
22.97 million
in 2023
Syria
23.59 million
in 2023
Sri Lanka rank
61st
Syria rank
58th

Population marimekko over time

  • Sri Lanka
  • Syria
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M100015112023

How they compare

Syria currently reports 23.59 million against 22.97 million in Sri Lanka, a difference of 623,000.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Syria ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 61st and Syria ranks 58th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 32 and Syria in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sri Lanka Syria Difference Ahead
1000s 800,000 1.06 million 265,000 Syria
1100s 900,000 1.12 million 224,330 Syria
1200s 1.00 million 1.18 million 183,670 Syria
1300s 970,000 1.24 million 273,000 Syria
1400s 930,000 994,000 64,000 Syria
1500s 1.00 million 1.06 million 65,000 Syria
1600s 1.25 million 1.24 million 7,000 Sri Lanka
1700s 1.50 million 1.25 million 250,000 Sri Lanka
1710s 1.51 million 1.26 million 250,960 Sri Lanka
1720s 1.48 million 1.26 million 214,140 Sri Lanka
1730s 1.45 million 1.27 million 177,900 Sri Lanka
1740s 1.42 million 1.28 million 142,220 Sri Lanka
1750s 1.39 million 1.29 million 107,110 Sri Lanka
1760s 1.37 million 1.29 million 72,540 Sri Lanka
1770s 1.34 million 1.30 million 38,500 Sri Lanka
1780s 1.31 million 1.31 million 4,990 Sri Lanka
1790s 1.29 million 1.32 million 28,010 Syria
1800s 1.61 million 1.27 million 344,580 Sri Lanka
1810s 1.34 million 1.31 million 32,316 Sri Lanka
1820s 1.33 million 1.36 million 23,162 Syria
1830s 1.63 million 1.40 million 222,911 Sri Lanka
1840s 1.99 million 1.45 million 535,479 Sri Lanka
1850s 2.07 million 1.50 million 567,651 Sri Lanka
1860s 2.30 million 1.56 million 746,088 Sri Lanka
1870s 2.94 million 1.61 million 1.33 million Sri Lanka
1880s 3.25 million 1.67 million 1.58 million Sri Lanka
1890s 3.71 million 1.73 million 1.99 million Sri Lanka
1900s 4.41 million 1.87 million 2.55 million Sri Lanka
1910s 5.16 million 2.14 million 3.02 million Sri Lanka
1920s 5.72 million 2.46 million 3.26 million Sri Lanka
1930s 6.19 million 2.83 million 3.36 million Sri Lanka
1940s 7.09 million 3.26 million 3.83 million Sri Lanka
1950s 8.57 million 4.03 million 4.54 million Sri Lanka
1960s 10.81 million 5.38 million 5.42 million Sri Lanka
1970s 13.43 million 7.47 million 5.96 million Sri Lanka
1980s 15.56 million 10.49 million 5.07 million Sri Lanka
1990s 17.51 million 14.41 million 3.11 million Sri Lanka
2000s 20.12 million 19.03 million 1.09 million Sri Lanka
2010s 21.64 million 20.78 million 852,070 Sri Lanka
2020s 22.77 million 22.18 million 583,450 Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population marimekko, Sri Lanka or Syria?
Syria, at 23.59 million against 22.97 million in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
What is the difference in population marimekko between Sri Lanka and Syria?
623,000, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Syria?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Sri Lanka and Syria rank globally for population marimekko?
Sri Lanka ranks 61st and Syria ranks 58th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Population marimekko. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population marimekko
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
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