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Syria vs Taiwan: Population

Syria
23.59 million people
in 2023
Taiwan
23.32 million people
in 2023
Syria rank
58th
Taiwan rank
59th

Population over time

  • Syria
  • Taiwan
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How they compare

Syria currently reports 23.59 million people against 23.32 million people in Taiwan, a difference of 277,500 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Syria ahead.

Syria ranks 58th and Taiwan ranks 59th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Syria averaged higher in 11 and Taiwan in 29.

Head to head by decade

Decade Syria Taiwan Difference Ahead
1000s 1.06 million people 99,087 people 965,913 people Syria
1100s 1.12 million people 118,905 people 1.01 million people Syria
1200s 1.18 million people 138,722 people 1.04 million people Syria
1300s 1.24 million people 158,540 people 1.08 million people Syria
1400s 994,000 people 178,357 people 815,643 people Syria
1500s 1.06 million people 198,175 people 866,825 people Syria
1600s 1.24 million people 198,175 people 1.04 million people Syria
1700s 1.25 million people 990,877 people 259,123 people Syria
1710s 1.26 million people 1.13 million people 130,030 people Syria
1720s 1.26 million people 1.19 million people 77,950 people Syria
1730s 1.27 million people 1.25 million people 22,750 people Syria
1740s 1.28 million people 1.31 million people 35,740 people Taiwan
1750s 1.29 million people 1.38 million people 97,680 people Taiwan
1760s 1.29 million people 1.46 million people 163,270 people Taiwan
1770s 1.30 million people 1.53 million people 232,690 people Taiwan
1780s 1.31 million people 1.61 million people 306,150 people Taiwan
1790s 1.32 million people 1.70 million people 383,860 people Taiwan
1800s 1.27 million people 2.00 million people 730,872 people Taiwan
1810s 1.31 million people 2.01 million people 692,467 people Taiwan
1820s 1.36 million people 2.04 million people 678,378 people Taiwan
1830s 1.40 million people 2.09 million people 690,823 people Taiwan
1840s 1.45 million people 2.16 million people 710,417 people Taiwan
1850s 1.50 million people 2.23 million people 725,931 people Taiwan
1860s 1.56 million people 2.29 million people 735,911 people Taiwan
1870s 1.61 million people 2.36 million people 745,591 people Taiwan
1880s 1.67 million people 2.43 million people 760,254 people Taiwan
1890s 1.73 million people 2.62 million people 896,123 people Taiwan
1900s 1.87 million people 2.99 million people 1.12 million people Taiwan
1910s 2.14 million people 3.42 million people 1.28 million people Taiwan
1920s 2.46 million people 3.97 million people 1.51 million people Taiwan
1930s 2.83 million people 5.06 million people 2.23 million people Taiwan
1940s 3.26 million people 6.33 million people 3.07 million people Taiwan
1950s 4.03 million people 9.01 million people 4.99 million people Taiwan
1960s 5.38 million people 12.87 million people 7.48 million people Taiwan
1970s 7.47 million people 16.24 million people 8.77 million people Taiwan
1980s 10.49 million people 19.36 million people 8.87 million people Taiwan
1990s 14.41 million people 21.43 million people 7.02 million people Taiwan
2000s 19.03 million people 22.78 million people 3.74 million people Taiwan
2010s 20.78 million people 23.48 million people 2.70 million people Taiwan
2020s 22.18 million people 23.49 million people 1.31 million people Taiwan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Syria or Taiwan?
Syria, at 23.59 million people against 23.32 million people in Taiwan as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Syria and Taiwan?
277,500 people, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Syria and Taiwan?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Syria and Taiwan rank globally for population?
Syria ranks 58th and Taiwan ranks 59th 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

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.