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 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.

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: 07 August 2026

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