Burkina Faso vs Syria
Syria has 6% more people than Burkina Faso: 25,620,427 vs 24,074,580, a gap of 1.5 million. Syria is growing faster (+3.77% vs +2.21% a year), adding about 965,638 people a year against +531,626. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Syria is the older society: 4.8% aged 65+ against 2.7% in Burkina Faso, while Burkina Faso has more children (41.2% under 15 vs 28.4%). Syria is 1.5× as densely populated (128.5 vs 84.2 people per km²). People in Syria live 11.3 years longer on average (72.6 vs 61.3).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Burkina Faso) and 2025 (Syria); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Burkina Faso vs Syria — side by side
 Burkina Faso |  Syria | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 24,074,5802025 | 25,620,4272025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +2.21%2025 | +3.77%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 31.32024 | 23.22024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 7.92024 | 4.92024 |
| Children per woman | 4.112024 | 2.702024 |
| Life expectancy | 61.3 yrs2024 | 72.6 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 41.2%2025 | 28.4%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 2.7%2025 | 4.8%2025 |
| Density | 84.2 /km²2023 | 128.5 /km²2023 |
| Area | 274,200 km²2023 | 185,180 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 28.9%2025 | 72.1%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -27,1302025 | +421,6932025 |
| GDP per capita | $1,1482025 | $1,0572022 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #59 | #57 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.29% | 0.31% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Burkina Faso: 5.0× from 1960 to 2025; Syria: 5.5× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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