Egypt vs Syria
Egypt vs Syria: Internet users
Internet users: 74.7% in Egypt in 2024 and 33.8% in Syria in 2018, by ITU estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Egypt, by 13.1 percentage points, or 1.39 times that in Syria.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher since 1993.
- The world as a whole: 49.4% in 2018.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Egypt | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 74.7 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 74 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 72.2 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 72.1 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 71.9 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 57.3 | – | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 46.9 | 33.8 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 45 | 32.7 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 41.3 | 31.9 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 37.8 | 30 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 33.9 | 28.1 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 29.4 | 26.2 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 26.4 | 24.3 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 25.6 | 22.5 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 21.6 | 20.7 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 20 | 17.3 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 18 | 14 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 16 | 11.5 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 13.7 | 7.8 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 12.8 | 5.6 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 11.9 | 4.3 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | 3.4 | – |
| 2002 | 2.7 | 2.1 | – |
| 2001 | 0.8 | 0.4 | – |
| 2000 | 0.6 | 0.2 | – |
| 1999 | 0.3 | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Egypt vs Syria
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010