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Pakistan vs Syria
How Pakistan and Syria compare on 36 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Syria was higher: 72.1 years against 67.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2022, Pakistan was higher: $1,642 against $717
- Population · In 2023, Pakistan was higher: 248 million people against 23.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2010, Syria was higher: 4.06% of GDP against 3.04% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Syria was higher: 1.28 tonnes against 0.81 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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