Nationality:
noun: Syrian(s)
adjective:
Syrian
Ethnic groups:
Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%
Languages:
Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian (widely understood); French, English (somewhat understood)
Religions:
Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian) 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3%, Jewish (few remaining in Damascus and Aleppo)
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
17,951,639
country comparison to the world: 61
note:
approximately 18,900 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2012) (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
33.1% (male 3,046,922/female 2,898,060)
15-24 years:
20.2% (male 1,833,802/female 1,789,854)
25-54 years:
37.9% (male 3,406,744/female 3,396,756)
55-64 years:
4.8% (male 429,644/female 440,980)
65 years and over:
3.9% (male 320,946/female 387,931) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:
total dependency ratio:
63.9 %
youth dependency ratio:
57 %
elderly dependency ratio:
6.9 %
potential support ratio:
14.6 (2014 est.)
total:
23.3 years
male:
22.9 years
female:
23.7 years (2014 est.)
-9.73% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 233
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
22.76 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
6.51 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 151
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-113.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 222
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
56.1% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
2.36% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Aleppo 3.164 million; DAMASCUS (capital) 2.65 million; Hims 1.369 million; Hamah 933,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.85 male(s)/female
total population:
1.03 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
70 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 87
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
15.79 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 103
male:
18.14 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
13.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
68.41 years
country comparison to the world: 161
male:
61.4 years
female:
75.84 years (2014 est.)
2.68 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
58.3% (2006)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
3.7% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 172
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
1.5 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.5 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 92.3% of population
rural: 87.2% of population
total: 90.1% of population
unimproved:
urban: 7.7% of population
rural: 12.8% of population
total: 9.9% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 96.2% of population
rural: 95.1% of population
total: 95.7% of population
unimproved:
urban: 3.8% of population
rural: 4.9% of population
total: 4.3% of population (2012 est.)
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 146
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
fewer than 500 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
fewer than 200 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 110
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
27.1% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
10.1% (2009)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
5.1% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
84.1%
male:
90.3%
female:
77.7% (2011 est.)
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
12 years (2011)
total number:
192,915
percentage:
4 % (2006 est.)
total:
19.2%
country comparison to the world: 63
male:
15.3%
female:
40.2% (2010)