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:
Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
Population: Age structure: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Major cities - population: Sex ratio: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility 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: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Syria on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Syria People 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Syria People 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
22,530,746 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
note: approximately 18,100 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2010)
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0-14 years: 35.2% (male 4,066,109/female 3,865,817)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-64 years: 61% (male 6,985,067/female 6,753,619)
[see also: Age structure 15-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 3.8% (male 390,802/female 456,336) (2011 est.)
[see also: Age structure 65 years and over country ranks ]
total: 21.9 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 21.7 years
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female: 22.1 years (2011 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
-0.797% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 225
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
23.52 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 69
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
3.67 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 208
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-27.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 218
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 56% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 2.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
Aleppo 2.985 million; DAMASCUS (capital) 2.527 million; Hims 1.276 million; Hamah 854,000 (2009)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - under 15 years country ranks ]
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2012 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
46 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
country comparison to the world: 100
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 15.12 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 115
male: 17.38 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 12.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
total population: 74.92 years
country comparison to the world: 94
male: 72.53 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 77.45 years (2012 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
2.85 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 69
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
2.9% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 180
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
1.5 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
country comparison to the world: 80
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.5 beds/1,000 population (2009)
country comparison to the world: 121
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 159
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
fewer than 500 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
fewer than 200 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 114
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
10% (2006)
country comparison to the world: 66
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
4.9% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 66
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 79.6%
male: 86%
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 73.6% (2004 census)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2007)
total: 19.1%
country comparison to the world: 61
male: 13.1%
female: 49.1% (2007)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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