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Middle East > Syria > People

SYRIAN PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age structure > 0-14 years 37.4 [68th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 59.3 [158th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Age structure > 65 years and over 3.3 % [175th of 225]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Birth rate 26.57 births/1,000 population Time series [65th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Death rate 4.68 deaths/1,000 population Time series [193rd of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Divorce rate 0.65 per 1,000 people [23rd of 34]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ethnic groups
Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%
Source: divorcereform.org2004
Gender development 0.669 [89th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Percentage living in urban areas 50% [122nd of 199]
Source: Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002
Population 19,747,586 Time series [57th of 242]
Source: Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies
Population growth rate 2.189% Time series [52nd of 235]
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
Population in 2015 23,802 [50th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Projected population growth 105.86% [39th of 141]
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.05 [36th of 223]
Source: Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org
Sex ratio > Total population 1.05 male(s)/female Time series [26th of 224]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.06 male(s)/female Time series [39th of 224]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Total fertility rate 3.21 children born/woman Time series [66th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Total Population 18,881,361 [55th of 227]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Urban population 9,635,951 Time series [48th of 195]
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute
Urbanization 52 [117th of 204]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; divorcereform.org2004; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah, Suriyah

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