Syria - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Syria. The capital of Damascus is located at an oasis fed by the Barada River and is thought to be one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities; there are Israeli settlements and civilian land-use sites in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights (2017). Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
Significant population density along the Mediterranean coast; larger concentrations found in the major cities of Damascus, Aleppo (the country's largest city), and Hims (Homs); more than half of the population lives in the coastal plain, the province of Halab, and the Euphrates River valley
People and Society
In Syria, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Arab ~50%, Alawite ~15%, Kurd ~10%, Levantine ~10%, other ~15% (includes Druze, Ismaili, Imami, Nusairi, Assyrian, Turkoman, Armenian)
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 1.63% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 21.26 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.97 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 1.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.64 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 1.28 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Syrian | Syrian(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 33% (male 4,037,493/female 3,828,777) |
| 15-64 years | 62.8% (male 7,475,355/female 7,522,797) |
| 65 years and over | 4.2% (2024 est.) (male 468,730/female 532,271) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 58.1 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 51.2 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 6.9 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 14.5 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 24.5 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 23.6 years |
| Female | 24.7 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 57.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 5.38% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.585 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.203 million Aleppo, 1.443 million Hims (Homs), 996,000 Hamah (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.06 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 0.99 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.88 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 1.01 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 14.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 16.6 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 13.5 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 74.8 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 73.4 years |
| Female | 76.4 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 95.6% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 92.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 94.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 4.4% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 7.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 5.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 99.8% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 99.3% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 99.6% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0.2% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0.7% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0.4% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 0.13 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 0.11 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Child marriage | |
Demographic profile
All Important Facts about Syria
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