Syria's population rose from 15M in 1996 to 25.6M in 2025.
Syria · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Syria's population growth rose from 2.7 % in 1996 to 3.8 % in 2025.
Syria's population density rose from 77.3 in 1994 to 128.5 in 2023.
Syria's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.4 % in 1996 to 49.9 % in 2025.
Syria's urbanisation rose from 50.4 % in 1996 to 72.1 % in 2025.
Syria's urban population rose from 7.56M in 1996 to 18.5M in 2025.
Syria's rural population fell from 7.45M in 1996 to 7.15M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.4 %66th of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +4.8 %58th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −2.1 %195th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.8 %133rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.7 yrs160th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.7 pts78th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.6 pts64th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts151st of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.4 pts154th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts158th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −22.8 %3rd of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.5 pts128th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −3.1 %90th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.4 yrs130th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.5 yrs136th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.4 yrs124th of 217