🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic

Damascus

Middle East & North Africa

Low income

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Population

25.6M

3.8%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

2.70

births/woman

Life Expectancy

72.6y

GDP / capita

$1.1K

Pop. Growth

3.77%

Net Migration

421.7K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Syrian Arab Republic by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇵🇸West Bank and Gaza615.1K(74.4%)

+24%

🇮🇶Iraq209.4K(25.3%)

−81%

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male12.8MTotal 25.6M12.8MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

2.1

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Where the Syrian Arab Republic diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Syrian Arab Republic who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇹🇷Turkiye3.6M(39.9%)

76×

🇯🇴Jordan1.6M(17.9%)

+138%

🇩🇪Germany860.7K(9.6%)

21×

🇱🇧Lebanon784.9K(8.8%)

3964×

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia496K(5.6%)

+102%

🇮🇶Iraq258.1K(2.9%)

41×

🇸🇪Sweden243.4K(2.7%)

12×

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.156.1K(1.7%)

35×

🇳🇱Netherlands153.2K(1.7%)

22×

🇨🇦Canada125.8K(1.4%)

+472%

🇦🇹Austria91K(1.0%)

30×

🇫🇷France60.7K(0.7%)

+274%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024