Population in Syria

250 indicators covering population for Syria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of the population using improved sanitation facilities 99.8% 2024 up 1.5% 67th
Share of people practicing open defecation 0.7% 2016 down 42.4% 86th
Population growth 4.5% 2024 up 167.2% 5th
Rural population 42.0% 2024 down 13.5% 86th
DEC alternative conversion factor 14,145 LCU per US$ 2024 up 8,320.4% 7th
Official exchange rate 2,506 LCU per US$, period average 2022 up 3,780.0% 19th
GDP 192.83 trillion current LCU 2023 up 6,464.3% 22nd
GDP per capita 8.17 million current LCU 2023 up 5,927.9% 19th
GDP 19.99 billion current US$ 2023 down 6.4% 130th
GDP per capita 847.37 current US$ 2023 down 14.1% 198th
GDP 688.40 billion constant LCU 2023 down 17.5% 97th
GDP deflator 28,011 base year varies by country 2023 up 7,857.5% 4th
GDP growth -1.2% 2023 up 95.4% 198th
GDP at market prices 15.81 billion constant 2010 US$ 2023 down 17.5% 131st
GNI 185.63 trillion current LCU 2023 up 6,503.9% 22nd
GNI per capita 7.87 million current LCU 2023 up 5,964.3% 20th
GNI per capita, Atlas method 770 current US$ 2023 down 39.4% 193rd
Share of the rural population using at least basic sanitation facilities 94.5% 2024 up 5.2% 66th
Share of rural and urban population with access to clean fuels for cooking 98.6 2023 down 1.1% 86th
Money sent or brought back by migrants as a share of GDP 2.6% 2010 up 178.1% 89th
Population growth rate 4.9% 2023 up 164.1% 3rd
Population 23.59 million people 2023 up 8.9% 58th
Population: comparison of UN projections 23.59 million people 2023 up 8.9% 58th
Birth rate 22.11 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.7% 64th
Number of births, by world region 521,601 births 2023 down 10.4% 53rd
Annual change in population 1.13 million people 2023 up 203.6% 13th
Population 23.59 million people 2023 up 8.9% 59th
Number of children under 15, by world region 7.16 million people 2023 down 13.1% 56th
Population by age group 23.59 million people 2023 up 8.9% 58th
Life expectancy by sex 74.41 years 2023 up 5.0% 154th
Total dependency ratio 53.9% 2023 down 24.8% 131st
Youth dependency ratio 46.7% 2023 down 28.5% 78th
Number of children, working-age adults, and older people 1.11 million people 2023 up 36.0% 71st
Population by age group 1.11 million people 2023 up 36.0% 71st
Population growth rate with and without migration 4.9% 2023 up 164.1% 3rd
Median age vs. births per woman 22.25 years 2023 up 10.5% 179th
Number of children, working-age adults, and older people 1.11 million people 2023 up 36.0% 71st
The global population hockey stick 23.59 million people 2023 up 8.9% 59th
Number of births 521,601 births 2023 down 10.4% 53rd
Population 23.59 million people 2023 up 8.9% 58th
Share of children, working-age adults, and older people 7.16 million people 2023 down 13.1% 56th
Population 23.59 million people 2023 up 8.9% 59th
Births, by age of mother 65 births 2023 down 26.1% 54th
Population by age group 2.27 million people 2023 down 23.6% 55th
Share of births by age of mother 10.3% 2023 up 15.5% 86th
Birth rate 22.11 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.7% 64th
Birth rate by women's age group 38.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 15.6% 89th
Has the population peaked? 23.59 million people 2023 up 8.9% 58th
Life expectancy at birth, total 72.12 years 2023 up 10.7% 133rd
Fertility rate, total 2.71 births per woman 2023 down 14.3% 67th
Mortality rate, infant 19 per 1,000 live births 2023 down 24.0% 73rd
Total population by age 72.86 2023 up 45.9% 69th
Population density of the capital city 11,248 people per km² 2100 down 0.3% 17th
Military personnel as a share of total population 0.8% 2022 down 44.2% 20th
GDP, PPP 98.86 billion constant 2011 international $ 2023 down 17.5% 95th
GDP per capita, PPP 4,190 constant 2011 international $ 2023 down 24.2% 163rd
GDP, PPP 109.72 billion current international $ 2023 up 74.8% 96th
GDP per capita, PPP 4,650 current international $ 2023 up 42.4% 165th
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange 0.1822 2023 down 30.1% 199th
PPP conversion factor, GDP 1,758 LCU per international $ 2023 up 1,221.5% 10th