Demographics of Syria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	11 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Syria is projected at 18.28 million, up by 4.43% compared with 17.50 million in 2020. Syria is ranked 66th in terms of population and 1st in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.42 million births in Syria in 2021. That is 1,158 per day, which is ranked 62nd. The crude birth rate is 22.15 per 1000 people. There are 86.05 thousand deaths in Syria in 2021. That is 236 per day, which is ranked 90th. The crude death rate is 4.54 per 1000 people.

10.99 million people are living in urban areas, which is 56.12% of Syria population. Syria is ranked 144th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Syria in 2021 is 100.06 males per 100 females. There are 9.140 million males and 9.135 million females in Syria. The percentage of female population is 49.99% compare to 50.01% male population. Syria has 5.12 thousand more males than females. Syria is at 127th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Syria population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	3,413,325	-
1955	3,911,497	3.00
1960	4,573,514	3.24
1965	5,373,137	3.32
1970	6,350,544	3.44
1975	7,535,715	3.47
1980	8,930,776	3.54
1985	10,648,633	3.45
1990	12,446,168	3.03
1995	14,345,491	2.83
2000	16,410,847	2.48
2005	18,361,178	2.99
2010	21,362,541	0.74
2015	17,997,411	-3.81
2016	17,465,567	-2.96
2017	17,095,669	-2.12
2018	16,945,062	-0.88
2019	17,070,132	0.74
2020	17,500,657	2.52
2021	18,275,704	4.43

Total
Crude

Syria death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	71,790	178,220	20.75	51.43
1955	73,384	196,896	18.63	50.09
1960	73,924	222,058	16.10	48.44
1965	72,964	251,770	13.51	46.73
1970	69,997	294,282	10.97	46.15
1975	66,102	348,837	8.73	46.16
1980	62,301	400,840	6.93	44.63
1985	58,522	436,729	5.49	41.01
1990	56,266	446,399	4.51	35.88
1995	57,449	472,200	3.99	32.77
2000	60,848	512,716	3.72	31.36
2005	63,768	571,264	3.40	30.36
2010	90,221	565,599	4.50	28.14
2015	107,211	463,066	5.77	24.95
2020	88,807	420,602	4.83	22.71
2021	86,048	422,829	4.54	22.15

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Syria

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	1,116,077	2,297,254	-	32.698
1955	1,358,205	2,553,296	4.23	34.723
1960	1,683,354	2,890,158	4.43	36.807
1965	2,149,575	3,223,562	5.05	40.006
1970	2,752,618	3,597,923	5.08	43.345
1975	3,395,649	4,140,065	4.23	45.061
1980	4,171,360	4,759,414	4.27	46.708
1985	5,099,767	5,548,865	3.90	47.891
1990	6,090,038	6,356,133	3.47	48.931
1995	7,187,664	7,157,828	3.54	50.104
2000	8,524,885	7,885,963	3.20	51.947
2005	9,839,155	8,455,456	3.44	53.782
2010	11,686,472	9,332,362	1.59	55.600
2015	9,773,578	8,961,409	-1.17	52.168
2020	10,498,283	8,426,159	3.52	55.475
2021	10,992,592	8,593,515	4.71	56.124

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Syria population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,052,859	1,009,054	2,061,913	11.28	104.341
05-09	911,212	875,275	1,786,487	9.78	104.106
10-14	896,023	863,830	1,759,853	9.63	103.727
15-19	808,127	777,377	1,585,504	8.68	103.956
20-24	817,539	788,461	1,606,000	8.79	103.688
25-29	792,968	763,154	1,556,122	8.51	103.907
30-34	806,828	787,152	1,593,980	8.72	102.500
35-39	739,906	752,243	1,492,149	8.16	98.360
40-44	585,612	614,755	1,200,367	6.57	95.259
45-49	439,564	465,026	904,590	4.95	94.525
50-54	351,711	373,801	725,512	3.97	94.090
55-59	298,663	322,145	620,808	3.40	92.711
60-64	233,484	254,519	488,003	2.67	91.735
65-69	175,141	200,021	375,162	2.05	87.561
70-74	106,034	120,182	226,216	1.24	88.228
75-79	64,771	83,247	148,018	0.81	77.806
80-84	36,640	50,291	86,931	0.48	72.856
85-89	17,319	25,294	42,613	0.23	68.471
90-94	5,260	8,027	13,287	0.07	65.529
95-99	714	1,308	2,022	0.01	54.587
100+	37	130	167	0.00	28.462
Total	9,140,412	9,135,292	18,275,704		100.056