Population of Syria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	21 Feb 2024

The current population of Syria is 24,960,144 as of October 14, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Syria is projected at 24,348,053 or 24.35 million as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Syria is projected at 23,227,014 or 23.23 million people for the year 2023.

Syria ranks 57th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Syria is ranked 22nd among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Syria population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	21,589,586	22,125,249	1,071,325	4.843	0.28
2023	22,660,911	23,227,014	1,132,205	4.875	0.29
2024	23,793,116	24,348,053	1,109,873	4.559	0.30
2025	24,902,989	25,427,191	1,048,403	4.124	0.31
2026	25,951,392	26,436,176	969,567	3.668	0.32
2027	26,920,959	27,369,725	897,531	3.280	0.33
2028	27,818,490	28,245,013	853,045	3.020	0.34
2029	28,671,535	29,067,596	792,123	2.725	0.34
2030	29,463,658	29,824,735	722,155	2.421	0.35
2031	30,185,813	30,512,875	654,124	2.144	0.35
2032	30,839,937	31,143,413	606,953	1.949	0.36
2033	31,446,890	31,736,160	578,540	1.823	0.36
2034	32,025,430	32,302,224	553,587	1.714	0.37
2035	32,579,017	32,839,952	521,869	1.589	0.37
2036	33,100,886	33,346,683	491,594	1.474	0.37
2037	33,592,480	33,825,539	466,119	1.378	0.38
2038	34,058,599	34,279,788	442,378	1.291	0.38
2039	34,500,977	34,711,951	421,948	1.216	0.38
2040	34,922,925	35,121,421	396,992	1.130	0.38
2041	35,319,917	35,509,433	379,033	1.067	0.38
2042	35,698,950	35,877,547	357,194	0.996	0.39
2043	36,056,144	36,225,380	338,473	0.934	0.39
2044	36,394,617	36,556,446	323,658	0.885	0.39
2045	36,718,275	36,873,389	310,228	0.841	0.39
2046	37,028,503	37,176,391	295,775	0.796	0.39
2047	37,324,278	37,468,039	287,521	0.767	0.39
2048	37,611,799	37,752,283	280,969	0.744	0.39
2049	37,892,768	38,031,069	276,603	0.727	0.39
2050	38,169,371	38,306,374	274,005	0.715	0.39
2051	38,443,376	38,579,209	271,665	0.704	0.40
2052	38,715,041	38,851,676	273,270	0.703	0.40
2053	38,988,311	39,124,556	272,489	0.696	0.40
2054	39,260,800	39,396,979	272,358	0.691	0.40
2055	39,533,158	39,669,888	273,460	0.689	0.40
2056	39,806,618	39,945,166	277,096	0.694	0.40
2057	40,083,714	40,221,867	276,306	0.687	0.40
2058	40,360,020	40,497,663	275,286	0.680	0.40
2059	40,635,306	40,771,111	271,610	0.666	0.41
2060	40,906,916	41,041,963	270,094	0.658	0.41
2061	41,177,010	41,310,282	266,544	0.645	0.41
2062	41,443,554	41,573,795	260,481	0.627	0.41
2063	41,704,035	41,829,411	250,752	0.599	0.41
2064	41,954,787	42,074,615	239,655	0.570	0.41
2065	42,194,442	42,308,577	228,270	0.540	0.41
2066	42,422,712	42,530,285	215,146	0.506	0.42
2067	42,637,858	42,738,613	201,509	0.471	0.42
2068	42,839,367	42,932,974	187,213	0.436	0.42
2069	43,026,580	43,112,793	172,425	0.400	0.42
2070	43,199,005	43,278,271	158,532	0.366	0.42
2071	43,357,537	43,429,050	143,027	0.329	0.42
2072	43,500,564	43,564,949	128,770	0.296	0.42
2073	43,629,334	43,686,585	114,502	0.262	0.42
2074	43,743,836	43,793,508	99,344	0.227	0.42
2075	43,843,180	43,885,557	84,754	0.193	0.42
2076	43,927,934	43,964,048	72,228	0.164	0.42
2077	44,000,162	44,029,058	57,793	0.131	0.42
2078	44,057,955	44,080,662	45,415	0.103	0.42
2079	44,103,370	44,120,741	34,743	0.079	0.42
2080	44,138,113	44,150,889	25,552	0.058	0.42
2081	44,163,665	44,171,504	15,678	0.035	0.42
2082	44,179,343	44,183,529	8,373	0.019	0.42
2083	44,187,716	44,187,776	121	0.000	0.42
2084	44,187,837	44,183,261	-9,152	-0.021	0.42
2085	44,178,685	44,170,508	-16,354	-0.037	0.42
2086	44,162,331	44,151,462	-21,738	-0.049	0.42
2087	44,140,593	44,125,936	-29,314	-0.066	0.42
2088	44,111,279	44,093,800	-34,957	-0.079	0.42
2089	44,076,322	44,056,168	-40,309	-0.091	0.42
2090	44,036,013	44,014,899	-42,227	-0.096	0.42
2091	43,993,786	43,970,167	-47,238	-0.107	0.42
2092	43,946,548	43,921,307	-50,482	-0.115	0.42
2093	43,896,066	43,869,240	-53,652	-0.122	0.42
2094	43,842,414	43,814,412	-56,003	-0.128	0.42
2095	43,786,411	43,758,372	-56,078	-0.128	0.42
2096	43,730,333	43,701,914	-56,838	-0.130	0.42
2097	43,673,495	43,644,326	-58,338	-0.134	0.42
2098	43,615,157	43,586,245	-57,825	-0.133	0.42
2099	43,557,332	43,529,030	-56,604	-0.130	0.42
2100	43,500,728	43,472,700	-56,056	-0.129	0.42

Syria population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	3,506,099	3,543,537	74,876	2.113	0.14
1951	3,580,975	3,620,726	79,502	2.196	0.14
1952	3,660,477	3,703,006	85,057	2.297	0.14
1953	3,745,534	3,791,081	91,095	2.403	0.14
1954	3,836,629	3,886,093	98,929	2.546	0.14
1955	3,935,558	3,989,101	107,085	2.685	0.15
1956	4,042,643	4,099,489	113,693	2.774	0.15
1957	4,156,336	4,216,847	121,023	2.870	0.15
1958	4,277,359	4,341,276	127,835	2.945	0.15
1959	4,405,194	4,472,564	134,739	3.013	0.15
1960	4,539,933	4,610,712	141,557	3.070	0.15
1961	4,681,490	4,751,534	140,089	2.949	0.15
1962	4,821,579	4,894,995	146,833	3.000	0.16
1963	4,968,412	5,045,245	153,667	3.046	0.16
1964	5,122,079	5,202,846	161,533	3.105	0.16
1965	5,283,612	5,368,451	169,678	3.161	0.16
1966	5,453,290	5,542,003	177,426	3.202	0.16
1967	5,630,716	5,723,306	185,180	3.236	0.16
1968	5,815,896	5,912,715	193,637	3.275	0.17
1969	6,009,533	6,111,364	203,663	3.333	0.17
1970	6,213,196	6,319,199	212,007	3.355	0.17
1971	6,425,203	6,538,526	226,647	3.467	0.17
1972	6,651,850	6,768,544	233,389	3.448	0.18
1973	6,885,239	7,003,114	235,750	3.367	0.18
1974	7,120,989	7,244,901	247,824	3.421	0.18
1975	7,368,813	7,497,126	256,625	3.423	0.18
1976	7,625,438	7,758,673	266,470	3.435	0.19
1977	7,891,908	8,029,313	274,809	3.423	0.19
1978	8,166,717	8,310,217	287,000	3.454	0.19
1979	8,453,717	8,600,747	294,060	3.419	0.20
1980	8,747,777	8,898,954	302,355	3.398	0.20
1981	9,050,132	9,203,635	307,006	3.336	0.20
1982	9,357,138	9,510,754	307,231	3.231	0.21
1983	9,664,369	9,835,461	342,184	3.479	0.21
1984	10,006,553	10,183,138	353,171	3.469	0.21
1985	10,359,724	10,540,926	362,404	3.438	0.22
1986	10,722,128	10,907,619	370,982	3.401	0.22
1987	11,093,110	11,281,107	375,994	3.333	0.22
1988	11,469,104	11,657,772	377,335	3.237	0.23
1989	11,846,439	12,034,097	375,316	3.119	0.23
1990	12,221,755	12,408,996	374,483	3.018	0.23
1991	12,596,238	12,782,281	372,085	2.911	0.24
1992	12,968,323	13,156,406	376,165	2.859	0.24
1993	13,344,488	13,537,060	385,145	2.845	0.24
1994	13,729,633	13,922,626	385,986	2.773	0.25
1995	14,115,619	14,313,450	395,661	2.764	0.25
1996	14,511,280	14,708,879	395,198	2.687	0.25
1997	14,906,478	15,103,996	395,037	2.616	0.26
1998	15,301,515	15,500,542	398,055	2.568	0.26
1999	15,699,570	15,901,201	403,263	2.536	0.26
2000	16,102,833	16,307,654	409,642	2.512	0.27
2001	16,512,475	16,727,948	430,946	2.576	0.27
2002	16,943,421	17,164,021	441,200	2.571	0.27
2003	17,384,621	17,611,356	453,469	2.575	0.28
2004	17,838,090	18,084,007	491,834	2.720	0.28
2005	18,329,924	18,583,557	507,267	2.730	0.28
2006	18,837,191	19,432,009	1,189,636	6.124	0.29
2007	20,026,827	20,703,005	1,352,357	6.535	0.31
2008	21,379,184	21,474,059	189,751	0.884	0.32
2009	21,568,935	21,827,220	516,571	2.367	0.32
2010	22,085,506	22,337,563	504,113	2.257	0.32
2011	22,589,619	22,730,733	282,228	1.242	0.32
2012	22,871,847	22,605,577	-532,539	-2.356	0.32
2013	22,339,308	21,495,821	-1,686,975	-7.852	0.30
2014	20,652,333	20,072,232	-1,160,202	-5.782	0.27
2015	19,492,131	19,205,178	-573,907	-2.989	0.26
2016	18,918,224	18,964,252	92,056	0.485	0.25
2017	19,010,280	18,983,373	-53,814	-0.283	0.25
2018	18,956,466	19,333,463	753,994	3.900	0.25
2019	19,710,460	20,098,251	775,583	3.859	0.26
2020	20,486,043	20,772,595	573,105	2.759	0.26
2021	21,059,148	21,324,367	530,438	2.488	0.27