| People | Syria |
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Population:
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22,517,750 (July 2010 est.)
note: approximately 19,100 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2008 est.) |
Population density:
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123 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 56% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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Aleppo 2.985 million; DAMASCUS (capital) 2.527 million; Hims 1.276 million; Hamah 854,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 35.2% (male 4,066,109/female 3,865,817)
15-64 years: 61% (male 6,985,067/female 6,753,619)
65 years and over: 3.8% (male 390,802/female 456,336) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 21.9 years
male: 21.7 years
female: 22.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.913% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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23.99 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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3.68 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-11.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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46 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 15.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 74.69 years
male: 72.31 years
female: 77.21 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.94 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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2.9% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.5 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.5 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 94% of population
rural: 84% of population
total: 89% of population
unimproved:
urban: 6% of population
rural: 16% of population
total: 11% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 96% of population
rural: 95% of population
total: 96% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4% of population
rural: 5% of population
total: 4% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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fewer than 500 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 200 (2003 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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10% (2006) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Syrian(s)
adjective: Syrian |
Ethnic groups:
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Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7% |
Religions:
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Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo) |
Languages:
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Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian (widely understood); French, English (somewhat understood) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 79.6%
male: 86%
female: 73.6% (2004 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2007) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.9% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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