| People | Syria |
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Population:
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20,178,485
note: in addition, about 40,000 people live in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 20,000 Arabs (18,000 Druze and 2,000 Alawites) and about 20,000 Israeli settlers (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 54% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3.1% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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110 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 35.9% (male 3,724,770/female 3,510,182)
15-64 years: 60.8% (male 6,285,866/female 5,980,029)
65 years and over: 3.4% (male 318,646/female 358,992) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 21.7 years
male: 21.6 years
female: 21.9 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.129% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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25.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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4.68 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 25.87 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.13 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 25.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 71.19 years
male: 69.8 years
female: 72.68 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.12 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
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.) |
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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void |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.9% of GDP (1999) |
People - note:
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void |
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