Population: |
19,314,747 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 2007 est.) |
Age structure: |
0-14 years: 36.5% (male 3,633,562/female 3,423,435) 15-64 years: 60.1% (male 5,952,275/female 5,664,236) 65 years and over: 3.3% (male 303,346/female 337,893) (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate: |
2.244% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate: |
27.19 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate: |
4.74 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate: |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.061 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.051 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.898 male(s)/female total population: 1.049 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate: |
total: 27.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 27.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 70.61 years male: 69.27 years female: 72.02 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate: |
3.31 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
less than 500 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 200 (2003 est.) |
Nationality: |
noun: Syrian(s) adjective: Syrian |
Ethnic groups: |
Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7% |
Religions: |
Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo) |
Languages: |
Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood |
Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.6% male: 86% female: 73.6% (2004 census) |