Demographics of Syria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	29 May 2024

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There are 12.18 million males and 12.17 million females in Syria. The percentage of the male population is 50.03%, compared to 49.97% of the female population. Syria has 15k more males than females. The sex ratio in Syria in 2024 will be 100.122 males per 100 females. Syria is in the 153rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Syria population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	3,543,537	2.11
1955	3,989,101	2.69
1960	4,610,712	3.07
1965	5,368,451	3.16
1970	6,319,199	3.35
1975	7,497,126	3.42
1980	8,898,954	3.40
1985	10,540,926	3.44
1990	12,408,996	3.02
1995	14,313,450	2.76
2000	16,307,654	2.51
2005	18,583,557	2.73
2010	22,337,563	2.26
2015	19,205,178	-2.99
2020	20,772,595	2.76
2021	21,324,367	2.49
2022	22,125,249	4.84
2023	23,227,014	4.88
2024	24,348,053	4.56

Population
Growth

Syria death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	91,700	166,567	25.873	46.996
1955	85,096	192,178	21.327	48.164
1960	75,233	216,783	16.314	47.008
1965	70,305	249,092	13.081	46.348
1970	66,730	298,001	10.540	47.069
1975	63,220	340,942	8.418	45.395
1980	60,019	390,383	6.732	43.786
1985	57,228	432,257	5.424	40.968
1990	59,390	446,058	4.784	35.928
1995	64,499	473,736	4.503	33.076
2000	72,012	500,107	4.413	30.644
2005	72,918	566,757	3.924	30.500
2010	82,765	641,215	3.701	28.675
2015	143,047	396,623	7.297	20.233
2020	103,032	406,127	4.990	19.670
2021	108,607	426,856	5.117	20.111
2022	109,839	446,859	5.047	20.531
2023	115,683	490,781	5.060	21.468
2024	121,653	532,402	5.067	22.174

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Syria
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	1,116,077	2,297,254	32.698
1955	1,358,205	2,553,296	34.723
1960	1,683,354	2,890,158	36.807
1965	2,149,575	3,223,562	40.006
1970	2,752,618	3,597,923	43.345
1975	3,395,649	4,140,065	45.061
1980	4,171,360	4,759,414	46.708
1985	5,099,767	5,548,865	47.891
1990	6,090,038	6,356,133	48.931
1995	7,187,664	7,157,828	50.104
2000	8,524,885	7,885,963	51.947
2005	9,839,155	8,455,456	53.782
2010	11,686,472	9,332,362	55.600
2015	9,773,578	8,961,409	52.168
2020	10,498,283	8,426,159	55.475
2021	10,992,592	8,593,515	56.124
2022	11,618,692	8,847,791	56.769
2023	12,328,787	9,146,490	57.409
2024	13,052,654	9,434,982	58.044

Population
Urbanization

Syria population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,174,995	1,123,217	2,298,213	9.44	104.610
05-09	974,984	932,760	1,907,744	7.84	104.527
10-14	1,363,845	1,298,767	2,662,613	10.94	105.011
15-19	1,542,370	1,488,730	3,031,101	12.45	103.603
20-24	1,459,234	1,434,463	2,893,697	11.88	101.727
25-29	1,146,966	1,114,856	2,261,822	9.29	102.880
30-34	788,080	750,705	1,538,784	6.32	104.979
35-39	726,079	713,672	1,439,751	5.91	101.738
40-44	684,014	692,910	1,376,924	5.66	98.716
45-49	612,363	634,867	1,247,230	5.12	96.455
50-54	514,150	545,529	1,059,678	4.35	94.248
55-59	401,005	440,923	841,928	3.46	90.947
60-64	291,986	337,671	629,658	2.59	86.471
65-69	213,230	258,295	471,525	1.94	82.553
70-74	140,918	183,023	323,941	1.33	76.995
75-79	87,480	114,881	202,361	0.83	76.148
80-84	40,355	62,337	102,692	0.42	64.737
85-89	15,201	28,180	43,382	0.18	53.943
90-94	3,799	9,268	13,066	0.05	40.991
95-99	374	1,456	1,831	0.01	25.687
100+	15	98	113	0.00	15.306
Total	12,181,443	12,166,608	24,348,054		100.122

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