Population of Syria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Syria is 20,716,777 as of September 27, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Syria is projected at 18,275,702 or 18.276 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Syria is projected at 17,500,658 or 17.501 million people for the year 2020. Syria ranks number 66th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Syria is ranked 25th among 51 countries in Asia.

Syria's population will be increased year by year. The Syrian population is projected to reach 26.68 million in 2030 and increase further to 33.13 million in 2050 and 36.10 million by 2100. Syria accounts for 0.23 percent of the world population. However, its global share will increase by 0.24% in 2023 and is projected to increase by 0.33% by 2100.

Syria was at 82nd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 60th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Syria population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	3,413,331	-	-	0.13
1951	3,498,526	85,195	2.50	0.14
1952	3,591,006	92,480	2.64	0.14
1953	3,690,735	99,729	2.78	0.14
1954	3,797,624	106,889	2.90	0.14
1955	3,911,501	113,877	3.00	0.14
1956	4,032,069	120,568	3.08	0.14
1957	4,158,976	126,907	3.15	0.14
1958	4,291,803	132,827	3.19	0.15
1959	4,430,101	138,298	3.22	0.15
1960	4,573,512	143,411	3.24	0.15
1961	4,721,896	148,384	3.24	0.15
1962	4,875,422	153,526	3.25	0.15
1963	5,034,646	159,224	3.27	0.16
1964	5,200,336	165,690	3.29	0.16
1965	5,373,137	172,801	3.32	0.16
1966	5,553,246	180,109	3.35	0.16
1967	5,740,710	187,464	3.38	0.17
1968	5,935,860	195,150	3.40	0.17
1969	6,139,048	203,188	3.42	0.17
1970	6,350,541	211,493	3.45	0.17
1971	6,570,857	220,316	3.47	0.17
1972	6,800,141	229,284	3.49	0.18
1973	7,037,851	237,710	3.50	0.18
1974	7,283,177	245,326	3.49	0.18
1975	7,535,714	252,537	3.47	0.18
1976	7,794,662	258,948	3.44	0.19
1977	8,060,649	265,987	3.41	0.19
1978	8,336,418	275,769	3.42	0.19
1979	8,625,690	289,272	3.47	0.20
1980	8,930,774	305,084	3.54	0.20
1981	9,252,851	322,077	3.61	0.20
1982	9,590,227	337,376	3.65	0.21
1983	9,938,847	348,620	3.64	0.21
1984	10,293,049	354,202	3.56	0.22
1985	10,648,632	355,583	3.45	0.22
1986	11,004,272	355,640	3.34	0.22
1987	11,360,852	356,580	3.24	0.22
1988	11,719,071	358,219	3.15	0.23
1989	12,080,444	361,373	3.08	0.23
1990	12,446,171	365,727	3.03	0.23
1991	12,815,401	369,230	2.97	0.24
1992	13,187,663	372,262	2.90	0.24
1993	13,565,072	377,409	2.86	0.24
1994	13,950,476	385,404	2.84	0.25
1995	14,345,492	395,016	2.83	0.25
1996	14,754,142	408,650	2.85	0.25
1997	15,175,316	421,174	2.85	0.26
1998	15,599,591	424,275	2.80	0.26
1999	16,013,985	414,394	2.66	0.26
2000	16,410,848	396,863	2.48	0.27
2001	16,766,561	355,713	2.17	0.27
2002	17,084,632	318,071	1.90	0.27
2003	17,415,214	330,582	1.93	0.27
2004	17,827,825	412,611	2.37	0.28
2005	18,361,176	533,351	2.99	0.28
2006	19,059,258	698,082	3.80	0.29
2007	19,878,254	818,996	4.30	0.30
2008	20,664,038	785,784	3.95	0.30
2009	21,205,873	541,835	2.62	0.31
2010	21,362,529	156,656	0.74	0.31
2011	21,081,815	-280,714	-1.31	0.30
2012	20,438,856	-642,959	-3.05	0.29
2013	19,578,461	-860,395	-4.21	0.27
2014	18,710,711	-867,750	-4.43	0.26
2015	17,997,408	-713,303	-3.81	0.24
2016	17,465,575	-531,833	-2.96	0.23
2017	17,095,678	-369,897	-2.12	0.23
2018	16,945,057	-150,621	-0.88	0.22
2019	17,070,135	125,078	0.74	0.22

Syria population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	17,500,658	430,523	2.52	0.22
2021	18,275,702	775,044	4.43	0.23
2022	19,364,809	1,089,107	5.96	0.24
2023	20,638,285	1,273,476	6.58	0.26
2024	21,915,480	1,277,195	6.19	0.27
2025	23,061,973	1,146,493	5.23	0.28
2026	24,032,614	970,641	4.21	0.29
2027	24,851,115	818,501	3.41	0.30
2028	25,536,694	685,579	2.76	0.30
2029	26,133,767	597,073	2.34	0.31
2030	26,676,565	542,798	2.08	0.31
2031	27,160,350	483,785	1.81	0.32
2032	27,572,028	411,678	1.52	0.32
2033	27,930,400	358,372	1.30	0.32
2034	28,259,952	329,552	1.18	0.32
2035	28,579,588	319,636	1.13	0.32
2036	28,897,510	317,922	1.11	0.32
2037	29,213,946	316,436	1.10	0.32
2038	29,529,915	315,969	1.08	0.33
2039	29,843,462	313,547	1.06	0.33
2040	30,153,281	309,819	1.04	0.33
2041	30,461,839	308,558	1.02	0.33
2042	30,771,858	310,019	1.02	0.33
2043	31,082,035	310,177	1.01	0.33
2044	31,389,906	307,871	0.99	0.33
2045	31,693,482	303,576	0.97	0.33
2046	31,992,470	298,988	0.94	0.34
2047	32,286,942	294,472	0.92	0.34
2048	32,575,588	288,646	0.89	0.34
2049	32,856,827	281,239	0.86	0.34
2050	33,129,321	272,494	0.83	0.34
2051	33,392,357	263,036	0.79	0.34
2052	33,645,419	253,062	0.76	0.34
2053	33,887,670	242,251	0.72	0.34
2054	34,118,288	230,618	0.68	0.34
2055	34,336,627	218,339	0.64	0.34
2056	34,542,282	205,655	0.60	0.35
2057	34,735,043	192,761	0.56	0.35
2058	34,914,725	179,682	0.52	0.35
2059	35,081,228	166,503	0.48	0.35
2060	35,234,588	153,360	0.44	0.35
2061	35,374,859	140,271	0.40	0.35
2062	35,502,328	127,469	0.36	0.35
2063	35,617,627	115,299	0.32	0.35
2064	35,721,616	103,989	0.29	0.35
2065	35,815,096	93,480	0.26	0.35
2066	35,898,556	83,460	0.23	0.35
2067	35,972,507	73,951	0.21	0.35
2068	36,037,841	65,334	0.18	0.35
2069	36,095,584	57,743	0.16	0.35
2070	36,146,650	51,066	0.14	0.35
2071	36,191,654	45,004	0.12	0.35
2072	36,231,133	39,479	0.11	0.34
2073	36,265,845	34,712	0.10	0.34
2074	36,296,555	30,710	0.08	0.34
2075	36,323,924	27,369	0.08	0.34
2076	36,348,392	24,468	0.07	0.34
2077	36,370,311	21,919	0.06	0.34
2078	36,390,104	19,793	0.05	0.34
2079	36,408,119	18,015	0.05	0.34
2080	36,424,610	16,491	0.05	0.34
2081	36,439,731	15,121	0.04	0.34
2082	36,453,500	13,769	0.04	0.34
2083	36,465,832	12,332	0.03	0.34
2084	36,476,584	10,752	0.03	0.34
2085	36,485,506	8,922	0.02	0.34
2086	36,492,505	6,999	0.02	0.34
2087	36,497,267	4,762	0.01	0.34
2088	36,499,167	1,900	0.01	0.34
2089	36,497,422	-1,745	0.00	0.34
2090	36,491,334	-6,088	-0.02	0.34
2091	36,480,386	-10,948	-0.03	0.34
2092	36,464,244	-16,142	-0.04	0.34
2093	36,442,621	-21,623	-0.06	0.34
2094	36,415,247	-27,374	-0.08	0.34
2095	36,381,796	-33,451	-0.09	0.34
2096	36,341,788	-40,008	-0.11	0.33
2097	36,294,678	-47,110	-0.13	0.33
2098	36,239,767	-54,911	-0.15	0.33
2099	36,176,240	-63,527	-0.18	0.33
2100	36,103,167	-73,073	-0.20	0.33