Population of Syria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	08 Dec 2024

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The current population of Syria is 25,209,209 as of January 13, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Syria is projected at 24,672,760, or 24.67 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Syria is projected at 23,594,623, or 23.59 million people for the year 2023.

Syria ranks 57th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Syria is ranked 22nd among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Syria population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	3,577,704	3,612,081	68,753	1.903	0.145
1951	3,646,457	3,684,865	76,816	2.085	0.145
1952	3,723,273	3,765,243	83,940	2.229	0.146
1953	3,807,213	3,852,829	91,233	2.368	0.146
1954	3,898,446	3,947,870	98,849	2.504	0.147
1955	3,997,295	4,050,589	106,588	2.632	0.148
1956	4,103,883	4,160,632	113,499	2.728	0.149
1957	4,217,382	4,277,740	120,717	2.822	0.150
1958	4,338,099	4,401,993	127,787	2.903	0.151
1959	4,465,886	4,533,770	135,767	2.995	0.153
1960	4,601,653	4,673,500	143,694	3.075	0.155
1961	4,745,347	4,815,466	140,237	2.912	0.157
1962	4,885,584	4,959,340	147,512	2.975	0.159
1963	5,033,096	5,110,467	154,742	3.028	0.160
1964	5,187,838	5,269,087	162,499	3.084	0.161
1965	5,350,337	5,435,267	169,860	3.125	0.163
1966	5,520,197	5,609,047	177,699	3.168	0.165
1967	5,697,896	5,790,198	184,604	3.188	0.167
1968	5,882,500	5,978,742	192,483	3.220	0.169
1969	6,074,983	6,175,166	200,365	3.245	0.171
1970	6,275,348	6,380,609	210,522	3.300	0.173
1971	6,485,870	6,598,094	224,448	3.402	0.175
1972	6,710,318	6,826,024	231,411	3.390	0.178
1973	6,941,729	7,060,321	237,184	3.360	0.180
1974	7,178,913	7,302,160	246,494	3.376	0.183
1975	7,425,407	7,554,364	257,915	3.414	0.186
1976	7,683,322	7,817,320	267,997	3.429	0.189
1977	7,951,319	8,090,501	278,364	3.441	0.192
1978	8,229,683	8,372,759	286,152	3.418	0.195
1979	8,515,835	8,661,909	292,149	3.373	0.198
1980	8,807,984	8,957,663	299,357	3.342	0.201
1981	9,107,341	9,260,189	305,696	3.301	0.204
1982	9,413,037	9,572,511	318,948	3.332	0.208
1983	9,731,985	9,904,809	345,649	3.490	0.211
1984	10,077,634	10,258,398	361,529	3.525	0.215
1985	10,439,163	10,625,672	373,017	3.511	0.218
1986	10,812,180	11,002,844	381,327	3.466	0.222
1987	11,193,507	11,388,923	390,832	3.432	0.226
1988	11,584,339	11,782,264	395,850	3.360	0.229
1989	11,980,189	12,179,060	397,742	3.266	0.233
1990	12,377,931	12,579,208	402,553	3.200	0.236
1991	12,780,484	12,980,821	400,674	3.087	0.240
1992	13,181,158	13,385,571	408,826	3.054	0.243
1993	13,589,984	13,795,686	411,405	2.982	0.247
1994	14,001,389	14,208,583	414,387	2.917	0.250
1995	14,415,776	14,616,801	402,050	2.751	0.254
1996	14,817,826	15,018,104	400,557	2.667	0.257
1997	15,218,383	15,417,542	398,319	2.584	0.260
1998	15,616,702	15,820,413	407,422	2.575	0.263
1999	16,024,124	16,228,061	407,875	2.514	0.267
2000	16,431,999	16,637,888	411,778	2.475	0.270
2001	16,843,777	17,051,338	415,121	2.435	0.273
2002	17,258,898	17,468,332	418,867	2.398	0.276
2003	17,677,765	17,889,296	423,061	2.365	0.279
2004	18,100,826	18,336,875	472,097	2.575	0.282
2005	18,572,923	18,814,091	482,336	2.564	0.286
2006	19,055,259	19,637,022	1,163,527	5.927	0.294
2007	20,218,786	20,884,125	1,330,679	6.374	0.309
2008	21,549,465	21,636,564	174,198	0.805	0.316
2009	21,723,663	21,976,969	506,613	2.305	0.317
2010	22,230,276	22,482,421	504,289	2.243	0.320
2011	22,734,565	22,878,098	287,066	1.255	0.322
2012	23,021,631	22,759,763	-523,737	-2.301	0.316
2013	22,497,894	21,666,917	-1,661,953	-7.674	0.297
2014	20,835,941	20,273,659	-1,124,564	-5.548	0.275
2015	19,711,377	19,424,618	-573,518	-2.953	0.260
2016	19,137,859	19,193,834	111,949	0.583	0.254
2017	19,249,808	19,224,668	-50,280	-0.262	0.251
2018	19,199,528	19,577,845	756,634	3.865	0.253
2019	19,956,162	20,353,534	794,744	3.905	0.261
2020	20,750,906	21,049,429	597,046	2.837	0.267
2021	21,347,952	21,628,839	561,775	2.597	0.272
2022	21,909,727	22,462,173	1,104,891	4.920	0.280
2023	23,014,618	23,594,623	1,160,010	4.917	0.292

Syria population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	24,174,628	24,672,760	996,263	4.038	0.302
2025	25,170,891	25,620,427	899,071	3.510	0.311
2026	26,069,962	26,472,497	805,070	3.041	0.319
2027	26,875,032	27,261,538	773,013	2.836	0.326
2028	27,648,045	28,006,551	717,012	2.560	0.332
2029	28,365,057	28,719,304	708,495	2.467	0.338
2030	29,073,552	29,395,540	643,976	2.191	0.343
2031	29,717,528	30,029,817	624,578	2.080	0.348
2032	30,342,106	30,633,651	583,090	1.903	0.352
2033	30,925,196	31,212,470	574,548	1.841	0.356
2034	31,499,744	31,768,131	536,774	1.690	0.360
2035	32,036,518	32,294,793	516,551	1.600	0.363
2036	32,553,069	32,788,145	470,151	1.434	0.367
2037	33,023,220	33,258,403	470,366	1.414	0.369
2038	33,493,586	33,710,715	434,257	1.288	0.372
2039	33,927,843	34,131,233	406,780	1.192	0.374
2040	34,334,623	34,533,185	397,124	1.150	0.376
2041	34,731,747	34,916,933	370,373	1.061	0.378
2042	35,102,120	35,279,861	355,481	1.008	0.380
2043	35,457,601	35,623,329	331,455	0.930	0.381
2044	35,789,056	35,944,390	310,668	0.864	0.383
2045	36,099,724	36,265,286	331,124	0.913	0.384
2046	36,430,848	36,583,262	304,829	0.833	0.386
2047	36,735,677	36,878,637	285,921	0.775	0.387
2048	37,021,598	37,171,022	298,848	0.804	0.388
2049	37,320,446	37,477,690	314,488	0.839	0.389
2050	37,634,934	37,793,372	316,875	0.838	0.391
2051	37,951,809	38,104,385	305,153	0.801	0.393
2052	38,256,962	38,405,282	296,640	0.772	0.394
2053	38,553,602	38,721,838	336,471	0.869	0.396
2054	38,890,073	39,054,293	328,440	0.841	0.398
2055	39,218,513	39,368,397	299,769	0.761	0.400
2056	39,518,282	39,670,581	304,598	0.768	0.402
2057	39,822,880	39,961,168	276,576	0.692	0.403
2058	40,099,456	40,238,147	277,382	0.689	0.405
2059	40,376,838	40,530,398	307,120	0.758	0.407
2060	40,683,958	40,823,977	280,038	0.686	0.409
2061	40,963,996	41,088,486	248,981	0.606	0.410
2062	41,212,977	41,335,313	244,672	0.592	0.412
2063	41,457,649	41,578,973	242,647	0.584	0.413
2064	41,700,296	41,823,207	245,823	0.588	0.415
2065	41,946,119	42,068,747	245,256	0.583	0.416
2066	42,191,375	42,294,461	206,173	0.487	0.418
2067	42,397,548	42,492,721	190,347	0.448	0.419
2068	42,587,895	42,677,395	178,999	0.419	0.420
2069	42,766,894	42,839,336	144,884	0.338	0.421
2070	42,911,778	42,982,251	140,945	0.328	0.422
2071	43,052,723	43,123,472	141,498	0.328	0.423
2072	43,194,221	43,261,217	133,993	0.310	0.423
2073	43,328,214	43,381,016	105,603	0.243	0.424
2074	43,433,817	43,481,645	95,657	0.220	0.425
2075	43,529,474	43,575,382	91,817	0.211	0.425
2076	43,621,291	43,662,464	82,346	0.189	0.426
2077	43,703,637	43,725,969	44,665	0.102	0.426
2078	43,748,302	43,766,728	36,851	0.084	0.426
2079	43,785,153	43,813,248	56,190	0.128	0.426
2080	43,841,343	43,889,937	97,187	0.221	0.427
2081	43,938,530	43,971,329	65,599	0.149	0.427
2082	44,004,129	44,033,887	59,515	0.135	0.428
2083	44,063,644	44,077,522	27,757	0.063	0.428
2084	44,091,401	44,108,507	34,213	0.078	0.429
2085	44,125,614	44,142,310	33,393	0.076	0.429
2086	44,159,007	44,149,497	-19,020	-0.043	0.429
2087	44,139,987	44,136,238	-7,498	-0.017	0.429
2088	44,132,489	44,135,056	5,133	0.012	0.429
2089	44,137,622	44,138,103	961	0.002	0.430
2090	44,138,583	44,123,099	-30,967	-0.070	0.430
2091	44,107,616	44,101,402	-12,427	-0.028	0.430
2092	44,095,189	44,080,745	-28,889	-0.066	0.430
2093	44,066,300	44,052,054	-28,493	-0.065	0.430
2094	44,037,807	44,013,438	-48,737	-0.111	0.430
2095	43,989,070	43,975,476	-27,189	-0.062	0.430
2096	43,961,881	43,935,136	-53,490	-0.122	0.430
2097	43,908,391	43,877,577	-61,629	-0.140	0.430
2098	43,846,762	43,817,373	-58,778	-0.134	0.429
2099	43,787,984	43,753,607	-68,753	-0.157	0.429
2100	43,719,231	43,686,647	-65,169	-0.149	0.429