Demographics of Syria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	07 Apr 2026

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As of 2026, the population of Syria is projected at 26.47 million, compared to 25.62 million in 2025. It ranks 57th in the world by population and 22nd in Asia, accounting for 0.32% of the global population and 0.54% of Asia's population. The population growth rate for 2026 is projected at 3.04%, placing Syria 5th among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 13.26 million males and 13.21 million females in Syria. The male population accounts for 50.09%, compared to 49.91% for females. Syria has 47k more males than females. The sex ratio in 2026 is projected at 100.35 males per 100 females. Syria ranks 165th globally in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Population
Growth
Gender

Syria population
Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	1,886,578	1,725,503	3,612,081	1.90	109.335
1955	2,096,554	1,954,035	4,050,589	2.63	107.294
1960	2,407,840	2,265,660	4,673,500	3.08	106.275
1965	2,790,197	2,645,070	5,435,267	3.12	105.487
1970	3,266,184	3,114,425	6,380,609	3.30	104.873
1975	3,858,947	3,695,418	7,554,364	3.41	104.425
1980	4,562,682	4,394,980	8,957,663	3.34	103.816
1985	5,396,364	5,229,308	10,625,672	3.51	103.195
1990	6,377,835	6,201,373	12,579,208	3.20	102.846
1995	7,395,475	7,221,326	14,616,801	2.75	102.412
2000	8,401,362	8,236,526	16,637,888	2.48	102.001
2005	9,489,028	9,325,063	18,814,091	2.56	101.758
2010	11,337,061	11,145,360	22,482,421	2.24	101.720
2015	9,758,285	9,666,333	19,424,618	-2.95	100.951
2020	10,520,993	10,528,436	21,049,429	2.84	99.929
2021	10,810,785	10,818,055	21,628,839	2.60	99.933
2022	11,228,512	11,233,661	22,462,173	4.92	99.954
2023	11,795,581	11,799,042	23,594,623	4.92	99.971
2024	12,341,170	12,331,590	24,672,760	4.04	100.078
2025	12,825,612	12,794,815	25,620,427	3.51	100.241
2026	13,259,637	13,212,860	26,472,497	3.04	100.354

Demographics Indicators
Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	42.455	19.191	7.618
1955	47.403	17.972	7.634
1960	52.723	16.472	7.505
1965	56.901	15.460	7.532
1970	60.608	14.814	7.621
1975	64.187	14.600	7.486
1980	66.545	14.542	7.119
1985	68.048	14.846	6.484
1990	69.830	15.428	5.561
1995	70.209	16.391	4.697
2000	70.856	17.462	4.068
2005	72.797	18.731	3.605
2010	73.542	20.685	3.355
2015	63.265	18.418	3.067
2020	71.944	20.440	2.837
2021	72.418	20.977	2.798
2022	72.790	21.588	2.746
2023	72.120	22.249	2.712
2024	72.560	22.827	2.700
2025	72.990	23.338	2.660
2026	73.427	23.811	2.618

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Syria death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude (per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	96,112	164,865	26.608	45.643
1955	87,094	193,683	21.502	47.816
1960	77,756	221,446	16.638	47.383
1965	71,433	253,995	13.143	46.731
1970	66,303	296,415	10.391	46.456
1975	61,237	343,538	8.106	45.475
1980	59,314	391,785	6.622	43.737
1985	59,671	438,902	5.616	41.306
1990	59,918	469,089	4.763	37.291
1995	66,591	496,767	4.556	33.986
2000	72,961	519,171	4.385	31.204
2005	73,418	542,371	3.902	28.828
2010	85,980	644,639	3.824	28.673
2015	159,731	413,713	8.223	21.298
2020	106,459	434,463	5.058	20.640
2021	107,361	457,916	4.964	21.172
2022	107,220	476,966	4.773	21.234
2023	118,900	521,601	5.039	22.107
2024	121,694	571,460	4.932	23.162
2025	124,051	601,433	4.842	23.475
2026	125,882	625,121	4.755	23.614

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Syria
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	1,276,148	2,335,932	35.330
1955	1,538,078	2,512,511	37.972
1960	1,869,429	2,804,071	40.001
1965	2,267,091	3,168,176	41.711
1970	2,768,972	3,611,637	43.397
1975	3,411,553	4,142,811	45.160
1980	4,186,183	4,771,479	46.733
1985	5,089,746	5,535,926	47.900
1990	6,144,111	6,435,097	48.843
1995	7,315,043	7,301,758	50.045
2000	8,631,206	8,006,682	51.877
2005	10,126,256	8,687,835	53.823
2010	12,521,854	9,960,567	55.696
2015	14,714,713	4,709,905	75.753
2020	15,452,913	5,596,516	73.413
2021	15,791,756	5,837,083	73.013
2022	16,310,345	6,151,828	72.612
2023	17,027,621	6,567,002	72.167
2024	17,783,172	6,889,588	72.076
2025	18,468,133	7,152,294	72.084
2026	19,087,033	7,385,464	72.101

Population
Urbanization

Syria population by Age Group (2026)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,437,748	1,371,028	2,808,776	10.61	104.866
05-09	1,101,133	1,052,518	2,153,651	8.14	104.619
10-14	1,242,129	1,182,200	2,424,329	9.16	105.069
15-19	1,526,412	1,459,653	2,986,066	11.28	104.574
20-24	1,509,452	1,469,065	2,978,517	11.25	102.749
25-29	1,410,060	1,374,223	2,784,282	10.52	102.608
30-34	1,006,229	965,180	1,971,409	7.45	104.253
35-39	792,917	773,101	1,566,017	5.92	102.563
40-44	711,970	726,895	1,438,866	5.44	97.947
45-49	633,302	664,481	1,297,782	4.90	95.308
50-54	533,192	572,246	1,105,438	4.18	93.175
55-59	438,065	483,551	921,616	3.48	90.593
60-64	338,469	386,712	725,182	2.74	87.525
65-69	246,550	293,620	540,170	2.04	83.969
70-74	166,808	209,192	376,000	1.42	79.739
75-79	100,041	128,935	228,977	0.86	77.590
80-84	45,980	63,700	109,680	0.41	72.182
85-89	15,541	27,287	42,828	0.16	56.954
90-94	3,253	7,968	11,222	0.04	40.826
95-99	371	1,235	1,606	0.01	30.040
100+	14	68	82	0.00	20.588
Total	13,259,636	13,212,858	26,472,496		100.354

Population pyramid
Gender ratio