Syria · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Syria (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Syria? Answer: Current population of Syria is: 19 114 787*^[1], area 185180 km², population density 103.22 p/km². Capital of Syria is Damascus. Continent: Asia.

Syria · Population 1950-2100

Syria · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Syria as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Syria population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Syria population

19 114 787

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 516.858 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 186.058 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 290.706 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Syria population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 167 / day = 6.97 / hour = 0.116 / minute = 0.0019 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 464 / day = 19.38 / hour = 0.326 / minute = 0.0054 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 297 / day = 12.38 / hour = 0.206 / minute = 0.0034 / seconds.

Current Syria population by age and sex for 2025-07-11*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	744 256	⇐+7.7%	690 864
5-9	900 579	⇐+8.4%	830 728
10-14	1 005 100	⇐+3.6%	969 849
15-19	1 208 612	+0.8%⇒	1 217 717
20-24	1 158 938	⇐+1.9%	1 137 191
25-29	761 289	⇐+9.2%	697 304
30-34	739 487	⇐+8%	684 749
35-39	727 891	+1.7%⇒	740 394
40-44	562 766	+5.4%⇒	593 219
45-49	402 272	+7.1%⇒	430 948
50-54	363 453	+8.4%⇒	393 944
55-59	327 458	+8.1%⇒	353 979
60-64	260 419	+14%⇒	296 862
65-69	196 431	+11.5%⇒	219 016
70-74	96 773	+3.4%⇒	100 086
75-79	57 234	+46.7%⇒	83 941
80-84	29 932	+69.5%⇒	50 729
85-89	21 606	+72.4%⇒	37 256
90-94	8 259	+34.2%⇒	11 081
95-99	653	+103.7%⇒	1 330
100+	19	+815.8%⇒	174

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).