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: 19 165 850*^[1], area 185180 km², population density 103.5 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

19 165 850

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 2026-05-12*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	712 623	⇐+8.1%	659 418
5-9	875 669	⇐+8.8%	804 712
10-14	989 156	⇐+3.5%	955 775
15-19	1 217 068	+1.4%⇒	1 233 607
20-24	1 186 865	⇐+1.4%	1 170 371
25-29	765 061	⇐+9.2%	700 403
30-34	746 515	⇐+8.7%	687 058
35-39	743 103	+1.6%⇒	754 655
40-44	573 067	+5.4%⇒	604 196
45-49	403 839	+7.3%⇒	433 334
50-54	365 286	+8.7%⇒	396 980
55-59	332 080	+8.4%⇒	359 828
60-64	264 268	+14.6%⇒	302 843
65-69	201 277	+12.1%⇒	225 663
70-74	96 872	+2.3%⇒	99 086
75-79	56 879	+48.5%⇒	84 478
80-84	29 406	+72.9%⇒	50 840
85-89	22 250	+74.3%⇒	38 786
90-94	8 697	+33.4%⇒	11 599
95-99	681	+99.4%⇒	1 358
100+	19	+852.6%⇒	181

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).