Official name
Syrian Arab Republic
Name in local language
الجمهوريّة العربيّة السّوريّة ; Al-Jumhūriyyah al-‘Arabīyyah as-Sūriyyah (ar)
Continent
Asia
Subcontinent
Western Asia
Population (ranking: 56e )
25,297,296 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth
2.50 % / year
Area
185,180 km²
Density
136.61 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 126e )17.131 billions $USD (2017)
GDP/capita (ranking )
2,835 $USD (2017)
GDP growth
38.60 % / year (2017)
Life expectancy (ranking )
71.80 years (2018)
Birth rate
21.70 ‰ (2015)
Fertility rate
2.55 children / woman (2015)
Death rate (ranking )
6.51 ‰ (2014)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
15.20 ‰ (2015)
Literacy rate
86.43 % (2015)
Official languages
Arabic
Currency
Syrian pound (£ SYP)
HDI (ranking: 193e )0.549 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )66.91 (2016)
Government
Unitary semi-presidential republic. Dictatorship
Head of State
President Bashar al-Assad
National Day
April, 17 (departure of French in 1946)
ISO Codes SY, SYR
Demonym
Syrian
Tourists (ranking )
3,159,187 people (2011)
Very old civilization, Syria is now in the grip of civil war
Syria is a country located in West Asia (Middle East) on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It shares borders with Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan and Israel to the south, and Lebanon to the west. Part of Kurdistan is on its territory in the north-east of the country.
Palmyra, Syria Krak des Chevaliers, Syria Place of the Umayyad in Damascus, Syria. Photo: Bernard Gagnon Urban areas (2016)
Urban areas
Population
Damas
3,688,278 inhabitants
Alep
1,740,622 inhabitants
Hama
1,236,854 inhabitants
Lattaquié
781,119 inhabitants
Deir ez-Zor
272,929 inhabitants
Homs
245,752 inhabitants
Raqqa
191,784 inhabitants
al-Bab
152,013 inhabitants
Idleb
149,868 inhabitants
as-Safirah (Sfireh)
111,925 inhabitants
Salamyeh
106,132 inhabitants
Tartous
94,707 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Governorates
Population
Area
Alep
4,600,166 inhabitants
18,500 km²
Damas
2,211,042 inhabitants
1,599 km²
Deir ez-Zor
1,200,500 inhabitants
33,060 km²
Deraa
998,000 inhabitants
3,730 km²
Hama
1,593,000 inhabitants
8,883 km²
Hassaké
1,272,702 inhabitants
23,334 km²
Homs
1,762,500 inhabitants
42,223 km²
Idleb
1,464,000 inhabitants
6,097 km²
Kuneitra
87,000 inhabitants
1,861 km²
Lattaquié
1,278,486 inhabitants
2,297 km²
Raqqa
919,000 inhabitants
19,616 km²
Rif Dimachq
2,831,738 inhabitants
18,032 km²
Soueïda (As-Suwayda)
364,000 inhabitants
5,550 km²
Tartous
785,000 inhabitants
1,892 km²
See also
