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Syria
- People
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Population
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Population: 22517750
(July 2011 est.)
Rank: 52
- Estimated population in
2025: 28,100,000
- Estimated population in 2050:
35,900,000
Population growth rate: 2.01%
(2010)
Rank: 61
Population density:
98
people per sq km
Net migration rate:
( )
Birth rate: 25
(2010 est.)
Rank: 72
Death rate: 3.72
(July 2010 est.)
Rank: 209
Life expectancy at
birth 2010 est.
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total
population:
total population: 74.22 years
years
- male:
male: 71.87 years
years
- female: female: 76.7 years
years
Total
fertility rate: 3.12
(2010 est.)
Rank: 67
Infant
mortality
(2010 est.)
Rank: 119
- total: 16.69
- male: male: 19.19
- female: female: 14.05
- difference male/female: 0.469999999999999
Sex ratio ( 2005 est.)
- total US: 1.05 male(s)/female
- at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
- under 15: 1.06 male(s)/female
- 15-64: 1.05 male(s)/female
- at 65+: 0.91 male(s)/female
Age
structure
((2009 est.))
- 0-14 US: 35.9% (male 3,724,770/female 3,510,182)
- 15-64 US: 60.8% (male 6,285,866/female 5,980,029)
- 65 and Over US: 3.4% (male 318,646/female 358,992)
Median age
(2010 est.)
- Median total US: total: 21.5 years
Rank: 58
- Median male US: male: 21.3 years
- Median female US: female: 21.7 years (2010 est.)
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Health
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Physician density:
(966 )
HIV/Aids
- Adult prevalence rate: 0.10
(2001 est.)
Rank: 156
- People living with Aids: 500
(2003 est.)
Rank: 148
- Aids related deaths: 200
(2003 est.)
Rank: 116
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Languages |
Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood
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Religions
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Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
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Urbanization
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Urbanisation now: 50.1%
Urbanisation
2030: 59.8
Rural Change: 2.3
Urban change: 2.5
Capital city:
Damascus
Other cities:
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Indices
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Human development
index:
0.589
Rank:
111
Happy people index:
43.2 |
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