Population of Syria (2025)

Syria population

19,774,970

Births this year: 3,175,066 Births today 663
Deaths this year 585,266 Deaths today 122

Syria Population by Religions

Region Name Percents Number
Muslim (official) 87% 14,951,098 people
Christian (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian) 10% 1,718,517 people
Druze 3% 515,555 people

Syria Population by Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
Arab 90.3% 15,518,209 people
Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7% 1,666,961 people

Syria population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 25,558,851 12,709,617 12,849,234 100 100 100 98.9
00-04 2,603,829 1,334,225 1,269,604 10.2 10.5 9.9 105.1
05-09 2,594,018 1,331,023 1,262,995 10.1 10.5 9.8 105.4
10-14 2,580,546 1,322,413 1,258,133 10.1 10.4 9.8 105.1
15-19 2,444,081 1,244,395 1,199,686 9.6 9.8 9.3 103.7
20-24 2,350,149 1,186,015 1,164,134 9.2 9.3 9.1 101.9
25-29 2,229,155 1,116,827 1,112,328 8.7 8.8 8.7 100.4
30-34 1,893,651 940,833 952,818 7.4 7.4 7.4 98.7
35-39 1,817,497 892,582 924,915 7.1 7 7.2 96.5
40-44 1,697,891 822,933 874,958 6.6 6.5 6.8 94.1
45-49 1,390,001 671,700 718,301 5.4 5.3 5.6 93.5
50-54 1,067,549 513,827 553,722 4.2 4 4.3 92.8
55-59 869,628 416,087 453,541 3.4 3.3 3.5 91.7
60-64 723,324 343,581 379,743 2.8 2.7 3 90.5
65-69 535,580 250,481 285,099 2.1 2 2.2 87.9
70-74 378,334 170,623 207,711 1.5 1.3 1.6 82.1
75-79 203,650 89,658 113,992 0.8 0.7 0.9 78.7
80-84 115,996 43,863 72,133 0.5 0.3 0.6 60.8
85-89 47,687 14,935 32,752 0.2 0.1 0.3 45.6
90-94 14,014 3,223 10,791 0.1 0 0.1 29.9
95-99 2,082 367 1,715 0 0 0 21.4
100+ 189 26 163 0 0 0 16

Syria Age structure and Population pyramid

Syria Age structure and Population pyramid

Syria Sex ratio

Syria Sex ratio

Syria Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Syria

Syria Population (1950 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Sex ratio Density
(P/KmĀ²)
2024 24,691,309 3.95 937,266 99.19 134.46
2023 23,754,043 4.23 964,615 99.49 129.36
2022 22,789,428 4.28 935,770 99.82 124.11
2021 21,853,658 4.10 860,070 100.19 119.01
2020 20,993,588 3.92 792,009 100.58 114.33
2019 20,201,579 3.69 719,178 101.01 110.01
2018 19,482,401 3.04 575,494 101.47 106.10
2017 18,906,907 1.85 343,312 101.93 102.96
2016 18,563,595 0.33 61,182 102.30 101.09
2015 18,502,413 -1.44 -270,068 102.52 100.76
2014 18,772,481 -2.85 -550,112 102.56 102.23
2013 19,322,593 -3.28 -656,163 102.44 105.23
2012 19,978,756 -2.55 -522,411 102.27 108.80
2011 20,501,167 -1.06 -219,435 102.20 111.64
2010 20,720,602 0.75 153,731 102.31 112.84
2005 18,132,842 10.88 1,778,792 104.75 98.75
2000 16,354,050 14.11 2,022,088 103.13 89.06
1995 14,331,962 15.10 1,880,423 103.27 78.05
1990 12,451,539 16.73 1,784,294 103.29 67.81
1985 10,667,245 19.11 1,711,089 103.25 58.09
1980 8,956,156 18.41 1,392,156 103.24 48.77
1975 7,564,000 18.58 1,185,198 103.80 41.19
1970 6,378,802 18.16 980,469 104.20 34.74
1965 5,398,333 17.54 805,556 104.83 29.40
1960 4,592,777 17.11 670,913 105.69 25.01
1955 3,921,864 14.90 508,535 106.84 21.36
1950 3,413,329 108.61 18.59
Chart population Syria Population (1950 - 2025)