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🇸🇾 Syria

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3SYR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2SY
UN M49 numeric760
IOC codeSYR
Official nameSyrian Arab Republic
Native name(s)ara: official: الجمهورية العربية السورية; common: سوريا
Alt spellingsSY, Syrian Arab Republic, Al-Jumhūrīyah Al-ʻArabīyah As-Sūrīyah
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionWestern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalDamascus
Area (km²)185,180
Lat / Lng35.0000, 38.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)IRQ, ISR, JOR, LBN, TUR
Top-level domain.sy, سوريا.
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 63

Demographics

Population (World Bank)25,620,427 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)72.56 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Syrian; m: Syrian; fra: f: Syrienne; m: Syrien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)23,737,634,644.399 (2022)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,056.783 (2022)
Unemployment rate (%)13.569 (2025)
CurrenciesSYP: name: Syrian pound; symbol: £

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19503,612,081
19513,684,865
19523,765,243
19533,852,829
19543,947,870
19554,050,589
19564,160,632
19574,277,740
19584,401,993
19594,533,770
19604,673,500
19614,815,466
19624,959,340
19635,110,467
19645,269,087
19655,435,267
19665,609,047
19675,790,198
19685,978,742
19696,175,166
19706,380,609
19716,598,094
19726,826,024
19737,060,321
19747,302,160
19757,554,364
19767,817,320
19778,090,501
19788,372,759
19798,661,909
19808,957,663
19819,260,189
19829,572,511
19839,904,809
198410,258,398
198510,625,672
198611,002,844
198711,388,923
198811,782,264
198912,179,060
199012,579,208
199112,980,821
199213,385,571
199313,795,686
199414,208,583
199514,616,801
199615,018,104
199715,417,542
199815,820,413
199916,228,061
200016,637,888
200117,051,338
200217,468,332
200317,889,296
200418,336,875
200518,814,091
200619,637,022
200720,884,125
200821,636,564
200921,976,969
201022,482,421
201122,878,098
201222,759,763
201321,666,917
201420,273,659
201519,424,618
201619,193,834
201719,224,668
201819,577,845
201920,353,534
202021,049,429
202121,628,839
202222,462,173
202323,594,623

Full raw record (JSON)

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