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Syria: Syria People Profile 2011

2010/07/08

Population

Value:

20 178 485

Date:

Jul.2009

Comparison to the world:

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

35.9% (male 3,724,770/female 3,510,182)

Year:

2009

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

60.8% (male 6,285,866/female 5,980,029)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

3.4% (male 318,646/female 358,992)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

21.7 years

Year:

2009

Name:

male

Value:

21.6years

Name:

female

Value:

21.9 years

Population growth rate

Value:

2,13%

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

Birth rate

Value:

25.9 births/1,000 population

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

Death rate

Value:

4.61 deaths/1,000 population

Date:

July. 2009

Comparison to the world:

198

Net migration rate

Value:

Year:

2009

Urbanization

Urban population:

54% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization:

3.1% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

Range:

at birth

Value:

1.06 male(s)/female

Year:

2009

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.06 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

1.05 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

0.89 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

1.05 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

25.87 deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

26.13 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

25.59 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2009

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

71.19 years

Comparison to the world:

131

Male value:

69.8 years

Female value:

72.68 years

Year:

2009

Total fertility rate

Value:

3.12 children born/woman

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

less than 0.1%

Year:

2001

Comparison to the world:

160

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

fewer than 500

Year:

2003

Comparison to the world:

151

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

fewer than 200

Year:

2003

Comparison to the world:

117

Nationality

Noun:

Syrian(s)

Adjective:

Syrian

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%</p>

Religions

Value:

Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)

Languages

Languages info:

Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood

Literacy

Definition:

age 15 and over can read and write

Total population:

80%

Male:

86,0%

Female:

73,6%

Year:

2004

Education expenditures

Value:

3.9% of GDP

Comparison to the world:

109

Year:

1999

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