The current population of Syria is 26,304,877 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 24,672,760 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Syria has had an average growth rate of 1.99% per year.
- Syria is projected to reach 44.1M people in 2086.
- Syria is ranked 57/197 by population and was ranked 58th in 2005.
- Syria accounts for 0.32% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 18.8M people to 26.3M (39.8% growth in 20 years).
Syria population clock
Syria
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
26304877
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 57/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.32% | N/A |
| One net population change |
29.3 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
1.01 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
4.42 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +2,954 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,078,137 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +4.57% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 5/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
57.7 seconds
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +546,494 | N/A |
Syria population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4,673,500 | - |
| 1961 | 4,815,466 | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 4,959,340 | 2.99% |
| 1963 | 5,110,467 | 3.05% |
| 1964 | 5,269,087 | 3.1% |
| 1965 | 5,435,267 | 3.15% |
| 1966 | 5,609,047 | 3.2% |
| 1967 | 5,790,198 | 3.23% |
| 1968 | 5,978,742 | 3.26% |
| 1969 | 6,175,166 | 3.29% |
| 1970 | 6,380,609 | 3.33% |
| 1971 | 6,598,094 | 3.41% |
| 1972 | 6,826,024 | 3.45% |
| 1973 | 7,060,321 | 3.43% |
| 1974 | 7,302,160 | 3.43% |
| 1975 | 7,554,364 | 3.45% |
| 1976 | 7,817,320 | 3.48% |
| 1977 | 8,090,501 | 3.49% |
| 1978 | 8,372,759 | 3.49% |
| 1979 | 8,661,909 | 3.45% |
| 1980 | 8,957,663 | 3.41% |
| 1981 | 9,260,189 | 3.38% |
| 1982 | 9,572,511 | 3.37% |
| 1983 | 9,904,809 | 3.47% |
| 1984 | 10,258,398 | 3.57% |
| 1985 | 10,625,672 | 3.58% |
| 1986 | 11,002,844 | 3.55% |
| 1987 | 11,388,923 | 3.51% |
| 1988 | 11,782,264 | 3.45% |
| 1989 | 12,179,060 | 3.37% |
| 1990 | 12,579,208 | 3.29% |
| 1991 | 12,980,821 | 3.19% |
| 1992 | 13,385,571 | 3.12% |
| 1993 | 13,795,686 | 3.06% |
| 1994 | 14,208,583 | 2.99% |
| 1995 | 14,616,801 | 2.87% |
| 1996 | 15,018,104 | 2.75% |
| 1997 | 15,417,542 | 2.66% |
| 1998 | 15,820,413 | 2.61% |
| 1999 | 16,228,061 | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 16,637,888 | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 17,051,338 | 2.48% |
| 2002 | 17,468,332 | 2.45% |
| 2003 | 17,889,296 | 2.41% |
| 2004 | 18,336,875 | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 18,814,091 | 2.6% |
| 2006 | 19,637,022 | 4.37% |
| 2007 | 20,884,125 | 6.35% |
| 2008 | 21,636,564 | 3.6% |
| 2009 | 21,976,969 | 1.57% |
| 2010 | 22,482,421 | 2.3% |
| 2011 | 22,878,098 | 1.76% |
| 2012 | 22,759,763 | -0.52% |
| 2013 | 21,666,917 | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 20,273,659 | -6.43% |
| 2015 | 19,424,618 | -4.19% |
| 2016 | 19,193,834 | -1.19% |
| 2017 | 19,224,668 | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 19,577,845 | 1.84% |
| 2019 | 20,353,534 | 3.96% |
| 2020 | 21,049,429 | 3.42% |
| 2021 | 21,628,839 | 2.75% |
| 2022 | 22,462,173 | 3.85% |
| 2023 | 23,594,623 | 5.04% |
| 2024 | 24,672,760 | 4.57% |
| 2025 | 25,620,422 | 3.84% |
| 2026 | 26,472,499 | 3.33% |
| 2027 | 27,261,544 | 2.98% |
| 2028 | 28,006,558 | 2.73% |
| 2029 | 28,719,309 | 2.54% |
| 2030 | 29,395,545 | 2.35% |
| 2031 | 30,029,824 | 2.16% |
| 2032 | 30,633,661 | 2.01% |
| 2033 | 31,212,478 | 1.89% |
| 2034 | 31,768,138 | 1.78% |
| 2035 | 32,294,792 | 1.66% |
| 2036 | 32,788,153 | 1.53% |
| 2037 | 33,258,407 | 1.43% |
| 2038 | 33,710,718 | 1.36% |
| 2039 | 34,131,238 | 1.25% |
| 2040 | 34,533,185 | 1.18% |
| 2041 | 34,916,936 | 1.11% |
| 2042 | 35,279,863 | 1.04% |
| 2043 | 35,623,325 | 0.97% |
| 2044 | 35,944,394 | 0.9% |
| 2045 | 36,265,295 | 0.89% |
| 2046 | 36,583,260 | 0.88% |
| 2047 | 36,878,640 | 0.81% |
| 2048 | 37,171,029 | 0.79% |
| 2049 | 37,477,690 | 0.83% |
| 2050 | 37,793,378 | 0.84% |
Syria has a population of 26.3M as of 2025, compared to 19.4M in 2015, 18.8M in 2005, and 14.6M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.54% per year. Syria is ranked 22nd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Syria will have 36,265,295 people (37.9% growth) with a rank change from 57th to 52nd.
By the year 2100, Syria's population is projected to grow by 66.1% to 43.7M people.
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Syria population statistics
|
Syria
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 73 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 27.8 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 23.9 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.71 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 348 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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