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Syria

Country

Member state of the United Nations. The UN lists it as "Syrian Arab Republic".[1]

Capital
Population
25,620,427 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 23,865,423in 2024[4]
Land area
183,630 km²[5]
Total area
185,180 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official names
  • الجمهورية العربية السورية[11]
  • la République arabe syrienne[12]
  • Syrian Arab Republic[13]
  • سوريا[14]
  • Syria[15]
  • Republik Arab Syria[16]
  • Syria[17]
  • Suriye Arap Cumhuriyeti[18]

Parts of Syria

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202525.6M

4,673,500 in 1960, 25,620,427 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
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
202424,672,760
202525,620,427

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
SY[19]
ISO alpha-3
SYR[20]
ISO numeric
760[21]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), capital: Damascus (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), population (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), area (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), official language: Arabic (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), currency: Syrian pound (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  9. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), continent: Asia (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), official name (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), official name (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  13. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), official name (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  14. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), official name (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), official name (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: The World Factbook
  16. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), official name (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), official name (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), official name (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  19. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  20. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  21. Wikidata: Syria (Q858), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564739441) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Syria (2025-).svg, Public domain, Modification by AnonMoos of PD image File:Flag of Syria (1930–1958, 1961–1963).svg (previous non-vector versions were by Coup de crayon 2011), via Wikimedia Commons.