| Population | 19,314,747
note: in addition, about 40,000 people live in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 20,000 Arabs (18,000 Druze and 2,000 Alawites) and about 20,000 Israeli settlers (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 36.5% (male 3,633,562/female 3,423,435)
15-64 years: 60.1% (male 5,952,275/female 5,664,236)
65 years and over: 3.3% (male 303,346/female 337,893) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 21.1 years
male: 20.9 years
female: 21.2 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 2.244% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 27.19 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 4.74 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.061 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.051 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.898 male(s)/female
total population: 1.049 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 27.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 27.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 27.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 70.61 years
male: 69.27 years
female: 72.02 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 3.31 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | less than 500 (2003 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | less than 200 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Syrian(s)
adjective: Syrian |
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| Ethnic groups | Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7% |
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| Religions | Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo) |
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| Languages | Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 79.6%
male: 86%
female: 73.6% (2004 census) |
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