People of Syria
| Population: | 19314747 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.) |
| 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.) |
| Median age: | total: 21.1 years male: 20.9 years female: 21.2 years (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 2.244% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 27.19 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: | 4.74 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| 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.) |
| 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.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total population: 70.61 years male: 69.27 years female: 72.02 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 3.31 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | less than 500 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | less than 200 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality: | noun: Syrian(s) adjective: Syrian |
| Ethnic groups: | Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7% |
| Religions: | Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo) |
| Languages: | Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood |
| Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.6% male: 86% female: 73.6% (2004 census) |