Syria People:
Population:
18,448,752 (July 2005 est.)
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
Age structure:
0-14 years: 37.4% (male:3,556,795; female:3,350,267)
15-64 years: 59.3% (male:5,601,971; female:5,333,799)
65 years and over: 3.3% (male:288,868; female:317,052) (2005)
Median age:
total: 20.37 years
male: 20.24 years
female: 20.51 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
2.34% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
28.29 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
4.88 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 29.53 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 29.76 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 29.28 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 70.03 years (2005 est.)
male: 68.75 years
female: 71.38 years
Total fertility rate:
3.5 children born/woman (2005 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 , other 9.7%
Religions:
Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 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: 76.9%
male: 89.7%
female: 64% (2003)
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