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Syria
Syrian Arab Republic
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Population
25.62M
Capital
Damascus
Area
185,180 km²
Currency
SYP
Syrian pound
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$23.62B
as of 2022
GDP per capita
$1,052
as of 2022
Population
24.67M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
4.5%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
13.4%
as of 2019
Unemployment (% of labor force)
13.4%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
33.8%
as of 2018
Life expectancy at birth
72.56
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
2.7%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
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no data
Urban population (% of total)
72.1%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
2.70
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
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no data
Trade (% of GDP)
35.6%
as of 2022
Land area (km²)
183,630
as of 2023
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About Syria
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currencies
- Syrian pound (SYP)
- Timezones
- UTC+02:00
- Demonym
- Syrian
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- SY · SYR
- Map
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