Syrian Arab Republic

Decennial Population

year population est.
1950 3,413,329
1960 4,592,777
1970 6,378,802
1980 8,956,156
1990 12,451,539
2000 16,354,050
2010 20,720,602
2020 20,993,588
2025 25,558,851
2050 34,902,406
2075 38,508,440
2100 38,098,359
source: UN - WPP 2015 Revision (medium).

General Information


Official name Syrian Arab Republic
Capital Damascus
Region Western Asia
ISO code SY
Statistical agency Central Bureau of Statistics

Syrian Arab Republic: extended divisioning

Syrian Arab Republic: cities


Administrative units

muhafazah (governorate)native nameadministrative center [native name]area in
sq.km.		population
2004-09-22
census		population
2010-12-31
estimate
Muhafazah al HasakahالحسكةAl Hasakah23,3341,275,1181,477,000
Muhafazah al LadhiqiyahاللاذقيةAl Ladhiqiyah2,297879,551991,000
Muhafazah al QunaytirahالقنيطرةAl Qunaytirah1,86166,62787,000
Muhafazah ar RaqqahالرقةAr Raqqah19,616793,514921,000
Muhafazah as Suwayda'السويداءAs Suwayda'5,550313,231364,000
Muhafazah Dar`aدرعاDar`a3,730843,478998,000
Muhafazah Dayr az Zawrدير الزورDayr az Zawr33,0601,004,7471,202,000
Madinah Dimashqمدينة دمشق-1051,552,1611,733,000
Muhafazah HalabحلبHalab18,5004,045,1664,744,000
Muhafazah HamahحماةHamah8,8831,384,9531,593,000
Muhafazah HimsحمصHims42,2231,529,4021,763,000
Muhafazah IdlibادلبIdlib6,0971,258,4271,464,000
Muhafazah Rif Dimashqريف دمشقDimashq18,0322,273,0742,744,000
Muhafazah TartusطرطوسTartus1,892701,395785,000
total  185,18017,920,84420,866,000
source: 2004 and 2008 - Central Bureau of Statistics, Syria. Estimates for 2008 refer to people actually living in Syria as opposed to what the civil record says there should be living.
note: includes territory in the Golan Heights internationally recognized as part of Syria.
note: There are multiple Latin variations of Syrian place names, it is impossible to tell which the correct one is.

Main cities

namenative namepopulation
1994-09-03
census		population
2004-09-22
census
Halabحلب‎1,582,9302,181,061
Dimashqمدينة دمشق1,394,3221,552,161
Himsحمص540,133750,501
Hamahحماة264,348467,807
Al Ladhiqiyahاللاذقية311,784424,392
Ar Raqqahالرقة165,195343,870
Bouaplaببيلا..341,625
Al Hasakahالحسكة119,798254,622
Dayr az Zawrدير الزور140,459239,196
Al Qamishlالقامشلي144,286232,258
Manbijمنبج..204,766
Dumaدوما..181,934
Tartusطرطوس..160,862
Ma`arrat an Nu`manمعرة النعمان..150,965
As Suwayda'السويداء..147,146
Dar`aمركز درعا..146,481
Qatanaقطنا..146,344
As Safirahالسفيرة..132,658
Darayyaداريا..131,501
Idlibادلب..126,284
??آفر بطنا..123,474
Ra's al `Aynرأس العين..121,708
Salamiyahالسلمية..116,086
Jaramanahجرمانا..114,363
As Sanamaynالصنمين..113,427
Al Babالباب..112,384
Al Kiswahالكسوة..112,095
Al Malikiyahالمالكية..110,327
Al Qusayrالقصير..108,102
Jablahجبلة..107,064
source: 1994 - United Nations Statistics Division.
source: 2004 - Central Bureau of Statistics, Syria.