Syria Population

• The current population of the Syrian Arab Republic is 18,285,078 as of Wednesday, July 18, 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
• Syria population is equivalent to 0.24% of the total world population.
• Syria ranks number 64 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
• The population density in Syria is 100 per Km2 (258 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 183,630 Km2 (70,900 sq. miles)
• 78.2 % of the population is urban (14,289,848 people in 2018)
• The median age in Syria is 20.5 years.

Population of Syria (2018 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Syria Global Rank
2018	18,284,407	0.08 %	14,539	-248,000	20.5	3.05	100	75.0 %	14,289,848	0.24 %	7,632,819,325	64
2017	18,269,868	-0.87 %	-160,585	-248,000	20.5	3.05	99	75.1 %	13,722,428	0.24 %	7,550,262,101	63
2016	18,430,453	-1.63 %	-304,534	-248,000	20.5	3.05	100	71.7 %	13,223,024	0.25 %	7,466,964,280	61
2015	18,734,987	-2.27 %	-456,769	-831,579	20.2	3.10	102	68.5 %	12,837,178	0.25 %	7,383,008,820	60
2010	21,018,834	2.82 %	544,845	74,000	21.5	3.35	114	57.0 %	11,988,656	0.30 %	6,958,169,159	55
2005	18,294,611	2.20 %	376,753	-75,982	19.7	3.80	100	53.4 %	9,770,957	0.28 %	6,542,159,383	58
2000	16,410,848	2.73 %	413,071	-26,000	18.7	4.30	89	51.8 %	8,504,294	0.27 %	6,145,006,989	57
1995	14,345,492	2.88 %	379,864	-14,000	17.5	4.80	78	50.1 %	7,184,030	0.25 %	5,751,474,416	58
1990	12,446,171	3.17 %	359,508	-29,300	16.3	5.87	68	49.0 %	6,092,664	0.23 %	5,330,943,460	56
1985	10,648,632	3.58 %	343,572	-17,400	15.6	6.77	58	48.0 %	5,108,681	0.22 %	4,873,781,796	57
1980	8,930,774	3.46 %	279,012	-32,334	15.5	7.32	49	46.8 %	4,183,215	0.20 %	4,458,411,534	64
1975	7,535,714	3.48 %	237,035	-16,300	15.8	7.54	41	45.2 %	3,408,395	0.18 %	4,079,087,198	69
1970	6,350,541	3.40 %	195,481	-3,200	15.9	7.56	35	43.5 %	2,764,867	0.17 %	3,700,577,650	71
1965	5,373,137	3.28 %	159,925	-14,000	18.8	7.23	29	40.2 %	2,159,655	0.16 %	3,339,592,688	80
1960	4,573,512	3.18 %	132,402	-3,000	17.0	7.38	25	37.0 %	1,690,445	0.15 %	3,033,212,527	76
1955	3,911,501	2.76 %	99,634	-14,000	18.8	7.23	21	34.8 %	1,361,803	0.14 %	2,772,242,535	80

Syria Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Syria Global Rank
2020	18,924,442	0.20 %	37,891	-248,000	21.7	2.84	103	81.2 %	15,363,857	0.24 %	7,795,482,309	63
2025	23,410,906	4.35 %	897,293	556,000	24.4	2.63	127	73.5 %	17,213,252	0.29 %	8,185,613,757	60
2030	26,608,489	2.59 %	639,517	240,000	26.5	2.45	145	71.8 %	19,108,652	0.31 %	8,551,198,644	59
2035	28,885,224	1.66 %	455,347	46,000	28.4	2.30	157	72.7 %	20,985,766	0.32 %	8,892,701,940	59
2040	30,798,944	1.29 %	382,744	-10,000	30.3	2.17	168	74.1 %	22,818,080	0.33 %	9,210,337,004	59
2045	32,524,870	1.10 %	345,185	-10,000	32.2	2.06	177	75.6 %	24,577,197	0.34 %	9,504,209,572	59
2050	34,021,051	0.90 %	299,236	-10,000	34.1	1.97	185	77.1 %	26,244,525	0.35 %	9,771,822,753	60