Population in Syria

Nearby in the ranking

55. North Korea 26.4 million
56. Niger 26.2 million
57. Mali 23.8 million
58. Syria 23.6 million
59. Burkina Faso 23 million
60. Sri Lanka 23 million
61. Malawi 21.1 million

More about Syria

• Population growth
• Births per woman
• Typical age
• Living in cities
• Human Development Index
• Women’s vs men’s development
• People per household
• People over 65
• Children under 15
• Women’s age at first marriage
• Mothers’ age at first birth
• All figures for Syria

About the data

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.

Unit

people

Years

1800–2023

Data as of

2026-09-28

Source

Our World in Data

License

CC BY 4.0

Credit

Our World in Data; HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0