PAINTMAPS.comGeneral Information for Syria | ||
| What is the capital city of Syria ? | Damascus |  |
| What is the total area of Syria ? (km2) | 185.180 | |
| What is the population in Syria ? (2020) | 17.500.658 | |
| What is the median age in Syria ? | 26 | |
| What is the iso country code for Syria ? (2lt) | SY | |
| What is the iso country code for Syria ? (3lt) | SYR | |
| What continent is Syria in ? | Asia | |
| What currency is used in Syria ? | Syrian Pound | |
| What is the currency code for Syria ? | SYP | |
| What is the tel code for Syria ? | +963 | |
| What language use in Syria ? | Arabic | |
| What is the language code for Arabic ? | AR | |
| What is the internet TLD code for Syria ? | .sy | |
| Where is the highest place in Syria ? | Jabal el-Sheikh (2814 m.) | |
| Where is the lowest place in Syria ? | Northeast shores of the Sea of Galilee in the Golan Heights (-214 m.) | |
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Worldbank Country Statistics for Syria | |
 Urban population (% of total) | 56,769 |
| Urban population | 12.560.300 |
| Urban population growth (annual %) | 4,82959 |
| Rural population (% of total population) | 43,231 |
| Rural population growth (annual %) | 2,20594 |
| Rural population | 9.564.970 |
| Population, male (% of total) | 50,0723 |
| Population, male | 11.078.600 |
| Population, female (% of total) | 49,9277 |
| Population, female | 11.046.600 |
| Population, total | 22.125.200 |
| Population growth (annual %) | 3,6869 |
| Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) | 49,1591 |
| Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) | 7,32381 |
| Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) | 56,483 |
| Population ages 80 and above, male (% of male population) | 0,473181 |
| Population ages 80 and above, female (% of female population) | 0,833879 |
| Population ages 75-79, male (% of male population) | 0,667984 |
| Population ages 75-79, female (% of female population) | 0,899936 |
| Population ages 70-74, male (% of male population) | 1,1765 |
| Population ages 70-74, female (% of female population) | 1,49204 |
| Population ages 65 and above (% of total) | 4,68026 |
| Population ages 65 and above, total | 1.035.520 |
| Population ages 65 and above, male (% of total) | 4,03495 |
| Population ages 65 and above, male | 447.017 |
| Population ages 65 and above, female (% of total) | 5,32744 |
| Population ages 65 and above, female | 588.503 |
| Population ages 65-69, male (% of male population) | 1,71728 |
| Population ages 65-69, female (% of female population) | 2,10159 |
| Population ages 60-64, male (% of male population) | 2,36685 |
| Population ages 60-64, female (% of female population) | 2,76523 |
| Population ages 55-59, male (% of male population) | 3,17108 |
| Population ages 55-59, female (% of female population) | 3,54888 |
| Population ages 50-54, male (% of male population) | 4,17794 |
| Population ages 50-54, female (% of female population) | 4,4974 |
| Population ages 45-49, male (% of male population) | 4,97758 |
| Population ages 45-49, female (% of female population) | 5,23561 |
| Population ages 40-44, male (% of male population) | 5,6445 |
| Population ages 40-44, female (% of female population) | 5,80659 |
| Population ages 35-39, male (% of male population) | 5,92768 |
| Population ages 35-39, female (% of female population) | 5,93467 |
| Population ages 30-34, male (% of male population) | 5,86248 |
| Population ages 30-34, female (% of female population) | 5,60091 |
| Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) | 89,1786 |
| Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) | 86,1461 |
| Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) | 92,4291 |
| Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) | 92,2212 |
| Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) | 89,8627 |
| Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) | 94,7371 |
| School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) | 6,21413 |
| School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) | 74,418 |
| School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) | 74,3143 |
| School enrollment, primary (% gross) | 74,3674 |
| Primary education, pupils | 2.170.470 |
| Primary education, duration (years) | 6 |
| Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) | 58,2687 |
| Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) | 57,0235 |
| Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) | 59,5791 |
| Primary school starting age (years) | 6 |
| Trained teachers in preprimary education (% of total teachers) | 8,65436 |
| Trained teachers in preprimary education, male (% of male teachers) | 0 |
| Trained teachers in preprimary education, female (% of female teachers) | 8,74366 |
| Preprimary education, duration (years) | 3 |
| Compulsory education, duration (years) | 9 |
| Present value of external debt (current US$) | 3.619.280.000 |
| IBRD loans and IDA credits (DOD, current US$) | 14.052.000 |
| PPG, IDA (DOD, current US$) | 14.052.000 |
| Short-term debt (% of total external debt) | 12,4535 |
| External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) | 603.714.000 |
| External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$) | 3.497.980.000 |
| External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$) | 3.497.980.000 |
| Use of IMF credit (DOD, current US$) | 746.051.000 |
| External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) | 4.847.740.000 |
| Internally displaced persons, total displaced by conflict and violence (number of people) | 6.865.000 |
| Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases) | 21.000 |
| Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence (number of cases) | 171.000 |
| Battle-related deaths (number of people) | 932 |
| Merchandise exports (current US$) | 4.514.000.000 |
| People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) | 94,0779 |
| People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) | 95,5973 |
| People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) | 92,0827 |
| Legislation exists on domestic violence (1=yes; 0=no) | 0 |
| Law mandates nondiscrimination based on gender in hiring (1=yes; 0=no) | 1 |
| Law mandates equal remuneration for females and males for work of equal value (1=yes; 0=no) | 0 |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | 11,2 |
| Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high) | 2,3 |
| Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure (1=low to 5=high) | 2,2 |
| Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high) | 2,2 |
| PPG, private creditors (NFL, current US$) | 0 |
| Commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (NFL, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (NFL, current US$) | 0 |
| IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, current US$) | 0 |
| Net financial flows, multilateral (NFL, current US$) | 0 |
| Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) | 0 |
| Net financial flows, IMF nonconcessional (NFL, current US$) | 0 |
| Merchandise imports (current US$) | 5.846.000.000 |
| Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age) | 52,9101 |
| Adolescents out of school, male (% of male lower secondary school age) | 54,9355 |
| Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) | 50,7833 |
| Trained teachers in upper secondary education (% of total teachers) | 43,2555 |
| Trained teachers in upper secondary education, male (% of male teachers) | 44,4312 |
| Trained teachers in upper secondary education, female (% of female teachers) | 42,7532 |
| School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) | 7,63906 |
| School enrollment, secondary, male (% gross) | 36,2388 |
| School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross) | 40,8394 |
| School enrollment, secondary (% gross) | 38,487 |
| Secondary education, pupils | 1.321.090 |
| Secondary education, duration (years) | 6 |
| Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) | 43,1888 |
| Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) | 39,7609 |
| Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) | 46,7808 |
| Lower secondary school starting age (years) | 12 |
| Children out of school (% of primary school age) | 28,9315 |
| Children out of school, male (% of male primary school age) | 29,1714 |
| Children out of school, primary, male | 436.379 |
| Children out of school, female (% of female primary school age) | 28,6793 |
| Children out of school, primary, female | 408.010 |
| Children out of school, primary | 844.389 |
| Population ages 25-29, male (% of male population) | 7,77826 |
| Population ages 25-29, female (% of female population) | 7,39717 |
| Population ages 20-24, male (% of male population) | 11,1247 |
| Population ages 20-24, female (% of female population) | 10,8109 |
| Population ages 15-64 (% of total) | 63,9047 |
| Population ages 15-64, total | 14.139.100 |
| Population ages 15-64, male (% of total) | 63,8414 |
| Population ages 15-64, male | 7.072.750 |
| Population ages 15-64, female (% of total) | 63,9682 |
| Population ages 15-64, female | 7.066.330 |
| Population ages 15-19, male (% of male population) | 12,8103 |
| Population ages 15-19, female (% of female population) | 12,3708 |
| Population ages 10-14, male (% of male population) | 13,2694 |
| Population ages 10-14, female (% of female population) | 12,6618 |
| Population ages 5-9, male (% of male population) | 9,66426 |
| Population ages 5-9, female (% of female population) | 9,2384 |
| Population ages 0-14 (% of total) | 31,415 |
| Population ages 0-14, total | 6.950.650 |
| Population ages 0-14, male (% of total) | 32,1236 |
| Population ages 0-14, male | 3.558.860 |
| Population ages 0-14, female (% of total) | 30,7043 |
| Population ages 0-14, female | 3.391.790 |
| Population ages 0-4, male (% of male population) | 9,18994 |
| Population ages 0-4, female (% of female population) | 8,80414 |
| Refugee population by country or territory of origin | 6.547.820 |
| Refugee population by country or territory of asylum | 593.844 |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 9,61 |
| Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,812 |
| Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 21,416 |
| DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) | 3.804,78 |
| Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) | 0,662808 |
| Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters) | 0,246989 |
| Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) | 0,685303 |
| Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 22,123 |
| Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 17,422 |
| Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 45,224 |
| Labor force, total | 6.723.710 |
| Labor force, female (% of total labor force) | 19,1607 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 44,309 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 72,281 |
| Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 23,2841 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 16,83 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 27,255 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 44,515 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 9,382 |
| Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) | 27,112 |
| Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million | 5.998.600 |
| Population in the largest city (% of urban population) | 19,926 |
| Population in largest city | 2.502.760 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 40,051 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 67,357 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 13,226 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 21,225 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 36,76 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 5,139 |
| Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$) | 0 |
| Newborns protected against tetanus (%) | 90 |
| Debt service on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (TDS, current US$) | 0 |
| IMF repurchases and charges (TDS, current US$) | 8.789.650 |
| Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) | 9.013.650 |
| Personal remittances, received (current US$) | 0 |
| Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people) | 17 |
| Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) | 80 |
| People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) | 0,0526696 |
| People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (% of populartion) | 84,4162 |
| People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population) | 87,3268 |
| People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rural (% of rural population) | 80,594 |
| People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) | 94,9803 |
| People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) | 96,0439 |
| People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) | 93,5836 |
| Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) | 41 |
| Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) | 46 |
| Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) | 46 |
| Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high) | 2,3 |
| Logistics performance index: Frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time (1=low to 5=high) | 2,5 |
| Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) | 2,3 |
| Logistics performance index: Competence and quality of logistics services (1=low to 5=high) | 2,2 |