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| Population: |
16,728,808
note:
in addition, there are about 38,200 people living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 18,200 Arabs (16,500 Druze and 1,700 Alawites) and about 20,000 Israeli settlers (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
39.92% (male 3,440,060; female 3,238,576)
15-64 years:
56.87% (male 4,868,816; female 4,644,870)
65 years and over:
3.21% (male 261,036; female 275,450) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
2.54% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
30.64 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
5.21 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.95 male(s)/female
total population:
1.05 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
33.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
68.77 years
male:
67.63 years
female:
69.98 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
3.95 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.01% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
NA
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Syrian(s)
adjective:
Syrian
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| Ethnic groups: |
Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%
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| Religions: |
Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
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| Languages: |
Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
70.8%
male:
85.7%
female:
55.8% (1997 est.)
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