World Development Indicators

Population, total: Syria

Most recent
25,620,427 (2025)
Earliest
4,673,500 (1960)
Highest
25,620,427 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
Syria at the United Nations
025,000,00050,000,0001960: 4,673,5001961: 4,815,4661962: 4,959,3401963: 5,110,4671964: 5,269,0871965: 5,435,2671966: 5,609,0471967: 5,790,1981968: 5,978,7421969: 6,175,1661970: 6,380,6091971: 6,598,0941972: 6,826,0241973: 7,060,3211974: 7,302,1601975: 7,554,3641976: 7,817,3201977: 8,090,5011978: 8,372,7591979: 8,661,9091980: 8,957,6631981: 9,260,1891982: 9,572,5111983: 9,904,8091984: 10,258,3981985: 10,625,6721986: 11,002,8441987: 11,388,9231988: 11,782,2641989: 12,179,0601990: 12,579,2081991: 12,980,8211992: 13,385,5711993: 13,795,6861994: 14,208,5831995: 14,616,8011996: 15,018,1041997: 15,417,5421998: 15,820,4131999: 16,228,0612000: 16,637,8882001: 17,051,3382002: 17,468,3322003: 17,889,2962004: 18,336,8752005: 18,814,0912006: 19,637,0222007: 20,884,1252008: 21,636,5642009: 21,976,9692010: 22,482,4212011: 22,878,0982012: 22,759,7632013: 21,666,9172014: 20,273,6592015: 19,424,6182016: 19,193,8342017: 19,224,6682018: 19,577,8452019: 20,353,5342020: 21,049,4292021: 21,628,8392022: 22,462,1732023: 23,594,6232024: 24,672,7602025: 25,620,42719602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
202525,620,427
202424,672,760
202323,594,623
202222,462,173
202121,628,839
202021,049,429
201920,353,534
201819,577,845
201719,224,668
201619,193,834
201519,424,618
201420,273,659
201321,666,917
201222,759,763
201122,878,098
201022,482,421
200921,976,969
200821,636,564
200720,884,125
200619,637,022
200518,814,091
200418,336,875
200317,889,296
200217,468,332
200117,051,338
200016,637,888
199916,228,061
199815,820,413
199715,417,542
199615,018,104
199514,616,801
199414,208,583
199313,795,686
199213,385,571
199112,980,821
199012,579,208
198912,179,060
198811,782,264
198711,388,923
198611,002,844
198510,625,672
198410,258,398
19839,904,809
19829,572,511
19819,260,189
19808,957,663
19798,661,909
19788,372,759
19778,090,501
19767,817,320
19757,554,364
19747,302,160
19737,060,321
19726,826,024
19716,598,094
19706,380,609
19696,175,166
19685,978,742
19675,790,198
19665,609,047
19655,435,267
19645,269,087
19635,110,467
19624,959,340
19614,815,466
19604,673,500

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