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Syria: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 22,125,249 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 3.687 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 56.483 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 56.769 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 18.4 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 72.063 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 16.77 billion kWh (2021) #87
Consumption 12.75 billion kWh (2021) #92
Exports 0.32 billion kWh (2021) #81
Imports 0 billion kWh (2021) #118
Renewable Electricity Generation 0.79 billion kWh (2021) #124

Oil

Ranking
Production 79.09 thousand bbl/day (2021) #55
Consumption 131.59 thousand bbl/day (2021) #72
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 58.26 thousand bbl/day (2013) #55
Proved Reserves (Crude) 2.5 billion bbl (2021) #30

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 218.953 billion cu ft (2015) #52
Consumption (Dry) 115.31 billion cu ft (2021) #72
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #57
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 8.5 trillion cu ft (2021) #40

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 90 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 17,129,676 (2018 est.)
Highways 69,873 km (2010)
Internet Users 5,476,851 (2016 est.)
Railways 2,052 km (2052)
Telephones 2,740,000 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationMiddle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey
Total Area187,437 sq. km
Land Area185,887 sq. km
Water Area1,550 sq. km
Coastline193 km
Climatemostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus
Terrainprimarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west
Lowest Pointunnamed location near Lake Tiberias -208 m
Highest Point Mount Hermon (Jabal a-Shayk) 2,814 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020