Demographic profile
Syria is the 59th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.29% of everyone alive. Within Middle East, it ranks 5 of 18.
Each day brings roughly 1,506 births and 361 deaths, adding about 418,202 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 1.71% annually, the population would double in roughly 41 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Homs, holding an estimated 25.9% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 14 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 86.3% and adult smoking prevalence around 22.0%, with life expectancy at about 68.5 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Syria in 2026? Approximately 24,453,081 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Syria growing? About 1.71% per year — roughly 1,506 births and 361 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Syria? Around 0.29% — ranked 59 worldwide by population.