Live population of Syria

According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of Syria as of 2023 Jun 7 was 18,358,029

According to the 2022 Census, Syria's share of the world population is 0.225%

Syria population (2022) and previous data

Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	Death-rate		Life-expectancy
Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	M	F	M	F
2020	17,500,657	8,760,065	8,740,592	8,426,159	95.30	2.84	242,477	170,239	73.13	79.11
2015	17,997,411	9,065,978	8,931,433	8,961,409	98.01	2.84	333,776	156,235	65.86	77.66
2010	21,362,541	10,785,050	10,577,491	9,332,362	116.33	3.10	374,959	167,238	64.38	76.29
2005	18,361,178	9,368,283	8,992,895	8,455,456	99.99	3.70	208,688	138,435	72.01	77.27
2000	16,410,847	8,301,810	8,109,037	7,885,963	89.37	3.90	183,741	132,174	71.36	75.93
1995	14,345,491	7,255,799	7,089,692	7,157,828	78.12	4.30	165,220	131,101	70.61	74.56
1990	12,446,168	6,291,882	6,154,286	6,356,133	67.78	4.80	154,127	127,773	69.69	72.95
1985	10,648,633	5,379,522	5,269,111	5,548,865	57.99	5.87	154,596	130,970	68.24	71.10
1980	8,930,776	4,508,219	4,422,557	4,759,414	48.63	6.77	162,856	139,282	65.94	68.48
1975	7,535,715	3,811,887	3,723,828	4,140,065	41.04	7.32	173,819	147,434	62.97	65.54
1970	6,350,544	3,217,840	3,132,704	3,597,923	34.58	7.54	184,596	155,113	59.51	62.17
1965	5,373,137	2,731,856	2,641,281	3,223,562	29.26	7.56	195,271	163,511	55.53	58.27
1960	4,573,514	2,337,866	2,235,648	2,890,158	24.91	7.54	201,222	166,791	52.16	54.95
1955	3,911,497	2,014,076	1,897,421	2,553,296	21.30	7.38	201,344	167,457	49.25	51.9
1950	3,413,325	1,777,060	1,636,265	2,297,254	18.59	7.23	199,823	163,069	46.30	49.02