Specimen · SYR

Syrian Arab Republic

Asia · Western Asia

Syrian Arab Republic is recorded at 24.67m people in 2024, with total annual change of +996,263 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 760 · SYR

Syrian Arab Republic

SYR · SY

HOLDING

population 24.67m

annual change +996,263

natural change +449,766

fertility 2.70

migrant share 3.6%

80+

60-79

40-59

20-39

0-19

population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Syrian Arab Republic in 2024
Births	571,460
Deaths	-121,694
Natural change	+449,766
Net migration	+546,494
Total change	+996,263

time anchors

+19,013,887

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Syrian Arab Republic
This year	+996,263
Since peak	-19,476,737 since 2086
Projected 2100	43.69m

Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

3.6%

foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 23.59m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 7.16m
15-64: 15.33m
65+: 1.11m

2050 2050 37.79m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 8.41m
15-64: 25.88m
65+: 3.50m

2100 2100 43.69m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 6.93m
15-64: 25.89m
65+: 10.87m

stage

The Slowing

Stage since 2024.

crossover

2087

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

13.94

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2061.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year	Population	Change	Births	Deaths	TFR
2024	24.67m	996,263	571.5k	121.7k	2.70
2030	29.40m	643,976	678.8k	142.6k	2.48
2050	37.79m	316,875	539.2k	231.1k	2.06
2080	43.89m	97,187	474.7k	426.9k	1.82
2100	43.69m	-65,169	434.1k	487.8k	1.76