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Syria

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  • Population..........................................................................................22,933,531 (2023 est.)
  • Population growth rate....................................................................................6.39% (2023 est.)
  • Birth rate.......................................................................22.19 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
  • Death rate......................................................................4.07 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
  • Net migration rate.............................................45.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
  • Ethnic groups..........................................Arab ~50%, Alawite ~15%, Kurd ~10%, Levantine ~10%, other ~15% (includes Druze, Ismaili, Imami, Nusairi, Assyrian, Turkoman, Armenian)

Note: Approximately 22,900 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2018)

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