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People
Population:
16,305,659
note:
in addition, there are about 38,200 people living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 18,200 Arabs (16,500 Druze and 1,700 Alawites) and about 20,000 Israeli settlers (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
41% (male 3,410,417; female 3,210,215)
15-64 years:
56% (male 4,688,967; female 4,476,022)
65 years and over:
3% (male 254,448; female 265,590) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.58% (2000 est.)
Birth rate:
31.11 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate:
5.29 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.96 male(s)/female
total population:
1.05 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
34.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
68.46 years
male:
67.35 years
female:
69.64 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.06 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Syrian(s)
adjective:
Syrian
Ethnic groups:
Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%
Religions:
Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
Languages:
Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
70.8%
male:
85.7%
female:
55.8% (1997 est.)