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Live births in Syria

Live births in Syria was 521,601 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 9.4% from 2022. That is the 53rd highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count521,601 Estimated
Change on 2022+9.4%
Rank53rd of 236Countries ranked
Series high659,1452008
Series low164,8651950
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Live births in Syria, 1950 to 2023

100K200K300K400K500K600K700K19501961197219831994200520231950: 164,865 count1951: 170,526 count1952: 176,123 count1953: 181,737 count1954: 187,658 count1955: 193,683 count1956: 198,668 count1957: 203,963 count1958: 209,004 count1959: 215,132 count1960: 221,446 count1961: 227,818 count1962: 233,966 count1963: 240,101 count1964: 246,966 count1965: 253,995 count1966: 261,754 count1967: 269,396 count1968: 277,830 count1969: 286,505 count1970: 296,415 count1971: 304,873 count1972: 313,553 count1973: 322,881 count1974: 333,078 count1975: 343,538 count1976: 354,690 count1977: 366,532 count1978: 376,027 count1979: 384,261 count1980: 391,785 count1981: 397,883 count1982: 403,771 count1983: 414,734 count1984: 426,163 count1985: 438,902 count1986: 450,618 count1987: 458,974 count1988: 464,056 count1989: 466,013 count1990: 469,089 count1991: 471,185 count1992: 474,037 count1993: 482,812 count1994: 491,410 count1995: 496,767 count1996: 499,393 count1997: 500,362 count1998: 505,486 count1999: 511,962 count2000: 519,171 count2001: 524,230 count2002: 526,366 count2003: 529,103 count2004: 533,907 count2005: 542,371 count2006: 555,206 count2007: 607,186 count2008: 659,145 count2009: 642,799 count2010: 644,639 count2011: 643,104 count2012: 630,948 count2013: 582,156 count2014: 482,189 count2015: 413,713 count2016: 376,564 count2017: 376,524 count2018: 370,649 count2019: 401,308 count2020: 434,463 count2021: 457,916 count2022: 476,966 count2023: 521,601 count0200K400K600K800K19501975200020232023: 521,601 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
2023521,601 Estimated
2022476,966 Estimated
2021457,916 Estimated
2020434,463 Estimated
2019401,308 Estimated
2018370,649 Estimated
2017376,524 Estimated
2016376,564 Estimated
2015413,713 Estimated
2014482,189 Estimated
2013582,156 Estimated
2012630,948 Estimated
2011643,104 Estimated
2010644,639 Estimated
2009642,799 Estimated
2008659,145 Estimated
2007607,186 Estimated
2006555,206 Estimated
2005542,371 Estimated
2004533,907 Estimated
2003529,103 Estimated
2002526,366 Estimated
2001524,230 Estimated
2000519,171 Estimated
1999511,962 Estimated
1998505,486 Estimated
1997500,362 Estimated
1996499,393 Estimated
1995496,767 Estimated
1994491,410 Estimated
1993482,812 Estimated
1992474,037 Estimated
1991471,185 Estimated
1990469,089 Estimated
1989466,013 Estimated
1988464,056 Estimated
1987458,974 Estimated
1986450,618 Estimated
1985438,902 Estimated
1984426,163 Estimated
1983414,734 Estimated
1982403,771 Estimated
1981397,883 Estimated
1980391,785 Estimated
1979384,261 Estimated
1978376,027 Estimated
1977366,532 Estimated
1976354,690 Estimated
1975343,538 Estimated
1974333,078 Estimated
1973322,881 Estimated
1972313,553 Estimated
1971304,873 Estimated
1970296,415 Estimated
1969286,505 Estimated
1968277,830 Estimated
1967269,396 Estimated
1966261,754 Estimated
1965253,995 Estimated
1964246,966 Estimated
1963240,101 Estimated
1962233,966 Estimated
1961227,818 Estimated
1960221,446 Estimated
1959215,132 Estimated
1958209,004 Estimated
1957203,963 Estimated
1956198,668 Estimated
1955193,683 Estimated
1954187,658 Estimated
1953181,737 Estimated
1952176,123 Estimated
1951170,526 Estimated
1950164,865 Estimated

Syria compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 104,015 countAfghanistan: 1,469,029 countAntigua and Barbuda: 1,106 countAlbania: 28,803 countArmenia: 34,668 countAngola: 1,381,370 countArgentina: 503,823 countAustria: 77,054 countAustralia: 304,340 countAzerbaijan: 125,136 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 24,569 countBangladesh: 3,489,953 countBelgium: 101,686 countBurkina Faso: 728,612 countBulgaria: 62,645 countBurundi: 460,882 countBenin: 478,062 countBrunei: 6,237 countBolivia: 260,151 countBrazil: 2,601,670 countBahamas: 4,335 countBhutan: 9,958 countBotswana: 61,294 countBelarus: 65,050 countBelize: 7,410 countCanada: 356,745 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 4,369,683 countCentral African Republic: 238,858 countRepublic of the Congo: 189,365 countSwitzerland: 83,702 countCôte d’Ivoire: 997,001 countChile: 176,196 countCameroon: 957,392 countChina: 8,899,881 countColombia: 705,009 countCosta Rica: 51,969 countCuba: 95,938 countCape Verde: 6,440 countCyprus: 14,524 countCzechia: 91,845 countGermany: 719,249 countDjibouti: 23,946 countDenmark: 57,810 countDominican Republic: 203,183 countAlgeria: 905,981 countEcuador: 270,300 countEstonia: 11,036 countEgypt: 2,405,717 countWestern Sahara: 8,987 countEritrea: 99,058 countSpain: 336,821 countEthiopia: 4,105,685 countFinland: 43,556 countFiji: 16,631 countFalkland Islands: 39 countFaroe Islands: 690 countFrance: 638,891 countGabon: 68,745 countUnited Kingdom: 688,388 countGeorgia: 43,765 countGhana: 888,947 countGreenland: 789 countGambia: 82,092 countGuinea: 487,595 countEquatorial Guinea: 54,694 countGreece: 73,661 countGuatemala: 377,167 countGuinea-Bissau: 64,679 countGuyana: 16,764 countHong Kong: 41,294 countHonduras: 233,793 countCroatia: 31,446 countHaiti: 258,348 countHungary: 85,373 countIndonesia: 4,482,359 countIreland: 53,268 countIsrael: 172,312 countIsle of Man: 702 countIndia: 23,219,489 countIraq: 1,159,682 countIran: 1,173,463 countIceland: 4,347 countItaly: 384,627 countJamaica: 33,007 countJordan: 235,776 countJapan: 749,884 countKenya: 1,499,998 countKyrgyzstan: 150,759 countCambodia: 361,586 countKiribati: 3,421 countNorth Korea: 342,038 countSouth Korea: 236,394 countKuwait: 49,342 countCayman Islands: 865 countKazakhstan: 409,417 countLaos: 163,043 countLebanon: 93,205 countSri Lanka: 324,102 countLiberia: 170,065 countLesotho: 55,728 countLithuania: 21,434 countLuxembourg: 6,946 countLatvia: 14,250 countLibya: 124,371 countMorocco: 629,832 countMoldova: 32,986 countMontenegro: 6,981 countMadagascar: 1,001,244 countNorth Macedonia: 16,878 countMali: 951,445 countMyanmar: 903,822 countMongolia: 65,019 countMauritania: 172,885 countMauritius: 11,804 countMalawi: 662,289 countMexico: 2,037,689 countMalaysia: 435,989 countMozambique: 1,260,855 countNamibia: 76,715 countNew Caledonia: 4,134 countNiger: 1,095,892 countNigeria: 7,509,758 countNicaragua: 132,214 countNetherlands: 167,842 countNorway: 51,545 countNepal: 574,297 countNew Zealand: 59,236 countOman: 85,065 countPanama: 71,469 countPeru: 539,623 countFrench Polynesia: 3,066 countPapua New Guinea: 255,331 countPhilippines: 1,840,477 countPakistan: 6,882,058 countPoland: 317,916 countPuerto Rico: 18,851 countPalestine: 146,384 countPortugal: 86,646 countPalau: 193 countParaguay: 136,778 countQatar: 29,516 countRomania: 183,623 countSerbia: 59,840 countRussia: 1,297,207 countRwanda: 395,578 countSaudi Arabia: 546,038 countSolomon Islands: 21,548 countSudan: 1,682,049 countSweden: 97,915 countSingapore: 47,472 countSlovenia: 17,902 countSlovakia: 52,271 countSierra Leone: 258,903 countSenegal: 531,890 countSomalia: 788,763 countSuriname: 10,879 countSouth Sudan: 328,308 countEl Salvador: 99,428 countSyria: 521,601 countEswatini: 29,622 countChad: 819,054 countTogo: 289,759 countThailand: 591,200 countTajikistan: 271,420 countTimor-Leste: 30,561 countTurkmenistan: 160,100 countTunisia: 167,729 countTürkiye: 1,072,014 countTrinidad and Tobago: 16,094 countTaiwan: 132,404 countTanzania: 2,346,391 countUkraine: 212,231 countUganda: 1,712,750 countUnited States: 3,657,476 countUruguay: 33,443 countUzbekistan: 943,547 countVenezuela: 426,984 countVietnam: 1,387,961 countVanuatu: 8,988 countSamoa: 5,503 countYemen: 1,386,914 countSouth Africa: 1,186,793 countZambia: 685,565 countZimbabwe: 496,917 count
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Live births, 2023, count. Syria is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (Live births, Syria, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Syria, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/syria. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Live births, Syria, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/syria.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Syria, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/births/syria (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/syria. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
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What is the live births in Syria?

Live births in Syria was 521,601 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 9.4% from 2022. That is the 53rd highest of 236 countries in 2023.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest live births in Syria?

659,145 in 2008, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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