# Population in Syria

Population in Syria was 25.62 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `sy`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/syria
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/syria.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=sy

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 25,620,427 |
| 2024 | 24,672,760 |
| 2023 | 23,594,623 |
| 2022 | 22,462,173 |
| 2021 | 21,628,839 |
| 2020 | 21,049,429 |
| 2019 | 20,353,534 |
| 2018 | 19,577,845 |
| 2017 | 19,224,668 |
| 2016 | 19,193,834 |
| 2015 | 19,424,618 |
| 2014 | 20,273,659 |
| 2013 | 21,666,917 |
| 2012 | 22,759,763 |
| 2011 | 22,878,098 |
| 2010 | 22,482,421 |
| 2009 | 21,976,969 |
| 2008 | 21,636,564 |
| 2007 | 20,884,125 |
| 2006 | 19,637,022 |
| 2005 | 18,814,091 |
| 2004 | 18,336,875 |
| 2003 | 17,889,296 |
| 2002 | 17,468,332 |
| 2001 | 17,051,338 |
| 2000 | 16,637,888 |
| 1999 | 16,228,061 |
| 1998 | 15,820,413 |
| 1997 | 15,417,542 |
| 1996 | 15,018,104 |
| 1995 | 14,616,801 |
| 1994 | 14,208,583 |
| 1993 | 13,795,686 |
| 1992 | 13,385,571 |
| 1991 | 12,980,821 |
| 1990 | 12,579,208 |
| 1989 | 12,179,060 |
| 1988 | 11,782,264 |
| 1987 | 11,388,923 |
| 1986 | 11,002,844 |
| 1985 | 10,625,672 |
| 1984 | 10,258,398 |
| 1983 | 9,904,809 |
| 1982 | 9,572,511 |
| 1981 | 9,260,189 |
| 1980 | 8,957,663 |
| 1979 | 8,661,909 |
| 1978 | 8,372,759 |
| 1977 | 8,090,501 |
| 1976 | 7,817,320 |
| 1975 | 7,554,364 |
| 1974 | 7,302,160 |
| 1973 | 7,060,321 |
| 1972 | 6,826,024 |
| 1971 | 6,598,094 |
| 1970 | 6,380,609 |
| 1969 | 6,175,166 |
| 1968 | 5,978,742 |
| 1967 | 5,790,198 |
| 1966 | 5,609,047 |
| 1965 | 5,435,267 |
| 1964 | 5,269,087 |
| 1963 | 5,110,467 |
| 1962 | 4,959,340 |
| 1961 | 4,815,466 |
| 1960 | 4,673,500 |