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People
22,198,110 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
51
note: approximately 19,100 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2008 est.)
0-14 years: 36.4% (male 4,063,367/female 3,864,099)
15-64 years: 59.9% (male 6,628,644/female 6,406,864)
65 years and over: 3.7% (male 372,172/female 427,832) (2010 est.)
total: 21.5 years
male: 21.3 years
female: 21.7 years (2010 est.)
1.954% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 61
24.44 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
3.7 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 211
-1.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 162
urban population: 54% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3.1% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 16.14 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 117
male: 18.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 74.46 years
country comparison to the world: 95
male: 72.1 years
female: 76.96 years (2010 est.)
3.02 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 65
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 156
fewer than 500 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 149
fewer than 200 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
noun: Syrian(s)
adjective: Syrian
Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%
Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 79.6%
male: 86%
female: 73.6% (2004 census)
4.9% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 77
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