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Syrian Arab Republic

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Key facts

  • currency: Syrian pound
  • capital city: Damascus
  • region: Western Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 183,630 km²
  • population: 22,125,249 people
  • political leader: Bashar al-Assad (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [35°0′N, 38°0′E]

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Summary

Syrian Arab Republic is a country. The capital city is Damascus, located in the Western Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 183,630 km², a population of 22,125,249 people and uses the currency Syrian pound. The President is Bashar al-Assad.

Environment

Syrian Arab Republic is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Western Asia and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 139,133.76 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 1.35 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 28.24 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 68.63 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 2.31 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 29.06 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 47.83 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 2.70 births per woman
  • Forest area: 5,220 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 97.79 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 46.31 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 17.70
  • Methane emissions: 9.67 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 3.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 11,046,621 people
  • Male population: 11,078,628 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 1.10 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 180,422.92 km²
  • Rural population: 9,564,966 people
  • Urban land area: 5,092.25 km²
  • Urban population: 12,560,283 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.31 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Syrian Arab Republic by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical land area in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical median age in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical male population in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical rural land area in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical rural population in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical urban land area in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between date and population over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Syrian Arab Republic

Distribution of sites in Syrian Arab Republic by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Syrian Arab Republic by area

Proportion of transboundary sites in Syrian Arab Republic

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Syrian Arab Republic by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Syrian Arab Republic

Cities in Syrian Arab Republic

Sites in Syrian Arab Republic

Wildfires in Syrian Arab Republic

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Health

  • Birth rate: 20.53 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 5.05 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 63.14 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 3.05 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 1.43 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 72
  • Suicide mortality rate: 2.00 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Syrian Arab Republic

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Syrian Arab Republic

Proportion of diseases in Syrian Arab Republic by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Syrian Arab Republic by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical deaths in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Syrian Arab Republic

Diseases in Syrian Arab Republic

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 269,000 people
  • Democracy score: 1.43
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Military expenditure: 4.06 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 11.20 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Syrian Arab Republic

Distribution of politicians from Syrian Arab Republic by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Syrian Arab Republic

Political parties in Syrian Arab Republic

Politicians from Syrian Arab Republic

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Business

  • Gdp: 8,980,060,818.72 current US$
  • Inflation: 36.70 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 36.70 % of total employment
  • Unemployment: 13.81 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 35.37 % of total employment

Distribution of companies founded in Syrian Arab Republic by year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical expense in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical GDP in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical unemployment in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Syrian Arab Republic

Proportion of shops per country in Syrian Arab Republic

Companies from Syrian Arab Republic

Exchanges in Syrian Arab Republic

Shops in Syrian Arab Republic

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Syrian Arab Republic by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Syrian Arab Republic

Proportion of competitions per city in Syrian Arab Republic

Proportion of competitions per country in Syrian Arab Republic

Distribution of competitions in Syrian Arab Republic by start date

Proportion of medals won by Syrian Arab Republic in the Olympics

Athletes from Syrian Arab Republic

Competitions in Syrian Arab Republic

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Syrian Arab Republic by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Syrian Arab Republic

Geographical distribution of museums in Syrian Arab Republic by visitors

Artists from Syrian Arab Republic

Museums in Syrian Arab Republic

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Syrian Arab Republic by total students

Distribution of universities in Syrian Arab Republic per foundation year

Universities in Syrian Arab Republic

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In literature

There is no book written about Syrian Arab Republic in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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