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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: 23,227,014 people
  • political leader: Bashar al-Assad (President)
Classified as: place

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 23,227,014 people and uses the currency Syrian pound. The President is Bashar al-Assad.

Location on a map: [35°0′N, 38°0′E]

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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
  • Access to electricity: 89.00 % of population
  • 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: 18.40
  • Methane emissions: 9.67 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 3.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 11,601,649 people
  • Male population: 11,625,364 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 1.10 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 180,422.92 km²
  • Rural population: 9,892,618 people
  • Urban land area: 5,092.25 km²
  • Urban population: 13,334,396 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

Cities in Syrian Arab Republic

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Distribution of sites in Syrian Arab Republic by inscription year

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

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in Syrian Arab Republic

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population 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

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Geographical distribution of sites in Syrian Arab Republic by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Syrian Arab Republic

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Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical population in Syrian Arab Republic

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Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Syrian Arab Republic

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Evolution of historical rural population in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Syrian Arab Republic

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

Relationship between population and date in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Syrian Arab Republic

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

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Syrian Arab Republic

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Evolution of historical access to electricity in Syrian Arab Republic

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Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Syrian Arab Republic

Sites in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Syrian Arab Republic

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

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

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Syrian Arab Republic

Proportion of transboundary sites in Syrian Arab Republic

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Syrian Arab Republic by mean width

Wildfires in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Syrian Arab Republic

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 269,000 people
  • Democracy score: 1.43
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 7,248,000 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 35.78 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 4.06 % of GDP
  • Net migration: 757,103 people
  • Press freedom: 1.09
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 10.80 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Syrian Arab Republic

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Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Syrian Arab Republic

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 military expenditure in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical net migration in Syrian Arab Republic

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

Political parties in Syrian Arab Republic

Distribution of politicians from Syrian Arab Republic by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Syrian Arab Republic

Politicians from 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

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Syrian Arab Republic

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Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Syrian Arab Republic

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Evolution of historical death rate in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Syrian Arab Republic

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

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Syrian Arab Republic

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Syrian Arab Republic

Diseases 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 cases and deaths in 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: 13.54 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 35.37 % of total employment

Shops in Syrian Arab Republic

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Syrian Arab Republic

Companies from Syrian Arab Republic

Proportion of employee types in companies from Syrian Arab Republic

Distribution of companies founded in Syrian Arab Republic by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Syrian Arab Republic

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

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Syrian Arab Republic

Evolution of historical inflation in Syrian Arab Republic

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

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Syrian Arab Republic

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

Exchanges in Syrian Arab Republic

Proportion of shops per country 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

Athletes from Syrian Arab Republic

Proportion of competitions per city in Syrian Arab Republic

Competitions 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

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Culture

Artists from Syrian Arab Republic

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

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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