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Syria People 1996

Population:

15,451,917 (July 1995 est.)

note:

in addition, there are 31,000 people living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 16,500 Arabs (15,000 Druze and 1,500 Alawites) and 14,500 Jewish settlers (August 1994 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

48% (female 3,639,776; male 3,826,154)

15-64 years:

49% (female 3,691,862; male 3,854,989)

65 years and over:

3% (female 219,251; male 219,885) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

3.71% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

43.21 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

6.07 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

41.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

66.81 years

male:

65.67 years

female:

68.01 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

6.55 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Syrian(s)

adjective:

Syrian

Ethnic divisions:

Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%

Religions:

Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)

Languages:

Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French widely understood

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

total population:

64%

male:

78%

female:

51%

Labor force:

4.3 million (1994 est.)

by occupation:

miscellaneous and government services 36%, agriculture 32%, industry and construction 32%; note - shortage of skilled labor (1984)

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