| Name | Syria |
| Long name | Syrian Arab Republic |
| Population (people) | 17,064,854 (2014) |
| Population (source) | census |
| Constitutional form | Republic |
| Drives on | Right |
| Head of state authority | Executive |
| Main continent | Asia |
| Number of airports | 99 |
| Airports - with paved runways | 29 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | 70 |
| Area (m²) | 185,180 |
| Birth rate (births/1,000 population) | 24 |
| Calling code | |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%) | 10 |
| Current Account Balance (US$) | -7,150,000,128 |
| Death rate (deaths/1,000 population) | 4 |
| Debt - external (Billion US$) | 7 |
| Economic aid donor (Billion $) | |
| Electricity consumption (billion kWh) | 29 |
| Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person) | 1,287 |
| Electricity exports (million kWh) | 0 |
| Electricity imports (million kWh) | 0 |
| Electricity production (billion kWh) | 39 |
| Exports (Billion $) | 8 |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$) | 5,100 |
| GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $) | 108 |
| GDP real growth rate (%) | -2 |
| Gross national income (US$) | 36 |
| Human Development Index | 0 |
| Health expenditures (% of GDP) | 3 |
| Heliports | 6 |
| HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%) | 0 |
| HIV AIDS deaths | 200 |
| HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS | 0 |
| Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 2 |
| Capital city | Damascus |
| Currency | Syrian pound |
| Imports (Billion $) | 13 |
| Industrial production growth rate (%) | 6 |
| Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) | 15 |
| Inflation rate consumer prices (%) | 5 |
| Internet hosts | 420 |
| Internet tld | .sy |
| Internet users | 4,469,000 |
| Investment (gross fixed) (%) | 22 |
| Iso 3166 code | SY |
| ISO CODE | SYR |
| Labor force | 5,642,000 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | 75 |
| Literacy (%) | 80 |
| Manpower available for military service | 5,889,837 |
| Manpower fit for military service | 5,055,510 |
| Manpower reaching militarily age annually | 256,698 |
| Is democracy | Yes |
| Market value of publicly traded shares (US$) | |
| Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births) | 70 |
| Merchant marine | 96 |
| Military expenditures percent of GDP | 6 |
| Natural gas consumption (cubic meters) | 7,100,000,256 |
| Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person) | 315 |
| Natural gas exports (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas imports (cubic meters) | 910,000,000 |
| Natural gas production (cubic meters) | 6,190,000,128 |
| Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters) | 240,699,998,208 |
| Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population) | -28 |
| Obesity adult prevalence rate (%) | |
| Oil consumption (bbl/day) | 292,000 |
| Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people) | 13 |
| Oil exports (bbl/day) | 263,000 |
| Oil imports (bbl/day) | 55,280 |
| Oil production (bbl/day) | 401,000 |
| Oil proved reserves (bbl) | 2,500,000,000 |
| Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population) | 2 |
| Population below poverty line (%) | 12 |
| Population census (people) | 17,064,854 (2014) |
| Population density (Number of people per square kilometer) | 122 |
| Population estimate (people) | |
| Population growth rate (%) | -1 |
| Public debt (% of GDP) | 35 |
| Railways (km) | 2,052 |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$) | 14,830,000,128 |
| Roadways (km) | 68,157 |
| Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$) | |
| Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$) | |
| Telephones main lines in use | 4,069,000 |
| Telephones main lines in use per capita | 20 |
| Telephones mobile cellular | 11,696,000 |
| Telephones mobile cellular per capita | 58 |
| Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 3 |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 12 |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%) | 19 |
| Waterways (km) | 900 |
| Valley | Hula Valley |
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| Canyon | |
| Artillery | |
| Crater | |
| Religion | |
| Continent | Asia |
| Border | Frontière entre Israël et la Syrie, Iraq–Syria border, Jordan–Syria border, Lebanon–Syria border, Syria–Turkey border |
| Plateau | Armenian Highlands |
| Marsh | |
| Demonym | syrian |
