Indicator	Value
Total population	24,700,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 24,670,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 24,670,000 people
Median age	22.8 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	72.1–72.6 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 72.56 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 72.12 years
Ethnic groups	Arab ~50%, Alawite ~15%, Kurd ~10%, Levantine ~10%, other ~15% (includes Druze, Ismaili, Imami, Nusairi, Assyrian, Turkoman, Armenian)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, EnglishCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3%; note: the Christian population may be considerably smaller as a result of Christians fleeing the country during the ongoing civil warCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	57.4% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	4.47 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	23.2 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	4.93 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	72.1 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Amorite / Assyrian Neo-Aramaic / Chaldean Neo-Aramaic / Domari / Eastern Armenian / Eblaite / Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic / Levantine Arabic / Lomavren / Mlahsô / Modern Hebrew / Najdi Arabic / North Mesopotamian Arabic / Northern Kurdish / Old Aramaic-Sam'alian / Standard Arabic / Turkish / Turoyo / West Circassian / Western Neo-AramaicGlottolog [2026]