Syria vs. Italy
Demographics
| Syria | Italy | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 20,384,316 (July 2021 est.) note: approximately 22,900 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2018) | 62,390,364 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 33.47% (male 3,323,072/female 3,170,444) 15-24 years: 19.34% (male 1,872,903/female 1,879,564) 25-54 years: 37.31% (male 3,558,241/female 3,679,596) 55-64 years: 5.41% (male 516,209/female 534,189) 65 years and over: 4.46% (male 404,813/female 459,417) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 13.45% (male 4,292,431/female 4,097,732) 15-24 years: 9.61% (male 3,005,402/female 2,989,764) 25-54 years: 40.86% (male 12,577,764/female 12,921,614) 55-64 years: 14% (male 4,243,735/female 4,493,581) 65 years and over: 22.08% (male 5,949,560/female 7,831,076) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 23.5 years male: 23 years female: 24 years (2020 est.) | total: 46.5 years male: 45.4 years female: 47.5 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 5.32% NA (2021 est.) | 0.09% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 23.25 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 8.37 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.36 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 34.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population NA (2021 est.) | 3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 16.27 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 3.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.01 years male: 72.54 years female: 75.57 years (2021 est.) | total population: 82.67 years male: 80.01 years female: 85.49 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.85 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.47 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1% (2020) | 0.2% (2020 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Syrian(s) adjective: Syrian | noun: Italian(s) adjective: Italian |
| Ethnic groups | Arab ~50%, Alawite ~15%, Kurd ~10%, Levantine ~10%, other ~15% (includes Druze, Ismaili, Imami, Nusairi, Assyrian, Turkoman, Armenian) | Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | <1,000 (2020) | 140,000 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| 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 war | Christian 80.8% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim 4.9%, unaffiliated 13.4%, other 0.9% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2020) | <1000 (2020 est.) |
| Languages | Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, English major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area) major-language sample(s): L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.4% male: 91.7% female: 81% (2015) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.2% male: 99.4% female: 99% (2018) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2013) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
| Education expenditures | NA | 4% of GDP (2017) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 56.1% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 5.38% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 71.3% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99% of population rural: 99.3% of population total: 99.4% of population unimproved: urban: 1% of population rural: 0.7% of population total: 0.6% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.6% of population rural: 98.6% of population total: 99.1% of population unimproved: urban: 0.4% of population rural: 1.4% of population total: 0.9% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 98.8% of population rural: 98.6% of population total: 98.8% of population unimproved: urban: 1.2% of population rural: 1.4% of population total: 1.2% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 2.440 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.004 million Aleppo, 1.362 million Hims (Homs), 940,000 Hamah (2021) | 4.278 million ROME (capital), 3.144 million Milan, 2.183 million Naples, 1.795 million Turin, 900,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 31 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Physicians density | 1.29 physicians/1,000 population (2016) | 3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.4 beds/1,000 population (2017) | 3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 27.8% (2016) | 19.9% (2016) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 55.4 youth dependency ratio: 47.8 elderly dependency ratio: 7.6 potential support ratio: 13.2 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 57 youth dependency ratio: 20.4 elderly dependency ratio: 36.6 potential support ratio: 2.7 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
