Syrian Arab Republic - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Syrian Arab Republic was 9,708,489 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,877,570 in 2010 and a minimum value of 1,683,373 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 1,683,373
1961 1,765,941
1962 1,854,808
1963 1,948,103
1964 2,046,282
1965 2,149,577
1966 2,258,339
1967 2,372,747
1968 2,493,116
1969 2,619,596
1970 2,752,643
1971 2,874,817
1972 2,997,369
1973 3,125,162
1974 3,257,985
1975 3,395,669
1976 3,537,995
1977 3,685,169
1978 3,838,755
1979 4,000,338
1980 4,171,387
1981 4,352,357
1982 4,533,108
1983 4,718,569
1984 4,908,137
1985 5,099,737
1986 5,292,945
1987 5,488,085
1988 5,685,504
1989 5,885,952
1990 6,090,034
1991 6,297,359
1992 6,507,719
1993 6,722,172
1994 6,942,320
1995 7,187,665
1996 7,446,861
1997 7,715,278
1998 7,988,549
1999 8,259,697
2000 8,524,943
2001 8,771,256
2002 9,000,524
2003 9,238,597
2004 9,523,090
2005 9,875,009
2006 10,319,830
2007 10,835,840
2008 11,339,390
2009 11,713,490
2010 11,877,570
2011 11,506,450
2012 10,946,030
2013 10,284,370
2014 9,636,016
2015 9,388,889
2016 9,227,932
2017 9,146,183
2018 9,177,784
2019 9,358,017
2020 9,708,489

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Syrian Arab Republic was 55.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.60 in 2010, while its lowest value was 36.81 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 36.81
1961 37.40
1962 38.04
1963 38.69
1964 39.35
1965 40.01
1966 40.67
1967 41.33
1968 42.00
1969 42.67
1970 43.35
1971 43.75
1972 44.08
1973 44.41
1974 44.73
1975 45.06
1976 45.39
1977 45.72
1978 46.05
1979 46.38
1980 46.71
1981 47.04
1982 47.27
1983 47.48
1984 47.68
1985 47.89
1986 48.10
1987 48.31
1988 48.52
1989 48.72
1990 48.93
1991 49.14
1992 49.35
1993 49.56
1994 49.76
1995 50.10
1996 50.47
1997 50.84
1998 51.21
1999 51.58
2000 51.95
2001 52.31
2002 52.68
2003 53.05
2004 53.42
2005 53.78
2006 54.15
2007 54.51
2008 54.88
2009 55.24
2010 55.60
2011 54.58
2012 53.56
2013 52.53
2014 51.50
2015 52.17
2016 52.84
2017 53.50
2018 54.16
2019 54.82
2020 55.48

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization