Syrian Arab Republic - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Syrian Arab Republic was 5,805,965 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,819,744 in 2010 and a minimum value of 1,221,178 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 1,221,178
1961 1,272,151
1962 1,328,971
1963 1,388,336
1964 1,450,449
1965 1,515,167
1966 1,582,878
1967 1,653,622
1968 1,727,643
1969 1,804,772
1970 1,885,466
1971 1,965,105
1972 2,046,772
1973 2,131,597
1974 2,220,067
1975 2,312,210
1976 2,408,318
1977 2,508,143
1978 2,612,257
1979 2,720,697
1980 2,833,802
1981 2,951,282
1982 3,041,739
1983 3,127,569
1984 3,216,237
1985 3,307,465
1986 3,401,720
1987 3,498,979
1988 3,599,483
1989 3,702,920
1990 3,809,821
1991 3,920,159
1992 4,034,215
1993 4,151,632
1994 4,273,018
1995 4,396,675
1996 4,524,187
1997 4,655,513
1998 4,791,339
1999 4,931,639
2000 5,076,780
2001 5,226,320
2002 5,381,039
2003 5,540,918
2004 5,706,375
2005 5,876,742
2006 6,053,023
2007 6,235,242
2008 6,423,881
2009 6,618,373
2010 6,819,744
2011 5,702,322
2012 4,932,573
2013 4,396,767
2014 4,014,938
2015 4,443,339
2016 5,113,582
2017 5,238,862
2018 5,368,378
2019 5,502,085
2020 5,644,630
2021 5,805,965

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Syrian Arab Republic was 31.77 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 32.25 in 2020, while its lowest value was 21.46 in 2014.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 26.70
1961 26.94
1962 27.26
1963 27.58
1964 27.89
1965 28.20
1966 28.50
1967 28.81
1968 29.11
1969 29.40
1970 29.69
1971 29.91
1972 30.10
1973 30.29
1974 30.48
1975 30.68
1976 30.90
1977 31.12
1978 31.34
1979 31.54
1980 31.73
1981 31.90
1982 31.72
1983 31.47
1984 31.25
1985 31.06
1986 30.91
1987 30.80
1988 30.71
1989 30.65
1990 30.61
1991 30.59
1992 30.59
1993 30.61
1994 30.63
1995 30.65
1996 30.66
1997 30.68
1998 30.71
1999 30.80
2000 30.94
2001 31.17
2002 31.50
2003 31.82
2004 32.01
2005 32.01
2006 31.76
2007 31.37
2008 31.09
2009 31.21
2010 31.92
2011 27.05
2012 24.13
2013 22.46
2014 21.46
2015 24.69
2016 29.28
2017 30.64
2018 31.68
2019 32.23
2020 32.25
2021 31.77

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization