Syrian Arab Republic

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Key facts

Currency: Syrian pound
Capital city: Damascus
Region: Western Asia
Continent: Asia
Land area: 183,630 km²
Population: 22,125,249
Political Leader: Bashar al-Assad (President)

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Syria

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2024-04-17

US-led coalition's aircraft violate Syrian airspace eight times in past day

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-04-17

Russian Aerospace Forces destroy three militant hideouts in Syria's Homs

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-04-17

Iran withdraws officers out of Syria due to Israel's potential strike -- newspaper

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-04-17

Human rights group alleges widespread abuse in Syrian detention centers holding suspected ISIS members

Read: Fox News

2024-04-17

Human rights group alleges widespread torture, abuse of detainees accused of IS affiliation in Syria

Read: ABC News

2024-04-17

Human rights group alleges widespread torture, abuse of detainees accused of IS affiliation in Syria

Read: The Star

2024-04-17

Metrics

Business

GDP	8,969,510,000.00 current US$
Inflation	36.70 annual %
Self-employed	36.70 % of total employment
Unemployment	13.49 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment	35.37 % of total employment

Environment

Agricultural land	139,134.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy	1.35 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2)	25,234.60 kt
Electricity production from coal sources	0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources	68.63 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources	2.31 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources	0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources	29.06 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric	0.00 % of total
Net energy imports	47.83 % of energy use
Fertility rate	2.75 births per woman
Forest area	5,220 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption	97.79 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6	-9,394.70 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age	17.70 years
Methane emissions	15,963.70 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions	3,263.59 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population	11,046,621
Male Population	11,078,628
Renewable energy consumption	1.08 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area	180,423.00 km²
Rural population	9,564,966
Urban land area	5,092.25 km²
Urban population	12,560,283
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters	0.31 % of total population

Health

Birth rate	20.11 per 1,000 people
Death rate	5.12 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita	63.14 current US$
Health expenditure	3.05 % of GDP
Hospital beds	1.40 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth	72 years
Suicide mortality rate	2.00 per 100,000 population

Other

Access to electricity	88.82 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence	6,865,000
Individuals using the Internet	35.78 % of population
Net migration	757,103
Press freedom	1.09

Politics

Armed forces personnel	269,000
Democracy score	1.43
Democracy type	Authoritarian
Military expenditure	4.06 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments	11.20 %

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