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Population : 18.448.752 note: in addition. about 40.000 people live in the israeli-occupied golan heights - 20.000 arabs (18.000 druze and 2.000 alawites) and about 20.000 israeli settlers (july 2005 est.)
Age Structure
: 0-14 years: 37.4% (male 3.556.795/female 3.350.267) 15-64 years: 59.3% (male 5.601.971/female 5.333.799) 65 years and over: 3.3% (male 288.868/female 317.052) (2005 est.)
Median Age : total: 20.37 years male: 20.24 years female: 20.51 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate :
2.34% (2005 est.)
Birth rate: 28.29 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
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Death rate :
4.88 deaths/1.000 population (2005 est.)
Net Migration rate
: 0 migrant(s)/1.000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio : at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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HIV / AIDS - Adult Prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV / AIDS People living with HIV/AIDS
: less than 500 (2003 est.)
Nationality : noun: syrian(s) adjective: syrian
Ethnic groups
:arab 90.3%. kurds. armenians. and other 9.7%
Religions : sunni muslim 74%. alawite. druze. and other muslim sects 16%. christian (various sects) 10%. jewish (tiny communities in damascus. al qamishli. and aleppo)
Languages
: arabic (official); kurdish. armenian. aramaic. circassian widely understood; french. english somewhat understood
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