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Population:
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17,585,540 (July 2002 est.)
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 (February 2003 est.) (July 2003 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 38.6% (male 3,494,473; female 3,290,699)
15-64 years: 58.2% (male 5,238,026; female 4,991,588)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 274,744; female 296,010) (2003 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 19.7 years
male: 19.6 years
female: 19.9 years (2002)
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Population growth rate:
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2.45% (2003 est.)
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Birth rate:
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29.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Death rate:
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5.04 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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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: 0.93 male(s)/female
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 31.67 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 31.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 31.89 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 69.39 years
male: 68.18 years
female: 70.67 years (2003 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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3.72 children born/woman (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.01% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA
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Nationality:
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noun: Syrian(s)
adjective: Syrian
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Ethnic groups:
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Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%
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Religions:
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Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
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Languages:
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Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 76.9%
male: 89.7%
female: 64% (2003 est.)
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