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Syria

Syria's best placing is 57th of 195 for population.

Best placing: #57Population
Top 10 placings: 0 / 15
Population: 25.6 million
Land area: 183,630 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Syria is.

Population

#57 of 195

25,620,427 people

22nd in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Population by area

#68 of 194

139.52 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Land area

#87 of 194

183,630 km² of land

24th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Railways by area

#60 of 133

11.17 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports

#98 of 193

42 airports

21st in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways

#73 of 135

2,052 km of railway

20th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways per person

#82 of 134

80.09 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports by area

#123 of 191

2.29 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area per person

#127 of 194

0.007 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#137 of 194

5,221 km² of forest

32nd in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#150 of 192

1.64 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Coastline

#126 of 151

193 km of coastline

29th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Rainfall

#156 of 179

252 mm of precipitation per year

30th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Forest by area

#170 of 194

2.8 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#172 of 194

0.0002 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

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