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Syrian Arab Republic
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#46out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

18 M14 M10 M6.0 M1.9 M196019932025Syrian Arab Republic · 2025: 18.47MSyrian Arab Republic

Analytical takeaways

  • Syrian Arab Republic records 18.47M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #46 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 1.87M in 1960 to 18.47M in 2025, a gain of 16.60M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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