Male population — all countries

Male population — Syria

Male population in Syria in 2025 — 12,825,612 people. Ranked 57 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 432.7%.

2025 12.83M people +3.93% vs 2024
World rank 57of 217
Period maximum 12.83M people2025
Period minimum 2.41M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Syria, 1960–202505M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,407,840 people1962: 2,550,984 people1964: 2,706,512 people1966: 2,877,767 people1968: 3,063,843 people1970: 3,266,184 people1972: 3,492,354 people1974: 3,731,746 people1976: 3,991,180 people1978: 4,269,752 people1980: 4,562,683 people1982: 4,868,423 people1984: 5,211,149 people1986: 5,586,206 people1988: 5,977,948 people1990: 6,377,835 people1992: 6,781,354 people1994: 7,192,412 people1996: 7,595,003 people1998: 7,994,171 people2000: 8,401,362 people2002: 8,814,391 people2004: 9,248,158 people2006: 9,902,859 people2008: 10,908,071 people2010: 11,337,061 people2012: 11,471,073 people2014: 10,199,099 people2016: 9,625,815 people2018: 9,792,721 people2020: 10,520,993 people2022: 11,228,512 people2024: 12,341,170 people2025: 12,825,612 people
Change over the period: +10.42M (+432.66%) Average annual rate: 2.61 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Syria

Syria 12.83M people
World 4.13B people
Western Asia computed 165M people
Low-income countries computed 393M people
Male population — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 12.83M +484,442 +3.93%
2024 12.34M +545,589 +4.63%
2023 11.8M +567,069 +5.05%
2022 11.23M +417,727 +3.86%
2021 10.81M +289,792 +2.75%
2020 10.52M +345,931 +3.4%
2019 10.18M +382,341 +3.9%
2018 9.79M +165,722 +1.72%
2017 9.63M +1,184 +0.01%
2016 9.63M −132,470 −1.36%
2015 9.76M −440,814 −4.32%
2014 10.2M −711,081 −6.52%
2013 10.91M −560,893 −4.89%
2012 11.47M −65,637 −0.57%
2011 11.54M +199,649 +1.76%
2010 11.34M +255,742 +2.31%
2009 11.08M +173,248 +1.59%
2008 10.91M +379,114 +3.6%
2007 10.53M +626,098 +6.32%
2006 9.9M +413,831 +4.36%
2005 9.49M +240,870 +2.6%
2004 9.25M +224,356 +2.49%
2003 9.02M +209,411 +2.38%
2002 8.81M +207,379 +2.41%
2001 8.61M +205,650 +2.45%
2000 8.4M +204,010 +2.49%
1999 8.2M +203,181 +2.54%
1998 7.99M +200,619 +2.57%
1997 7.79M +198,549 +2.61%
1996 7.6M +199,528 +2.7%
1995 7.4M +203,063 +2.82%
1994 7.19M +205,786 +2.95%
1993 6.99M +205,272 +3.03%
1992 6.78M +202,562 +3.08%
1991 6.58M +200,957 +3.15%
1990 6.38M +200,721 +3.25%
1989 6.18M +199,166 +3.33%
1988 5.98M +197,679 +3.42%
1987 5.78M +194,063 +3.47%
1986 5.59M +189,842 +3.52%
1985 5.4M +185,215 +3.55%
1984 5.21M +177,765 +3.53%
1983 5.03M +164,961 +3.39%
1982 4.87M +154,557 +3.28%
1981 4.71M +151,183 +3.31%
1980 4.56M +148,133 +3.36%
1979 4.41M +144,798 +3.39%
1978 4.27M +141,464 +3.43%
1977 4.13M +137,108 +3.44%
1976 3.99M +132,234 +3.43%
1975 3.86M +127,200 +3.41%
1974 3.73M +121,406 +3.36%
1973 3.61M +117,986 +3.38%
1972 3.49M +116,029 +3.44%
1971 3.38M +110,141 +3.37%
1970 3.27M +103,412 +3.27%
1969 3.16M +98,929 +3.23%
1968 3.06M +94,892 +3.2%
1967 2.97M +91,184 +3.17%
1966 2.88M +87,570 +3.14%
1965 2.79M +83,685 +3.09%
1964 2.71M +79,746 +3.04%
1963 2.63M +75,782 +2.97%
1962 2.55M +71,893 +2.9%
1961 2.48M +71,251 +2.96%
1960 2.41M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.