Western Asia
Syria
Syrian Arab Republic
Core facts
- Capital
- Damascus
- Population
- 25,620,000
- Area
- 185,180 km^2
- Country code
- SYR
- Flag emoji
- 🇸🇾
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 138.4 per km^2
- Calling code
- +963
Culture and society
- Languages
- Arabic
- Religions
- Islam (27.0%), Hinduism (25.0%), Unaffiliated (21.0%), Buddhism (12.0%), Christianity (7.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Other religions (2.0%)
- Native names
- سوريا
- Demonyms (EN)
- Syrian / Syrian
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+02:00
- Alternative spellings
- SY, Syrian Arab Republic, Al-Jumhūrīyah Al-ʻArabīyah As-Sūrīyah
Geography and map
- Continents
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 35.00, 38.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- IRQ, ISR, JOR, LBN, TUR
- Border countries count
- 5
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Syrian pound (£)
- Top-level domain
- .sy, سوريا.
- FIFA code
- SYR
- Capital coordinates
- 33.50, 36.30
- Postal code format
- N/A
- Gini index
- 37.5 (2003)
- Coat of arms
