Syria

**Syria** is a country in the Middle East, the west part of Asia. It borders Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Palestine. Its western part faces the Mediterranean Sea and shares a maritime border with Cyprus, while its eastern and northern parts are mountainous. Syria's national capital is Damascus.

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Syria
- **native name**:

- **image flag**: File:Flag of Syria (2025-).svg
- **flag caption**: Flag
- **image coat**: Emblem of Syria (2025–present).svg
- **capital**: Damascus
- **largest city**: Damascus
- **official languages**: Arabic
Hebrew
- **languages type**: Major languages
- **recognised languages**: * Arabic language, Arabic
* Kurdish language, Kurdish
* Syriac language, Syriac
* French language, French
* English language, English
* Turkish language, Turkish
* Aramaic
* Armenian language, Armenian
* Circassian
* Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani
- **languages**: Arabic
Kurdish language, Kurdish
- **languages2 type**: Minor languages
- **languages2**: Syriac
Aramaic
Armenian language, Armenian
Circassian
Turkish language, Turkish
French language, French
English language, English
Hebrew language, Hebrew
- **ethnic groups**: 93% Arabs, Arab
6% Kurds, Kurd
1% Other
- **religion**: 95% Islam
3% Christianity
2% Druze
- **government type**: Unitary Presidential republic, Presidential Republic under a Provisional government, Provisional Government
- **leader title1**: President of Syria, President
- **leader name1**: Ahmed al-Sharaa
- **leader title2**: Prime Minister of Syria, Prime Minister
- **leader name2**: Mohammed al-Bashir
- **legislature**: Vacant
- **established event1**: Arab Kingdom of Syria
- **established date1**: 8 March 1920
- **established event2**: State of Syria under French mandate
- **established date2**: 1 December 1924
- **established event3**: Syrian Republic
- **established date3**: 14 May 1930
- **established event4**: _De jure_ Independence
- **established date4**: 24 October 1945
- **established event5**: _De facto_ Independence
- **established date5**: 17 April 1946
- **established event6**: Left the United Arab Republic
- **established date7**: 8 March 1963
- **established event8**: Fall of Ba'ath Party, Ba'athist Totalitarianism, rule
- **established date8**: 8 December 2024
- **area km2**: 185180
- **area rank**: 87th
- **area sq mi**: 71479
- **percent water**: 1.1
- **population estimate**: 17,500,657
- **population census**: 21,018,834
- **population estimate year**: 2020
- **population estimate rank**: 66th
- **population census year**: 2010
- **population density km2**: 118.3
- **population density sq mi**: 306.5
- **population density rank**: 70th
- **gdp ppp year**: 2015
- **gdp ppp per capita**: $2,900
- **gdp nominal year**: 2014
- **gdp nominal rank**: 167
- **gdp nominal per capita**: $831
- **gini**: 55.8
- **gini year**: 2014
- **gini change**: <! --increase/decrease/steady -->
- **hdi**: 0.567
- **hdi year**: 2019
- **hdi change**: increase
- **hdi rank**: 151st
- **currency**: Syrian pound
- **currency code**: SYP
- **time zone**: Eastern European Time, EET
- **utc offset**: +2
- **utc offset dst**: +3
- **time zone dst**: Eastern European Summer Time, EEST
- **drives on**: right
- **calling code**: +963
- **iso3166code**: SY
- **cctld**: .sy
سوريا.
- **demonym**: Syrian
- **ethnic groups year**: 2014