Syria vs. Turkey
Demographics
| Syria | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 20,384,316 (July 2021 est.) note: approximately 22,900 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2018) | 82,482,383 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 33.47% (male 3,323,072/female 3,170,444) 15-24 years: 19.34% (male 1,872,903/female 1,879,564) 25-54 years: 37.31% (male 3,558,241/female 3,679,596) 55-64 years: 5.41% (male 516,209/female 534,189) 65 years and over: 4.46% (male 404,813/female 459,417) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 23.41% (male 9,823,553/female 9,378,767) 15-24 years: 15.67% (male 6,564,263/female 6,286,615) 25-54 years: 43.31% (male 17,987,103/female 17,536,957) 55-64 years: 9.25% (male 3,764,878/female 3,822,946) 65 years and over: 8.35% (male 3,070,258/female 3,782,174) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 23.5 years male: 23 years female: 24 years (2020 est.) | total: 32.2 years male: 31.7 years female: 32.8 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 5.32% NA (2021 est.) | 0.7% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 23.25 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 14.54 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.36 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 34.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population NA (2021 est.) | -1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 16.27 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 19.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.01 years male: 72.54 years female: 75.57 years (2021 est.) | total population: 75.96 years male: 73.57 years female: 78.46 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.85 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.94 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1% (2020) | NA |
| Nationality | noun: Syrian(s) adjective: Syrian | noun: Turk(s) adjective: Turkish |
| Ethnic groups | Arab ~50%, Alawite ~15%, Kurd ~10%, Levantine ~10%, other ~15% (includes Druze, Ismaili, Imami, Nusairi, Assyrian, Turkoman, Armenian) | Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 7-12% (2016 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | <1,000 (2020) | NA |
| Religions | Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3% note: the Christian population may be considerably smaller as a result of Christians fleeing the country during the ongoing civil war | Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2020) | NA |
| Languages | Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, English major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages major-language sample(s): The World Factbook, temel bilgi edinmek için vazgeçilmez bir kaynak. (Turkish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.4% male: 91.7% female: 81% (2015) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.2% male: 98.8% female: 93.5% (2017) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2013) | total: 18 years male: 19 years female: 18 years (2018) |
| Education expenditures | NA | 4.3% of GDP (2015) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 56.1% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 5.38% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 76.6% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.11% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99% of population rural: 99.3% of population total: 99.4% of population unimproved: urban: 1% of population rural: 0.7% of population total: 0.6% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 98.6% of population rural: 100% of population total: 98.9% of population unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population rural: 0% of population total: 1.1% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.6% of population rural: 98.6% of population total: 99.1% of population unimproved: urban: 0.4% of population rural: 1.4% of population total: 0.9% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 91.6% of population total: 97.3% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 8.4% of population total: 2.7% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 2.440 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.004 million Aleppo, 1.362 million Hims (Homs), 940,000 Hamah (2021) | 15.190 million Istanbul, 5.118 million ANKARA (capital), 2.993 million Izmir, 1.986 million Bursa, 1.771 million Adana, 1.704 million Gaziantep (2020) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 31 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 5.8% (2009/10) | 1.5% (2018/19) |
| Physicians density | 1.29 physicians/1,000 population (2016) | 1.85 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.4 beds/1,000 population (2017) | 2.8 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 27.8% (2016) | 32.1% (2016) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 55.4 youth dependency ratio: 47.8 elderly dependency ratio: 7.6 potential support ratio: 13.2 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 49.1 youth dependency ratio: 35.7 elderly dependency ratio: 13.4 potential support ratio: 7.5 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
