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How many babies are born in Syria?

625 thousand babies born in Syria in 2026. That is 0.47% of all births worldwide, and the 47th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Syria: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Syria’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~67K ~1.6M 43.2 Modelled estimate
1000 ~39K ~1.1M 36.6 Modelled estimate
1500 ~44K ~1.1M 41.0 Modelled estimate
1800 ~59K ~1.25M 47.2 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~83.4K ~1.77M 47.2 Historical reconstruction
1950 165K 3.61M 45.6 UN estimate
2000 519K 16.6M 31.2 UN estimate
2023 522K 23.6M 22.1 UN estimate
2026 625K 26.5M 23.6 UN projection
2050 539K 37.8M 14.3 UN projection
2075 485K 43.6M 11.1 UN projection
2100 434K 43.7M 9.9 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Syria among estimates through 2023 were in 2008, at about 659K. That is roughly 9.8 times the estimated ~67.1K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.62 children per woman, fertility in Syria is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Syria each year?

An estimated 625 thousand babies are born in Syria in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,710 a day and 0.47% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Syria?

Syria has an estimated 23.6 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.62 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.