What is population, age 17, total in Syria?

Population, age 17, total in Syria was 450,113 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 17, total recorded in Syria?

The highest recorded value was 455,568 in 2005.

What is the lowest population, age 17, total recorded in Syria?

The lowest recorded value was 281,764 in 1990.

How does Syria rank for population, age 17, total?

Syria ranks 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 17, total rising or falling in Syria?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Syria data come from?

The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 17, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 17, total in Syria

Name: Population, age 17, total in Syria
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Syria: Population, age 17, total was 450,113 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)

450,113

Change on year

up 2.4%

World rank

49th

of 191 countries

All-time high

455,568

in 2005

All-time low

281,764

in 1990

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 17, total in Syria, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

Syria recorded 450,113 for population, age 17, total in 2015.

The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 17, total in Syria peaked at 455,568 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 281,764, in 1990.

Syria ranks 49th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	342,878	281,764	411,876	10
2000s	444,985	425,125	455,568	10
2010s	438,682	433,839	450,113	5

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More education data for Syria

Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Population ages 0-14 28.4% (2025)
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Population ages 15-64 66.7% (2025)
Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
School enrollment, primary 81.4% (2024)
Primary education, teachers 144,621 (2024)
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.7 live births per woman (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 81.5% (2024)

All data for Syria →

Frequently asked questions

What is population, age 17, total in Syria?: Population, age 17, total in Syria was 450,113 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 17, total recorded in Syria?: The highest recorded value was 455,568 in 2005.
What is the lowest population, age 17, total recorded in Syria?: The lowest recorded value was 281,764 in 1990.
How does Syria rank for population, age 17, total?: Syria ranks 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 17, total rising or falling in Syria?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Syria data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 17, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 17, total
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 4,605 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Age population, total refers to total population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.