Syria

General matters

Country name Syria (Syria)

The capital, Damascus

Population (name) 22,930,000 (as of '23, CIA world factbook)

Area (km²) 185,180

Language Arabic, French

Religious Islam (87%) (72% Sooni, 13% Sia, Alawi, Ismail), Christianity (10%), Druze (3%)

politics

the form of government: a presidential system

a major figure

President: Bashar Al-Assad (Al-Assad)

Prime Minister: Hussein Arnous

Foreign Minister: Faisal Mekdad

the composition of Parliament

Unit system (250 seats)

Economy

GDP($): 24,900,000,000 ('21, nominal GDP, EIU)

GDP per capita ($): 3,937 ('21, EIU based on PPP)

Economic growth rate (%): 3.0 ('21, CIA world factbook)

monetary unit: S£ (Syrian Pound, US 1$ = S£2,512)('23.4)