CHAPTER TWO

Population and Demographic Indicators

This chapter includes the following statistics :

1- Number of Syrian population according to the civil registration records by mohafazat and sex at 1 / 1 / 2003

and their vital statistics such as births, deaths , marriages and divorces , In addition to number of Palestinian

refugees by sex and mohafazat of registration and their vital statistics .

2- Number of population actually living in the Syrian Arab Republic by age group and sex according to the results of

1981 , and 1994 population censuses Data were effective at the date of each census and estimate of mide year 2003 .

3- For purposes of planning and development the number of population actually living in Syria at mid-year 2002

classified by mohafazat , age groups, sex and place of residence was estimated based and by mohafazat and sex at 1/1/2003 and 31/12/2003 on the 1994 population census data.

4- Some population indicators and demographic measures , population growth rate , population density, fertility

It is worth mentioning that the population recorded in the civil registration system represent all Syrians living in and outside Syria , whereas the results of population census represent the number of population existing in Syria at night of reference period