Syria — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Syria — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Syria had an estimated population of 18,586,743 in 2005, with 50 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Syria today — population now 16,906,283, against 18,586,743 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Halab	2,599,294
2	Dimashq	2,485,897

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Aleppo	Aleppo	2,139,714
2	Damascus	Damascus	1,576,797
3	H̨imş	H̨imş	735,871
4	al-Lāđiqīyah	al-Lāđiqīyah	431,606
5	H̨amāh	H̨amāh	348,862
6	ar-Raqqah	ar-Raqqah	261,492
7	al-Qāmišlī	al-H̨asakah	196,458
8	Jaramānā	Damascus	189,151
9	Dayr az-Zawr	Dayr-az-Zawr	187,520
10	al-H̨asakah	al-H̨asakah	132,017
11	aṯ-Ṯawrah	ar-Raqqah	124,902
12	Darʿā	Darʿā	115,836
13	Dūmā	Damascus	111,243
14	Idlib	Idlib	110,503
15	Ţarţūs	Ţarţūs	107,079
16	Manbij	Aleppo	104,959
17	as-Suwaydā	as-Suwaydā	100,213
18	Salamīyah	H̨amāh	91,318
19	Maʿarrat-an-Nuʿmān	Idlib	78,624
20	Jisr-aš-Šuġūr	Idlib	65,966
21	Abu Kamal	Dayr-az-Zawr	62,491
22	Arīh̨ā	Idlib	54,728
23	al-Mayādīn	Dayr-az-Zawr	53,421
24	Jablah	al-Lāđiqīyah	52,309
25	Dārayyā	Damascus	51,759
26	Nawā	Darʿā	50,820
27	al-Bāb	Aleppo	49,764
28	Kabir-as-Sit	Damascus	48,258
29	Tudmur	H̨imş	42,283
30	Bāniyās	Ţarţūs	39,717
31	H̨arastā al-Baş	Damascus	39,003
32	al-Qunayţirah	al-Qunayţirah	36,143
33	al-Hajar al-Aswad	Damascus	35,820
34	ar-Rastan	H̨imş	35,211
35	as-Safīrah	Aleppo	35,152
36	al-Quşayr	H̨imş	34,535
37	Maşyāf	H̨amāh	33,001
38	Muh̨radah	H̨amāh	32,592
39	an-Nabk	Damascus	29,675
40	at-Tall	Damascus	27,664
41	Aʿzāz	Aleppo	27,457
42	Qaţanā	Damascus	27,254
43	Yabrūd	Damascus	25,940
44	Raʿs-al-ʿAyn	al-H̨asakah	25,671
45	az-Zabadānī	Damascus	25,028
46	al-Mālikiyah	al-H̨asakah	23,778
47	ʿAyn-al-ʿArab	Aleppo	20,552
48	Şāfītā	Ţarţūs	20,394
49	ʿAfrīn	Aleppo	19,758
50	al-Quţayfah	Damascus	18,636

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Aleppo	3,115,559
2	H̨imş	1,895,818
3	H̨amāh	1,872,725
4	Idlib	1,781,496
5	Damascus	1,599,653
6	Dayr-az-Zawr	1,460,380
7	Damascus	1,394,558
8	al-H̨asakah	1,204,427
9	al-Lāđiqīyah	1,170,073
10	Darʿā	908,276
11	Ţarţūs	902,601
12	ar-Raqqah	742,582
13	as-Suwaydā	502,452
14	al-Qunayţirah	36,143

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.