Syria
Asia · Western Asia
Key facts
- Capital
- Damascus
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Population (2025)
- 25.6 million (25,620,427) · rank 57 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 185,180 km² · rank 87 of 193
- People per km²
- 138 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Syria, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Syria in the map data: 5.
- Iraq capitals 750 km apart
- Israel
- Jordan capitals 180 km apart
- Lebanon capitals 84 km apart
- Türkiye capitals 780 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Iran.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Syria is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Syria | Damascus |
| Italiano | Siria | Damasco |
| Magyar | Szíria | Damaszkusz |
| Suomi | Syyria | Damaskos |