Recognised as Country
Syria
- SY
- Asia
- SYP
- .sy
Syria (SY/SYR) is a country in Asia with its capital at Damascus. It covers about 185,180 km² with a population of roughly 23,000,000, uses the SYP, dials on +963, owns the .sy internet domain and keeps its capital on Asia/Damascus. It borders 5 countries.
Identity
Official short nameSyria
CapitalDamascus
ContinentAsia
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2SY
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3SYR
Internet TLD.sy
Calling code+963
Currency codeSYP
Geography
Latitude34.8021° N
Longitude38.9968° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area185,180 km²71,498 square miles
Land neighbours5
Distance from London3,616 kmto the approximate centre of Syria, not to Damascus. ESE, bearing 105.5°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAsia/Damascusthe IANA zone for Damascus; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+03:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+03:00
Offset in JulyUTC+03:00
Current offsetUTC+03:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 12:20
Hours ahead of UTC3
Population & scale
Population23,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density124.2 per km²≈
Share of world population0.284%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset87 of 196
Population rank in this dataset58 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Turkey570 km centre to centre
Jordan535 km centre to centre
Israel569 km centre to centre
Lebanon306 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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