Damascus — UN urban centre
Damascus: 4,287,746 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #99 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1404; territory: Syria (SYR). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 33.5035, 36.3063. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,202,544 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,479,781 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,810,688 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 2,058,402 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 2,303,450 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 2,527,484 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 2,865,770 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 3,343,827 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 3,263,826 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 3,446,833 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 4,287,746 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 4,982,849 | Projection |
| 2035 | 5,438,799 | Projection |
| 2040 | 5,834,163 | Projection |
| 2045 | 6,105,878 | Projection |
| 2050 | 6,336,460 | Projection |
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