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Syria |
Mr. Mostapha Benzine
UNFPA Representative
P.O. Box 2317, Damascus
Tel: (963 11) 3336664 – 3314951
Fax: (963 11) 3320480
E-mail: mbenzine@unfpa-sy.org
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Total Population
(millions) (2000) |
16.1 |
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Projected
population (millions) (2025) |
26.3 |
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Avg. pop. growth
rate (%) (1995-2000) |
2.5 |
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% Urban (1995) |
52 |
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Urban growth rate
(1995-2000) |
4.3 |
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Population/ ha
arable and perm. crop land |
0.8 |
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Total fertility
rate (1995-2000) |
4.00 |
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% births with
skilled attendants |
77 |
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GNP per capita
PPP$ (1998) |
2,702 |
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Per capita
central govt. expenditures (PPP$) |
Education 83.8 |
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Health
--- |
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External
population assistance (US$,000) |
2,678 |
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Under-5 mortality
M/F |
M 47 |
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F 33 |
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Per capita energy
consumption |
1,002 |
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Access to safe
water |
88 |
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Infant mortality
Total per 1,000 live births
|
33 |
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Life expectancy
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M 66.7
F 71.2 |
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Maternal mortality
ratio
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--- |
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Primary enrolment
(gross)
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M 106
F 96 |
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Proportion reaching
grade 5
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M 93
F 94 |
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Secondary enrolment
(gross)
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M 45
F 40 |
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% Illiterate
(>15 years)
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M 12
F 41 |
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Contraceptive
knowledge
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% knowing source 78
% knowing method -- |
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Births per 1,000
women aged 15-19
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44 |
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Contraceptive
prevalence
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Any method 36
Modern methods 28 |
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