President: Bashar al-Assad (2000)
Prime Minister: Riyad Farid Hijab (2012)
Land area: 71,062 sq mi (184,051 sq km); total area: 71,498 sq mi (185,180 sq km)
Population (2012 est.): 22,530,746 (growth rate: 1.9%); birth rate: 23.52/1000; infant mortality rate: 15.12/1000; life expectancy: 74.92; density per sq mi: 306.5
Capital (2011 est.): Damascus, 5 million (metro. area), 1,711,000
Largest cities: Aleppo, 2,132,100; Homs, 652,609; Latakia, 383,786; Hama, 312,994
Monetary unit: Syrian pound
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