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	\|Row 4 info = 21,762,978 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_SY">CIA - The World ~~Facebook~~. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_sy.html "Syria"], from The World ~~Facebook~~. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>		\|Row 4 info = 21,762,978 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_SY">CIA - The World Factbook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_sy.html "Syria"], from The World Factbook. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
	\|Row 5 title = Population growth		\|Row 5 title = Population growth
	\|Row 5 info = 2.006% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_SY" />		\|Row 5 info = 2.006% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_SY" />
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	==~~External links~~==		==Links==
	* [[Wikipedia:Syria\|Syria]] on Wikipedia		* [[Wikipedia:Syria\|Syria]] on Wikipedia
	* [http://www.banquecentrale.gov.sy/ Central bank] of Syria		* [http://www.banquecentrale.gov.sy/ Central bank] of Syria

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|Box title = Country summary
|Row 1 title = Capital
|Row 1 info = Damascus
|Row 2 title = Borders
|Row 2 info = [[Iraq]] 605 km, [[Israel]] 76 km, [[Jordan]] 375 km, [[Lebanon]] 375 km, [[Turkey]] 822 km
|Row 3 title = Government type
|Row 3 info = republic under an authoritarian military-dominated regime
|Row 4 title = Population
|Row 4 info = 21,762,978 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_SY">CIA - The World Facebook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_sy.html "Syria"], from The World Facebook. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 5 title = Population growth
|Row 5 info = 2.006% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_SY" />
|Row 6 title = Life expectancy
|Row 6 info = 74.22 years<ref name="CIA_SY" />
|Row 7 title = Unemployment
|Row 7 info = 8.5% (2009 est.)<ref name="CIA_SY" />
|Row 8 title = [[Wikipedia:Index of Economic Freedom|Index of Economic Freedom]]
|Row 8 info = 145<ref name="Heritage_SY">Heritage Foundation. [http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Syria "Syria"], Economic Freedom Score. A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 9 title = [[Wikipedia:Corruption Perceptions Index|Corruption Perceptions Index]]
|Row 9 info = 126<ref name="Transparency_SY">Transparency International. [http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table "Syria"], Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. A lower ranking is better; but please note that the numbers cannot be compared between countries or years due to different methodology. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
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Following World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former Ottoman Empire province of '''Syria'''. The French administered the area as Syria until granting it independence in 1946. The new country lacked political stability, however, and experienced a series of military coups during its first decades. Syria united with Egypt in February 1958 to form the United Arab Republic. In September 1961, the two entities separated, and the Syrian Arab Republic was reestablished. In November 1970, Hafiz al-ASAD, a member of the Socialist Ba'th Party and the minority Alawite sect, seized power in a bloodless coup and brought political stability to the country. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel. During the 1990s, Syria and Israel held occasional peace talks over its return. Following the death of President al-ASAD, his son, Bashar al-ASAD, was approved as president by popular referendum in July 2000. Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in an ostensible peacekeeping role - were withdrawn in April 2005. During the July-August 2006 conflict between Israel and Hizballah, Syria placed its military forces on alert but did not intervene directly on behalf of its ally Hizballah. In May 2007 Bashar al-ASAD was elected to his second term as president.<ref name="CIA_SY" />

==Economical characteristics==
* '''Currency''': Syrian pound (ISO code: SYP)
* Central bank '''[[Wikipedia:Discount rate|discount rate]]''': NA% (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_SY" />
* Commercial banks '''lending rate''': NA%<ref name="CIA_SY" />
* '''Stock of money''' ([[Money supply#M1|M1]]): $73.54 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_SY" />
* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2|M2]]): $73.93 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_SY" />

===Statistics===
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| Statistic / Year
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! [[GDP]] (million USD)<ref name="WorldBank_GDP_SY">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/sy/indicators%5BNY.GDP.MKTP.CD%5D?date=1999:2009 "Syria: GDP"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 15 874
| 19 326
| 21 100
| 21 582
| 22 397
| 24 475
| 28 203
| 33 407
| 40 549
| 55 204
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! Govt. debt (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Debt_SY">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/sy/indicators%5BGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Syria: government debt"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
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! Govt. revenue (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Revenue_SY">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/sy/indicators%5BGC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Syria: government revenue"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 23.941
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! Govt. expenses (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Expenses_SY">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/sy/indicators%5BGC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Syria: government expenses"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
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==References==
<small>Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.</small>
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==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Syria|Syria]] on Wikipedia
* [http://www.banquecentrale.gov.sy/ Central bank] of Syria
* [http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/documents/EnterpriseSurveys/Reports/Syrian_Arab_Republic-2003.pdf Country profile] (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* [http://countrystudies.us/syria/ Studies] from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/801669.stm country profile]
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