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In 1920 Syria was 12% Christian in a population of 1.5 million. Christians have emigrated in higher numbers than Muslims and have a lower birth rate. Christian population in Syria has significantly diminished due to the departure of many Christians from the country amidst the Syrian civil war. [25]
Population history of Syria. In 1200, the territories of modern-day Syria had an estimated population of 2.7 million. [12] This number sharply decreased due to the Plague epidemic in 1348–1353, which killed off an estimated third of the Levant's population. By 1937, the population reached an estimated 2,368,000, still considerably lower than ...
In recent decades, the population of other religious minorities (particularly Christians and Jews) has decreased, therefore, estimates on the proportion of Sunni Circassians has increased. For example, a more recent estimate suggested that Sunni Circassians formed 1.5% of Syria's population. [13]
The U.S. government estimates that 74 percent of the population is Sunni Muslim, but Syria’s Christian population was one of the largest in the Middle East before the war, at about 2 million strong.
Islam is the largest and predominant religion in Syria, comprising 87% of the population. Sunni Muslims make up around 74% of the population [ 11 ] and Sunni Arabs account for 59–60%.
The Christian population of Syria comprised 10% of the Syrian population before 2011. [23] Estimates of the number of Christians in Syria in 2022 range from less than 2% to around 2.5% of the total Syrian population. [17] [24] Most Syrians are members of either the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch (700,000), or the Syriac Orthodox Church.
Religious differences in Syria have historically been tolerated, [136] [137] and religious minorities tend to retain distinct cultural, and religious identities. Sunni Islam is the religion of 74% of Syrians. The Alawites, a variety of Shia Islam, make up 12% of the population and mostly live in and around Tartus and Latakia.
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.