<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> in addition, there are 30,500 people living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights—16,500 Arabs (15,000 Druze and 1,500 Alawites) and 14,000 Jewish settlers (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 43.65 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 6.25 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 42.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 66.46 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 65.37 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 67.61 years (1994 est.)
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<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 6.65 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Syrian(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Syrian
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<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 2.951 million (1989)
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<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> miscellaneous and government services 36%, agriculture 32%, industry and construction 32%; note—shortage of skilled labor (1984)