Syria Fact Sheet
Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries
| Record Name | Year | Country | Previous Ruler Country | Date |
| Syria Country Formation Date | 1946 | Syria | League of Nations | April 17, 1946 |
Database: Death Rates by Country
| Record Name | Country | Death Rate (per 1000 persons) | Source |
| Death Rate for Syria | Syria | 3.4 | Wikipedia |
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Lock and key | c. 2000 BC | Mesopotamia | Middle East | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Assyrians |
Database: Historical Largest Cities of the World
| Record Name | City | Country | Year Become #1 | Population | Note | Source |
| Nineveh (668 BC) | Nineveh | Assyria (Iraq) | 668 BC | No Data | Answers.com Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler. 1987, St. David's University Press |
Database: World Wide Lanuage Speakers
| Record Name | Language | Primary Country | Source | Rank | Speakers |
| ARABIC, NORTH LEVANTINE SPOKEN World Wide Language Speakers | ARABIC, NORTH LEVANTINE SPOKEN | Syria | 13th Edition of the Ethnologue | 63 | 15,000,000 |
Database: List of Expeditions to the Mir Space Station
| Record Name | Country | Year | Expedition | Flight Up | Flight Down | Crew Member | Crew Member | Launch Date | Launch Time | Landing Date | Landing Time | Duration (Days) | Source |
| Expedition Mir EP-1 (July 22,1987) | Syria | 1987 | Mir EP-1 | Soyuz TM-3 | Soyuz TM-2 | Muhammed Faris | Alexander Viktorenko | July 22,1987 | 01:59:17 UTC | July 30, 1987 | 01:04:12 UTC | 7.96 | Wikipedia |
Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country
| Record Name | Country | Source | Life Expectancy | Rank |
| Syria Life Expectancy | Syria | World Fact Book | 70.61 | 129 |
Database: World Oil Production by Country
| Record Name | Country | Year | Source | Barrels per Day |
| Syria Oil Production | Syria | 2006 | 2006 CIA World Factbook | 403,800 |
Database: 2006 World Monuments Fund Complete Watch List
| Record Name | Country | Organization Name | Source |
| Amrit Archaeological Site (SYRIA) | Syria | Amrit Archaeological Site | World Monuments Fund |
| Shayzar Castle (SYRIA) | Syria | Shayzar Castle | World Monuments Fund |
| Tell Mozan (Ancient Urkesh) (SYRIA) | Syria | Tell Mozan (Ancient Urkesh) | World Monuments Fund |
Database: Number of Airports in World Countries
| Record Name | Country | Year | Airports | Source |
| Number of Airports in Syria | Syria | 2007 | 90 | CIA World Fact Book |
Database: Local Names of World Countries
| Record Name | Country | Local Name |
| Local Name for Syria | Syria | Suriyah |
Database: Catholic Pope History
| Record Name | Birthplace | Burial | Origin | Religion | Number | Pontiff | Time Periord | Years | Birthdate | Death Date |
| Pope 11 St. Anicetus | Syria | St. Peter's Basilica | Syria | Catholic | 11 | St. Anicetus | 155-166 | 11 | - | 166 |
| Pope 82 John V | Syrian from Antioch | St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes | Syrian from Antioch | Catholic | 82 | John V | 685-686 | 1 | - | 8/2/686 |
| Pope 87 Sisinnius | a Syrian | St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes | a Syrian | Catholic | 87 | Sisinnius | 708 | 20 | - | 2/4/708 |
| Pope 88 Constantine | a Syrian | St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes | a Syrian | Catholic | 88 | Constantine | 708-715 | 7 | - | 4/9/715 |
| Pope 90 St. Gregory III | Syria | St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes | Syria | Catholic | 90 | St. Gregory III | 731-741 | 10 | - | 11/28/741 |
Database: Unemployment rate for world countries
| Record Name | Country | Rate (Percent) | Note | Source |
| Unemployment rate for Syria | Syria | 12.50 | 2005 est. | Wikipedia |
Database: World Literacy Rates
| Record Name | Country | Source | Total | Men | Women | Year |
| Syria Literacy Rate | Syria | UNESCO | 78.4 percent | 90.6 percent | 66.1 percent | 2005 |
Database: World Wide Wheat Production
| Record Name | Country | Commodity | 2007/2008 Production (1000 MT) | Source |
| Wheat Production for Syria | Syria | Wheat | 4,000 | US Department of Agriculture |
Database: List of countries by train railway track length
| Record Name | Country | Year Reported | Transportation Type | Railway Length (km) | Source |
| Syria Railway Length | Syria | 2005 | Train | 2,702 | Wikipedia |
Database: Internet Country Codes
| Record Name | Country | Internet Code |
| SY Syria | Syria | SY |
Database: Prison Population by Country
| Record Name | Year | Source |
| Prison population for Syrian Arab Republic | 2007 | Human Development Reports (UNDP) |
Database: Sucide Rates By Country
| Record Name | Country | Source | Year | Male (per 100,000) | Female (per 100,000) |
| SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC suicide rate | Syrian Arab Republic | World Health Organization | 85 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Database: Global Alcohol Consumption by Country
| Record Name | Country | 1975 (liters per year) | 1979 (liters per year) | 2003 (liters per year) | 2004 (liters per year) | Source |
| Average total alchohol consumption per person for Syrian Arab Republic | Syrian Arab Republic | n/a | n/a | 0.49 | n/a | World Health Organization |
Database: Country Population (2002)
| Record Name | Country | Capital City | Year | Land Area | Population | Source |
| Syria | Syria | Damascus | 2002 | 185,180 | 17,155,814 | The World Factbook 2002, CIA |
Database: Coastline of world countries
| Record Name | Country | Coastline (KM) |
| Syria Ocean Coastline Length | Syria | 193 |
Database: Inflation rates by country (2003)
| Record Name | Country | Source | Rate (2003) | Rate (2002) | Rate (2001) | Rate (2000) |
| SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Inflation Rate | Syrian Arab Republic | International Monetary Fund | n.a. | n.a. | 1 | -0.6 |
Database: Capital Cities of World Countries
| Record Name | Country | Capital City | Country Long Name | FIPS code |
| Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) | Syria | Damascus | Syrian Arab Republic | SY |
Database: World Currency List
| Record Name | Country | Symbol | Subdivision | Name |
| Syria | Syria | £S | 100 piasters | pound |
Database: Country GDP (2005)
| Record Name | Country | Year | Source | GDP | GDP per Capita | Real Growth Rate | Inflation |
| Syria GDP | Syria | 2005 | The World Factbook 2006 | 72.33 billion | 3,900 | 4.5 | 2.6 |
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