Syria
سوريا
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 4.8%
- people aged 65 or older
- 1.2M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 9.3%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 19.8 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 5.7%
- women 10.7%, men 2.4%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2006
Languages
15 languages, 7 of them endangered
- DomariSeverely endangered
- Ashurian AramaicDefinitely endangered
- Chaldean Neo-AramaicDefinitely endangered
- Western Neo-AramaicDefinitely endangered
- AdygheVulnerable
- KurmanjiVulnerable
- TuroyoVulnerable
- Eastern Armenian
- Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic
- Levantine Arabic
- Modern Hebrew
- Najdi Arabic
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- North Mesopotamian Arabic
- Standard Arabic
- Turkish
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Bisht (men's Abaa): skills and practices2025
- Arabic Kohl2025
- Craftsmanship of Aleppo Ghar soap2024
- Traditional Syrian glassblowing2023
- Crafting and playing the Oud2022
- Al-Qudoud al-Halabiya2021
- Falconry, a living human heritage2021
- Practices and craftsmanship associated with the Damascene rose in Al-Mrah2019
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- Shadow play2018
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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