Syria (Without Islam)

Syria | Democratic Republic of Syria | الجمهورية الديمُقراطية السورية‎ | al-Jumhūrīyah al-Dīmuqrāṭīyah al-Sūrīyah (Arabic)

Capital: Damascus

Largest city: Antioch (2,470,833)

Official languages: Arabic

Other languages: Aramaic, Armenian, Hellenic, Kurdish, Turkish

Ethnic groups: 74.3% Arab, 11.8% Kurd, 5.7% Syriac, 2.2% Turk, 1.5% Greek, 1.4% Assyrian, 1.1% Armenian, 2.0% others

Religions: Monophysite Christianity (26.7%), Orthodox Christianity (22.3%), Ishmaelism (17.8%), Yazidism (11.2%), Catholic Christianity (9.5%), Druze (3.8%), Alevism (2.0%), Nestorian Christianity (1.3%), Others (0.9%), Non-religious (4.5%)

Demonym: Syrian

Government: Republic | Unitary single-party semi-presidential

President: Bashar al-Asad

Prime Minister: Wael Nader al-Haqli

Legislature: People's Council

Independence (from France): 14 May 1930

Area: 190,583 km2

Population (2014): 25,647,893

Currency: Syrian pound (SYP)

Internet TLD: .sy