Syrian diaspora
People of Syrian origin living abroad
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Syrian diaspora refers to Syrian people and their descendants who chose or were forced to emigrate from Syria and now reside in other countries as immigrants, or as refugees of the Syrian Civil War.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| From 8 to possibly 15 million[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Native: Syrian Arabic Also Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, French, English, German, Swedish [Syrian Kurdish dialect], Finnish, Turkish | |
| Religion | |
| Islam, Christianity, Alawites, Druze, Syrian Jews |
Syria
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The estimated number of people of Syrian descent residing outside Syria ranges from 8 to 13 million.[2]: 1 The UNHCR reports that 4.9 million global refugees in 2015 were Syrian nationals.[3] The Syrian nationality law does not grant diaspora Syrians an automatic right of return to Syria, and under the controversial 2018 Absentees Law, the Assad regime confiscated property of millions of Syrians.[4][5]
Populations
| Country | Estimate | Upper Estimate | Region | Country article in English Wikipedia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | ||||
 Brazil |
1,000,000 according to a research conducted by IBGE in 2008, covering only the states of Amazonas, Paraíba, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso and Distrito Federal, 0.9% of caucasoid Brazilian respondents said they had family origins in the Middle East[6] | 4,000,000 people of Syrian ancestry (according to Brazilian government)[7] | South America | Syrian Brazilian |
 Turkey |
2,310,408 registered (February 2026)[8] | Europe Asia |
Syrians in Turkey | |
 Lebanon |
532,357 registered (December 2025)[9] | Middle East | Syrians in Lebanon | |
 Jordan |
404,047 registered (February 2026)[10] | 1,400,000 estimated (August 2015)[11] | Middle East | Syrians in Jordan |
 Germany |
1,281,000 (2023)[12] | European Union | Syrians in Germany | |
 Argentina |
1,500,000 | 2,000,000 | South America | Syrian Argentine |
 Saudi Arabia |
449,314 (2022 census) [13] | 449,000 | Middle East | Syrians in Saudi Arabia |
 Iraq |
310‚000 estimated (December 2024)[14] | Middle East | Syrian in iraq | |
 Sudan |
250,000 estimated (2017)[15] | Africa | ||
 United Arab Emirates |
>250,000 estimated (2016)[16][17] | Middle East | Syrians in the United Arab Emirates | |
 Sweden |
250 000 (2021)[18][19][20][21][22][23] | European Union | Syrians in Sweden | |
 United States |
187,331 (by ancestry, 2016 U.S Census Bureau) [24] | North America | Syrian American | |
 Egypt |
107,976 registered (February 2026)[25] | North Africa and Middle East | ||
 Kuwait |
120,000 estimated (2015)[26] | Middle East | Syrians in Kuwait | |
 Canada |
98,250 (by ancestry, 2021 Census)[27] | North America | Syrian Canadian | |
 Greece |
88,204 (2015)[28] | European Union | Syrians in Greece | |
 France |
80,000 (2024)[29][30][31][32][33] | European Union | Syrians in France | |
 Austria |
68,000 (2019)[34][35] | European Union | Syrians in Austria | |
 Algeria |
50,000[36][37][38][39] – 84,700[40] | North Africa and Middle East | Syrians in Algeria | |
 Australia |
29,096 (Syrian-born resident, 2021)[41] | Oceania | Syrian Australians | |
 Israel |
24,800 (2019)[42] | 115,000 | Middle East | |
 Venezuela |
15,632 (Syrian-born resident, 2015)[43] | 1,000,000 Venezuelans of Syrian descent[44][45][46][47] | Latin America | Syrian Venezuelan |
 Ivory Coast |
15,000 (Syrian-born, 2024)[48] | Sub-Saharan Africa | Syrians in Ivory Coast | |
 Finland |
10,403 (2022)[49] | European Union | Syrians in Finland | |
| Guadeloupe (Overseas France) |
10,000[50][51] | Caribbean | ||
 United Kingdom |
8,848 England & Wales[52] unknown in Scotland[53] and 2,000 in Northern Ireland.[54] (2019)[55] | Europe | Syrians in the United Kingdom |