Syria's cities at a glance
Dots sized by population · Aleppo in orange
Syria has 2 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 12 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Aleppo with 2,098,210 people, followed by Damascus (1,569,394) and Homs (775,404). The three largest cities together hold about 16.6% of the country's 26.7 million people.
The capital, Damascus, is the 2nd largest city with 1,569,394 people — Aleppo is 1.3× larger.
By region, the most large cities are in Rif-dimashq (10), Aleppo (3), Homs (2).
Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Syria population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Syria atlas.
Syria cities by population
| # | City | Region | Population | Share of Syria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleppo | Aleppo | 2,098,210 | 7.9% |
| 2 | DamascusCapital | Damascus Governorate | 1,569,394 | 5.9% |
| 3 | Homs | Homs | 775,404 | 2.9% |
| 4 | Latakia | Latakia | 709,000 | 2.7% |
| 5 | Ar Raqqah | Raqqa | 531,952 | 2% |
| 6 | Ḩamāh | Hama | 460,602 | 1.7% |
| 7 | Ţarţūs | Tartus | 458,327 | 1.7% |
| 8 | Al Ḩasakah | Al-Hasakah | 422,445 | 1.6% |
| 9 | Deir ez-Zor | Deir ez-Zor | 271,800 | 1% |
| 10 | Al Qāmishlī | Al-Hasakah | 184,231 | 0.7% |
| 11 | Idlib | Idlib | 128,840 | 0.5% |
| 12 | Dūmā | Rif-dimashq | 111,864 | 0.4% |
| 13 | Jaramānā | Rif-dimashq | 99,999 | 0.4% |
| 14 | Manbij | Aleppo | 99,497 | 0.4% |
| 15 | Dar‘ā | Daraa | 97,969 | 0.4% |
| 16 | As Salamīyah | Hama | 94,887 | 0.4% |
| 17 | Al-Tabqa | Raqqa | 87,880 | 0.3% |
| 18 | Dārayyā | Rif-dimashq | 71,596 | 0.3% |
| 19 | As-Suwayda | Suwayda | 59,052 | 0.2% |
| 20 | Ālbū Kamāl | Deir ez-Zor | 57,572 | 0.2% |
| 21 | At Tall | Rif-dimashq | 55,561 | 0.2% |
| 22 | Muadamiyat al-Sham | Rif-dimashq | 52,738 | 0.2% |
| 23 | Tadmur | Homs | 51,015 | 0.2% |
| 24 | Babīlā | Rif-dimashq | 50,880 | 0.2% |
| 25 | ‘Ayn al ‘Arab | Aleppo | 50,000 | 0.2% |
| 26 | An Nabk | Rif-dimashq | 49,372 | 0.2% |
| 27 | Nawá | Daraa | 47,066 | 0.2% |
| 28 | ‘Irbīn | Rif-dimashq | 42,474 | 0.2% |
| 29 | Yabrūd | Rif-dimashq | 40,502 | 0.2% |
| 30 | Ḩarastā | Rif-dimashq | 37,348 | 0.1% |
Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.
Frequently asked questions
What is the largest city in Syria?
Aleppo, with about 2,098,210 inhabitants (city proper). It is larger than the capital, Damascus (1,569,394).
What is the capital of Syria?
Damascus — population 1,569,394, the 2nd largest city in the country.
How many cities in Syria have over one million people?
2: Aleppo, Damascus.
Are these metropolitan-area populations?
No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.
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Glostats. (2026). Largest Cities in Syria 2026: Population Ranking. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://glostats.com/cities/syria/<a href="https://glostats.com/cities/syria/">Largest Cities in Syria 2026: Population Ranking</a> — GlostatsFigures on this page may be quoted, charted or republished as long as the page is credited with a link. Terms · Download the data as CSV · Embed a live counter.
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