Syria & Iraq — Ethno-demographic structure

Local-majority context at the finest supported map scale

Interactive ethno-demographic map of Syria and Iraq Use the area selector, mouse wheel or zoom buttons to explore. The legend can hide or restore individual demographic categories.
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The National Context

National project estimates

Syria

  • Sunni Arab political-demographic bloc: 75%
  • Kurds: about 10%
  • Alawites: 9–10%
  • Druze: 3%
  • Christians: 2%

Iraq

  • Shia / Shia Arab-oriented: 56–58%
  • Sunni Arabs: 22–25%
  • Kurds: 17–19%
  • Other communities: 1.5–3%

How to read the map

This is a contextual local-majority map, not a census and not a claim that every settlement inside a coloured polygon has the same identity. Polygon area must not be read as population share. Mixed areas are hatched instead of assigned a false single majority.

Suwayda colour is limited by a 2010 WorldPop settlement mask: near-empty cells remain white and very sparse or pastoral cells are dotted. Present-day displacement, incomplete local evidence and changing settlement patterns require caution.