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Latakia, 
Syria
591,300 people lived in Latakia in 2025. It is the 920th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 4th largest in Syria.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Latakia governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Latakia grew
For every 10 people in Latakia in 1975, there were 43.3 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 778,552 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 1990 and 1995.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: one column every five years, 1975 to 2050; its height is the number of people. Hatched columns are the UN's projection. The thin strip beneath says how sure the UN is of each figure: the stronger the colour, the surer. A blank means the place was not on the UN's list of cities that year.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Latakia through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Latakia in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Syria · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: every dot is one of the 37 cities in Syria in 2025, and a dot's area is how many people live there, the biggest being Damascus. The ringed dot in colour is Latakia; the grey dots are the rest. The outlines around them are neighbouring countries.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Latakia covered 67 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 12 km² of it. That is 20 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 5 by 5 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 2.4 times its size, and its people are 4.3 times as many.
How to read this: the outer pale square stands for all the land the city covers, and the solid square inside it for the part with buildings, roads and the like on it. All three squares share a scale, so you can compare them by eye. A hatched one is a year the UN has projected.
Of every 100 people in Syria
Its share of Syria
Of every 100 people in Syria in 2025, 2 lived in Latakia, which is 591,300 people.
How to read this: 100 squares stand for everyone in Syria, one square for every 100th person. Count the coloured ones and you have Latakia's share; the grey remainder live somewhere else in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 916 Ogale Nigeria595,099
- 917 Katsina Nigeria594,775
- 918 Samsun Türkiye594,089
- 919 Adana Türkiye593,872
- 920 Latakia591,300
- 921 Yongchuan China590,694
- 922 Van Türkiye590,314
- 923 Darjeeling India590,052
- 924 Brahmapur India590,028
In Syria, 2025
- 99 Damascus4,287,746
- 168 Aleppo2,922,277
- 554 Homs940,460
- 920 Latakia591,300
- 1520 Hama374,643
- 2010 Qamishli289,200
- 2246 Deir Ez Zor259,771
- 2471 Raqqa237,106
- 2494 Al-Hasakah235,085
How to read this: the number before each name is its place among all 12,138 cities in the world in 2025; bars are people, on one scale per list. Only cities that reach 300,000 people have a page here, so a gap in the numbers is a smaller city.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Latakia are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Latakia publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries