Polity · 1946 CE – 1957 CE
Second Syrian Republic
الجمهورية السورية · الجمهورية السورية الثانية
- Peak recorded area
- 187,701 km²
- 1949 CE
- Data series
- 48
- 1946 CE–1957 CE
Overview
The Second Syrian Republic, officially the Syrian Republic from 1950 to 1958 and the Syrian Arab Republic from 1961 to 1963, succeeded the First Syrian Republic that had become de facto independent in April 1946 from the French Mandate. The Second Republic was founded on the Syrian Constitution of 1950, which was suspended from 1950 to 1954 under Adib Shishakli's strongmanship, and later when Syria joined with the Republic of Egypt in forming the United Arab Republic in 1958.
Lead section from Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article.
Territory
4 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated. CShapes 2.0 holds 4 further extents, measured on a different basis and deliberately not merged into this series.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1957 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 16 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population12 obs · 1946 CE–1957 CE | 4.2Mpersons1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Urban Population12 obs · 1946 CE–1957 CE | 1.1Mpersons1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| City Pop Aleppo10 obs · 1750 CE–1950 CE | 362Kpersons1950 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| City Pop Damascus8 obs · 1750 CE–1950 CE | 335Kpersons1950 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| Life Expectancy8 obs · 1950 CE–1957 CE | 51.45years1957 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Height Men5 obs · 1850 CE–1900 CE | 167.27cm1900 CE · Clio-Infra |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP158 obs · 1800 CE–1957 CE | 2,716int'l $ (inflation adj.)1957 CE · Gapminder |
| GDP per capita11 obs · 1820 CE–1957 CE | 3,6271990 int. GK$1957 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Income Inequality Gini3 obs · 1870 CE–1910 CE | 46.27gini (0-1)1910 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Real Wage3 obs · 1951 CE–1954 CE | 16.14index (1500=1)1954 CE · Clio-Infra |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| CINC Score12 obs · 1946 CE–1957 CE | 0.0013CINC (share of world capability)1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption12 obs · 1946 CE–1957 CE | 32Kcoal-ton equivalents1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production12 obs · 1946 CE–1957 CE | 0tons1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure12 obs · 1946 CE–1957 CE | 39.1Mcurrent USD1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel12 obs · 1946 CE–1957 CE | 60Kpersons1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Gas Production58 obs · 1900 CE–1957 CE | 0TWh1957 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
| Oil Production58 obs · 1900 CE–1957 CE | 0TWh1957 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index38 obs · 1918 CE–1957 CE | 0.308index (0-1)1957 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index38 obs · 1918 CE–1957 CE | 0.202index (0-1)1957 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index38 obs · 1918 CE–1957 CE | 0.104index (0-1)1957 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Regime Type38 obs · 1918 CE–1957 CE | 1RoW index (0-3)1957 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index38 obs · 1918 CE–1957 CE | 0.726index (0-1)1957 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Polity214 obs · 1944 CE–1957 CE | 7index (-10 to 10)1957 CE · Clio-Infra |
Development
6 of 15 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index38 obs · 1918 CE–1957 CE | 0.721index (0-1)1957 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Railway Line Km34 obs · 1922 CE–1957 CE | 844km1957 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Mail Items29 obs · 1928 CE–1957 CE | 31items1957 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Telegraph29 obs · 1928 CE–1957 CE | 0.488count1957 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Freight Tkm25 obs · 1930 CE–1957 CE | 156tonne-km1957 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Passenger Km25 obs · 1931 CE–1957 CE | 46passenger-km1957 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Syrian pound (SYP)
Memberships
- 23-member Entente (1945)Historical alliance · member1945 CE –
- 21-member Defense Pact (1950)Military alliance · member1950 CE – 1958 CE
- Egypt–Syria–Jordan Defense Pact (1955)Military alliance · member1955 CE – 1961 CE
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban PopulationChandler 1987 / Modelski 2003
Chandler, T. (1987). Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth; Modelski, G. (2003). World Cities: -3000 to 2000.
Compiled from published works (Chandler 1987; Modelski 2003)
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Our World in Data (2024). Energy dataset. Based on Energy Institute & Ember.
CC BY 4.0
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Second Syrian Republic is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.