Syria · Damascus Governorate
Born in Damascus
Damascus is home to 1.6 million people in Damascus Governorate. It is the number 2 city in Syria by population. Sourced: GeoNames
Among the largest cities in Syria
Aleppo2.1 million
Damascus1.6 million
Homs775,404
Latakia709,000
Ar Raqqah531,952
Ḩamāh460,602
Ţarţūs458,327
Al Ḩasakah422,445
Sourced: GeoNames Population. Damascus is highlighted.
Syria as a whole
- Life expectancy at birth: 69.8 years for boys, 74.4 for girls Sourced: UN WPP 2024
- Children who die before age 5: 23.1 in every 1,000 births Sourced: UN WPP 2024
These are national figures: the game does not have separate health figures for Damascus. More about Syria
Live a life in Damascus
Choose Damascus and you are born there, to a family drawn from the real mix of the place. Then you live it year by year, with a few choices that bend the odds. About an hour, and every life replays exactly from its seed.