Ethnic groups in Syria
Arabs represent the major ethnicity in Syria, in addition to the presence of several, much smaller ethnic groups.
See also: Languages of Syria and Religion in SyriaEthnicity, religion and national/ideological identities[edit]
Ethnicity and religion are intertwined in Syria as in other countries in the region, but there are also nondenominational, supraethnic and suprareligious political identities, like Syrian nationalism.
Counting the ethnic or religious groups[edit]
Since the 1960 census there has been no counting of Syrians by religion, and there has never been any official counting by ethnicity or language. In the 1943 and 1953 censuses the various denominations were counted separately, e.g. for every Christian denomination. In 1960 Syrian Christians were counted as a whole but Muslims were still counted separately between Sunnis and Alawis.[1][2][3]