Demographic indicators in Syria preconflict and in conflict and of Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries
| Syria preconflict | Syria in conflict | Lebanon | Jordan (non-camp) | Jordan (camps) | Turkey | |
| Total children U5 population | 2 683 000 (Personal communication with Ali Rustom, Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2015) | 2 877 000 (Personal communication with Ali Rustom, Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2015) | 190 49417* | Total 108 95617* Zaatari 15, 69217* Azraq 6 27817* | 458,38017* | |
| Total births (per year) | 548 00059† | 460 000 (Personal communication with Ali Rustom, Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2015) | 43 000 (Personal communication with Ms Randa Hamadeh, MoPH, Lebanon, 2015) | N/O | Zaatari 373034* Azraq 66160 * | 20 000* (on average)30† |
| Birth registration (%) | 90.911‡ | 60 (Personal communication with Ali Rustom, Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2015)e | 23.028† | N/A | N/A | N/O |
| Total deaths for children U5 | 800061 * | N/O | N/O | N/O | Zaatari 50.034* Azraq 5.062 * | N/O |
| U5 mortality rate (per 1000 live births) | 21.411‡ | 25.122* | N/O | N/A | Zaatari 25.234* Azraq 15.362 * | N/O |
| Neonatal deaths as a percent of U5 deaths | 50.011‡ | N/A | N/O | N/A | Zaatari 56.034* Azraq 100.062* | N/A |
| Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births) | 12.911‡ | 7 (4.5–10.4)63*§ | N/O | N/A | Zaatari 14.134* Azraq 15.364* | N/A |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births) | 17.911‡ | 23.322* | N/O | N/A | Zaatari 1.565* N/O | |
| Stillbirth rate (per 1000 total births) | 12.466* | N/A | N/A | N/A | Zaatari 14.233* Azraq 6.162* | N/O |
| Maternal mortality ratio | 5211‡ | 62.722* | N/A | N/A | Zaatari 1 out of 81,04267* | N/A |
| Total fertility rate (sum of age-specific birth rates for every 5-year-old age group * 5) | 3.511‡ | 368*, § | N/A | N/O | N/O | N/O |
| Adolescent birth rate (per 1000 adolescent women) | 6069* | 4070*, § | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/O |
The following indicators were not included due to the lack of data: total maternal deaths, lifetime risk of maternal deaths, preterm birth rate and causes of U5 mortality.
*Surveillance/monitoring data.
†One-time thematic report.
‡Population-based surveys.
§Estimates (lower limit–upper limit).
¶Peer-reviewed article.
N/A, not available (ie, data do not exist to our knowledge); N/O, not obtainable (ie, data exist but authors unable to obtain).