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Syria by the Numbers III*

Relatives carry the coffin of a victim during a funeral procession at a cemetery in the border town of Akcakale on October 4, 2012 (Stringer/Courtesy Reuters).

By experts and staff

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By

  • Robert Danin
    Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies

Length of Conflict

19 month

Deaths

Total opposition deaths: 29,23435,323

Civilan: 25,66032,419

Children: 2,7482,818

Opposition military: 2,904 – 3,574

Deaths by Province

Homs: 6,642 – 8,096

Idleb: 3,827 – 4,710

Hama: 2,564 – 3,172

Daraa: 2,839 – 3,327

Rural Damascus: 5,270 – 6,243

Deir Ezzor: 2,173 – 2,416

Damascus: 1,785 – 2,439

Aleppo: 3,200 – 3,912

Latakia: 516 – 600

Hasaka: 111 – 142

Tartous: 51 – 75

Raqqa: 133 – 147

Qunaitera: 52 – 68

Swuaida: 22 – 24

UN Refugees – Registered or Waiting to be Registered

Total refugees registered or awaiting registration by the UN in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq: 311,500

Refugees in Turkey: 96,397

Refugees in Jordan: 103,488

Refugees in Lebanon: 80,800

Refugees in Iraq:  36,500

Projected Number of Refugees by End of Year

Estimated Number of Refugees

Estimated total number of refugees: over 300,000

Refugees in Turkey: 133,000

Refugees in Jordan: 180,000

Refugees in Lebanon: 85,200

Refugees in Iraq:  36,500

Internally Displaced

Estimated total number of displaced Syrians: 1.5 – 2 million

Aid

UNHCR Syria Regional Response Plan updated requirements: $487.9 million

Percent funded: 29 percent

*Middle East Matters posted corresponding statistics for the months of June here and August here