- 1. Deraa
- 355,485 refugees
19% of total - 2. Homs
- 344,198 refugees
18% of total - 3. Aleppo
- 285,601 refugees
15% of total - 4. Rural Damascus
- 242,435 refugees
13% of total - 5. Damascus
- 160,998 refugees
8% of total
Ethnic composition
Density:
High
Low
- Arabs
- Alawites and Nusairis
- Leventine Christians
- Kurds (Sunni/Shia/Yezidi)
- Imami Shias
- Ismaili Shias
- Druze
- Turkomans (Alevis)
- Circassians & the Kabarda (Sunni)
- Armenian Christians
- Assyrian/Chaldian/Syriac
- Christians
Source: Dr Michael Izady, Gulf/2000 Project, Columbia University