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I. Social Facts Since the outbreak of civil war in 2012, it has been difficult to accurately estimate Syria’s shrinking population. The official 2014 census pegged the population at just under 18 million people, although more recent figures provided by the United Nations suggest that that number is closer to 16.6 million. Either way, the country’s population has plummeted over the last 4 years from 23 million during the prewar era. Nearly half of the country’s population has been forced from their homes. As many as nine million people living in the country have bee…