Characteristics of Governorates
| Governorate | Total population (%) | Hospitals | Beds (%) | Area (km2) | Road density (km per km2) |
| Al-Hasakeh | 1 527 517 (7) | 5 | 870 (4.3) | 23 169 | 0.8 |
| Aleppo | 4 896 890 (23) | 13 | 2727 (13.5) | 19 891 | 1.1 |
| Ar-Raqqa | 952 985 (4) | 4 | 610 (3) | 17 627 | 0.6 |
| As-Sweida | 373 432 (2) | 2 | 600 (3) | 6358 | 0.7 |
| Damascus | 1 806 127 (8) | 15 | 3510 (17.3) | 117 | 14.3 |
| Dar'a | 1 036 236 (5) | 9 | 910 (4.5) | 3834 | 1.2 |
| Deir-ez-Zor | 1 252 916 (6) | 5 | 655 (3.2) | 25 157 | 0.3 |
| Hama | 1 644 291 (8) | 7 | 1459 (7.2) | 11 095 | 0.9 |
| Homs | 1 816 797 (8) | 13 | 1740 (8.6) | 43 231 | 0.3 |
| Idleb | 1 517 529 (7) | 4 | 696 (3.4) | 5416 | 1.5 |
| Lattakia | 1 015 573 (5) | 8 | 2863 (14.2) | 2388 | 1.9 |
| Quneitra | 91 029 (0.5) | 1 | 200 (1%) | 1718 | 0.7 |
| Rural Damascus | 2 800 986 (13) | 13 | 2455 (12) | 26 259 | 0.5 |
| Tartous | 800 339 (4) | 5 | 1010 (5) | 1874 | 1.8 |
| Total | 21 532 647 | 104 | 20 305 (100) | 188 134 |