Editing Demographics of Syria (section)

=== Casualties of the civil war ===
{{Human toll of Syrian Civil War}}
{{See also|Casualties of the Syrian Civil War}}
In April 2016, the UN estimated that 400,000 people had died in the war,<ref name="Al Jazeera 2016">{{cite web | title=Syria death toll: UN envoy estimates 400,000 killed | website=Al Jazeera | date=23 April 2016 | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/staffan-de-mistura-400000-killed-syria-civil-war-160423055735629.html | access-date=12 June 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613102827/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/staffan-de-mistura-400000-killed-syria-civil-war-160423055735629.html | archive-date=13 June 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> and casualties have continued since, with estimates for the total dead by mid-2019 of up to 220,000 civilians, 175,000 government combatants, and 174,000 anti-government combatants  (see [[Casualties of the Syrian Civil War]]).