abstract:The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) () is the statistical agency responsible for the gathering of "information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions" in the Syrian Arab Republic. The office is answerable to the office of the Prime Minister and has its main offices in Damascus.
The country's CentralBureauof Statisticssaidthisisthe first time that census forms would grant the optionforthetransgender to list themselves as something other than male or female.
They found that in contradiction to the Palestinian and Israeli CentralBureauofStatistics forecasts, while Jewish fertility rates are on a steep and consistent incline, Arab fertility rates are steadily declining.