In 2004 the population was 29,347.
The town has been described as having an Arab majority, in addition to Kurdish, Assyrian, Armenian and Syrian Turkmen minorities before the Turkish/SNA takeover in October 2019.
War crimes committed since the Turkish occupation began have since caused an exodus of Kurds, Christians, and other minorities from the town.
The Turkish government's resettling of mainly Arab Syrian refugees from other parts of Syria in Ras al-Ayn has further altered the town's demographics.
In 2004 the population was 29,347. The town has been described as having an Arab majority, in addition to Kurdish, Assyrian, Armenian and Syrian Turkmen minorities before the Turkish/SNA takeover in October 2019. War crimes committed since the Turkish occupation began have since caused an exodus of Kurds, Christians, and other minorities from the town. The Turkish government's resettling of mainly Arab Syrian refugees from other parts of Syria in Ras al-Ayn has further altered the town's demographics.
Ras al-Ayn