Beirut, (IINA) - The Syrian Center for Policy Research published a report on Thursday stating that nearly 12 percent of the Syrian population have been killed or injured in the civil war, Anadolu Agency reported.

According to the report, 470,000 Syrians were killed, and 1,900,000 others were injured in the war. This is far above the UN's last death-toll figure of 250,000.

In addition, the conflict-hit country's infrastructure and health system were nearly decimated, researchers said. It added that 400,000 people were killed directly by the violence while 70,000 lost their lives due to lack of food and medicine plus disease and sanitation problems.

The United Nations stopped collecting statistics regarding the casualties of Syrian stalemate around 18 months ago.

The Syrian Center’s report also said life expectancy had dropped from 70 to 55.4.

The report said that 45 percent of the Syrian population had been displaced, more than four million have become refugees in other countries, and six million others were internally displaced. The report also noted considerable economic losses in Syria, saying the war had cost $255 billion and that almost 14 million people had lost their livelihoods.

It also added that poverty increased by 85% in 2015 and health, education and income standards have sharply deteriorated.

Source: International Islamic News Agency (IINA)