Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Đảng Phục hưng Xã hội Ả Rập - vùng Syria" in Vietnamese language version.
Many posts in the public sector, the military and government were generally reserved for Baathists, which helped boost party membership. By 1981, some 375,000 people had joined the party. By 2010, this number had reportedly risen to 1.2 million - nearly 10% of the population.