The following is a list of countries in the Middle East sorted by projected population.
Table[edit]
| Rank | Country (or dependent territory) |
2020
projection[1] |
% of pop. |
Average relative annual growth (%)[2] |
Average absolute annual growth [3] |
Estimated doubling time (years)[4] |
Official figure (where available) |
Date of last figure |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Egypt
|
113,210,388[a] | 22.53 | 1.94 | 1,981,000 | 31 | 96,648,000 | April 15, 2024 | [1] |
| 2 |  Turkey |
85,372,377[b] | 18.63 | 1.09 | 909,452 | 64 | 83,614,362 | December 31, 2023 | [2] |
| 3 |  Iran |
89,351,259 | 18.51 | 1.30 | 1,001,000 | 54 | 78,718,000 | April 15, 2024 | [3] |
| 4 |  Iraq |
40,063,400 | 8.85 | 2.32 | 1,030,000 | 24 | 40,575,000 | 2020 | [4] |
| 5 |  Saudi Arabia |
34,719,000 | 7.67 | 1.59 | 751,000 | 29 | 34,719,418 | April 28, 2020 | [5] |
| 6 |  Yemen |
29,710,300 | 6.56 | 2.28 | 766,000 | 24 | 29,719,300 | April 28, 2020 | [6] |
| 7 |  Syria |
17,425,600 | 3.85 | 2.45 | 557,000 | 29 | 21,377,000 | April 28, 2020 | [7] |
| 8 |  Jordan |
10,185,500 | 2.25 | 1.00 | 183,000 | 26 | 10,248,069 | 2020 | |
| 9 |  United Arab Emirates |
9,869,000 | 2.18 | 1.32 | 83,000 | 76 | 9,154,000 | April 28, 2020 | [9] |
| 10 |  Israel |
8,639,800 | 1.91 | 1.60 | 162,000 | 37 | 9,100,000 | April 28, 2020 | [10] |
| 11 |  Lebanon |
6,830,600 | 1.51 | -0.44 | 75,000 | 39 | 6,830,600 | April 28, 2020 | [11] |
| 12 |  Palestine (West Bank and Gaza Strip) |
5,148,249 | 1.14 | 2.41% | — | 24 | 4,816,503 | 2020 | |
| 13 |  Oman |
5,081,600 | 1.12 | 2.65 | 204,000 | 14 | 4,881,000 | April 15, 2024 | [12] |
| 14 |  Kuwait |
4,259,500 | 0.94 | 1.51 | 121,000 | 23 | 4,259,500 | April 28, 2020 | [13] |
| 15 |  Qatar |
2,113,000 | 0.47 | 4.29 | 87,000 | 16 | 2,412,483 | October 31, 2015 | Monthly official estimate |
| 16 |  Bahrain |
1,690,900 | 0.37 | 3.68 | 122,000 | 10 | 1,701,000 | April 28, 2020 | [14] |
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See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Most of the population is in Africa's part of Egypt. The rank would be different if only including the Middle East's part of Egypt (Sinai Peninsula).
- ^ Since Turkey's population is dominated in Istanbul, the rank would be different if only including the Middle East's part of Turkey.
References[edit]
- ^ Calculated, when available, from the latest national censuses or most recent official estimates (many of which are cited in their respective column), using the exponential formula shown on the List of countries by past and future population article. This is done to normalize the different populations to a unique date, so that they are really comparable.
- ^ It corresponds to the following formula: projection2020/projection2019x100-100.
- ^ It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual_growth/100.
- ^ It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+9).
External links[edit]
- Middle East Countries By Population. WorldAtlas