Demographics of the Middle East

Short description: Populations of the Middle East

The Demographics of the Middle East describes populations of the Middle East, a region covering western and northern parts of the Asian and African continents respectively.

## Contents

* 1 Overview
* 2 Life expectancy
* 3 Historical
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Overview

Population growth[1]

#  |  | 1990  | 2008  | 2010  | 1990–2008  | 2016  | Growth %
| Million  | 1990–2008  | 1990–2010
1 | Bahrain | 0.49 | 0.77 | 1.26 | 0.3 | 56% | 157%
2 | Cyprus | 0.58 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.2 | 38% | 38%
3 | Egypt | 57.79 | 81.53 | 81.12 | 23.7 | 41% | 40%
6 | Iran | 54.40 | 71.96 | 73.97 | 17.6 | 32% | 36%
5 | Iraq | 18.14 | 28.22 | 32.32 | 10.1 | 56% | 78%
6 | Israel | 4.68 | 7.31 | 7.62 | 2.6 | 56% | 63%
7 | Jordan | 3.17 | 5.91 | 6.05 | 2.7 | 86% | 91%
8 | Kuwait | 2.13 | 2.73 | 2.74 | 0.6 | 28% | 29%
9 | Lebanon | 2.97 | 4.14 | 4.23 | 1.2 | 39% | 42%
10 | Oman | 1.84 | 2.79 | 2.78 | 0.9 | 51% | 51%
11 | Palestine | 1.90 | 3.91 | 4.12 | 2.0 | 106% | 117%
12 | Qatar | 0.47 | 1.28 | 1.76 | 0.8 | 174% | 274%
13 | Saudi Arabia | 16.38 | 24.65 | 27.45 | 8.3 | 50% | 68%
14 | Syria | 12.72 | 21.23 | 20.45 | 8.5 | 67% | 61%
15 | Turkey | 55.12 | 71.08 | 72.85 | 16.0 | 29% | 32%
16 | UAE | 1.87 | 4.37 | 7.51 | 2.5 | 134% | 302%
17 | Yemen | 12.31 | 23.05 | 24.05 | 10.7 | 87% | 95%
x | Total | 246.96 | 355.73 | 371.08 | 66.9 | 51 % | 61%
x | World | 5,265.2 | 6,687.9 | 6,825 | 1,422.7 | 27 % | 30%
Source: OECD/World Bank

Encyclopedia Britannica definition of Middle East

Encyclopedia Britannica stated in 2018 that "by the mid-20th century a common definition of the Middle East encompassed the states or territories of Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and the various states and territories of Arabia proper (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States, or Trucial Oman [now United Arab Emirates])."[2]

## Life expectancy

List of countries by life expectancy at birth for 2023 according to the World Bank Group:[3][4][5]

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All  | Male  | Female  | Sex gap | 2014  | 2014
→2019 | 2019  | 2019
→2020  | 2020  | 2020
→2021  | 2021  | 2021
→2022  | 2022  | 2022
→2023  | 2023
Israel | 83.20 | 81.00 | 85.50 | 4.50 | 82.15 | 0.65 | 82.80 | −0.16 | 82.65 | −0.15 | 82.50 | 0.20 | 82.70 | 0.50 | 83.20 | 0.39
Kuwait | 83.19 | 82.70 | 83.70 | 1.00 | 79.08 | 2.89 | 81.97 | −3.21 | 78.76 | −0.02 | 78.74 | 1.85 | 80.59 | 2.60 | 83.19 | 1.22
United Arab Emirates | 82.91 | 81.98 | 84.20 | 2.23 | 81.99 | 0.61 | 82.60 | −0.66 | 81.94 | −2.85 | 79.08 | 1.40 | 80.49 | 2.42 | 82.91 | 0.31
Qatar | 82.37 | 81.61 | 83.37 | 1.76 | 81.39 | 1.55 | 82.94 | −2.54 | 80.41 | 0.67 | 81.08 | 0.77 | 81.86 | 0.51 | 82.37 | −0.58
Cyprus | 81.65 | 79.64 | 83.67 | 4.03 | 81.34 | 0.12 | 81.45 | −0.22 | 81.23 | −0.66 | 80.57 | −0.14 | 80.43 | 1.21 | 81.65 | 0.19
Bahrain | 81.28 | 80.67 | 81.99 | 1.31 | 80.21 | 0.26 | 80.47 | −1.79 | 78.68 | −0.60 | 78.08 | 2.91 | 80.99 | 0.29 | 81.28 | 0.81
Oman | 80.03 | 78.49 | 81.88 | 3.39 | 79.03 | 0.92 | 79.95 | −2.18 | 77.76 | −1.79 | 75.97 | 1.94 | 77.91 | 2.12 | 80.03 | 0.09
Saudi Arabia | 78.73 | 77.10 | 81.16 | 4.06 | 77.12 | 1.20 | 78.31 | −0.72 | 77.60 | −0.51 | 77.09 | 0.22 | 77.31 | 1.42 | 78.73 | 0.42
Lebanon | 77.82 | 75.74 | 79.73 | 3.99 | 78.15 | 0.06 | 78.21 | −1.91 | 76.30 | −2.65 | 73.65 | 4.35 | 78.00 | −0.19 | 77.82 | −0.39
Jordan | 77.81 | 75.71 | 80.19 | 4.48 | 74.61 | 2.26 | 76.86 | −1.28 | 75.58 | −1.38 | 74.20 | 2.88 | 77.09 | 0.73 | 77.81 | 0.95
Iran | 77.65 | 75.79 | 79.63 | 3.84 | 75.64 | 1.22 | 76.86 | −2.71 | 74.14 | −0.39 | 73.75 | 3.05 | 76.80 | 0.85 | 77.65 | 0.80
Turkey | 77.16 | 74.53 | 79.86 | 5.33 | 76.45 | 1.28 | 77.74 | −1.21 | 76.53 | −0.80 | 75.72 | 1.87 | 77.59 | −0.43 | 77.16 | −0.58
World | 73.33 | 70.95 | 75.84 | 4.89 | 71.78 | 1.09 | 72.87 | −0.68 | 72.18 | −0.97 | 71.22 | 1.75 | 72.97 | 0.36 | 73.33 | 0.46
Iraq | 72.32 | 70.43 | 74.06 | 3.63 | 69.68 | 1.57 | 71.25 | −1.59 | 69.65 | 1.05 | 70.70 | 1.33 | 72.04 | 0.29 | 72.32 | 1.08
Syria | 72.12 | 69.83 | 74.41 | 4.58 | 65.49 | 5.48 | 70.97 | 0.97 | 71.94 | 0.47 | 72.42 | 0.37 | 72.79 | −0.67 | 72.12 | 1.15
Egypt | 71.63 | 69.49 | 73.81 | 4.32 | 69.91 | 1.30 | 71.21 | −1.42 | 69.79 | −0.81 | 68.98 | 2.03 | 71.01 | 0.62 | 71.63 | 0.42
Yemen | 69.30 | 67.23 | 71.39 | 4.15 | 68.00 | −1.44 | 66.57 | −0.13 | 66.44 | −0.42 | 66.02 | 1.93 | 67.95 | 1.34 | 69.30 | 2.73
Palestine | 65.17 | 59.69 | 71.50 | 11.81 | 72.78 | 3.03 | 75.81 | −0.81 | 75.00 | −1.11 | 73.89 | 2.77 | 76.66 | −11.49 | 65.17 | −10.64

Change in life expectancy in the Middle East from 2019 to 2021[3]

## Historical

In the year 1600, the population of the Middle East stood at about 18.5 million. Within modern borders:[6]

* Anatolia \- c. 6,500,000[7]
* Iran - 4,472,000
* Yemen - 2,243,000
* Saudi Arabia - 1,809,000
* Syria - 1,175,000
* Iraq - 1,000,000
* Lebanon - 292,000
* Oman - 275,000
* Jordan - 191,000
* Palestine- 161,000
* Cyprus - 98,000
* Kuwait - 71,000
* Bahrain - 54,000
* United Arab Emirates - 35,000

In addition, the population of North Africa was 12 million, with the following breakdown within borders:

* Egypt - 5,000,000
* Algeria - 2,250,000
* Morocco - 2,250,000
* Tunisia - 2,000,000
* Libya - 500,000

## See also

* Demographics of the Arab League
* Demographics of the Middle East and North Africa
* Ethnic groups in the Middle East
* Genetic history of the Middle East
* Largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East
* List of Middle Eastern countries by population

## References

1. ↑ Population 1971–2010 (pdf pages 89) IEA (OECD/ World Bank) (original population ref OECD/ World Bank e.g. in IEA Key World Energy Statistics 2010 page 57)
2. ↑ "Middle East | Countries & Facts," Britannica.com.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Life expectancy at birth, total". The World Bank Group. 15 April 2025. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN.
4. ↑ "Life expectancy at birth, male". The World Bank Group. 15 April 2025. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN.
5. ↑ "Life expectancy at birth, female". The World Bank Group. 15 April 2025. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN.
6. ↑ Alexander V. Avakov, Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1, pages 12 to 14.
7. ↑ The figure is 7,275,000 counting all of modern Turkey, which includes East Thrace and the city of Istanbul/Constantinople, both of which were very densely populated.

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