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Demographics of the Middle East

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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.

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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Countries and
territories 		2023 Historical data recovery from
COVID-19:
2019→2023
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

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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