List of Middle Eastern countries by population

The following is a list of countries in the Middle East sorted by projected population.

Table

Rank Country
(or dependent territory)
2020

projection

% of
pop.
Average
relative
annual
growth
(%)
Average
absolute
annual
growth
Estimated
doubling
time
(years)
Official
figure
(where
available)
Date of
last figure
Source
1  Egypt 113,210,388 22.53 1.94 1,981,000 31 96,127,000 January 19, 2024 [1]
2  Turkey 84,339,607 18.63 1.09 909,452 64 83,614,362 December 31, 2020 [2]
3  Iran 89,351,259 18.51 1.30 1,001,000 54 78,503,000 January 19, 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

[8]

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 4,860,800 January 19, 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]
Total 452,748,183 100.00 2.01 8,284,000 35 411,788,402

See also


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