List of Arab League countries by population

This is a list of Arab League countries and territories by population.

Present

Population by Arab League country (top 10)

1. Egypt (23.8%)
2. Sudan (10.4%)
3. Algeria (9.6%)
4. Iraq (9.4%)
5. Yemen (8.2%)
6. Morocco (7.8%)
7. Saudi Arabia (6.7%)
8. Syria (4.9%)
9. Somalia (3.8%)
10. Tunisia (2.5%)
11. Other (12.9%)

Country	Projected population (12 April 2025)	Pct of total	UN Population estimates		Annual growth [a]		Doubling time (years) [b]
			1 July 2023	1 July 2022	Increment	Rate
Egypt	118,033,514	23.68%	114,535,772	112,618,250	1,917,522	1.70%	41
Sudan	51,239,631	10.28%	50,042,791	49,383,346	659,445	1.34%	52
Algeria	47,413,760	9.51%	46,164,219	45,477,389	686,830	1.51%	46
Iraq	46,918,955	9.41%	45,074,049	44,070,551	1,003,498	2.28%	31
Yemen	41,560,841	8.34%	39,390,799	38,222,876	1,167,923	3.06%	23
Morocco	38,405,474	7.70%	37,712,505	37,329,064	383,441	1.03%	68
Saudi Arabia	32,423,367	6.50%	32,264,292	32,175,352	88,940	0.28%	251
Syria	25,755,662	5.17%	23,594,623	22,462,173	1,132,450	5.04%	14
Somalia	19,394,022	3.89%	18,358,615	17,801,897	556,718	3.13%	23
Tunisia	12,346,270	2.48%	12,200,431	12,119,334	81,097	0.67%	104
Jordan	11,772,577	2.36%	11,439,213	11,256,263	182,950	1.63%	43
United Arab Emirates	11,393,862	2.29%	10,642,081	10,242,086	399,995	3.91%	18
Libya	7,453,805	1.50%	7,305,659	7,223,805	81,854	1.13%	62
Lebanon	5,713,953	1.15%	5,733,493	5,744,489	−10,996	−0.19%	−362
Palestine	5,599,450	1.12%	5,409,202	5,305,270	103,932	1.96%	36
Oman	5,671,972	1.14%	5,049,269	4,730,226	319,043	6.74%	11
Mauritania	5,295,043	1.06%	5,022,441	4,875,637	146,804	3.01%	23
Kuwait	5,316,935	1.07%	4,838,782	4,589,511	249,271	5.43%	13
Qatar	3,139,906	0.63%	2,979,082	2,892,455	86,627	2.99%	23
Bahrain	1,636,308	0.33%	1,569,666	1,533,459	36,207	2.36%	30
Djibouti	1,181,730	0.24%	1,152,944	1,137,096	15,848	1.39%	50
Comoros	880,032	0.18%	850,387	834,188	16,199	1.94%	36
Total	498,547,070	100%	481,330,315	472,024,717	9,305,598	1.97%	36

Past and future

Main article: List of countries by past and projected future population

Country	1950	2000	2050	2100
Egypt	21,198,000	65,159,000	137,873,000	200,802,000
Algeria	8,893,000	30,639,000	55,445,000	61,060,000
Sudan	6,468,000	27,068,000	59,130,000	95,328,000**
Iraq	5,164,000	23,129,000	76,520,000	163,905,000
Morocco [2]	5,344,000	28,114,000	62,027,000	80,888,000
Saudi Arabia	3,860,000	21,312,000	46,817,000	47,586,000
Yemen	4,778,000	17,236,000	46,081,000	52,244,000
Syria	3,496,000	16,515,000	31,226,000	38,098,000
Tunisia	3,518,000	9,508,000	12,181,000	12,494,000
United Arab Emirates	72,000	2,458,000	8,019,000	13,389,000
Jordan	562,000	4,786,000	11,412,000	14,147,000
Lebanon	1,365,000	3,835,000	5,622,000	5,700,000
Libya	962,000	5,025,000	8,971,000	8,144,000
Palestine	1,018,000	3,111,000	7,770,000	15,516,000
Oman	489,000	2,433,000	5,402,000	5,751,000
Kuwait	145,000	1,973,000	3,864,000	6,484,000
Mauritania	1,006,000	2,501,000	6,537,000	13,059,000
Qatar	26,000	640,000	2,559,000	3,170,000
Bahrain	115,000	655,000	1,848,000	1,602,000
Somalia	5,321,987	15,123,321	20,396,987	35,196,000*
Djibouti	83,000	670,000	1,396,000	1,126,000**
Comoros	149,000	546,000	1,170,000	2,307,000
Total	75,146,000	294,814,000	599,497,000	992,152,000

Notes

1. Population growth calculation from UN estimates for 2019 and 2020. ^[1]
2. At the current growth rate (halving time for negative numbers).

See also

• Arab world
• Demographics of the Arab world
• List of largest cities in the Arab world
• List of Middle Eastern countries by population
• List of African countries by population
• List of Asian countries by population
• Member states of the Arab League

References

1. "Total Population - Both Sexes" (EXCEL). World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
2. It excludes the population of the disputed territory of the Western Sahara (the so-called Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. If it was included, the Moroccan September 2014 census would result in 33,848,242 inhabitants and its mid-2015 demographic projection would give some 34,198,000 inhab.