List of Middle Eastern countries by population

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

Contents

Table

RankCountry
(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
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 113,210,388 [lower-alpha 1] 22.531.941,981,0003196,001,000December29, 2023
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 84,339,607 [lower-alpha 2] 18.631.09909,4526483,614,362December 31, 2020
3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 89,351,25918.511.301,001,0005478,451,000December29, 2023
4Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 40,063,4008.852.321,030,0002440,575,000
5Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 34,719,0007.671.59751,0002934,719,418
6Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 29,710,3006.562.28766,0002429,719,300April 28, 2020
7Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 17,425,6003.852.45557,0002921,377,000April 28, 2020
8Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 10,185,5002.251.00183,0002610,248,069

9Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 9,869,0002.181.3283,000769,154,000April 28, 2020
10Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8,639,8001.911.60162,000379,100,000April 28, 2020
11Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 6,830,6001.51-0.4475,000396,830,600April 28, 2020
12Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine (West Bank and Gaza Strip)5,148,2491.142.41%244,816,503
13Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 5,081,6001.122.65204,000144,855,900December29, 2023
14Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 4,259,5000.941.51121,000234,259,500April 28, 2020
15Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2,113,0000.474.2987,000162,412,483October 31, 2015 Monthly official estimate
16Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1,690,9000.373.68122,000101,701,000April 28, 2020
Total452,748,183100.002.018,284,00035411,788,402

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Notes

  1. 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).
  2. Since Turkey's population is dominated in Istanbul, the rank would be different if only including the Middle East's part of Turkey.

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References

  1. 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.
  2. It corresponds to the following formula: projection2020/projection2019x100-100.
  3. It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual_growth/100.
  4. It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+9).