The following is a list of countries in the Middle East sorted by projected population.
Rank | Country (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 |
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1 | Egypt | 113,210,388 [lower-alpha 1] | 22.53 | 1.94 | 1,981,000 | 31 | 97,542,000 | September11, 2024 | |
2 | Iran | 89,351,259 | 18.51 | 1.30 | 1,001,000 | 54 | 79,085,000 | September11, 2024 | |
3 | Turkey | 85,372,377 [lower-alpha 2] | 18.63 | 1.09 | 909,452 | 64 | 83,614,362 | December 31, 2023 | |
4 | Iraq | 40,063,400 | 8.85 | 2.32 | 1,030,000 | 24 | 40,575,000 | 2020 | |
5 | Saudi Arabia | 34,719,000 | 7.67 | 1.59 | 751,000 | 29 | 34,719,418 | April 28, 2020 | |
6 | Yemen | 29,710,300 | 6.56 | 2.28 | 766,000 | 24 | 29,719,300 | April 28, 2020 | |
7 | Syria | 17,425,600 | 3.85 | 2.45 | 557,000 | 29 | 21,377,000 | April 28, 2020 | |
8 | Jordan | 10,185,500 | 2.25 | 1.00 | 183,000 | 26 | 10,248,069 | 2020 | |
9 | United Arab Emirates | 9,869,000 | 2.18 | 1.32 | 83,000 | 76 | 9,154,000 | April 28, 2020 | |
10 | Israel | 9,842,000 | 1.91 | 1.60 | 162,000 | 37 | 9,100,000 | February 11, 2024 | |
11 | Lebanon | 6,830,600 | 1.51 | -0.44 | 75,000 | 39 | 6,830,600 | April 28, 2020 | |
12 | Oman | 5,081,600 | 1.12 | 2.65 | 204,000 | 14 | 4,915,500 | September11, 2024 | |
13 | Kuwait | 4,259,500 | 0.94 | 1.51 | 121,000 | 23 | 4,259,500 | April 28, 2020 | |
14 | Qatar | 2,113,000 | 0.47 | 4.29 | 87,000 | 16 | 2,412,483 | October 31, 2015 | Monthly official estimate |
15 | Bahrain | 1,690,900 | 0.37 | 3.68 | 122,000 | 10 | 1,701,000 | April 28, 2020 | |
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