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:Demographics of the Middle East

{{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

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! colspan=8 align="center" style="background-color: #cfb;" | Population growthPopulation 1971-2010 ([http://iea.org/co2highlights/co2highlights.pdf pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106205757/http://iea.org/co2highlights/co2highlights.pdf |date=2012-01-06 }} pages 89) IEA (OECD/ World Bank) (original population ref OECD/ World Bank e.g. in IEA Key World Energy Statistics 2010 page 57)

There are 371,000,000 Muslims in Middle East

there are between 11 and 10 Million Christians across the Middle East, there are 800,000 - 1,100,000 Druze who live in Israel, Syria and Lebanon. There are large communities of Hindus in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia who number over 3.1 Million and an estimated 902,890 Buddhists and 700,000 Yazidi and numerous other religions. Non Muslims are about 43 Million or 23% of the Middle East population, Muslims form the majority and the rest.

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! style="background-color: #cfb;" | 1990

! style="background-color: #cfb;" | 2008

! style="background-color: #cfb;" | 2010

! colspan=1 style="background-color: #cfb;" | 1990-2008

! colspan=1 style="background-color: #cfb;" | 2016

! colspan=2 style="background-color: #cfb;" | Growth %

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! colspan=4 style="background-color: #cfb;" | Million

! style="background-color: #cfb;" | 1990-08

! style="background-color: #cfb;" | 1990-10

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| align="right"| 1

align="left" | Bahrainalign="right" | 0.49align="right" |0.77align="right"| 1.26align="right" | 0.3align="right" | 56%align="right"| 157%
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| align="right"| 2

align="left" | Cyprusalign="right"| 0.58align="right" | 0.80align="right"| 0.80align="right" | 0.2align="right" | 38%align="right"| 38%
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| align="right"| 3

align="left" | Egyptalign="right"| 57.79align="right" | 81.53align="right"| 81.12align="right" | 23.7align="right" | 41%align="right"| 40%
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| align="right"| 6

align="left" | Iranalign="right"| 54.40align="right" | 71.96align="right"| 73.97align="right" | 17.6align="right" | 32%align="right"| 36%
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| align="right"| 5

align="left" | Iraqalign="right"| 18.14align="right" | 28.22align="right"| 32.32align="right" | 10.1align="right" | 56%align="right"| 78%
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| align="right"| 6

align="left" | Israelalign="right"| 4.68align="right" | 7.31align="right"| 7.62align="right" | 2.6align="right" | 56%align="right"| 63%
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| align="right"| 7

align="left" | Jordanalign="right"| 3.17align="right" | 5.91align="right"| 6.05align="right" | 2.7align="right" | 86%align="right"| 91%
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| align="right"| 8

align="left" | Kuwaitalign="right"| 2.13align="right" | 2.73align="right"| 2.74align="right" | 0.6align="right" | 28%align="right"| 29%
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| align="right"| 9

align="left" | Lebanonalign="right"| 2.97align="right" | 4.14align="right"| 4.23align="right" | 1.2align="right" | 39%align="right"| 42%
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| align="right"| 10

align="left" | Omanalign="right"| 1.84align="right" | 2.79align="right"| 2.78align="right" | 0.9align="right" | 51%align="right"| 51%
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| align="right"| 11

align="left" | Palestinealign="right"| 1.90align="right" | 3.91align="right"| 4.12align="right" | 2.0align="right" | 106%align="right" | 117%
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| align="right"| 12

align="left" | Qataralign="right"| 0.47align="right" | 1.28align="right"| 1.76align="right" | 0.8align="right" | 174%align="right"| 274%
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| align="right"| 13

align="left" | Saudi Arabiaalign="right"| 16.38align="right" | 24.65align="right"| 27.45align="right" | 8.3align="right" | 50%align="right"| 68%
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| align="right"| 14

align="left" | Syriaalign="right"| 12.72align="right" | 21.23align="right"| 20.45align="right" | 8.5align="right" | 67%align="right"| 61%
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| align="right"| 15

align="left" | Turkeyalign="right"| 55.12align="right" | 71.08align="right"| 72.85align="right" | 16.0align="right" | 29%align="right"| 32%
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| align="right"| 16

align="left" | UAEalign="right"| 1.87align="right" | 4.37align="right"| 7.51align="right" | 2.5align="right" | 134%align="right"| 302%
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| align="right"| 17

align="left" | Yemenalign="right"| 12.31align="right" | 23.05align="right"| 24.05align="right" | 10.7align="right" | 87%align="right"| 95%
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align="left" | Totalalign="right" style="background-color: #cfb;"| 246.96align="right" style="background-color: #cfb;" | 355.73align="right" style="background-color: #cfb;"| 371.08align="right" | 66.9align="right" | 51 %align="right"| 61%
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align="left" | Worldalign="right"| 5,265.2align="right" | 6,687.9align="right"| 6,825align="right" | 1,422.7align="right" | 27 %align="right"| 30%
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| align="left" colspan=6 | 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])."[https://www.britannica.com/place/Middle-East "Middle East | Countries & Facts,"] Britannica.com.

Life expectancy

{{Main|List of Asian countries by life expectancy}}

List of countries by life expectancy at birth for 2023 according to the World Bank Group:{{cite web|title=Life expectancy at birth, total|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN|publisher=The World Bank Group|date=15 April 2025|access-date=28 April 2025}}{{cite web|title=Life expectancy at birth, male|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN|publisher=The World Bank Group|date=15 April 2025|access-date=28 April 2025}}{{cite web|title=Life expectancy at birth, female|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN|publisher=The World Bank Group|date=15 April 2025|access-date=28 April 2025}}

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! colspan=11 style="border-left-width:2px;"|Historical data

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{{flaglist|Israel}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 83.20style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 81.00style="background:#fee7f6;"| 85.50style="background:#fff8dc;"| 4.50style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 82.15style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.6582.80style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.1682.65style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.1582.50style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.2082.70style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.50style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 83.20style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 0.39
{{flaglist|Kuwait}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 83.19style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 82.70style="background:#fee7f6;"| 83.70style="background:#fff8dc;"| 1.00style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 79.08style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 2.8981.97style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −3.2178.76style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.0278.74style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.8580.59style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 2.60style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 83.19style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 1.22
{{flaglist|United Arab Emirates}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 82.91style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 81.98style="background:#fee7f6;"| 84.20style="background:#fff8dc;"| 2.23style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 81.99style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.6182.60style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.6681.94style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −2.8579.08style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.4080.49style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 2.42style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 82.91style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 0.31
{{flaglist|Qatar}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 82.37style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 81.61style="background:#fee7f6;"| 83.37style="background:#fff8dc;"| 1.76style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 81.39style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.5582.94style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −2.5480.41style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.6781.08style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.7781.86style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.51style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 82.37style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:crimson;"| −0.58
{{flaglist|Cyprus}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 81.65style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 79.64style="background:#fee7f6;"| 83.67style="background:#fff8dc;"| 4.03style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 81.34style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.1281.45style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.2281.23style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.6680.57style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.1480.43style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.21style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 81.65style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 0.19
{{flaglist|Bahrain}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 81.28style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 80.67style="background:#fee7f6;"| 81.99style="background:#fff8dc;"| 1.31style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 80.21style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.2680.47style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −1.7978.68style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.6078.08style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 2.9180.99style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.29style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 81.28style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 0.81
{{flaglist|Oman}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 80.03style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 78.49style="background:#fee7f6;"| 81.88style="background:#fff8dc;"| 3.39style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 79.03style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.9279.95style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −2.1877.76style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −1.7975.97style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.9477.91style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 2.12style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 80.03style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 0.09
{{flaglist|Saudi Arabia}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 78.73style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 77.10style="background:#fee7f6;"| 81.16style="background:#fff8dc;"| 4.06style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 77.12style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.2078.31style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.7277.60style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.5177.09style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.2277.31style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.42style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 78.73style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 0.42
{{flaglist|Lebanon}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 77.82style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 75.74style="background:#fee7f6;"| 79.73style="background:#fff8dc;"| 3.99style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 78.15style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.0678.21style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −1.9176.30style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −2.6573.65style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 4.3578.00style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.19style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 77.82style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:crimson;"| −0.39
{{flaglist|Jordan}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 77.81style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 75.71style="background:#fee7f6;"| 80.19style="background:#fff8dc;"| 4.48style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 74.61style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 2.2676.86style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −1.2875.58style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −1.3874.20style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 2.8877.09style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.73style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 77.81style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 0.95
{{flaglist|Iran}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 77.65style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 75.79style="background:#fee7f6;"| 79.63style="background:#fff8dc;"| 3.84style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 75.64style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.2276.86style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −2.7174.14style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.3973.75style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 3.0576.80style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.85style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 77.65style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 0.80
{{flaglist|Turkey}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 77.16style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 74.53style="background:#fee7f6;"| 79.86style="background:#fff8dc;"| 5.33style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 76.45style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.2877.74style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −1.2176.53style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.8075.72style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.8777.59style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.43style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 77.16style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:crimson;"| −0.58
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style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 73.33style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 70.95style="background:#fee7f6;"| 75.84style="background:#fff8dc;"| 4.89style="border-left-width:2px;padding-left:1em;"| 71.78style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.0972.87style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.6872.18style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.9771.22style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.7572.97style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.36style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 73.33style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 0.46
{{flaglist|Iraq}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 72.32style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 70.43style="background:#fee7f6;"| 74.06style="background:#fff8dc;"| 3.63style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 69.68style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.5771.25style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −1.5969.65style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.0570.70style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.3372.04style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.29style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 72.32style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 1.08
{{flaglist|Syria}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 72.12style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 69.83style="background:#fee7f6;"| 74.41style="background:#fff8dc;"| 4.58style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 65.49style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 5.4870.97style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.9771.94style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.4772.42style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.3772.79style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.67style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 72.12style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 1.15
{{flaglist|Egypt}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 71.63style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 69.49style="background:#fee7f6;"| 73.81style="background:#fff8dc;"| 4.32style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 69.91style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.3071.21style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −1.4269.79style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.8168.98style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 2.0371.01style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 0.62style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 71.63style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 0.42
{{flaglist|Yemen}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 69.30style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 67.23style="background:#fee7f6;"| 71.39style="background:#fff8dc;"| 4.15style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 68.00style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −1.4466.57style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.1366.44style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.4266.02style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.9367.95style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 1.34style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 69.30style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:darkgreen;"| 2.73
{{flaglist|Palestine}}style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 65.17style="background:#eaf3ff;"| 59.69style="background:#fee7f6;"| 71.50style="background:#fff8dc;"| 11.81style="border-left-width:2px; padding-left:1em;"| 72.78style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 3.0375.81style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −0.8175.00style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −1.1173.89style="background:#fffae0;color:darkgreen;"| 2.7776.66style="background:#fffae0;color:crimson;"| −11.49style="background:#e0ffd8;"| 65.17style="background:#fffae0;border-left-width:2px;color:crimson;"| −10.64

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Historical

In the year 1600, the population of the Middle East stood at about 18.5 million. Within modern borders:Alexander V. Avakov, Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1, pages 12 to 14.

  • Anatolia - c. 6,500,000The 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.
  • 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

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