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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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Population growth[1]

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.

# 1990 2008 2010 1990-2008 2016 Growth %
Million 1990-08 1990-10
1 Bahrain 0.49 0.77 1.26 0.3 56% 157%
2 Cyprus 0.58 0.80 0.80 0.2 38% 38%
3 Egypt 57.79 81.53 81.12 23.7 41% 40%
6 Iran 54.40 71.96 73.97 17.6 32% 36%
5 Iraq 18.14 28.22 32.32 10.1 56% 78%
6 Israel 4.68 7.31 7.62 2.6 56% 63%
7 Jordan 3.17 5.91 6.05 2.7 86% 91%
8 Kuwait 2.13 2.73 2.74 0.6 28% 29%
9 Lebanon 2.97 4.14 4.23 1.2 39% 42%
10 Oman 1.84 2.79 2.78 0.9 51% 51%
11 Palestine 1.90 3.91 4.12 2.0 106% 117%
12 Qatar 0.47 1.28 1.76 0.8 174% 274%
13 Saudi Arabia 16.38 24.65 27.45 8.3 50% 68%
14 Syria 12.72 21.23 20.45 8.5 67% 61%
15 Turkey 55.12 71.08 72.85 16.0 29% 32%
16 UAE 1.87 4.37 7.51 2.5 134% 302%
17 Yemen 12.31 23.05 24.05 10.7 87% 95%
x Total 246.96 355.73 371.08 66.9 51 % 61%
x World 5,265.2 6,687.9 6,825 1,422.7 27 % 30%
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])."[2]

Life expectancy

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Main article: List of Asian countries by life expectancy

List of countries by life expectancy at birth for 2022 according to the World Bank Group:[3][4][5]

Countries &
territories 		2022 Historical data recovery from
COVID-19:
2019→2022
All Male Female Sex gap 2014 2014
→2019 		2019 2019
→2020 		2020 2020
→2021 		2021 2021
→2022 		2022
 Israel 82.70 80.70 84.80 4.10 82.15 0.65 82.80 −0.16 82.65 −0.15 82.50 0.20 82.70 −0.10
 Cyprus 81.89 80.07 83.67 3.61 80.77 0.63 81.40 −0.01 81.39 −0.19 81.20 0.69 81.89 0.49
 Qatar 81.56 80.63 83.10 2.47 79.77 1.22 80.99 −1.89 79.10 0.17 79.27 2.29 81.56 0.57
 Kuwait 80.26 78.88 82.75 3.87 79.44 0.24 79.69 −2.77 76.92 1.75 78.67 1.59 80.26 0.58
 Bahrain 79.25 78.24 80.50 2.25 79.33 0.69 80.02 −0.84 79.17 −0.41 78.76 0.49 79.25 −0.77
 United Arab Emirates 79.20 77.72 81.41 3.69 79.04 0.68 79.73 −0.78 78.95 −0.24 78.71 0.49 79.20 −0.53
 Turkey 78.47 75.38 81.50 6.12 76.56 1.27 77.83 −1.98 75.85 0.18 76.03 2.44 78.47 0.64
 Saudi Arabia 77.91 76.67 79.53 2.86 76.76 0.55 77.30 −1.06 76.24 0.70 76.94 0.97 77.91 0.60
 Iran 74.56 71.93 77.45 5.52 74.78 1.32 76.10 −1.27 74.83 −0.96 73.88 0.68 74.56 −1.55
 Lebanon 74.42 72.24 76.60 4.36 78.97 0.26 79.24 −1.43 77.80 −2.76 75.05 −0.63 74.42 −4.82
 Jordan 74.22 72.12 76.67 4.55 74.79 1.25 76.04 −0.86 75.18 −0.93 74.26 −0.04 74.22 −1.83
 Oman 73.94 72.36 76.05 3.69 77.45 0.56 78.00 −3.24 74.76 −2.22 72.54 1.39 73.94 −4.07
 Palestine 73.44 71.02 75.95 4.92 72.62 2.62 75.24 −0.84 74.40 −0.93 73.47 −0.03 73.44 −1.80
 Syria 72.30 68.67 76.12 7.45 63.15 8.67 71.82 0.32 72.14 −0.08 72.06 0.24 72.30 0.48
World 72.00 69.60 74.53 4.93 71.88 1.10 72.98 −0.74 72.24 −0.92 71.33 0.67 72.00 −0.98
 Iraq 71.34 69.16 73.36 4.20 68.91 2.66 71.58 −2.45 69.12 1.25 70.38 0.96 71.34 −0.24
 Egypt 70.16 67.87 72.56 4.69 70.42 0.94 71.36 −0.37 70.99 −0.77 70.22 −0.06 70.16 −1.20
 Yemen 63.72 60.49 67.22 6.73 67.38 −2.29 65.09 −0.44 64.65 −0.90 63.75 −0.03 63.72 −1.37
Change in life expectancy in the Middle East from 2019 to 2021[3]

Historical

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In the year 1600, the population of the Middle East stood at about 18.5 million. Within modern borders:[6]

  • Anatolia - c. 6,500,000[7]
  • 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/Jerusalem- 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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References

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  1. ^ Population 1971-2010 (pdf Archived 2012-01-06 at the Wayback Machine pages 89) IEA (OECD/ World Bank) (original population ref OECD/ World Bank e.g. in IEA Key World Energy Statistics 2010 page 57)
  2. ^ "Middle East | Countries & Facts," Britannica.com.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Life expectancy at birth, total". The World Bank Group. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Life expectancy at birth, male". The World Bank Group. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Life expectancy at birth, female". The World Bank Group. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  6. ^ Alexander V. Avakov, Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1, pages 12 to 14.
  7. ^ The 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.
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