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 Population growthPopulation 1971–2010 (pdf pages 89) IEA (OECD/ World Bank) (original population ref OECD/ World Bank e.g. in IEA Key World Energy Statistics 2010 page 57) # 1990 2008 2010 1990–2008 2016 Growth % Million 1990–2008 1990–2010 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]).""Middle East | Countries & Facts," Britannica.com.

Life expectancy

List of countries by life expectancy at birth for 2023 according to the World Bank Group:

+ Countries andterritories2023Historical dataCOVID-19:2019→2023AllMaleFemale201420192019→202020202020→202120212021→202220222022→20232023 83.20 81.00 85.50 4.50 82.15 0.65 82.80 −0.16 82.65 −0.15 82.50 0.20 82.70 0.50 83.20 0.39 83.19 82.70 83.70 1.00 79.08 2.89 81.97 −3.21 78.76 −0.02 78.74 1.85 80.59 2.60 83.19 1.22 82.91 81.98 84.20 2.23 81.99 0.61 82.60 −0.66 81.94 −2.85 79.08 1.40 80.49 2.42 82.91 0.31 82.37 81.61 83.37 1.76 81.39 1.55 82.94 −2.54 80.41 0.67 81.08 0.77 81.86 0.51 82.37 −0.58 81.65 79.64 83.67 4.03 81.34 0.12 81.45 −0.22 81.23 −0.66 80.57 −0.14 80.43 1.21 81.65 0.19 81.28 80.67 81.99 1.31 80.21 0.26 80.47 −1.79 78.68 −0.60 78.08 2.91 80.99 0.29 81.28 0.81 80.03 78.49 81.88 3.39 79.03 0.92 79.95 −2.18 77.76 −1.79 75.97 1.94 77.91 2.12 80.03 0.09 78.73 77.10 81.16 4.06 77.12 1.20 78.31 −0.72 77.60 −0.51 77.09 0.22 77.31 1.42 78.73 0.42 77.82 75.74 79.73 3.99 78.15 0.06 78.21 −1.91 76.30 −2.65 73.65 4.35 78.00 −0.19 77.82 −0.39 77.81 75.71 80.19 4.48 74.61 2.26 76.86 −1.28 75.58 −1.38 74.20 2.88 77.09 0.73 77.81 0.95 77.65 75.79 79.63 3.84 75.64 1.22 76.86 −2.71 74.14 −0.39 73.75 3.05 76.80 0.85 77.65 0.80 77.16 74.53 79.86 5.33 76.45 1.28 77.74 −1.21 76.53 −0.80 75.72 1.87 77.59 −0.43 77.16 −0.58 World 73.33 70.95 75.84 4.89 71.78 1.09 72.87 −0.68 72.18 −0.97 71.22 1.75 72.97 0.36 73.33 0.46 72.32 70.43 74.06 3.63 69.68 1.57 71.25 −1.59 69.65 1.05 70.70 1.33 72.04 0.29 72.32 1.08 72.12 69.83 74.41 4.58 65.49 5.48 70.97 0.97 71.94 0.47 72.42 0.37 72.79 −0.67 72.12 1.15 71.63 69.49 73.81 4.32 69.91 1.30 71.21 −1.42 69.79 −0.81 68.98 2.03 71.01 0.62 71.63 0.42 69.30 67.23 71.39 4.15 68.00 −1.44 66.57 −0.13 66.44 −0.42 66.02 1.93 67.95 1.34 69.30 2.73 65.17 59.69 71.50 11.81 72.78 3.03 75.81 −0.81 75.00 −1.11 73.89 2.77 76.66 −11.49 65.17 −10.64

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 Demographics of the Arab League Demographics of the Middle East and North Africa Ethnic groups in the Middle East Genetic history of the Middle East Largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East List of Middle Eastern countries by population

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