Demographics of the Middle East

The Demographics of the Middle East describes populations of the Middle East or the Greater Middle East that includes Northern Africa.

Overview
Population growth[1]

There are 6,335,000 Jews in the Middle East mostly residing in Israel, there are between 27 and 34 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
1Bahrain0.490.771.260.356%157%
2Cyprus0.580.800.800.238%38%
3Egypt57.7981.5381.1223.741%40%
6Iran54.4071.9673.9717.632%36%
5Iraq18.1428.2232.3210.156%78%
6Israel4.687.317.622.656%63%
7Jordan3.175.916.052.786%91%
8Kuwait2.132.732.740.628%29%
9Lebanon2.974.144.231.239%42%
10Oman1.842.792.780.951%51%
11Palestine1.903.914.122.0106%117%
12Qatar0.471.281.760.8174%274%
13Saudi Arabia16.3824.6527.458.350%68%
14Syria12.7221.2320.458.567%61%
15Turkey55.1271.0872.8516.029%32%
16UAE1.874.377.512.5134%302%
17Yemen12.3123.0524.0510.787%95%
xTotal246.96355.73371.0866.951 %61%
xWorld5,265.26,687.96,8251,422.727 %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, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, 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]

See also

References
  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.
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