Table
| Rank | Country (or dependent territory) | April 28, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Egypt | 101,995,700 | 22.53 | 1.94 | 1,981,000 | 31 | 89,715,000 | February 14, 2021 | [1] |
| 2 |  Turkey | 84,339,067 | 18.63 | 1.09 | 909,452 | 64 | 83,614,362 | December 31, 2020 | [2] |
| 3 |  Iran | 83,805,675 | 18.51 | 1.30 | 1,001,000 | 54 | 75,869,000 | February 14, 2021 | [3] |
| 4 |  Iraq | 40,063,400 | 8.85 | 2.32 | 1,030,000 | 24 | 40,575,000 | 2020 | [4] |
| 5 |  Saudi Arabia | 34,719,000 | 7.67 | 1.59 | 751,000 | 29 | 34,719,418 | April 28, 2020 | [5] |
| 6 |  Yemen | 29,710,300 | 6.56 | 2.28 | 766,000 | 24 | 29,719,300 | April 28, 2020 | [6] |
| 7 |  Syria | 17,425,600 | 3.85 | 2.45 | 557,000 | 29 | 21,377,000 | April 28, 2020 | [7] |
| 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 | [9] |
| 10 |  Israel | 8,639,800 | 1.91 | 1.60 | 162,000 | 37 | 9,100,000 | April 28, 2020 | [10] |
| 11 |  Libya | 6,871,292 | 1.52 | 1.48 | 101,413 | 25 | 6,871,292 | April 28, 2020 | [11] |
| 12 |  Lebanon | 6,830,600 | 1.51 | -0.44 | 75,000 | 39 | 6,830,600 | April 28, 2020 | [12] |
| 13 |  Palestine (West Bank and Gaza Strip) | 5,148,249 | 1.14 | 2.41% | — | 24 | 4,816,503 | 2020 | |
| 14 |  Oman | 5,081,600 | 1.12 | 2.65 | 204,000 | 14 | 4,612,800 | February 14, 2021 | [13] |
| 15 |  Kuwait | 4,259,500 | 0.94 | 1.51 | 121,000 | 23 | 4,259,500 | April 28, 2020 | [14] |
| 16 |  Qatar | 2,113,000 | 0.47 | 4.29 | 87,000 | 16 | 2,412,483 | October 31, 2015 | Monthly official estimate |
| 17 |  Bahrain | 1,690,900 | 0.37 | 3.68 | 122,000 | 10 | 1,701,000 | April 28, 2020 | [15] |
| Total | 452,748,183 | 100.00 | 2.01 | 8,284,000 | 35 | 411,788,402 | — | ||
See also
- Demographics of the Middle East
- List of Arab countries by population
References
- ^ Calculated, when available, from the latest national censuses or most recent official estimates (many of which are cited in their respective column), using the exponential formula shown on the List of countries by past and future population article. This is done to normalize the different populations to a unique date, so that they are really comparable.
- ^ It corresponds to the following formula: projection2020/projection2019x100-100.
- ^ It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual_growth/100.
- ^ It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+9).