The Demographics of the Middle East describes

populations Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of the

Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...

or the Greater Middle East that includes Northern

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

Overview

;''Encyclopedia Britannica'' definition of

''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 Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, Israel, State of Palestine, 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])."

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 * Israel/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

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Historical

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