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Arab worldGeocultural region in Asia and Africa Arab worldArea13,132,327 km2 (5,070,420 sq mi)Population 456,520,777Population density29.8/km2 (70.4/sq mi)GDP (nominal)$2.782 trillionGDP per capita$6,647DemonymArabCountries 22 Arab states Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen DependenciesArab LeagueTime zoneUTC±00:00 to UTC+04:00Largest citiesMajor cities of the Arab world List Cairo Baghdad Riyadh Alexandria Amman Algiers Jeddah Casablanca Sanaa Dubai Part of a series on theArab world Political Issues Arab Winter Syrian Civil War Somali Civil War Western Sahara conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Pan-Arabism Weapons of mass destruction Egypt Iraq Libya Syria Geography Middle East and North Africa Regions Maghreb Nile Valley Mashriq South Arabia Tihamah Yemen Hadhramaut Eastern Arabia Hijaz Najd Bab-el-Mandeb Deserts Sahara Arabian ad-Dahna Governance Founding Charter Human Rights Charter Secretary General (Ahmed Aboul Gheit) Institutions Council Summits Parliament Unity Arab leaders King Salman King Abdullah Fattah el-Sisi Ideology Arab nationalismNasserism Arab socialismBa'athism Third International Theory IslamismSunni Islam Anti-Iranian sentimentAnti-Shi'ism AntisemitismAnti-Zionism Attempts at political union Arab Federation Arab Islamic Republic Federation of Arab Republics Unified Political Command Union of Arab Republics United Arab Kingdom United Arab Republic United Arab States Organizational unions Cooperation Council for theArab States of the Gulf (GCC) Arab Maghreb Union Foreign relations Multilateral African Union ASEAN European Union Latin America Bilateral Brazil China Eritrea France India Eritrea Iran Israel Pakistan Turkey United States Uzbekistan Venezuela Military Expenditure Arab Revolt Joint defence Joint Defence Council United Arab Command Peninsula Shield Arab Organization forIndustrialization (AOI) Economy Economic and Social Council Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU) Arab Monetary Fund Arab Fund for Economic andSocial Development (AFESD) Union for the Mediterranean Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) Chambers of Commerce Arab Customs Union International Confederation ofArab Trade Unions (ICATU) Federation of Arab Trade Unionsand Labor Societies (FATULS) Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Transportation Aviation Railways Berlin–Baghdad Hejaz ONCF Palestine Bridges Dubai Smile Qatar–Bahrain Causeway King Fahd Causeway Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing Saudi–Egypt Causeway Bridge of the Horns Culture Media Arab-SAT Nile-SAT Arab Media Group Arabian Television Network Arab International Media Services Al Arabiya Al Jazeera Arab Capital of Culture Algiers (2007) Jerusalem (2008) Damascus (2009) Doha (2010) Arabic language Cuisine Art Literature Mu'allaqat) Dress Sport Pan Arab Games Arab Champions League( Cup Winners' Cup) Arabian Gulf Cup Arab Cup Demographics Religion Muslims (majority) Christians Jews Yazidis Shabaks Mandaeans Hinduism Ethnicities Arabs (Arabization) Berbers Kurds Nubians Somalis other Arab diaspora Lifestyles Bedouin Marsh Arabs Language Arabic (majority) Afar Armenian Berber Hebrew Kurdish Nubian Persian Somali vte The Arab world comprises a large group of countries, mainly located in West Asia and North Africa.

ArabsEthnic groupArabs (Arabic: عَرَب) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Before the spread of Arabic language in the wake of the Arab conquests, "Arab" largely referred to the Semitic inhabitants—both settled and nomadic—of the Arabian Peninsula and the Syrian Desert.

Arab ChristiansArab Christians (Arabic: الْمَسِيحِيُّون الْعَرَب, romanized: al-Masīḥiyyūn al-ʿArab) are the Arabs who adhere to Christianity. The number of Arab Christians who live in the Middle East was estimated in 2012 to be between 10 and 15 million, although most predominant in Lebanon.

MuslimsMuslims (Arabic: المسلمون, romanized: al-Muslimūn, lit.'submitters [to God]') are people who are adherents of Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraham (or Allah) as it was revealed to Muhammad, the last Islamic prophet.

Bengali MuslimsBengali Muslims (Bengali: বাঙ্গালী মুসলমান; pronounced [baŋgali musɔlman]) are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising over 70% of the global Bengali population, they are the second-largest ethnic group among Muslims after Arabs.

Punjabi MuslimsPunjabi Muslims (Punjabi: پن٘جابی مُسلمان) are Punjabis who are adherents of Islam. With a population of more than 112 million, they are the third-largest predominantly Islam-adhering Muslim ethnicity in the world, after Arabs and Bengalis. The majority of Punjabi Muslims are adherents of Sunni Islam, while a minority adhere to Shia Islam.

EthnicitySocial group defined by shared traitsAn ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of humans who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Attributes that ethnicities are believed to share include language, culture, common sets of ancestry, traditions, society, religion, history, region(s), or social treatment.

DruzeEthnoreligious group of the LevantThe Druze, who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (lit. 'the monotheists' or 'the unitarians'), are an esoteric religious group of Arabs who adhere to Druzism or the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, esoteric, monotheistic, ethnic, and syncretic religion whose main tenets assert the unity of God, reincarnation, and the eternity of the soul.

IslamAbrahamic monotheistic religion

Romanization of ArabicThe romanization of Arabic is the systematic rendering of written and spokenArabic in the Latin script. Romanized Arabic is used for various purposes, among them transcription of names and titles, cataloging Arabic language works, language education when used instead of or alongside the Arabic script, and representation of the language in scientific publications by linguists.

Baháʼí FaithThe Baháʼí Faith is a religion, established by Baháʼu'lláh in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. It initially developed in Iran and parts of Western Asia, where it has faced ongoing persecution since its inception. The religion has 7–8 million adherents, known as Baháʼís, who are spread throughout most of the world's countries and territories.

ArabicCentral Semitic languageArabic is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of Literary Arabic, known as Modern Standard Arabic, which is derived from Classical Arabic.