List of Arab countries by population

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This is a list of Arab countries and territories by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections.

Table[edit]

Rank Country
(or dependent territory)		 July 1, 2015
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 90,045,700 22.73 2.29 1,981,000 31 93,517,000 July 15, 2017 Official population clock
2  Algeria 40,100,000 10.25 2.07 808,000 34 40,400,000 January 1, 2016 Official estimate
3  Sudan 38,435,000 9.87 3.07 1,146,000 23 38,435,252 2015 Official estimate
4  Iraq 36,575,000 9.39 2.90 1,030,000 24 36,575,000 2015 Official estimate
5  Morocco[5] 33,680,000 8.65 1.24 412,000 56 33,337,529 September 1, 2014 Preliminary 2014 census result
6  Saudi Arabia 31,521,000 8.10 2.44 751,000 29 31,521,418 2015 Official estimate
7  Yemen 26,745,000 6.87 2.95 766,000 24 24,527,000 July 1, 2012 Official estimate
8  Syria 23,270,000 5.98 2.45 557,000 29 21,377,000 December 31, 2011 Official estimate
9  Tunisia 11,118,000 2.86 1.04 114,000 67 10,982,754 April 23, 2014 Preliminary 2014 census result
10  United Arab Emirates 9,500,000 2.76 2.75 183,000 26 9,500,000 2015 Official Census 2015
11  Jordan 8,933,000 2.29 1.57 138,000 45 9,531,712 November 30, 2015 Official Census 2015
12  Libya 6,278,000 0.54 1.13 70,000 62 5,298,152 April 15, 2006 2006 census result
13  Palestine[6] 4,683,000 1.20 2.92 133,000 24 4,550,368 2014 Official estimate
14  Lebanon 4,288,000 1.10 1.78 75,000 39 4,965,846 December 31, 2013 Official estimate
15  Oman 4,181,000 1.07 5.13 204,000 14 4,308,900 July 15, 2017 Official population clock
16  Kuwait 4,161,000 1.07 3.00 121,000 23 4,183,658 June 30, 2015 Official estimate
17  Mauritania 3,632,000 0.93 2.43 86,000 29 3,718,678 2016 Official estimate
18  Qatar 2,113,000 0.54 4.29 87,000 16 2,412,483 October 31, 2015 Monthly official estimate
19  Bahrain 1,781,000 0.46 7.35 122,000 10 1,234,571 April 27, 2010 Final 2010 census result
20  Somalia 11,972,000 3.95 1.54 166,000 45 12,316,895 April 29, 2015

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ It corresponds to the following formula: projection2015/projection2014x100-100.
  3. ^ It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual_growth/100.
  4. ^ It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+1).
  5. ^ It excludes the population of the disputed territory of the Western Sahara (the so-called Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. If it was included, the Moroccan September 2014 census would result in 33,848,242 inhabitants and its mid-2015 demographic projection would give some 34,198,000 inhab.
  6. ^ It comprises the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, separated between each other by Israel.

See also[edit]
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