TheDemographics of the Middle East describespopulations of theMiddle East, a region covering western and northern parts of the Asian and African continents respectively.

Encyclopedia Britannica definition ofMiddle East

Encyclopedia Britannica stated in 2018 that "by the mid-20th century a common definition of the Middle East encompassed the states or territories ofTurkey,Cyprus,Syria,Lebanon,Iraq,Iran,Israel,Palestine,Jordan,Egypt,Sudan,Libya, and the various states and territories of Arabia proper (Saudi Arabia,Kuwait,Yemen,Oman,Bahrain,Qatar, and theTrucial States, or Trucial Oman [nowUnited Arab Emirates])."^[2]

List of countries bylife expectancy at birth for 2023 according to theWorld Bank Group:^[3][4][5]

World Bank Group (2023)

Countries and territories	2023				Historical data											recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2023
	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2014	2014 →2019	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	2023
Israel	83.20	81.00	85.50	4.50	82.15	0.65	82.80	−0.16	82.65	−0.15	82.50	0.20	82.70	0.50	83.20	0.39
Kuwait	83.19	82.70	83.70	1.00	79.08	2.89	81.97	−3.21	78.76	−0.02	78.74	1.85	80.59	2.60	83.19	1.22
United Arab Emirates	82.91	81.98	84.20	2.23	81.99	0.61	82.60	−0.66	81.94	−2.85	79.08	1.40	80.49	2.42	82.91	0.31
Qatar	82.37	81.61	83.37	1.76	81.39	1.55	82.94	−2.54	80.41	0.67	81.08	0.77	81.86	0.51	82.37	−0.58
Cyprus	81.65	79.64	83.67	4.03	81.34	0.12	81.45	−0.22	81.23	−0.66	80.57	−0.14	80.43	1.21	81.65	0.19
Bahrain	81.28	80.67	81.99	1.31	80.21	0.26	80.47	−1.79	78.68	−0.60	78.08	2.91	80.99	0.29	81.28	0.81
Oman	80.03	78.49	81.88	3.39	79.03	0.92	79.95	−2.18	77.76	−1.79	75.97	1.94	77.91	2.12	80.03	0.09
Saudi Arabia	78.73	77.10	81.16	4.06	77.12	1.20	78.31	−0.72	77.60	−0.51	77.09	0.22	77.31	1.42	78.73	0.42
Lebanon	77.82	75.74	79.73	3.99	78.15	0.06	78.21	−1.91	76.30	−2.65	73.65	4.35	78.00	−0.19	77.82	−0.39
Jordan	77.81	75.71	80.19	4.48	74.61	2.26	76.86	−1.28	75.58	−1.38	74.20	2.88	77.09	0.73	77.81	0.95
Iran	77.65	75.79	79.63	3.84	75.64	1.22	76.86	−2.71	74.14	−0.39	73.75	3.05	76.80	0.85	77.65	0.80
Turkey	77.16	74.53	79.86	5.33	76.45	1.28	77.74	−1.21	76.53	−0.80	75.72	1.87	77.59	−0.43	77.16	−0.58
World	73.33	70.95	75.84	4.89	71.78	1.09	72.87	−0.68	72.18	−0.97	71.22	1.75	72.97	0.36	73.33	0.46
Iraq	72.32	70.43	74.06	3.63	69.68	1.57	71.25	−1.59	69.65	1.05	70.70	1.33	72.04	0.29	72.32	1.08
Syria	72.12	69.83	74.41	4.58	65.49	5.48	70.97	0.97	71.94	0.47	72.42	0.37	72.79	−0.67	72.12	1.15
Egypt	71.63	69.49	73.81	4.32	69.91	1.30	71.21	−1.42	69.79	−0.81	68.98	2.03	71.01	0.62	71.63	0.42
Yemen	69.30	67.23	71.39	4.15	68.00	−1.44	66.57	−0.13	66.44	−0.42	66.02	1.93	67.95	1.34	69.30	2.73
Palestine	65.17	59.69	71.50	11.81	72.78	3.03	75.81	−0.81	75.00	−1.11	73.89	2.77	76.66	−11.49	65.17	−10.64

Change in life expectancy in the Middle East from 2019 to 2021^[3]

In the year 1600, the population of the Middle East stood at about 18.5 million. Within modern borders:^[6]

• Anatolia - c. 6,500,000^[7]
• 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
• 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

• Demographics of the Arab League
• Demographics of the Middle East and North Africa
• Ethnic groups in the Middle East
• Genetic history of the Middle East
• Largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East
• List of Middle Eastern countries by population

• Demographics of the Middle East
• Demographics by region
• Middle East

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