List of Arab League countries by population
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This is a list of Arab League countries and territories by population.
Present
[edit]Population by Arab League country (top 10)
Egypt (23.8%)
Sudan (10.4%)
Algeria (9.6%)
Iraq (9.4%)
Yemen (8.2%)
Morocco (7.8%)
Saudi Arabia (6.7%)
Syria (4.9%)
Somalia (3.8%)
Tunisia (2.5%)
Other (12.9%)
| Country | Projected population (8 November 2024) | Pct of total | UN Population estimates | Annual growth[a] | Doubling time (years)[b] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2023 | 1 July 2022 | Increment | Rate | ||||
 Egypt | 117,190,837 | 23.71% | 114,535,772 | 112,618,250 | 1,917,522 | 1.70% | 41 |
 Sudan | 50,951,991 | 10.31% | 50,042,791 | 49,383,346 | 659,445 | 1.34% | 52 |
 Algeria | 47,113,104 | 9.53% | 46,164,219 | 45,477,389 | 686,830 | 1.51% | 46 |
 Iraq | 46,472,790 | 9.40% | 45,074,049 | 44,070,551 | 1,003,498 | 2.28% | 31 |
 Yemen | 41,033,365 | 8.30% | 39,390,799 | 38,222,876 | 1,167,923 | 3.06% | 23 |
 Morocco | 38,239,273 | 7.73% | 37,712,505 | 37,329,064 | 383,441 | 1.03% | 68 |
 Saudi Arabia | 32,385,407 | 6.55% | 32,264,292 | 32,175,352 | 88,940 | 0.28% | 251 |
 Syria | 25,223,626 | 5.10% | 23,594,623 | 22,462,173 | 1,132,450 | 5.04% | 14 |
 Somalia | 19,142,226 | 3.87% | 18,358,615 | 17,801,897 | 556,718 | 3.13% | 23 |
 Tunisia | 12,311,376 | 2.49% | 12,200,431 | 12,119,334 | 81,097 | 0.67% | 104 |
 Jordan | 11,692,304 | 2.37% | 11,439,213 | 11,256,263 | 182,950 | 1.63% | 43 |
 United Arab Emirates | 11,210,117 | 2.27% | 10,642,081 | 10,242,086 | 399,995 | 3.91% | 18 |
 Libya | 7,418,248 | 1.50% | 7,305,659 | 7,223,805 | 81,854 | 1.13% | 62 |
 Lebanon | 5,718,601 | 1.16% | 5,733,493 | 5,744,489 | −10,996 | −0.19% | −362 |
 Palestine | 5,553,538 | 1.12% | 5,409,202 | 5,305,270 | 103,932 | 1.96% | 36 |
 Oman | 5,517,019 | 1.12% | 5,049,269 | 4,730,226 | 319,043 | 6.74% | 11 |
 Mauritania | 5,228,801 | 1.06% | 5,022,441 | 4,875,637 | 146,804 | 3.01% | 23 |
 Kuwait | 5,198,926 | 1.05% | 4,838,782 | 4,589,511 | 249,271 | 5.43% | 13 |
 Qatar | 3,100,830 | 0.63% | 2,979,082 | 2,892,455 | 86,627 | 2.99% | 23 |
 Bahrain | 1,620,183 | 0.33% | 1,569,666 | 1,533,459 | 36,207 | 2.36% | 30 |
 Djibouti | 1,174,809 | 0.24% | 1,152,944 | 1,137,096 | 15,848 | 1.39% | 50 |
 Comoros | 872,879 | 0.18% | 850,387 | 834,188 | 16,199 | 1.94% | 36 |
| Total | 494,370,250 | 100% | 481,330,315 | 472,024,717 | 9,305,598 | 1.97% | 36 |
Past and future
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| Country | 1950 | 2000 | 2050 | 2100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 21,198,000 | 65,159,000 | 137,873,000 | 200,802,000 |
| Algeria | 8,893,000 | 30,639,000 | 55,445,000 | 61,060,000 |
| Sudan | 6,468,000 | 27,068,000 | 59,130,000 | 95,328,000** |
| Iraq | 5,164,000 | 23,129,000 | 76,520,000 | 163,905,000 |
| Morocco[2] | 5,344,000 | 28,114,000 | 62,027,000 | 80,888,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,860,000 | 21,312,000 | 46,817,000 | 47,586,000 |
| Yemen | 4,778,000 | 17,236,000 | 46,081,000 | 52,244,000 |
| Syria | 3,496,000 | 16,515,000 | 31,226,000 | 38,098,000 |
| Tunisia | 3,518,000 | 9,508,000 | 12,181,000 | 12,494,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72,000 | 2,458,000 | 8,019,000 | 13,389,000 |
| Jordan | 562,000 | 4,786,000 | 11,412,000 | 14,147,000 |
| Lebanon | 1,365,000 | 3,835,000 | 5,622,000 | 5,700,000 |
| Libya | 962,000 | 5,025,000 | 8,971,000 | 8,144,000 |
| Palestine | 1,018,000 | 3,111,000 | 7,770,000 | 15,516,000 |
| Oman | 489,000 | 2,433,000 | 5,402,000 | 5,751,000 |
| Kuwait | 145,000 | 1,973,000 | 3,864,000 | 6,484,000 |
| Mauritania | 1,006,000 | 2,501,000 | 6,537,000 | 13,059,000 |
| Qatar | 26,000 | 640,000 | 2,559,000 | 3,170,000 |
| Bahrain | 115,000 | 655,000 | 1,848,000 | 1,602,000 |
| Somalia | 5,321,987 | 15,123,321 | 20,396,987 | 35,196,000* |
| Djibouti | 83,000 | 670,000 | 1,396,000 | 1,126,000** |
| Comoros | 149,000 | 546,000 | 1,170,000 | 2,307,000 |
| Total | 75,146,000 | 294,814,000 | 599,497,000 | 992,152,000 |
Notes
[edit]See also
[edit]- Arab world
- Demographics of the Arab League
- List of largest cities in the Arab world
- List of Middle East countries by population
- List of African countries by population
- List of Asian countries by population
References
[edit]- ^ "Total Population - Both Sexes" (EXCEL). World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ 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.