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Basic Facts



Land Area of Middle East Countries

(in square miles rounded to the nearest thousand)


Saudi Arabia 757,000
Iran 636,000
Egypt 387,000
Turkey 301,000
Yemen 204,000
Syria 185,000
Iraq 169,000
Oman 82,000
Jordan 32,000
United Arab Emirates 32,000
Israel/Palestine* 10,000
Kuwait 7,000
Lebanon 4,000
Qatar 4,000

Population

(rounded off to the nearest million)

Egypt 76 million
Turkey 69 million
Iran 68 million
Saudi Arabia 26 million
Iraq 25 million
Yemen 20 million
Syria 17 million
Israel/Palestine* 10 million
Lebanon 4 million
United Arab Emirates 3 million
Jordan 3 million
Oman 3 million
Kuwait 2 million
Qatar 1 million

* We use the term Israeli/Palestine to describe the land claimed by both Israelis and Palestinians. Right now the land is ruled by the country named Israel.


Languages


Arabic
Assyrian
Armenian
Farsi (Persian)
Hebrew
Kurdish
Turkish

Religions


Christianianty
....Roman Catholic
....Greek Orthodox
....Protestant
Druze
Islam
.....Sunni
.....Shi'a
Judaism