The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey (both Asian and European), and Egypt (which is mostly in North Africa). The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East) beginning in the early 20th century. Middle East covers about 7,207,575 km2 (2,782,000 sq mi).
Here are all Middle East countries by their population.
Rank | Country | Population |
1. | Pakistan | 204,924,864 |
2. | Iran | 82,021,568 |
3. | Turkey | 80,845,216 |
4. | Iraq | 39,192,112 |
5. | Afghanistan | 34,124,812 |
6. | Uzbekistan | 29,748,860 |
7. | Saudi Arabia | 28,571,770 |
8. | Yemen | 28,036,828 |
9. | Syria | 18,028,548 |
10. | Jordan | 10,248,069 |
11. | Tajikistan | 8,468,555 |
12. | Israel | 8,299,706 |
13. | Lebanon | 6,229,794 |
14. | United Arab Emirates | 6,072,475 |
15. | Kyrgyzstan | 5,789,122 |
16. | Turkmenistan | 5,351,277 |
17. | Oman | 3,424,386 |
18. | Kuwait | 2,875,422 |
19. | Qatar | 2,314,307 |
20. | Bahrain | 1,410,942 |
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Total population | 605,978,633 | |
