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Health & Education

Country

Population

Increase %

Literacy
%

Life Expectancy Male

Life Expectancy
Female

Infant Mortality

Algeria

29,830,370

2.2

62

67.5

69.8

47

Bahrain

604,000

2.0

85

72.1

77.2

16.4

Egypt

65,000,000

1.9

51

59.8

63.8

71

Iran

67,500,000

2.6

72

66.5

69.2

51

Iraq

22,300,000

3.6

58

66.3

68.5

58

Israel

6,154,000

1.4

95

76.3

80.2

8

Jordan

4,500,000

3.2

87

70.8

74.7

31

Kuwait

2,100,000

1.7

79

73.9

78.7

11

Lebanon

3,900,000

2.2

92

67.8

73

35

Libya

5,700,000

3.6

76

62.8

67.4

58

Morrocco

31,000,000

2.1

44

68

72.2

41

Oman

2,300,000

3.3

59

68.8

72.9

26

Palestine

3,020,000

6.0

84

70

73.5

33

Saudi Arabia

20,100,000

3.3

63

67.7

71.4

44

Sudan

33,000,000

2.9

46

54.6

56.5

74

Syria

16,200,000

3.3

71

66.2

68.7

39

Tunisia

8,900,000

1.9

67

71.5

74.3

34

Turkey

62,000,000

1.6

82

70

74.9

41

UAE

2,262,309

1.5

79

73.2

76.2

16

Yemen

14,000,000

3.6

43

58.9

61.8

68

 

Sources: Oriental Encyclopedia, 1999 World Almanac & Book of Facts, IMF, Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics Passia,

Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.

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