POPULATION OF ARAB AND MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES

	Estimated pop. in 1997 (thousands)	Average annual rate of change (1995-2000) (%)
Egypt	64,466	1.85
Turkey	63,528	1.55
Algeria	29,473	2.34
Sudan	27,898	2.21
Morocco	27,518	1.77
Iraq	21,177	2.80
Saudi Arabia	19,464	3.42
Yemen	16,294	3.74
Syria	14,951	2.54
Somalia	10,217	3.89
Tunisia	9,325	1.81
Libya	5,784	3.33
Israel	5,781	1.91
Jordan	5,774	3.28
Lebanon	3,144	1.78
Palestinian territories	2,714	4.81
Oman	2,401	4.16
Mauritania	2,392	2.52
U.A.E.	2,308	2.01
Kuwait	1,731	3.01
Cyprus	767	1.25
Comoros	652	3.07
Djibouti	634	2.68
Bahrain	582	2.08
Qatar	569	1.80
Malta	371	0.63
Western Sahara	265	3.11

source: Population Division and Statistics of the UN Secretariat