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CIA Estimate of Middle East Population
Trends in 1996
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Total
Population
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Pop. 0-14(%)
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Growth Rate
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Life
Expectancy
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Fertility
Rate
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Literacy
Rate (%)
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North Africa
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Mauritania
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2,336,048
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48
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3.17
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49.01
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6.84
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37.7
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Morocco
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29,779,156
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38
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2.05
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69.52
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3.58
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43.7
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Algeria
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29,183,032
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40
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2.21
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68.31
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3.59
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61.6
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Tunisia
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9,019,687
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34
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1.81
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72.6
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2.92
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66.7
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Libya
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5,445,436
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48
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3.67
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64.67
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6.26
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76.2
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Total/Average
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75,763,359
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41.6
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2.582
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64.822
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4.638
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57.18
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Arab-Israeli
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Egypt
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63,575,107
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37
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1.91
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61.43
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3.58
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51.4
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Israel
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5,421,995
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29
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2.11
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78.01
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2.77
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95
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Jordan
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4,212,152
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44
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2.65
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72.48
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5.1
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86.6
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Lebanon
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3,776,317
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36
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2.16
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69.99
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3.24
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92.4
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Syria
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15,608,648
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47
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3.37
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67.13
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5.91
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70.8
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Northern Gulf
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Iran
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66,094,264
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45
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2.21
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67.39
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4.72
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72.1
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Iraq
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21,422,292
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48
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3.69
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66.95
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6.41
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58
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Southern Gulf
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Bahrain
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590,042
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31
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2.27
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74.27
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3.08
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85.2
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Kuwait
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1,950,047
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33
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6.65
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75.92
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2.82
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78.6
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Oman
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2,186,548
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46
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3.53
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70.53
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6.09
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NA
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Qatar
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547,761
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30
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2.39
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73.35
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4.28
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79.4
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Saudi Arabia
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19,409,058
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43
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3.45
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69
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6.45
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62.8
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UAE
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3,057,337
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35
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4.33
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72.74
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4.46
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79.2
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Yemen
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13,483,178
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48
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3.56
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59.58
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7.29
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38
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Red Sea
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Djibouti
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427,642
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43
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1.5
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50.15
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6.08
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46.2
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Eritrea
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3,427,883
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44
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2.79
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50.31
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6.5
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NA
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Ethiopia
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57,171,662
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46
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2.72
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46.85
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7
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35.5
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Somalia
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9,639,151
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44
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3.1
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55.49
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7.01
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24
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Sudan
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31,547,543
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46
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3.48
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55.12
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5.89
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46.1
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Related
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Turkey
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62,484,478
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32
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1.67
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71.92
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2.58
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82.3
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Source: Adapted
by Anthony H. Cordesman from the CIA World Factbook, 1996, April, 1997.
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