List of Arab League countries by population

This is a list of Arab League countries and territories by population.

Present

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Population by Arab League country (top 10)

  Egypt (23.8%)
  Sudan (10.4%)
  Algeria (9.6%)
  Iraq (9.4%)
  Yemen (8.2%)
  Morocco (7.8%)
  Saudi Arabia (6.7%)
  Syria (4.9%)
  Somalia (3.8%)
  Tunisia (2.5%)
  Other (12.9%)
CountryProjected population
(3 December 2024)
Pct of
total
UN Population estimatesAnnual growth[a]Doubling time
(years)[b]
1 July 20231 July 2022IncrementRate
  Egypt117,326,34423.70%114,535,772112,618,2501,917,5221.70%41
  Sudan50,998,27510.30%50,042,79149,383,346659,4451.34%52
  Algeria47,161,4689.53%46,164,21945,477,389686,8301.51%46
  Iraq46,544,4649.40%45,074,04944,070,5511,003,4982.28%31
  Yemen41,117,9878.31%39,390,79938,222,8761,167,9233.06%23
  Morocco38,266,0317.73%37,712,50537,329,064383,4411.03%68
  Saudi Arabia32,391,5276.54%32,264,29232,175,35288,9400.28%251
  Syria25,308,6885.11%23,594,62322,462,1731,132,4505.04%14
  Somalia19,182,6163.87%18,358,61517,801,897556,7183.13%23
  Tunisia12,316,9972.49%12,200,43112,119,33481,0970.67%104
  Jordan11,705,2142.36%11,439,21311,256,263182,9501.63%43
  United Arab Emirates11,239,5522.27%10,642,08110,242,086399,9953.91%18
  Libya7,423,9721.50%7,305,6597,223,80581,8541.13%62
  Lebanon5,717,8511.16%5,733,4935,744,489−10,996−0.19%−362
  Palestine5,560,9181.12%5,409,2025,305,270103,9321.96%36
  Oman5,541,7221.12%5,049,2694,730,226319,0436.74%11
  Mauritania5,239,4291.06%5,022,4414,875,637146,8043.01%23
  Kuwait5,217,7811.05%4,838,7824,589,511249,2715.43%13
  Qatar3,107,0990.63%2,979,0822,892,45586,6272.99%23
  Bahrain1,622,7730.33%1,569,6661,533,45936,2072.36%30
  Djibouti1,175,9230.24%1,152,9441,137,09615,8481.39%50
  Comoros874,0290.18%850,387834,18816,1991.94%36
Total495,040,660100%481,330,315472,024,7179,305,5981.97%36

Past and future

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Country 1950 2000 2050 2100
  Egypt 21,198,000 65,159,000 137,873,000 200,802,000
  Algeria 8,893,000 30,639,000 55,445,000 61,060,000
  Sudan 6,468,000 27,068,000 59,130,000 95,328,000**
  Iraq 5,164,000 23,129,000 76,520,000 163,905,000
  Morocco[2] 5,344,000 28,114,000 62,027,000 80,888,000
  Saudi Arabia 3,860,000 21,312,000 46,817,000 47,586,000
  Yemen 4,778,000 17,236,000 46,081,000 52,244,000
  Syria 3,496,000 16,515,000 31,226,000 38,098,000
  Tunisia 3,518,000 9,508,000 12,181,000 12,494,000
  United Arab Emirates 72,000 2,458,000 8,019,000 13,389,000
  Jordan 562,000 4,786,000 11,412,000 14,147,000
  Lebanon 1,365,000 3,835,000 5,622,000 5,700,000
  Libya 962,000 5,025,000 8,971,000 8,144,000
  Palestine 1,018,000 3,111,000 7,770,000 15,516,000
  Oman 489,000 2,433,000 5,402,000 5,751,000
  Kuwait 145,000 1,973,000 3,864,000 6,484,000
  Mauritania 1,006,000 2,501,000 6,537,000 13,059,000
  Qatar 26,000 640,000 2,559,000 3,170,000
  Bahrain 115,000 655,000 1,848,000 1,602,000
  Somalia 5,321,987 15,123,321 20,396,987 35,196,000*
  Djibouti 83,000 670,000 1,396,000 1,126,000**
  Comoros 149,000 546,000 1,170,000 2,307,000
Total 75,146,000 294,814,000 599,497,000 992,152,000

Notes

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  1. ^ Population growth calculation from UN estimates for 2019 and 2020.[1]
  2. ^ At the current growth rate (halving time for negative numbers).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Total Population - Both Sexes" (EXCEL). World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ^ It excludes the population of the disputed territory of the Western Sahara (the so-called Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. If it was included, the Moroccan September 2014 census would result in 33,848,242 inhabitants and its mid-2015 demographic projection would give some 34,198,000 inhab.