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The following is a list of countries in the [[Place:Middle East|Middle East]] sorted by projected population.

==Table==
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: right"
!Rank!!Country<BR>(or dependent territory)!!2020
projection<ref>Calculated, when available, from the latest national censuses or most recent official estimates (many of which are cited in their respective column), using the [[Exponential function|exponential]] formula shown on the List of countries by past and future population article. This is done to normalize the different populations to a unique date, so that they are really comparable.</ref>
!% of<BR>pop.!!Average<BR>relative<BR>annual<BR>growth<BR>(%)<ref>It corresponds to the following formula: projection<SUB>2020</SUB>/projection<SUB>2019</SUB>x100-100.</ref>!!Average<BR>absolute<BR>annual<BR>growth<BR><ref>It corresponds to the calculation: projection<SUB>2015</SUB>*annual_growth/100.</ref>!!Estimated<BR>doubling<BR>time<BR>(years)<ref>It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG<SUB>10</SUB>(2)/LOG<SUB>10</SUB>(growth/100+9).</ref>!!Official<BR>figure<BR>(where<BR>available)!!data-sort-type=date|Date of<BR>last figure!!Source

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|1||align=left|{{EGY}}
|101,222,500||22.53||1.94||1,981,000||31||{{formatnum: {{#expr: 87963.276+5.998*{{Age in days|2020|4|28}} round 0}}000}}||{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}||align=left|[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/egypt-population/]
|-1
|2||align=left|{{TUR}}||84,339,607||18.63||1.09||909,452||64||83,614,362||December 31, 2020||align=left|[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/turkey-population/]
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|3||align=left|{{IRN}}||83,805,675||18.51||1.30||1,001,000||54||{{formatnum: {{#expr: 75149.669+2.464*{{Age in days|2020|4|28}} round 0}}000}}|| {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{C align=left|[htt meters.info/world-population/iran-population/]
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|4||align=left|{{IRQ}}||40,063,400||8.85||2.32||1,030,000||24||40,575,000||{{Hs|01-01-2020}}2020||align=left|[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/iraq-population/]
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|5||align=left|{{SAU}}||34,719,000||7.67||1.59||751,000||29||34,719,418||{{Hs|28-04-2020}}April 28, 2020||align=left|[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/saudi-arabia-population/]
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|6||align=left|{{YEM}}||29,710,300||6.56||2.28||766,000||24||29,719,300||April 28, 2020||align=left|[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/yemen-population/]
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|7||align=left|{{SYR}}||17,425,600||3.85||2.45||557,000||29||21,377,000||April 28, 2020||align=left|[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/syria-population/]
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|8||align=left|{{JOR}}||10,185,500||2.25||1.00||183,000||26||10,248,069||{{Hs|01-01-2020}}2020||align=left|
[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/jordan-population/] 
|-006+03
|9||align=left|{{UAE}}||9,869,000||2.18||1.32||83,000||76||9,154,000||April 28, 2020||align=left|[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/united-arab-emirates-population/]
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|10||align=left|{{ISR}}||8,639,800||1.91||1.60||162,000||37||9,100,000||April 28, 2020||align=left|[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/israel-population/]
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|11|| align="left" |{{LBN}}||6,830,600||1.51||-0.44||75,000||39||6,830,600||April 28, 2020|| align="left" |[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/lebanon-population/]
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|12|| align="left" |{{PSE}} (West Bank and Gaza Strip)||5,148,249||1.14||2.41%||—||24||4,816,503 ||{{Hs|01-01-2020}}2020|| align="left" |
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|13|| align="left" |{{OMN}}||5,081,600||1.12||2.65||204,000||14||{{formatnum: {{#expr: 40940.28+2.32*{{Age in days|2015|1|1}} round 0}}00}}||{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}|| align="left" |[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/oman-population/]
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|14|| align="left" |{{KWT}}||4,259,500||0.94||1.51||121,000||23||4,259,500||April 28, 2020|| align="left" |[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/kuwait-population/]
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|15|| align="left" |{{QAT}}||2,113,000||0.47||4.29||87,000||16||2,412,483||October 31, 2015|| align="left" |[https://web.archive.org/web/20151118202257/http://www.mdps.gov.qa/portal/page/portal/gsdp_en/statistics_en/monthly_preliminary_figures_on_population_en Monthly official estimate]
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|16|| align="left" |{{BHR}}||1,690,900||0.37||3.68||122,000||10||1,701,000||April 28, 2020|| align="left" |[https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/bahrain-population/]
|- class="sortbottom"
||| align="left" |'''Total'''||'''452,748,183'''||'''100.00'''||'''2.01'''||'''8,284,000'''||'''35'''||'''411,788,402'''
| colspan="2" |—
|}

== See also ==
*[[Place:Demographics of the Middle East|Demographics of the Middle East]]
*[[Earth:List of Arab countries by population|List of Arab countries by population]]

==References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/ten-most-populous-countries-in-the-middle-east.html Middle East Countries By Population]. ''WorldAtlas''


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