Arab League countries as of 2021

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

Present

Population by Arab League country (top 10)

  Egypt (23.8%)
  Sudan (10.2%)
  Algeria (9.6%)
  Iraq (9.6%)
  Morocco (8%)
  Saudi Arabia (7.8%)
  Yemen (7.3%)
  Syria (4.9%)
  Somalia (3.8%)
  Tunisia (2.6%)
  Other (12.4%)
CountryProjected population
(11 January 2024)
Pct of
total
UN Population estimatesAnnual growth[lower-alpha 1]Doubling time
(years)[lower-alpha 2]
1 July 20231 July 2022IncrementRate
 Egypt113,643,36424.04%112,716,599110,990,1031,726,4961.56%45
 Sudan48,777,20710.32%48,109,00646,874,2041,234,8022.63%27
 Algeria45,984,0129.73%45,606,48144,903,225703,2561.57%45
 Iraq46,048,7729.74%45,504,56044,496,1221,008,4382.27%31
 Morocco38,044,3098.05%37,840,04437,457,971382,0731.02%68
 Saudi Arabia37,235,7607.88%36,947,02536,408,820538,2051.48%47
 Yemen34,856,2077.37%34,449,82533,696,614753,2112.24%31
 Syria23,833,5915.04%23,227,01422,125,2491,101,7654.98%14
 Somalia18,439,7973.90%18,143,37917,597,511545,8683.10%23
 Tunisia12,512,7312.65%12,458,22312,356,117102,1060.83%84
 Jordan11,364,3002.40%11,337,05311,285,86951,1840.45%153
 United Arab Emirates9,557,2982.02%9,516,8719,441,12975,7420.80%87
 Libya6,929,0741.47%6,888,3886,812,34176,0471.12%62
 Lebanon5,283,2531.12%5,353,9305,489,740−135,810−2.47%−28
 Mauritania4,931,6551.04%4,862,9894,736,139126,8502.68%26
 Oman4,680,9130.99%4,644,3844,576,29868,0861.49%47
 Kuwait4,332,1440.92%4,310,1084,268,87341,2350.97%72
 Qatar2,727,7420.58%2,716,3912,695,12221,2690.79%88
 Bahrain1,492,6020.32%1,485,5101,472,23313,2770.90%77
 Djibouti1,144,8220.24%1,136,4551,120,84915,6061.39%50
 Comoros860,3050.18%852,075836,77415,3011.83%38
Total472,679,859100%468,106,310459,641,3038,465,0071.84%38

Past and future

Country1950200020502100
 Egypt21,198,00065,159,000137,873,000200,802,000
 Algeria8,893,00030,639,00055,445,00061,060,000
 Sudan6,468,00027,068,00059,130,00095,328,000**
 Iraq5,164,00023,129,00076,520,000163,905,000
 Morocco[2]5,344,00028,114,00062,027,00080,888,000
 Saudi Arabia3,860,00021,312,00046,817,00047,586,000
 Yemen4,778,00017,236,00046,081,00052,244,000
 Syria3,496,00016,515,00031,226,00038,098,000
 Tunisia3,518,0009,508,00012,181,00012,494,000
 United Arab Emirates72,0002,458,0008,019,00013,389,000
 Jordan562,0004,786,00011,412,00014,147,000
 Lebanon1,365,0003,835,0005,622,0005,700,000
 Libya962,0005,025,0008,971,0008,144,000
 Oman489,0002,433,0005,402,0005,751,000
 Kuwait145,0001,973,0003,864,0006,484,000
 Mauritania1,006,0002,501,0006,537,00013,059,000
 Qatar26,000640,0002,559,0003,170,000
 Bahrain115,000655,0001,848,0001,602,000
 Somalia5,321,98715,123,32120,396,98735,196,000*
 Djibouti83,000670,0001,396,0001,126,000**
 Comoros149,000546,0001,170,0002,307,000
Total75,146,000294,814,000599,497,000992,152,000

Notes

  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

References

  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.
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