|
Youth
Explosion in the MENA Region - III
(Percentage of Population Age 0-14)
|
|
1950
|
1960
|
1970
|
1980
|
1990
|
2000
|
2005
|
2010
|
2020
|
2030
|
2040
|
2050
|
|
Algeria
|
40.1
|
43.8
|
48.4
|
45.8
|
43
|
34.1
|
29.6
|
27
|
26.1
|
22.3
|
18.9
|
18.2
|
|
Bahrain
|
42.3
|
43.1
|
46
|
34.7
|
31.5
|
28.2
|
27.1
|
24.1
|
19.8
|
18.2
|
17.4
|
16.3
|
|
Egypt
|
39.7
|
42.5
|
41.4
|
41.4
|
41.1
|
35.9
|
33.6
|
32.5
|
29.7
|
25.8
|
23.3
|
20.9
|
|
Iran
|
39.1
|
43.8
|
44.6
|
44.7
|
44.7
|
35.2
|
28.7
|
25.2
|
25.4
|
20.6
|
18
|
17.8
|
|
Iraq
|
40.5
|
46.1
|
47.4
|
47.1
|
44.6
|
42.7
|
41
|
39
|
34.6
|
30.8
|
27.3
|
24.3
|
|
Jordan
|
45.7
|
44.4
|
45.9
|
49.4
|
46.8
|
39.3
|
37.2
|
34.9
|
29.2
|
25.2
|
21.6
|
19.2
|
|
Kuwait
|
36.1
|
34.8
|
43.4
|
40.2
|
36.6
|
26
|
24.3
|
24
|
21.8
|
18.8
|
17.8
|
17.1
|
|
Lebanon
|
34.2
|
40.6
|
42.4
|
38.1
|
35.4
|
30.7
|
28.6
|
26.4
|
23.4
|
21.1
|
18.7
|
17.7
|
|
Libya
|
41.9
|
43.3
|
44.9
|
46.7
|
43.7
|
32.9
|
30.1
|
29.5
|
27.2
|
21.9
|
19.1
|
18.6
|
|
Morocco
|
44.4
|
44.8
|
47.6
|
43
|
39.7
|
33.4
|
31.1
|
29.5
|
26.9
|
23.4
|
21
|
19.2
|
|
Oman
|
42.3
|
46.2
|
47.8
|
45.5
|
44.1
|
36.5
|
34.5
|
32.2
|
29.3
|
25.8
|
22.7
|
20.6
|
|
Palestine
|
45.7
|
44.4
|
45
|
47.5
|
46.7
|
46.5
|
45.5
|
44.3
|
38.8
|
34.1
|
30.1
|
26.3
|
|
Qatar
|
42.3
|
39
|
36.7
|
32.3
|
27.7
|
26.1
|
21.7
|
22.3
|
20.6
|
18.5
|
17.7
|
16.5
|
|
Saudi
|
42
|
43.3
|
44.5
|
44.3
|
41.6
|
39.6
|
37.3
|
34.7
|
30.4
|
26.7
|
22.8
|
19.9
|
|
Syria
|
41.4
|
45.7
|
47.9
|
49.1
|
48.1
|
40.3
|
36.9
|
35.1
|
30.8
|
25.3
|
21.5
|
19.4
|
|
UAE
|
42.3
|
43.7
|
34.6
|
28.6
|
29.9
|
24.6
|
22
|
20.6
|
19
|
17
|
15.3
|
14.5
|
Source:
World Population Prospects:
The 2004 Revision, United Nations, February 2005. Note: the
forecast is based on medium variant. |