Population Trends in the MENA Region–II
(Population in Thousands)

 

 

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2005

2010

2020

2030

2040

2050

Algeria

8,753

10,800

13,746

18,811

25,291

30,463

32,854

35,420

40,624

44,706

47,508

49,500

Bahrain

116

156

220

347

493

672

727

791

910

1,016

1,100

1,155

Egypt

21,834

27,840

35,285

43,860

55,673

67,285

74,033

81,133

94,834

107,056

117,803

125,916

Iran

16,913

21,704

28,805

39,330

56,674

66,365

69,515

74,283

85,036

92,253

98,023

101,944

Iraq

5,340

7,332

10,112

14,093

18,515

25,075

28,807

32,534

40,522

48,797

56,694

63,693

Jordan

472

896

1,623

2,225

3,254

4,972

5,703

6,338

7,556

8,672

9,556

10,225

Kuwait

152

278

744

1,375

2,143

2,230

2,687

3,047

3,698

4,296

4,840

5,279

Lebanon

1,443

1,888

2,390

2,698

2,741

3,398

3,577

3,773

4,140

4,428

4,611

4,702

Libya

1,029

1,349

1,986

3,043

4,334

5,306

5,853

6,439

7,538

8,345

9,015

9,553

Morocco

8,953

11,626

15,310

19,527

24,696

29,231

31,478

33,832

38,327

42,016

44,801

46,397

Oman

456

565

747

1,187

1,843

2,442

2,567

2,863

3,481

4,053

4,554

4,958

Palestine

1,005

1,101

1,096

1,476

2,154

3,150

3,702

4,330

5,694

7,171

8,661

10,058

Qatar

25

45

111

229

467

606

813

894

1,036

1,158

1,263

1,330

Saudi Arabia

3,201

4,075

5,745

9,604

16,379

21,484

24,573

27,664

34,024

40,132

45,309

49,464

Syria

3,495

4,620

6,378

8,978

12,843

16,813

19,043

21,432

26,029

29,983

33,297

35,935

Tunisia

3,530

4,221

5,127

6,454

8,219

9,563

10,102

10,639

11,604

12,379

12,810

12,927

Source: World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision, United Nations, February 2005. Note: the forecast is based on medium variant.