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Middle East* Welfare: Health & Education
Country |
Population |
Population |
Literacy |
Life Expectancy Male |
Life Expectancy |
Infant Mortality |
Algeria |
32,930,091 |
1.22 |
70 |
71.68 |
74.92 |
29.87 |
Bahrain |
698,585 |
1.45 |
89 |
71.97 |
77 |
16.8 |
Egypt |
78,887,007 |
1.75 |
58 |
68.77 |
73.93 |
31.33 |
Iran |
68,688,433 |
1.1 |
79 |
68.86 |
71.74 |
40.3 |
Iraq |
26,783,383 |
2.66 |
40.4 |
67.76 |
70.31 |
48.64 |
Israel |
7,026,000 |
1.18 |
95 |
77.33 |
81.7 |
6.89 |
Jordan |
5,153,378 |
2.49 |
91.3 |
75.9 |
85.01 |
16.76 |
Kuwait |
2,418,393 |
3.521 |
83.5 |
76.13 |
78.31 |
9.71 |
Lebanon |
3,874,050 |
1.23 |
87.4 |
70.41 |
75.48 |
23.72 |
Libya |
5,900,754 |
2.3 |
82.6 |
74.46 |
79.02 |
23.71 |
Morocco |
33,241,259 |
1.55 |
64.1 |
68.62 |
73.37 |
40.24 |
Oman |
3,102,229 |
3.28 |
75.8 |
71.37 |
75.72 |
18.89 |
Palestine |
3,889,248 |
3.32 |
91.93 |
71.22 |
74.52 |
20.342 |
Qatar | 885,359 | 2.5 | 89 | 70.16 | 76.57 | 18.04 |
Saudi Arabia |
27,019,731 |
2.18 |
78.8 |
73.66 |
77.78 |
12.81 |
Sudan |
41,236,378 |
2.55 |
61.1 |
57.69 |
60.21 |
61.05 |
Syria |
18,881,361 |
2.3 |
76.9 |
69.01 |
71.7 |
28.61 |
Tunisia |
10,175,014 |
.99 |
74.3 |
73.4 |
76.96 |
23.84 |
Turkey |
70,413,958 |
1.06 |
86.5 |
70.18 |
75.18 |
39.69 |
UAE |
2,602,713 |
1.52 |
77.9 |
72.92 |
78.08 |
14.09 |
Yemen |
21,456,188 |
3.46 |
50.2 |
60.23 |
64.11 |
59.88 |
*Includes Middle Eastern countries and Arab countries of North Africa.
1. High figures for Kuwait reflects immigration of expatriates after Gulf Crisis.
2. Weighted average of Gaza and West Bank. 2006 estimates.
3. 2003 Estimate - Same value given for West Bank and Gaza
Sources: CIA World book of facts, Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
Data are believed to be reliable but are not guaranteed to be authoritative. Please tell us about any errors. Most data are 2006 estimates.
Updated May 2006
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