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Middle East includes 18 countries. These are Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
The following is a list of countries in the Middle East sorted by projected population.
Iran is the second largest and second most populous country in the Middle East. The country cover over 1.6 million square kilometers, and has a population of about 88.55 million people. Iran’s terrain largely consists of deserts and shrublands, with a fertile coast in the north bordering the Caspian Sea.
As of 2020, there are 16 countries in Middle East (listed by population). As mentioned above, there are a total of 16 independent nations in Middle East. See the following table for full list of Middle East countries in alphabetical order:
The most populous countries in the region are Egypt, Turkey, and Iran, while Saudi Arabia is the largest Middle Eastern country by area. The history of the Middle East dates back to ancient times, and it was long considered the "cradle of civilization".
Following is the list of Middle East Countries and their Capitals, Currency, area, Population & official langiuage. Sovereign states and dependencies by population. Middle East includes Iran (Persia), Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and Egypt.
There is no definitive roster of Middle Eastern countries. Most sources include a "core group" of 15 or 16 countries, depending upon whether the region's lone transcontinental country , Egypt , whose northeast corner extends from Africa into Asia, makes the cut.
The Middle East is often referred to as a region, but it is actually a somewhat loosely defined geopolitical area that generally includes 17 countries across parts of two continents (western Asia and northeastern Africa).
The World Factbook provides detailed information on the Middle East, including geography, people, society, government, economy, and more.
Middle East, the lands around the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing at least the Arabian Peninsula and, by some definitions, Iran, North Africa, and sometimes beyond. Learn more about the history of the classification of the region in this article.