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It also includes all of Egypt (not just the Sinai) and all of Turkey (including East Thrace). Most Middle Eastern countries (13 out of 18) are part of the Arab world. The most populous countries in the region are Egypt, Turkey, and Iran, while Saudi Arabia is the largest Middle Eastern country by area.
The following is a list of countries in the Middle East sorted by projected population. Table. Rank Country (or dependent territory) 2020 projection [1] % of pop.
Country GDP nominal billions of USD List of countries by GDP (per capita) Afghanistan 19.8: 508.81 Algeria 145.2: 3,310.39 Comoros 1.2: 1,402.60 Djibouti 3.4: 3,425.50 Libya
The Middle East–North Africa region comprises 20 countries and territories with an estimated Muslim population of 315 million or about 23% of the world's Muslim population. [47] The term "MENA" is often defined in part in relation to majority-Muslim countries located in the region, although several nations in the region are not Muslim ...
The Middle East — a geopolitical region comprising West Asia without the South Caucasus and including all of Egypt in Northeast Africa (not just the Sinai Peninsula).; The Middle Eastern political region includes countries of the Near East: the Arabian Peninsula, the Iranian Plateau, the Levant, Asia Minor/Anatolian Peninsula, Mesopotamia, the island of Cyprus, Turkey and Egypt
Near East and the Caucasus: Mikheil Kavelashvili: President of Georgia: 29 December 2024 Irakli Kobakhidze: Prime Minister of Georgia: 8 February 2023 Iran: Near East: Ali Khamenei: Supreme Leader of Iran: 4 June 1989 Masoud Pezeshkian: President of Iran: 28 July 2024 Israel: Levant: Isaac Herzog: President of Israel: 7 July 2021 Benjamin ...
Debates on which countries should be included in the Middle East are wide-ranging. [2] The Greater Middle East and North Africa region can include the Caucasus, Cyprus, Afghanistan, and several sub-Saharan African states due to various social, religious and historic ties. The most commonly accepted countries in the MENA region are included on ...
Encyclopedia Britannica definition of Middle East. Encyclopedia Britannica stated in 2018 that "by the mid-20th century a common definition of the Middle East encompassed the states or territories of Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and the various states and territories of Arabia proper (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain ...