This is a list of Arab countries by population, primarily based on estimates by the United Nations Population Division. The table is by default sorted by the UN column.
| Rank | Country (or dependent territory) |
July 1, 2012 UN estimate |
% of pop. |
Average relative annual growth (%, UN) |
Average absolute annual growth (UN) |
Estimated doubling time (Years, UN) |
Alternative figure |
Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 83,958,000 | 22.55 | 1.72 | 1,445,000 | 41 | 79,602,000 | January 1, 2011 | Official estimate |
| 2 | Sudan | 45,722,000 | 12.28 | 2.44 | 1,117,000 | 29 | 30,894,000 | April 22, 2008 | 2008 census |
| 3 | Algeria | 36,486,000 | 9.80 | 1.41 | 513,000 | 50 | 37,800,000 | January 1, 2013 | Official estimate |
| 4 | Iraq | 33,703,000 | 9.05 | 3.18 | 1,071,000 | 22 | 33,330,000 | 2011 | Official estimate |
| 5 | Morocco | 32,599,000 | 8.75 | 1.01 | 329,000 | 69 | 32,597,000 | July 1, 2012 | Official estimate |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 28,705,000 | 7.71 | 2.21 | 636,000 | 32 | 28,376,355 | July 1, 2011 | Official estimate |
| 7 | Yemen | 25,569,000 | 6.87 | 3.10 | 793,000 | 23 | 24,527,000 | 2012 | Official estimate |
| 8 | Syria | 21,118,000 | 5.67 | 1.70 | 358,000 | 41 | 20,866,000 | December 31, 2010 | Official estimate |
| 9 | Tunisia | 10,705,000 | 2.87 | 1.05 | 112,000 | 67 | 10,777,500 | July 1, 2012 | Official estimate |
| 10 | Somalia | 9,797,000 | 2.63 | 2.51 | 246,000 | 28 | 9,331,000 | July 1, 2010 | Official estimate |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 8,106,000 | 2.18 | 2.72 | 221,000 | 26 | 8,264,070 | 2010 | Official estimate |
| 12 | Libya | 6,469,000 | 1.74 | 0.72 | 46,000 | 97 | 6,321,479 | 2012 | World Gazetteer projection |
| 13 | Jordan | 6,457,000 | 1.73 | 2.01 | 130,000 | 35 | 6,328,716 | 2011 | Official estimate |
| 14 | Lebanon | 4,292,000 | 1.15 | 0.77 | 33,000 | 90 | 3,759,100 | 2007 | Official estimate |
| 15 | Palestinian territories | 4,271,000 | 1.15 | 2.87 | 122,000 | 25 | 4,293,313 | 2012 | Official estimate |
| 16 | Mauritania | 3,623,000 | 0.97 | 2.29 | 83,000 | 31 | 3,378,254 | 2012 | Official estimate |
| 17 | Oman | 2,904,000 | 0.78 | 2.04 | 59,000 | 34 | 2,773,479 | December 12, 2010 | 2010 census |
| 18 | Kuwait | 2,892,000 | 0.78 | 2.63 | 76,000 | 27 | 3,582,054 | December 31, 2010 | Official estimate |
| 19 | Qatar | 1,939,000 | 0.52 | 3.69 | 72,000 | 19 | 1,757,540 | October 31, 2012 | Official estimate |
| 20 | Bahrain | 1,359,000 | 0.36 | 2.64 | 36,000 | 27 | 1,234,571 | April 27, 2010 | 2010 census |
| 21 | Djibouti | 923,000 | 0.25 | 1.88 | 17,000 | 37 | 818,159 | May 29, 2009 | 2009 census |
| 22 | Comoros | 773,000 | 0.21 | 2.52 | 19,000 | 28 | 724,300 | July 1, 2012 | Official estimate |
| Total | 372,370,000 | 100.00 | 2.02 | 7,534,000 | 35 |
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