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Middle East Facts


  • GDP Total: $4,486,110 trillion (2009)
  • GDP per capita: $16,619 (2009)
  • Major Languages: Arabic, English, Persian, Turkish and many others
  • Population: 438,656,000 (2009 est)

Top 10 Largest Countries:

(by land area)

  • Saudi Arabia: 1,960,582 sq km
  • Iran: 1,648,195 sq km
  • Egypt: 1,002,450 sq km
  • Turkey: 783, 562 sq km
  • Afghanistan: 647,500 sq km
  • Yemen: 527,970 sq km
  • Turkmenistan: 488,100 sq km
  • Uzbekistan: 447,400 sq km
  • Iraq: 437,072 sq km
  • Oman: 221,460 sq km

Top 10 Largest Countries:

(by population - 2009 est)

  • Turkey: (73,914,000)
  • Iran: (71,208,000)
  • Afghanistan: (31,889,000)
  • Iraq: (31,001,000)
  • Uzbekistan: (27,372,000)
  • Yemen: (23,701,000)
  • Saudi Arabia: (23,513,000)
  • Syria: (22,505,000)
  • Azerbaijan: (8,621,000)
  • Israel: (7,465,000)

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