Middle East Statistics

Geography

The Middle East region covers an area of 5,185,614 Sq Km and encompasses three continents; Africa, Asia and Europe. It is comprised of the following countries:

• Bahrain
• Egypt
• Gaza Strip
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Jordan
• Kuwait
• Lebanon
• Oman
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Syria
• Turkey
• United Arab Emirates
• Yemen

Population

345,731,130

Economy

Economy

The GDP for the Middle East region stands at $2.246 trillion dollars a year. A large proportion of this income is derived from crude oil production and its derivatives. i.e. refining, chemical and pharmaceutical. Crude oil accounts for 35% or 21.76 million barrels a day of the worlds total oil production and the region holds 65% of the worlds oil reserves

Facts and figures supplied by the CIA World Factbook:

CIA world factbook

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