POPULATION AND GDP IN THE MIDDLE EAST 2000

Extracted from The Economist - The World in 2000

Egypt

Population
GDP
GDP per capita
GDP Growth
Inflation 65.7 million
US 98.6bn
US 1499
5.6%
4.3%

Iraq

Population
GDP
GDP per capita
GDP Growth
Inflation 23.6 million
US 7.4bn
US 313
17%
110%

Jordan

Population
GDP
GDP per capita
GDP Growth
Inflation 3.4 million
US 7.8bn
US 1229
1.8%
3.3%

Saudi Arabia

Population
GDP
GDP per capita
GDP Growth
Inflation 21.5 million
US 140.9bn
US 6,560
1.5%
2.5%

Iran

Population
GDP
GDP per capita
GDP Growth
Inflation 64.8 million
US 68.1bn
US 1050
2.1%
25%

Israel

Population
GDP
GDP per capita
GDP Growth
Inflation 6.3 million
US 100.7bn
US 16,100
3.6%
5.8%

Lebanon

Population
GDP
GDP per capita
GDP Growth
Inflation 3.4 million
US 19.5 bn
US 5,769
0.5%
3.5%

Update

At the 2005 Census Israel had a population of 6,990,700, including 5,313,800 identified as Jews and 1,377,100 as Arabs.

The Arab population included 1,140,600 Muslims, 146,000 Christians and 115,200 Druze. 272, 200 people did not classify themselves as affiliated to any religion.

The CIA’s World Report for 2006 includes the following GDP per capita figures, adjusted for “Purchasing Power Parity”:

Australia $32,900 Israel $26,200 Jordan $2,200

Lebanon $5,500 Syria $4,000 Egypt $4,200