A Concise History of the Middle East

530 • Appendix

TABLE A. 1 Basic Statistics for Middle Eastern Countries

Name of
Country

Bahrain

Cyprus

Egypt^1

Iran

Iraq

Israel^2

Jordan^3

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Oman

Land Area

(sq. mi./km^2 )

240/665

3,572/9,250

386,900/1,001,450

636,293/1,648,000

167,920/437,072

8,020/20,770

34,573/92,300

6,880/17,820

4,015/10,400

679,536/1,759,540

82,030/212,460

Population

(mid-2004

estimate)

677,886

775,927

76,117,421

67,503,205

25,374,691

6,199,006

5,611,202

2,257,549

3,777,218

5,631,585

2,903,165

Languages

Spoken

Arabic

Persian

Greek

Turkish

Arabic

Persian

Azeri

Kurdish

Arabic

Kurdish

Turkish

Hebrew

Arabic

Arabic

Arabic

Arabic

French

Arabic

Arabic

Religion

Sn=Sunni

Sh=Shi'i

Ch=Chr'n

56% Sh

37% Sn

7% Ch

78% Ch

18% Sn

94% Sn

6% Ch

95% Sh

4% Sn

1% Ch

60% Sh

37% Sn

3% Ch

82% Jewish

14% Sn

2% Ch

92% Sn

6% Ch

50% Sn

30% Sh

6% Ch

38% Ch

32% Sh

21% Sn

7% Druze

97% Sn

64% Ibadi

22% Sn

13% Hindu

(continues)