A Concise History of the Middle East

Appendix • 531

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Name of
Country

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Sudan

Syria

Turkey

United Arab

Emirates

Yemen

Land Area

(sq. mi./km^2 )

4,468/11,437

865,000/1,960,582

967,491/2,505,810

71,498/185,180

300,947/780,580

32,375/82,880

203,850/527,970

Population

(mid-2004

estimate)

840,290

25,795,938

39,148,162

18,016,874

68,893,918

2,523,915

20,024,867

Languages

Spoken

Arabic

Arabic

Arabic

various

languages

Arabic

Turkish

Kurdish

Arabic

Persian

Arabic

Religion

Sn=Sunni

Sh=Shi'i

Ch=Chr'n

92% Sn

4% Ch

2% Hindu

95% Sn

5% Sh

70% Sn

20% Animist

5% Ch

70% Sn

15% Ch

12% Alawi

3% Druze

99% Sn&Sh^4

78% Sn

18% Sh

4% Ch

99% Sn&Sh

1. Area figures and population for Egypt exclude the Gaza Strip, whose estimated popu¬
   lation in 2004 was 1,324,991 in a land area of 139 sq. mi./360 km^2.


2. Area figures and populations for Israel and Syria are based on their boundaries as of 4
   June 1967.


3. Area figures and population for Jordan exclude the West Bank, whose estimated pop¬
   ulation in 2000 was 2,311,204 in a land area of 2,263 sq. mi./5,860 km^2.


4. Turkey and Yemen do not enumerate Sunni and Shi'i Muslims separately.
   SOURCE: 2005 Time Almanac (Boston: Information Please, 2004).