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Table 2: Projection of Population in West Asia

Country	Projection Period					Percentage Ratio
	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2015/1995
Arabian Peninsula sub-region
Bahrain	557	618	671	717	766	138
Kuwait	1 691	1 966	2 192	2 390	2 576	152
Oman	2 207	2 717	3 302	3 986	4 752	215
Qatar	548	599	648	693	734	134
Saudi Arabia	18 255	21 661	25 255	29 222	33 483	183
UAE	2 210	2 444	2 660	2 869	3 049	138
Yemen	15 027	18 118	21 577	25 452	29 781	198
Sub-total	40 495	48 123	56 305	65 329	75 141	186
Mashriq Sub-region
Iraq	20 095	23 109	26 668	30 422	34 248	170
Jordan	5 377	6 330	7 371	8 458	9 579	178
Lebanon	3 009	3 289	3 535	3 742	3 961	132
NPA(2)	2 400	2 955	3 598	4 362	5 286	220
Syria	14 203	16 126	18 237	20 468	22 652	159
Sub-total	45 084	51 809	59 409	67 452	75 724	168
Regional total	85 579	99 932	115 714	132 781	150 865	176

1. Population in multiples of a thousand

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