| Author: Farzaneh Roudi-Fahimi and Mary Mederios Kent |
| InfoShare Partner: Population Reference Bureau |
| Publication Date: June 2007 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Population growth/trends |
| Region: Middle East/North Africa |
| Language: English |
| Number of Pages: 24 |
| File Size: 792 KB |
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The countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continue to fascinate and concern the rest of the world. With two-thirds of the world's known petroleum reserves, the region's economic and political importance far outweighs its population size. Yet, its demographic trends—especially the rapidly growing youth population—are beginning to attract notice as well. In 2007, the MENA region has about 432 million people, making it one of the least populous world regions (see figure). But rapid population growth rates—second only to sub-Saharan Africa—caused MENA's population to quadruple since 1950, and will propel its total to 700 million by 2050, exceeding the population of Europe in that year. This continuing growth is complicating the region's capacity to adapt to social change, economic strains, and sometimes wrenching political transformations.
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