Map of the Middle East

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Middle East Political Map

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Last Updated: October 25, 2024

The Middle East is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran and Iraq. The term came into widespread use as a replacement for the term Far East. The term “Middle East” has led to some confusion because of changing definitions and because it is considered too Eurocentric. The region includes the vast majority of the territories included in the closely related definition of West Asia, but without the South Caucasus, and additionally includes all of Egypt (not just the Sinai) and all of Turkey.

The Middle East covers an area of approximately 2,782,860 square miles (7,207,575 square kilometers) and has a population of more than 500 million people. The Middle East consists of 17 countries, including Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, as well as several dependent territories. Most of the countries in the Middle East are part of the Arab world. The most populous countries in the region are Egypt, Turkey and Iran, while the largest Middle Eastern country by area is Saudi Arabia.

Major and principal cities in the Middle East include Abu Dhabi, Alexandria, Amman, Ankara, Antalya, Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Doha, Dubai, Eilat, Giza, Haifa, Istanbul, İzmir, Jerusalem, Kuwait City, Limassol, Luxor, Manama, Nicosia, Riyadh, Sanaa, Suez, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, and Tehran.

List of Countries of the Middle East
Country	Capital	Population (2021)^[1]	Area	Currency
Bahrain	Manama	1,463,265	760 sq km (293 sq mi)	Bahraini dinar
Cyprus	Nicosia	1,244,188	9,251 sq km (3,572 sq mi sq mi)	Euro
Egypt	Cairo	109,262,178	1,001,449 sq km (386,662 sq mi)	Egyptian pound
Iran	Tehran	87,923,432	1,648,195 sq km (636,372 sq mi)	Iranian rial
Iraq	Baghdad	43,533,592	438,317 sq km (169,235 sq mi)	Iraqi dinar
Israel	Jerusalem	8,900,059	20,770 sq km (8,019 sq mi)	New shekel
Jordan	Amman	11,148,278	89,342 sq km (34,495 sq mi)	Jordanian dinar
Kuwait	Kuwait City	4,250,114	17,818 sq km (6,880 sq mi)	Kuwaiti dinar
Lebanon	Beirut	5,592,631	10,452 sq km (4,036 sq mi)	Lebanese pound
Oman	Muscat	4,520,471	309,500 sq km (119,499 sq mi)	Omani rial
Palestine	Jerusalem, Ramallah	5,483,450	6,020 sq km (2,320 sq mi)	Egyptian pound, Israeli new shekel, Jordanian dinar
Qatar	Doha	2,688,235	11,586 sq km (4,473 sq mi)	Qatari riyal
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	35,950,396	2,149,690 sq km (830,000 sq mi)	Saudi riyal
Syria	Damascus	21,324,367	185,180 sq km (71,498 sq mi)	Syrian pound
Turkey	Ankara	84,775,404	783,562 sq km (302,535 sq mi)	Turkish lira
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	9,365,145	83,600 sq km (32,278 sq mi)	UAE dirham
Yemen	Sanaa	32,981,641	527,968 sq km (203,850 sq mi)	Yemeni rial

Dependencies of the Middle East

Country	Capital	Population (2021)^[1]	Area	Currency
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK)	Episkopi Cantonment	18,195	254 sq km (98 sq mi)	Euro
Gaza Strip	Gaza City	2,949,246	2,183 sq mi (5,655 sq km)	Egyptian pound, Israeli new shekel, Jordanian dinar
Northern Cyprus	Nicosia	382,836	3,355 sq km (1,295 sq mi)	Turkish lira
West Bank	Jerusalem, Ramallah	2,141,643	141 sq mi (365 sq km)	Egyptian pound, Israeli new shekel, Jordanian dinar

List of Countries of the Middle East

Dependencies of the Middle East

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