Western Asia

Largest Countries:: Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Number of Countries:: 17
Land Area:: 4.8M km² (3.24%)

Western Asia is a sub-continent located in Asia. Western Asia comprises 3.24% of the world's land area, along with 3.83% of the world's current population. The estimated population for Western Asia is 317,749,390.

Western Asia Population by Country

< 1M

1M - 10M

10M - 50M

50M - 100M

100M - 300M

> 300M

17 countries

Country	Population ↓	Density /km²
Turkey	87,926,082	112
Iraq	48,007,437	110
Yemen	42,961,653	81
Saudi Arabia	35,165,787	16
Syria	26,472,497	143
Jordan	11,589,532	130
United Arab Emirates	11,574,682	138
Azerbaijan	10,454,855	121
Israel	9,647,689	465
Lebanon	5,897,467	564
Palestine	5,692,790	915
Oman	5,671,458	18
Kuwait	5,102,773	286
Georgia	3,804,642	55
Qatar	3,173,559	274
Armenia	2,930,915	99
Bahrain	1,675,572	2,190

Western Asia's Population Growth

Western Asia Population

Historical

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Year ↓	Population	Change	Density /km²
2026	317,749,390	1.54%	66
2025	312,926,481	1.79%	65
2020	286,347,407	1.66%	59
2015	263,681,930	2.42%	55
2010	234,013,561	2.42%	49
2005	207,636,489	2.23%	43
2000	185,942,792	2.23%	39
1995	166,497,444	2.5%	35
1990	147,139,782	2.62%	31
1985	129,279,695	2.8%	27
1980	112,633,788	2.75%	23
1975	98,325,912	2.74%	20
1970	85,877,771	2.87%	18
1965	74,555,737	2.88%	15
1960	64,680,624	2.83%	13
1955	56,265,923	2.61%	12
1950	49,467,946	1.25%	10
1945	46,489,200	1.64%	9.6
1940	42,854,046	1.4%	8.9
1935	39,982,580	1.31%	8.3
1930	37,454,822	1.03%	7.8
1925	35,583,452	0.91%	7.4
1920	34,008,639	0.39%	7.1
1915	33,355,925	0.33%	6.9
1910	32,808,041	0.78%	6.8
1905	31,558,303	0.83%	6.5
1900	30,279,639	0%	6.3

Year ↑	Population	Change	Density /km²
2026	317,749,390	1.54%	66
2030	336,356,096	1.43%	70
2035	358,096,205	1.26%	74
2040	379,104,145	1.15%	79
2045	399,055,694	1.03%	83
2050	417,811,943	0.92%	87
2055	435,155,649	0.82%	90
2060	451,007,405	0.72%	94
2065	465,381,586	0.63%	97
2070	478,099,644	0.54%	99
2075	489,109,171	0.46%	101
2080	498,493,289	0.38%	103
2085	506,735,089	0.33%	105
2090	513,543,447	0.27%	107
2095	519,093,546	0.22%	108