Bahrain - The Wide Worlds Snaps
King: Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah (1999)
Prime Minister: Khalifah ibn Sulman al-Khalifah (1970)
Land area: 239 sq mi (619 sq km);
total area: 257 sq mi (665 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 1,314,089 (growth rate: 2.49%); birth rate: 13.92/1000; infant mortality rate: 9.68/1000; life expectancy: 78.58
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Al-Manámah, 262,000
Monetary unit: Bahrain dinar
Chief of State: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (1989)
President: Hassan Rouhani (2013)
Land area: 631,659 sq mi (1,635,999 sq km);
total area: 636,293 sq mi (1,648,000 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 80,840,713 (growth rate: 1.22%); birth rate: 18.23/1000; infant mortality rate: 39/1000; life expectancy: 70.89
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Tehran, 7.304 million
Other large cities: Mashhad 2.713 million; Esfahan 1.781 million; Karaj 1.635 million; Tabriz 1.509 million; Shiraz 1.321 million (2011)
Monetary unit: Rial
Iraq - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Fouad Massoum (2014)
Prime Minister: Haider al-Abadi (2014)
Land area: 167,556 sq mi (433,970 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 32,585,692 (growth rate: 2.23%); birth rate: 26.85/1000; infant mortality rate: 37.53/1000; life expectancy: 71.42
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Baghdad, 6.036 million
Largest cities: Mosul 1.494 million; Erbil 1.039 million; Basra 942,000; As Sulaymaniyah 867,000; Najaf 779,000
Monetary unit: U.S. dollar
Israel - The Wide Worlds Snaps
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President-elect: Reuven Rivlin (2014)
Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu (2009)
Land area: 7,849 sq mi (20,329 sq km);
total area: 8,019 sq mi (20,770 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 7,821,850 (growth rate: 1.46%); birth rate: 18.44/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.98/1000; life expectancy: 81.28
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Jerusalem, 791,000 Note: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the U.S., like nearly all other countries, maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv.
Other large cities: Tel Aviv-Yafo 3.381 million; Haifa 1.054 million
Monetary unit: Shekel
Jordan - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Ruler: King Abdullah II (1999)
Prime Minister: Abdullah Ensour (2012)
Land area: 34,286 sq mi (88,802 sq km);
total area: 34,495 sq mi (89,342 sq km) excludes West Bank
Population (2014 est.): 7,930,491 (growth rate: 3.86%); birth rate: 25.23/1000; infant mortality rate: 15.73/1000; life expectancy: 74.1
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Amman, 1.179 million
Monetary unit: Jordanian dinar
National name: Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniya al-Hashimiyah
Current government officials
Languages: Arabic (official), English
Kuwait - The Wide Worlds Snaps
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Emir: Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (2006)
Prime Minister: Sheikh Jabir al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (2011)
Total area: 6,880 sq mi (17,819 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 2,742,711 (growth rate: 1.7%); birth rate: 20.26/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.51/1000; life expectancy: 77.64
Capital (2011 est.): Kuwait, 2.406 million
Monetary unit: Kuwaiti dinar (KD)
National name: Dawlat al-Kuwayt
Current government officials
Languages: Arabic (official), English
Lebanon - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Tammam Salam (acting) (2014)
Prime Minister: Tammam Salam (2014)
Land area: 3,950 sq mi (10,230 sq km);
total area: 4,015 sq mi (10,400 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 5,882,562 (growth rate: 9.37%); birth rate: 14.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.98/1000; life expectancy: 77.22
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Beirut, 2.022 million
Monetary unit: Lebanese pound
Oman - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Sultan: Qabus ibn Sa'id (1970)
Total area: 82,031 sq mi (212,460 sq km)
Population (2010 est.): 2,967,717 (growth rate: 1.9%); birth rate: 23.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 16.8/1000; life expectancy: 74.1; density per sq mi: 15
Capital (2003 est.): Muscat, 797,000 (metro. area), 54,800 (city proper)
Monetary unit: Omani rial
Qatar - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Emir: Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani (2013)
Prime Minister: Sheikh Abdullah ibn Nasser ibn Khalifah Al Thani (2013)
Total area: 4,416 sq mi (11,437 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 2,123,160 (growth rate: 3.58%); birth rate: 9.95/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.42/1000; life expectancy: 78.38; density per sq mi: 455
Capital (2011 est.): Doha, 567,000
Monetary unit: Qatari riyal
Saudi Arabia - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Sovereign: King Abdullah (2005)
Land area: 829,995 sq mi (2,149,690 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 27,345,986 (growth rate: 1.49%); birth rate: 18.78/1000; infant mortality rate: 14.58/1000; life expectancy: 74.82; density per sq mi: 31
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Riyadh, 5.451 million
Other large cities: Jeddah, 3.578 millioin; Makkah (Mecca), 1.591 million
Monetary unit: Riyal
Syria - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Bashar al-Assad (2000)
Prime Minister: Riyad Farid Hijab (2012)
Land area: 71,062 sq mi (184,051 sq km);
total area: 71,498 sq mi (185,180 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 17,951,639 (growth rate: -9.73%); birth rate: 22.76/1000; infant mortality rate: 15.79/1000; life expectancy: 68.41; density per sq mi: 306.5
Capital (2011 est.): Damascus, 2.65 million
Other large cities: Aleppo, 3.164 million; Hims, 1.369 million; Hamah, 933,000
Monetary unit: Syrian pound
United Arab Emirates - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan (2004)
Prime Minister: Sheikh Muhammad ibn Rashid al-Maktoum (2006)
Total area: 32,278 sq mi (83,600 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 5,628,805 (growth rate: 2.71%); birth rate: 15.54/1000; infant mortality rate: 10.92/1000; life expectancy: 77.09; density per sq mi: 256
Capital (2012 est.): Abu Dhabi, 942,000
Largest city: Dubai, 1.978 million
Monetary unit: U.A.E. dirham
Yemen - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Abdel Rabbo Mansour Hadi (2012)
Prime Minister: Khaled Bahah (2014)
Total area: 203,849 sq mi (527,969 sq km)
Population (2012 est.): 24,771,809 (growth rate: 2.575%); birth rate: 32.57/1000; infant mortality rate: 53.5/1000; life expectancy: 64.11; density per sq mi: 115.7
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Sanaá, 1,937,451
Other large cities: Aden, 568,700; Hodiedah, 426,100; Tiaz, 317,600
Monetary unit: Rial
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total area: 257 sq mi (665 sq km)
Monetary unit: Bahrain dinar
Chief of State: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (1989)
President: Hassan Rouhani (2013)
Land area: 631,659 sq mi (1,635,999 sq km);
total area: 636,293 sq mi (1,648,000 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 80,840,713 (growth rate: 1.22%); birth rate: 18.23/1000; infant mortality rate: 39/1000; life expectancy: 70.89
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Tehran, 7.304 million
Other large cities: Mashhad 2.713 million; Esfahan 1.781 million; Karaj 1.635 million; Tabriz 1.509 million; Shiraz 1.321 million (2011)
Monetary unit: Rial
Iraq - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Fouad Massoum (2014)
Prime Minister: Haider al-Abadi (2014)
Land area: 167,556 sq mi (433,970 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 32,585,692 (growth rate: 2.23%); birth rate: 26.85/1000; infant mortality rate: 37.53/1000; life expectancy: 71.42
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Baghdad, 6.036 million
Largest cities: Mosul 1.494 million; Erbil 1.039 million; Basra 942,000; As Sulaymaniyah 867,000; Najaf 779,000
Monetary unit: U.S. dollar
Israel - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President-elect: Reuven Rivlin (2014)
Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu (2009)
Land area: 7,849 sq mi (20,329 sq km);
total area: 8,019 sq mi (20,770 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 7,821,850 (growth rate: 1.46%); birth rate: 18.44/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.98/1000; life expectancy: 81.28
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Jerusalem, 791,000 Note: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the U.S., like nearly all other countries, maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv.
Other large cities: Tel Aviv-Yafo 3.381 million; Haifa 1.054 million
Monetary unit: Shekel
Jordan - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Ruler: King Abdullah II (1999)
Prime Minister: Abdullah Ensour (2012)
Land area: 34,286 sq mi (88,802 sq km);
total area: 34,495 sq mi (89,342 sq km) excludes West Bank
Population (2014 est.): 7,930,491 (growth rate: 3.86%); birth rate: 25.23/1000; infant mortality rate: 15.73/1000; life expectancy: 74.1
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Amman, 1.179 million
Monetary unit: Jordanian dinar
National name: Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniya al-Hashimiyah
Current government officials
Languages: Arabic (official), English
Kuwait - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Emir: Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (2006)
Prime Minister: Sheikh Jabir al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (2011)
Total area: 6,880 sq mi (17,819 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 2,742,711 (growth rate: 1.7%); birth rate: 20.26/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.51/1000; life expectancy: 77.64
Capital (2011 est.): Kuwait, 2.406 million
Monetary unit: Kuwaiti dinar (KD)
National name: Dawlat al-Kuwayt
Current government officials
Languages: Arabic (official), English
Lebanon - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Tammam Salam (acting) (2014)
Prime Minister: Tammam Salam (2014)
Land area: 3,950 sq mi (10,230 sq km);
total area: 4,015 sq mi (10,400 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 5,882,562 (growth rate: 9.37%); birth rate: 14.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.98/1000; life expectancy: 77.22
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Beirut, 2.022 million
Monetary unit: Lebanese pound
Oman - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Sultan: Qabus ibn Sa'id (1970)
Total area: 82,031 sq mi (212,460 sq km)
Population (2010 est.): 2,967,717 (growth rate: 1.9%); birth rate: 23.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 16.8/1000; life expectancy: 74.1; density per sq mi: 15
Capital (2003 est.): Muscat, 797,000 (metro. area), 54,800 (city proper)
Monetary unit: Omani rial
Qatar - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Emir: Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani (2013)
Prime Minister: Sheikh Abdullah ibn Nasser ibn Khalifah Al Thani (2013)
Total area: 4,416 sq mi (11,437 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 2,123,160 (growth rate: 3.58%); birth rate: 9.95/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.42/1000; life expectancy: 78.38; density per sq mi: 455
Capital (2011 est.): Doha, 567,000
Monetary unit: Qatari riyal
Saudi Arabia - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Sovereign: King Abdullah (2005)
Land area: 829,995 sq mi (2,149,690 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 27,345,986 (growth rate: 1.49%); birth rate: 18.78/1000; infant mortality rate: 14.58/1000; life expectancy: 74.82; density per sq mi: 31
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Riyadh, 5.451 million
Other large cities: Jeddah, 3.578 millioin; Makkah (Mecca), 1.591 million
Monetary unit: Riyal
Syria - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Bashar al-Assad (2000)
Prime Minister: Riyad Farid Hijab (2012)
Land area: 71,062 sq mi (184,051 sq km);
total area: 71,498 sq mi (185,180 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 17,951,639 (growth rate: -9.73%); birth rate: 22.76/1000; infant mortality rate: 15.79/1000; life expectancy: 68.41; density per sq mi: 306.5
Capital (2011 est.): Damascus, 2.65 million
Other large cities: Aleppo, 3.164 million; Hims, 1.369 million; Hamah, 933,000
Monetary unit: Syrian pound
United Arab Emirates - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan (2004)
Prime Minister: Sheikh Muhammad ibn Rashid al-Maktoum (2006)
Total area: 32,278 sq mi (83,600 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 5,628,805 (growth rate: 2.71%); birth rate: 15.54/1000; infant mortality rate: 10.92/1000; life expectancy: 77.09; density per sq mi: 256
Capital (2012 est.): Abu Dhabi, 942,000
Largest city: Dubai, 1.978 million
Monetary unit: U.A.E. dirham
Yemen - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Abdel Rabbo Mansour Hadi (2012)
Prime Minister: Khaled Bahah (2014)
Total area: 203,849 sq mi (527,969 sq km)
Population (2012 est.): 24,771,809 (growth rate: 2.575%); birth rate: 32.57/1000; infant mortality rate: 53.5/1000; life expectancy: 64.11; density per sq mi: 115.7
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Sanaá, 1,937,451
Other large cities: Aden, 568,700; Hodiedah, 426,100; Tiaz, 317,600
Monetary unit: Rial
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Monetary unit: U.S. dollar
Israel - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President-elect: Reuven Rivlin (2014)
Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu (2009)
Land area: 7,849 sq mi (20,329 sq km);
total area: 8,019 sq mi (20,770 sq km)
total area: 8,019 sq mi (20,770 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 7,821,850 (growth rate: 1.46%); birth rate: 18.44/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.98/1000; life expectancy: 81.28
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Jerusalem, 791,000 Note: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the U.S., like nearly all other countries, maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv.
Other large cities: Tel Aviv-Yafo 3.381 million; Haifa 1.054 million
Monetary unit: Shekel
Jordan - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Ruler: King Abdullah II (1999)
Prime Minister: Abdullah Ensour (2012)
Land area: 34,286 sq mi (88,802 sq km);
total area: 34,495 sq mi (89,342 sq km) excludes West Bank
total area: 34,495 sq mi (89,342 sq km) excludes West Bank
Population (2014 est.): 7,930,491 (growth rate: 3.86%); birth rate: 25.23/1000; infant mortality rate: 15.73/1000; life expectancy: 74.1
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Amman, 1.179 million
Monetary unit: Jordanian dinar
National name: Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniya al-Hashimiyah
Current government officials
Languages: Arabic (official), English
Kuwait - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Emir: Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (2006)
Prime Minister: Sheikh Jabir al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (2011)
Total area: 6,880 sq mi (17,819 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 2,742,711 (growth rate: 1.7%); birth rate: 20.26/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.51/1000; life expectancy: 77.64
Capital (2011 est.): Kuwait, 2.406 million
Monetary unit: Kuwaiti dinar (KD)
National name: Dawlat al-Kuwayt
Current government officials
Languages: Arabic (official), English
Lebanon - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Tammam Salam (acting) (2014)
Prime Minister: Tammam Salam (2014)
Land area: 3,950 sq mi (10,230 sq km);
total area: 4,015 sq mi (10,400 sq km)
total area: 4,015 sq mi (10,400 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 5,882,562 (growth rate: 9.37%); birth rate: 14.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.98/1000; life expectancy: 77.22
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Beirut, 2.022 million
Monetary unit: Lebanese pound
Oman - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Sultan: Qabus ibn Sa'id (1970)
Total area: 82,031 sq mi (212,460 sq km)
Population (2010 est.): 2,967,717 (growth rate: 1.9%); birth rate: 23.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 16.8/1000; life expectancy: 74.1; density per sq mi: 15
Capital (2003 est.): Muscat, 797,000 (metro. area), 54,800 (city proper)
Monetary unit: Omani rial
Qatar - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Emir: Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani (2013)
Prime Minister: Sheikh Abdullah ibn Nasser ibn Khalifah Al Thani (2013)
Total area: 4,416 sq mi (11,437 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 2,123,160 (growth rate: 3.58%); birth rate: 9.95/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.42/1000; life expectancy: 78.38; density per sq mi: 455
Capital (2011 est.): Doha, 567,000
Monetary unit: Qatari riyal
Saudi Arabia - The Wide Worlds Snaps
Sovereign: King Abdullah (2005)
Land area: 829,995 sq mi (2,149,690 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 27,345,986 (growth rate: 1.49%); birth rate: 18.78/1000; infant mortality rate: 14.58/1000; life expectancy: 74.82; density per sq mi: 31
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Riyadh, 5.451 million
Other large cities: Jeddah, 3.578 millioin; Makkah (Mecca), 1.591 million
Monetary unit: Riyal
Syria - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Bashar al-Assad (2000)
Prime Minister: Riyad Farid Hijab (2012)
Land area: 71,062 sq mi (184,051 sq km);
total area: 71,498 sq mi (185,180 sq km)
total area: 71,498 sq mi (185,180 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 17,951,639 (growth rate: -9.73%); birth rate: 22.76/1000; infant mortality rate: 15.79/1000; life expectancy: 68.41; density per sq mi: 306.5
Capital (2011 est.): Damascus, 2.65 million
Other large cities: Aleppo, 3.164 million; Hims, 1.369 million; Hamah, 933,000
Monetary unit: Syrian pound
United Arab Emirates - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan (2004)
Prime Minister: Sheikh Muhammad ibn Rashid al-Maktoum (2006)
Total area: 32,278 sq mi (83,600 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 5,628,805 (growth rate: 2.71%); birth rate: 15.54/1000; infant mortality rate: 10.92/1000; life expectancy: 77.09; density per sq mi: 256
Capital (2012 est.): Abu Dhabi, 942,000
Largest city: Dubai, 1.978 million
Monetary unit: U.A.E. dirham
Yemen - The Wide Worlds Snaps
President: Abdel Rabbo Mansour Hadi (2012)
Prime Minister: Khaled Bahah (2014)
Total area: 203,849 sq mi (527,969 sq km)
Population (2012 est.): 24,771,809 (growth rate: 2.575%); birth rate: 32.57/1000; infant mortality rate: 53.5/1000; life expectancy: 64.11; density per sq mi: 115.7
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Sanaá, 1,937,451
Other large cities: Aden, 568,700; Hodiedah, 426,100; Tiaz, 317,600
Monetary unit: Rial
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