Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar | 12.2 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 5.7 | -10.9 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | -1.0 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 0.1 | -2.6 | -0.4 | 4.8 | -2.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | -0.5 | -4.9 | -6.6 | -4.3 | -1.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| United Arab Emirates | 17.9 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | -0.5 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
| Kuwait | 7.7 | -27.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.7 | -1.0 | -0.9 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 2.5 |
| Iraq | 3.5 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Algeria | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Libya | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 | -2.4 | -2.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Bahrain | 1.0 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 7.6 | 4.2 | -2.8 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 0.1 | -1.3 | -0.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
| Tunisia | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |