Middle East
Middle East: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
continent · Middle East · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Middle East at a glance
Rolled up from the 305 regions inside Middle East on this site.
Population—
registry estimate
Places inside259
7 with a full /local page
Businesses on file33,160
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered700
in the company directory
Who represents them0
places with a /politics page
Property & employers13 · 0
/property and /employers records
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Largest places in Middle East
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Ethiopia (Africa)138,000,000
- 2.Tanzania, Africa67,500,000
- 3.Algeria47,000,000
- 4.Uganda, Africa45,900,000
- 5.Cameroon (Africa)31,000,000
- 6.Burkina Faso (Africa)23,286,000
- 7.Malawi, Africa22,224,282
- 8.Lagos, Nigeria21,000,000
- 9.Somalia, Africa19,000,000
- 10.Kinshasa (Léopoldville), Congo18,500,000
- 11.İstanbul, Turkey full15,000,000
- 12.Burundi (Africa)14,000,000
- 13.Tunisia, North Africa12,100,000
- 14.Cairo, Egypt full9,800,000
- 15.Tehran, Iran (Persian)9,000,000
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Inside Middle East
17 regions have Middle East as their parent.
- Afghanistan country
- Africa continent
- Iran country
- Iraq country
- Israel country
- Jordan country
- Kingdom of Bahrain country
- Kuwait country
- Lebanon country
- Oman country
- Palestine
- Qatar country
- Saudi Arabia country
- Syria country
- Turkey country
- United Arab Emirates (UAE) country
- Yemen country
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Companies based in Middle East
700 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Middle East. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Middle East are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.