| Country |
Languages
(Official in Bold) |
Ethnicity
& Race |
|
Afghanistan |
Pushtu, Dari Persian,
other Turkic & minor languages |
Pashtun (44%);
Tajik (25%); Hazara (10%); Uzbek (8%); Minor Ethnic Groups (Chahar
Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, & others) |
|
Armenia |
Armenian |
Armenian (93%); Russian (2%); Azeri (1%); Other [mostly Yezidi
Kurds] (4%) [2002]. Note: As of the end of 1993, virtually all Azeris had
emigrated from Armenia |
|
Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijani Turkic, Russian, Armenian |
Azeri (90%); Dagestani (3.2%); Russian (2.5%); Armenian (2%),
Other (2.3%) [1998 est.]. Note: Almost all Armenians live in the separatist
Nagorno-Karabakh region |
|
Bahrain |
Arabic, English,
Farsi, Urdu |
Bahraini (63%);
Asian (19%); Other Arab (10%); Iranian (8%) |
|
Cyprus |
Greek, Turkish,
English is widely spoken |
Greek (85.2%) [99.5%
live in Greek area, 0.5% live in Turkish area]; Turkish (11.6%)
[1.3% live in Greek area, 98.7% live in Turkish area];
Other (3.2%) [2000] |
|
Egypt |
Arabic |
Eastern Hamitic stock [Egyptians, Bedouins, & Berbers]
(99%);
Greek, Nubian, Armenian, Other European [primarily Italian &
French] (1%) |
|
Iran |
Farsi (Persian), Azari,
Kurdish, Arabic |
Persian (51%);
Azerbaijani (24%); Gilaki & Maz&arani (8%); Kurd (7%); Arab (3%);
Lur (2%); Baloch (2%); Turkmen (2%); Other (1%) |
|
Iraq |
Arabic & Kurdish |
Arab (75%80%);
Kurdish (15%20%); Turkoman, Assyrian or Other (5%) |
|
Israel |
Hebrew, Arabic,
English |
Jewish (80.1%) [Europe/
Americas/ Oceania-born 32.1%, Israel-born 20.8%, Africa-born 14.6%,
Asia-born 12.6%]; Non-Jewish (19.9%) [mostly Arab] [1996
Est.] |
|
Jordan |
Arabic, English |
Arab (98%);
Circassian (1%); Armenian (1%) |
|
Kuwait |
Arabic, English |
Kuwaiti (45%);
Other Arab (35%); South Asian (9%); Iranian (4%); Other (7%) |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyz; Russian is
de facto second language of communication |
Kyrgyz (52.4%); Russian (18%);
Uzbek (12.9%); Ukrainian (2.5%; German (2.4%); Other (11.8%) |
|
Lebanon |
Arabic, French,
English |
Arab (95%); Armenian (4%);
Other (1%) |
|
Oman |
Arabic; also
English & Indian languages |
Arab, Baluchi, South
Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi), African |
|
Pakistan |
Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%,
Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official)
8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English, Burushaski, and
others |
Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun
(Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India and their
descendants) |
|
Qatar |
Arabic; English is
also widely spoken |
Arab (40%); Pakistani (18%);
Indian (18%); Iranian (10%); Other (14%) |
|
Saudi Arabia |
Arabic, English widely
spoken |
Arab (90%); Afro-Asian (10%) |
|
Syria |
Arabic, French &
English widely understood |
Arab (90.3%); Kurds,
Armenians & Other (9.7%) |
|
Tajikistan |
Tajik |
Tajik (64.9%); Uzbek (25%);
Russian (3.5%) [declining because of emigration]; Other (6.6%) |
|
Turkey |
Turkish |
Turkish (80%); Kurdish (20%) |
|
Turkmenistan |
Turkmen 72%; Russian 12%;
Uzbek 9% |
Turkmen (77%); Uzbek (9.2%);
Russian (6.7%); Kazak (2%); Other (5.1%) [1995]) |
|
United Arab Emirates |
Arabic, English as
a second language |
Emiri (19%); Other Arab
& Iranian (23%); South Asian (50%); Other expatriates (incl.
Westerners & East Asians) 8% [1982] |
|
Uzbekistan |
Uzbek, Russian, Tajik,
other |
Uzbek (80%); Russian (5.5%);
Tajik (5%); Kazak (3%); Karakalpak (2.5%); Tatar (1.5%); Other 2.5%
[1996 Est.] |
|
Yemen |
Arabic |
Predominantly Arab;
Afro-Arab concentrations in western coastal locations; South Asians
in southern regions; Small European communities in major
metropolitan areas |
