The Demographics of the Middle East describes populations of the Middle East or the Greater Middle East that includes Northern Africa.
Overview
Middle East consists of as Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. According to this definition, Middle East has a population of 218 million in 2013, i.e. 3.05% of the total world population (7.2 billion) in 2013.
28 Greater Middle Eastern countries have a population in 2014 of 357 million, i.e. 4.95% of the total world population (7.2 billion) in 2014.
References
Demographics of the Middle East Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA