Arabian Demography and Millennium Development Goals

Arabian region comprises of 22 countries located between Iraq in the Middle East Asia and Mauritania in the West Africa. This population – region – is divisible into two – Asia and Africa, each division carrying equal share of the geographical area and population. Yet, the population is heterogeneous and unbalanced with lifestyles and demographics. Asian Arabs are again divisible into more fortunate Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries and less fortunate West Asian countries. African Arabs are divisible into more progressed Maghreb countries and less progressed East African countries.
With an analysis of international data base (US Census Bureau), this paper looks into (i) growth of Arabian population over the last three decades, (ii) explore size, composition and density and (iii) analyze components of population change (iv) impact of population components in vital statistics and (v) examine progress of achievements towards Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
There are differences among Arab countries on population pressure, resource burden and equilibrium. They share a common language but differ in terms of religion, food habits and demographic practices. Thus, efforts are needed to improve poorly performing Arabian population.