The Levant

The countries around the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea

	Official Language	Main Religion(s)	Area km2	Pop million	Density people/ km2
Greece Ellinikí Dhimokratía	Greek	Eastern Orthodox	131 957	11	78
Turkey Türkiye Cumhuriyeti	Turkish	Muslim 99%	779 452	65	83
Cyprus Kipriakí Dimokratía (Greek); Kibris Cumhuriyeti (Turkish)	Greek & Turkish	Christian 73% Muslim 23%	9 251	0.9	93
Lebanon Al-Jumhuriyah al-Lubnaniyah	Arabic	Muslim 55% Christian 38%	10 400	3.5	337
Syria Al-Jumhuriyah al-'Arabiyah as-Suriyah	Arabic	Muslim 86% Christian 6%	185 180	15	83
Iraq Al-Jumhuriyah al-'Iraqiyah	Arabic Kurdish (some areas)	Islam Shi'i Muslim 63% Sunni Muslim 35%; Christian 3%.	435 052	22	50
Israel/ Palestine Medinat Yisra`el	Hebrew Arabic	* Jewish 81% Muslim 15% Christian 3%	20 320 *	6 *	283
Jordon Al-Mamlakah al-Urdunniyah al-Hashimiyah	Arabic	Islam Sunni Muslim 97%; Christian 3%.	89 326	4.7	52

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