Table 9

Population exposure at the regional level

Countries

Total population

Population exposed

% of the total population

Afghanistan

29,863,005

11,377,533

38

Bahrain

726,617

0

0

Djibouti

793,078

0

0

Egypt

74,032,884

1,218,398

2

Islamic Republic of Iran

69,515,206

40,181,472

58

Iraq

28,807,190

5,646,311

20

Jordan

5,702,776

106,953

2

Kuwait

2,686,873

44,791

2

Lebanon

3,576,818

955,908

27

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

5,853,452

969,438

17

Morocco

31,478,460

1,207,577

4

Oman

2,566,981

339,985

13

Pakistan

157,935,075

55,730,556

35

Qatar

812,842

84

0

Saudi Arabia

24,573,100

1,154

0

Somalia

8,227,826

0

0

Sudan

36,232,945

0

0

Syrian Arab Republic

19,043,382

1,042,960

5

Tunisia

10,102,467

2,114,772

21

United Arab Emirates

4,495,823

302,013

7

West Bank and Gaza Strip

3,702,000

214,396

6

Yemen

20,974,655

0

0

Country-level total and percentage of population exposed to a high or very high intensity level of multihazard in the EM Region and the West Bank and Gaza Strip territory.

El Morjani et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:8   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-8