A PROFILE OF SELECTED ARAB STATES

The nations profiled below, plus Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia and the Palestine Liberation Organization, are members of the Arab League.

Last colonial Country Capital power Independence Population* Algeria Algiers France 1962 23.6 million Bahrain Manama Britain 1971 453,000 Egypt Cairo Britain 1922 53.6 million Iraq Baghdad Britain 1948 16.9 million Jordan Amman Britain 1946 3.3 million Kuwait Kuwait Britain 1961 2.1 million Lebanon Beirut France 1943 3.5 million Libya Tripoli Italy 1951 4.4 million Morocco Rabat France 1956 24.2 million Oman Muscat Britain 1951 1.5 million Qatar Doha Britain 1971 370,000 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 13.5 million 11,500 Sudan Khartoum Britain 1956 24.9 million Syria Damascus France 1946 11.7 million Tunisia Tunis France 1956 8.1 million U.A. Emirates Abu Dhabi Britain 1971 1.9 million Yemen Sana ** ** 12 million

Per capita Country income*** Algeria 1,950 Bahrain 9,000 Egypt 560 Iraq 2,410 Jordan 1,100 Kuwait 24,000 Lebanon 1,000 Libya 6,350 Morocco 800 Oman 2,250 Qatar 42,000 Saudi Arabia Sudan 370 Syria 700 Tunisia 1,200 U.A. Emirates 24,000 Yemen 400

* 1989 estimates ** Yemen, occupied by Turkish forces until 1918, and South Yemen, a British colony until 1967, merged into one state in May. *** In U.S. dollars Source: “The Arabs: Journeys Beyond the Mirage”