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Hi, I am wondering how many people would be able to live within the 'Fertile Cresent' in modern-day times

93 million Egyptians currently live on the Nile Delta and river system area which is a lot. 9 million live in Israel, 37 million live in Iraq, 21 million in Syria (2010), 10,5 million in Jordan, 6 million in Lebanon, 1,8 million in the Gaza strip and 3.3 million on the West Bank. This totals 181.6 million.

So here are the questions:
  • How many more people can live within the Nile Delta and river system? (93 million people)
  • How many people can live within the Levantine region as a whole? This includes Israel, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Gaza Strip and the West Bank. (51.6 million people)
  • How many people can live within the Mesopotamian region? This includes the Euphrates Delta for which Tigris and Euphrates rivers are apart. (37 million people)
Here is a map of the 'Fertile Cresent' showing the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates rivers with population density maps below.

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Western 'Fertile Cresent'.jpg

Egypt_2010_population_density1.png

Here is a link showing the population density of Iraq: https://maps.mapaction.org/dataset/...0-8640-46bf-998e-49fbcd7b766a?inner_span=True
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