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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.