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Both Egypt and Iran have relatively high birth rate. Especially when you consider the difficult geography they live in.

Yes, Egypt has a high fertility rate, 2.9. But Iran does not. It only has 1.6. For comparison, Japan has 1.26.

True. Rich and stable ME states (UAE, …) have very low birth rates. The ones that have undergone turmoil like Yemen have higher birthrates.

Saudi Arabia has a birthrate of around 2.5, and it's quite stable.