Gulf State Quiz
President Abdul Latif Rashid
Iraq
Iraq
Joined UN: 1945
Saudi Arabia
Joined UN: 1945
Kuwait
Joined UN: 1963
Bahrain
Joined UN: 1971
Oman
Joined UN: 1971
Qatar
Joined UN: 1971
United Arab Emirates
Joined UN: 1971
Emir Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait
Kuwait
Kuwait City; population:4.45 million 1.45 indigenous + 3.0 expat.) Cleavages: 70% Sunni, 30% Shia
Bahrain
Manama; population: 1.5 million (711,000 indigenous + 789,000 expat.) Cleavages: 45% Sunni, 55% Shia
Oman
Muscat; population: 5 million (2.8 indigenous + 2.2 expat. Cleavages: 45% Sunni, 45% Ibadhi, 5% Shia
Sultan Haitham bin Tarik
Oman
Sheik/Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh; population: 35.95 million (27 indigenous + 5.5 expat) Cleavages: 90% Sunni, 10% Shia
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud
Saudi Arabia
Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
UAE
Egypt
109.3
Jordan
11.15 Cleavages: 50% Palestinian
Israel-Palestine
14.5
Syria
21.32 Cleavages: 10% Alawites, 10% Kurd, 74% Sunni
Pakistan
231.4
Lebanon
5.593 Cleavages: 29% Sunni, 29% Shia, 31% Christian
Turkey
84.78 Cleavages: 18% Kurdish, 75% Turkish
Iran
87.92 Cleavages: 15% Azeri, 10% Kurd, 65% Persian
UAE
Abu Dhabi; population: 9.2 million (1.4 indigenous + 7.8 expat.) Cleavages: 85% Sunni, 15% Shia
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Bahrain
Qatar
Doha; population: 2.97 (332,000 indigenous + 2.63 expat.) Cleavages: 90% Sunni, 10% Shia
