Some facts about Arabic

THE ARABIC LANGUAGE is spoken in more than the following countries, but these are the only locations where the population has access to the Internet, and thus, where one can speak about an online market:

Saudi Arabia
Egypt
United Arab Emerites (UAE)
Qatar
Morocco
Tunesia
Jordan
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
Oman
Syria

Details of each country's market:

Saudia Arabia. Population: 9 Million (1999 est.; CIA).
Gross Domestic Product : US$191 billion (western: purchasing power parity; 1999 est.); CIA
GDP per capita : US$22,000 (1999 est., CIA)

Egypt. Population: 68 Million (1999 est.; CIA)
Gross Domestic Product : US$ 200 billion (1999 est. - Purchasing Power Parity; CIA)
GDP per capita : US$ 3000 (1999 est.; CIA)

United Arab Emerites. Population: 2.3 Million.
Gross Domestic Product: US$ 41 billion (1999 est. - Purchasing Power Parity; CIA)
GDP per capita : US$17,700 (1999 est.; CIA)

Qatar. Population: 740 Thousand.
Gross Domestic Product: US$ 12.3 billion (1999 est. - Purchasing Power Parity; CIA)
GDP per capita : US$17,000 (1999 est.; CIA)

Morocco. Population: 30.1 Million.
Gross Domestic Product: US$ 108 billion (1999 est. - Purchasing Power Parity; CIA)
GDP per capita : US$3600 (1999 est.; CIA)

Tunisia. Population: 9.6 Million.
Gross Domestic Product: US$ 52.6 billion (1999 est. - Purchasing Power Parity; CIA)
GDP per capita : US$5500 (1999 est.; CIA)

Jordan. Population: 5.8 Million.
Gross Domestic Product: US$ 6.6 billion (1997 est. - Purchasing Power Parity; CIA)
GDP per capita : US$1,200 (1997 est.; CIA)

Iran. Population: 65.8 Million.
Gross Domestic Product: US$ 348 billion (1999 est. - Purchasing Power Parity; CIA)
GDP per capita : US$5300 (1999 est.; CIA)

Iraq. Population: 22.7 Million.
Gross Domestic Product: US$ 60 billion (1999 est. - Purchasing Power Parity; CIA)
GDP per capita : US$2600 (1999 est.; CIA)

Oman. Population: 2.5 Million.
Gross Domestic Product: US$ 19.6 billion (1999 est. - Purchasing Power Parity; CIA)
GDP per capita : US$3600 (1999 est.; CIA)

Kuwait. Population: 2.0 Million.
Gross Domestic Product: US$ 45 billion (1999 est. - Purchasing Power Parity; CIA)
GDP per capita : US$22,500 (1999 est.; CIA)

Syria. Population: 16.3 Million.
Gross Domestic Product: US$ 42.4 billion (1999 est. - Purchasing Power Parity; CIA)
GDP per capita : US$2600 (1999 est.; CIA)

Adding these figures up, the combined GDPs of the Arab world is $1012 B.

Arabic region