- Capital: Damas
- Population: 23.594.623
- Surface: 185.180 km2
- Devise: la livre syrienne
- Religion: Majorité Islam
- Appartient à: Ligue arabe, FMI, ONU
- Capital: Le Caire
- Population: 105.200.000
- Surface: 1.001.450 km2
- Devise: la livre égyptienne (1 EUR=52,1033 EGP)
- Religion: Majorité Islam
- Appartient à: Ligue arabe, FMI, ONU, UA