Saudi Arabia People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
35,354,380 (2022 est.)
note: immigrants make up 38.3% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)
Nationality
noun: Saudi(s)
adjective: Saudi or Saudi Arabian
Ethnic groups
Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10%
Languages
Arabic (official)
major-language sample(s):
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)
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Religions
Muslim (official; citizens are 85-90% Sunni and 10-12% Shia), other (includes Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh) (2020 est.)
note: despite having a large expatriate community of various faiths (more than 30% of the population), most forms of public religious expression inconsistent with the government-sanctioned interpretation of Sunni Islam are restricted; non-Muslims are not allowed to have Saudi citizenship and non-Muslim places of worship are not permitted (2013)
Age structure
0-14 years: 24.84% (male 4,327,830/female 4,159,242)
15-24 years: 15.38% (male 2,741,371/female 2,515,188)
25-54 years: 50.2% (male 10,350,028/female 6,804,479)
55-64 years: 5.95% (male 1,254,921/female 778,467)
65 years and over: 3.63% (male 657,395/female 584,577) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 40.4
youth dependency ratio: 36.8
elderly dependency ratio: 3.7
potential support ratio: 27.4 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 30.8 years
male: 33 years
female: 27.9 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
1.63% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
14.22 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
3.42 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
5.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since petroleum was discovered in the 1930s; most of the economic activities - and with it the country's population - is concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east, through Riyadh in the interior, to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
Urbanization
urban population: 84.7% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: 1.69% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
7.538 million RIYADH (capital), 4.781 million Jeddah, 2.115 million Mecca, 1.545 million Medina, 1.305 million Ad Dammam, 860,000 million Hufuf-Mubarraz (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.54 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.62 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.94 male(s)/female
total population: 1.3 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 12.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 76.65 years
male: 75.07 years
female: 78.32 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.92 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
27.9% (2019)
Drinking water source
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
5.7% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
2.74 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Hospital bed density
2.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
35.4% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 14.3% (2020 est.)
male: 26.5% (2020 est.)
female: 2% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
7.8% of GDP (2020) NA
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.6%
male: 98.6%
female: 96% (2020)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 16 years (2021)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 29.4%
male: 21.6%
female: 51.5% (2020 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Saudi Arabia on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Saudi Arabia 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saudi Arabia 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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