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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3SAU
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2SA
UN M49 numeric682
IOC codeKSA
Official nameKingdom of Saudi Arabia
Native name(s)ara: official: المملكة العربية السعودية; common: السعودية
Alt spellingsSaudi, SA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al-Mamlakah al-‘Arabiyyah as-Su‘ūdiyyah
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionWestern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalRiyadh
Area (km²)2,149,690
Lat / Lng25.0000, 45.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)IRQ, JOR, KWT, OMN, QAT, ARE, YEM
Top-level domain.sa, .السعودية
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 66

Demographics

Population (World Bank)36,973,555 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)78.982 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Saudi Arabian; m: Saudi Arabian; fra: f: Saoudienne; m: Saoudien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)1,276,942,933,333.33 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)34,536.656 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.038 (2025)
CurrenciesSAR: name: Saudi riyal; symbol: ر.س

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,703,271
19511,763,607
19521,826,509
19531,892,162
19541,960,623
19552,031,955
19562,106,227
19572,183,543
19582,264,095
19592,348,011
19602,435,403
19612,526,347
19622,620,910
19632,719,341
19642,821,968
19652,928,771
19663,039,887
19673,157,242
19683,282,711
19693,417,114
19703,562,470
19713,724,031
19723,905,722
19734,106,344
19744,323,632
19754,556,287
19764,807,933
19775,083,048
19785,381,902
19795,703,698
19806,047,997
19816,420,551
19826,824,486
19837,252,941
19847,697,307
19858,151,779
19868,628,639
19879,130,194
19889,629,165
198910,128,394
199010,640,691
199111,160,744
199211,686,676
199312,215,862
199412,750,040
199513,289,245
199613,831,009
199714,374,943
199814,922,185
199915,472,075
200016,177,722
200117,041,397
200217,910,910
200318,786,767
200419,669,480
200520,559,890
200621,459,144
200722,368,313
200823,287,877
200924,217,654
201025,157,128
201126,105,645
201227,062,443
201328,026,825
201428,998,128
201529,974,938
201630,717,808
201730,782,402
201830,365,121
201930,472,811
202030,991,207
202131,328,375
202232,175,352
202333,264,292

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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