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Saudi Arabia

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
36,973,555 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 33,000,000in 2018[4]
Land area
2,149,690 km²[5]
Total area
2,250,000 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official names
  • الْمَمْلَكَةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ السُّعُودِيَّة[11]
  • السعودية[12]
  • المملكة العربية السعودية[13]

Parts of Saudi Arabia

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202537M

2,435,403 in 1960, 36,973,555 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
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
201023,978,487
201125,091,867
201226,168,861
201327,624,004
201428,309,273
201529,816,382
201630,954,198
201730,977,355
201830,196,281
201930,063,799
202031,552,510
202130,784,383
202232,175,224
202333,702,731
202435,300,280
202536,973,555

Earlier capitals

  1. until 1818 Diriyah[14]

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
SA[15]
ISO alpha-3
SAU[16]
ISO numeric
682[17]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), capital: Riyadh (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), population (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), area (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), official language: Arabic (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Basic Law of Saudi Arabia
  8. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), currency: Saudi riyal (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), continent: Asia (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), official name (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), official name (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), official name (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), capital: Diriyah (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Saudi Arabia (Q851), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562701484) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg, Public domain, The Shura Council, via Wikimedia Commons.