2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
0-4	201,672	208,652	218,467	232,455	249,939	255,732	273,819	284,318	269,367	255,623	257,761	222,129	196,900
5-9	153,113	168,118	177,294	189,471	205,025	219,706	236,918	250,012	241,212	239,179	261,680	245,706	246,085
10-14	162,025	150,325	145,273	144,304	147,931	158,038	173,892	188,427	188,543	193,496	217,596	211,414	217,212
15-19	381,844	320,135	259,363	213,068	181,141	163,176	149,225	143,967	134,450	133,622	150,782	159,617	163,445
20-24	586,393	567,020	539,602	499,135	440,496	375,195	310,614	250,828	193,771	160,780	198,909	167,791	199,767
25-29	470,301	512,015	533,498	575,427	586,666	592,076	576,827	539,540	458,675	449,144	488,854	414,442	399,657
30-34	329,205	359,077	383,978	439,320	467,632	507,693	537,379	554,644	521,121	515,951	553,867	505,388	492,298
35-39	220,182	248,472	262,250	306,324	330,387	363,644	391,075	412,627	400,110	377,225	407,745	387,824	438,260
40-44	126,906	148,545	162,203	193,989	213,364	239,653	263,081	282,645	280,075	262,885	298,583	282,539	295,927
45-49	62,676	75,186	92,771	112,776	125,115	143,449	160,231	175,364	175,978	169,306	193,006	182,770	187,900
50-54	31,964	39,146	59,835	71,251	76,906	85,942	94,151	101,595	99,913	98,268	120,841	113,570	120,552
55-59	16,964	20,332	35,801	44,237	48,957	55,610	61,007	65,413	62,814	64,319	76,679	70,706	74,345
60-64	11,176	12,675	19,586	24,026	26,779	31,168	35,297	38,661	38,320	38,528	47,794	46,043	49,244
65+	21,665	23,156	26,821	29,399	31,922	35,374	38,983	42,491	43,824	44,452	51,278	52,752	56,906
Total	2,776,086	2,852,854	2,916,742	3,075,182	3,132,260	3,226,456	3,302,499	3,330,532	3,108,173	3,002,778	3,325,375	3,062,691	3,138,498

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Source: Saudi census 2022

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

 

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

 

3. Data availability

 

The table was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “data tables”-

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/15?type=TABLE

Selected, pre-set tables can be downloaded from the thematic section.

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

 

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, National Population, Foreign & National Populations

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