Saudi Arabia: Population by nationality (Saudi/non-Saudi) and sex (2010-2022)

  Saudis Non-Saudis Total population
  Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
2010 7,066,599 6,979,565 14,046,164 7,156,237 2,776,086 9,932,323 14,222,836 9,755,651 23,978,487
2011 7,210,243 7,131,886 14,342,129 7,896,884 2,852,854 10,749,738 15,107,127 9,984,740 25,091,867
2012 7,380,972 7,302,574 14,683,546 8,568,573 2,916,742 11,485,315 15,949,545 10,219,316 26,168,861
2013 7,581,015 7,498,386 15,079,401 9,469,421 3,075,182 12,544,603 17,050,436 10,573,568 27,624,004
2014 7,812,695 7,722,341 15,535,036 9,641,977 3,132,260 12,774,237 17,454,672 10,854,601 28,309,273
2015 8,029,058 7,939,013 15,968,071 10,621,855 3,226,456 13,848,311 18,650,913 11,165,469 29,816,382
2016 8,218,925 8,136,387 16,355,312 11,296,387 3,302,499 14,598,886 19,515,312 11,438,886 30,954,198
2017 8,383,654 8,313,326 16,696,980 10,949,843 3,330,532 14,280,375 19,333,497 11,643,858 30,977,355
2018 8,578,445 8,507,191 17,085,636 10,002,472 3,108,173 13,110,645 18,580,917 11,615,364 30,196,281
2019 8,790,733 8,716,438 17,507,171 9,553,850 3,002,778 12,556,628 18,344,583 11,719,216 30,063,799
2020 9,030,279 8,948,308 17,978,587 10,248,548 3,325,375 13,573,923 19,278,827 12,273,683 31,552,510
2021 9,228,524 9,152,145 18,380,669 9,341,023 3,062,691 12,403,714 18,569,547 12,214,836 30,784,383
2022 9,434,131 9,358,131 18,792,262 10,244,464 3,138,498 13,382,962 19,678,595 12,496,629 32,175,224

Source: 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

 

  1. Institution which provides data

 

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

 

  1. 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: 15 June 2023.   

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