Saudi-Arabia: Population by nationality (Saudi / non-Saudi) (mid-year estimates, 1974-2021).

	Saudis	Non-Saudis	Total
1974	6,163,805	774,397	6,938,202
1975	6,429,179	857,831	7,287,010
1976	6,703,441	949,911	7,653,352
1977	6,986,636	1,051,478	8,038,114
1978	7,278,777	1,163,442	8,442,219
1979	7,579,846	1,286,793	8,866,639
1980	7,889,794	1,422,602	9,312,396
1981	8,208,534	1,572,028	9,780,562
1982	8,535,941	1,736,324	10,272,265
1983	8,871,851	1,916,839	10,788,690
1984	9,216,049	2,115,025	11,331,074
1985	9,568,281	2,332,446	11,900,727
1986	9,928,242	2,570,776	12,499,018
1987	10,295,578	2,831,810	13,127,388
1988	10,669,880	3,117,467	13,787,347
1989	11,050,692	3,429,794	14,480,486
1990	11,437,500	3,770,971	15,208,471
1991	11,829,739	4,143,316	15,973,055
1992	12,218,200	4,540,179	16,758,379
1993	12,551,696	4,725,476	17,277,172
1994	12,863,710	4,837,899	17,701,609
1995	13,183,469	4,953,006	18,136,475
1996	13,511,162	5,070,860	18,582,022
1997	13,846,988	5,191,528	19,038,516
1998	14,191,149	5,315,076	19,506,225
1999	14,543,849	5,441,575	19,985,424
2000	14,905,300	5,571,093	20,476,393
2001	15,275,721	5,703,704	20,979,425
2002	15,655,332	5,839,481	21,494,813
2003	16,044,362	5,978,502	22,022,864
2004	16,443,987	6,119,899	22,563,886
2005	16,854,157	6,475,427	23,329,584
2006	17,270,181	6,851,709	24,121,890
2007	17,691,336	7,249,962	24,941,298
2008	18,115,550	7,671,475	25,787,025
2009	18,543,246	8,117,611	26,660,857
2010	18,776,510	8,459,646	27,236,156
2011	19,405,685	8,970,670	28,376,355
2012	19,838,448	9,357,447	29,195,895
2013	19,209,753	10,170,377	29,380,130
2014	19,312,696	10,684,405	29,997,101
2015	19,692,639	11,198,097	30,890,736
2016	20,081,582	11,705,998	31,787,580
2017	20,427,357	12,185,284	32,612,641
2018	20,768,627	12,645,033	33,413,660
2019	21,103,198	13,114,971	34,218,169
2020	21,430,128	13,583,286	35,013,414
2021	21,690,648	12,420,173	34,110,821

Source: General Authority for Statistics (GaStat)

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Population estimates based on the results of population censuses 1974; 1992; 2004 and 2010;
on Demographic Research Bulletin 2016 (years 2013 – 2017);
and on recent administrative records: vital statistics records (births and deaths records)
and im/emigration records.
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/43

https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/43

Reference periods: middle of given years

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GaStat)
http://www.stats.gov.sa/en

https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/node

3. Data availability

Results of censuses conducted in 1992, 2004 and 2010 and Demographic Survey 2016 are
available on the website of the General Authority for Statistics (previously CDSI), in
downloadable Excel and PDF formats.
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/13

https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/13

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/4522

GaStat Statistical Yearbooks (https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/46) and yearly estimates

(https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/43) do not offer time series.

In 2019 and 2020, GAStat stopped publishing yearly estimates of population disaggregated by
nationality (Saudis/non-Saudis).

Mid-year estimates of population in Saudi Arabia since 1974 (time series) are available in
the website of the Saudi Central Bank (previously: Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency) (SAMA),
section “yearly statistics” (in “miscellaneous statistics”)
http://www.sama.gov.sa/en-US/EconomicReports/Pages/YearlyStatistics.aspx

Since 2022, data is available in the Saudi Central Bank’s portal for open data:
https://www.sama.gov.sa/en-us/economicreports/pages/database.aspx

Last date of access: September 2022.