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Saudi Arabia: Population by nationality (Saudi/ non-Saudi), sex and age group (2023)

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    Saudis     Non-Saudis     Total  
  Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
0-4 1,087,847 1,055,985 2,143,832 197,277 187,201 384,478 1,285,124 1,243,186 2,528,310
5-9 1,157,068 1,129,170 2,286,238 259,922 248,058 507,980 1,416,990 1,377,228 2,794,218
10-14 1,084,262 1,055,819 2,140,081 231,544 219,486 451,030 1,315,806 1,275,305 2,591,111
15-19 966,963 949,776 1,916,739 181,546 169,151 350,697 1,148,509 1,118,927 2,267,436
20-24 872,446 859,680 1,732,126 871,174 214,671 1,085,845 1,743,620 1,074,351 2,817,971
25-29 863,032 852,315 1,715,347 1,815,803 426,494 2,242,297 2,678,835 1,278,809 3,957,644
30-34 791,258 783,524 1,574,782 1,954,040 499,927 2,453,967 2,745,298 1,283,451 4,028,749
35-39 702,459 700,730 1,403,189 1,877,261 488,401 2,365,662 2,579,720 1,189,131 3,768,851
40-44 568,760 573,587 1,142,347 1,413,935 331,915 1,745,850 1,982,695 905,502 2,888,197
45-49 408,869 425,289 834,158 930,656 202,010 1,132,666 1,339,525 627,299 1,966,824
50-54 328,231 355,753 683,984 631,814 126,752 758,566 960,045 482,505 1,442,550
55-59 267,228 288,326 555,554 413,623 77,536 491,159 680,851 365,862 1,046,713
60-64 200,014 217,625 417,639 214,882 50,577 265,459 414,896 268,202 683,098
65-69 138,708 141,697 280,405 94,804 28,489 123,293 233,512 170,186 403,698
70-74 79,384 85,375 164,759 37,938 15,587 53,525 117,322 100,962 218,284
75-79 55,598 57,535 113,133 14,710 8,310 23,020 70,308 65,845 136,153
80+ 69,295 72,321 141,616 12,583 8,725 21,308 81,878 81,046 162,924
Total 9,641,422 9,604,507 19,245,929 11,153,512 3,303,290 14,456,802 20,794,934 12,907,797 33,702,731

Source: GAStat

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

2023-2024: The methodology involves estimating the population for each age group, as well as gender and nationality, following international standards and practices.The General Authority for Statistics uses the (Method Component-Cohort) approach, leveraging data from various sources, including the National Information Center for administrative records to provide key components such as births, deaths, and migration.
Changes in the demographic characteristics for 2024 are assessed against the previous population report from the Authority, using data from the 2022 Saudi Census.
https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435273/Population+Estimates+Statistics+2024+EN.pdf/9b71e303-5fd9-19cb-9913-850a9d521639?t=1738859947691

Methodological report:
https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435133/Methodology+and+Quality+Report+for+Population+Projections+and+Estimates+Statistics+_EN.pdf/0fdb394f-8a13-82e0-ed7c-c240b338d25f?t=1738829096975

2. Institution which provides data 

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/home
https://www.stats.gov.sa/home

3. Data availability 

2023-2024: “Statistics”, “Social Statistics”, “Vitals and Demographics Statistics”, “population estimates statistics”.
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/statistics-tabs?tab=436312&category=2366987

Last date of access: 10 March 2025.
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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