Saudi Arabia: Saudi population by administrative region of residence (2011-2022)

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Ar Riyadh

3,305,130

3,376,149

3,458,239

3,553,092

3,662,353

3,765,888

3,858,350

3,939,731

4,032,222

4,132,732

4,245,118

4,341,082

4,439,210

Makkah Al Mukarramah

3,077,186

3,143,642

3,220,353

3,309,457

3,411,883

3,509,532

3,597,076

3,674,514

3,762,757

3,858,847

3,966,569

4,059,151

4,153,723

Eastern Region

2,198,314

2,245,170

2,299,455

2,362,331

2,434,902

2,503,812

2,565,462

2,619,725

2,681,465

2,747,955

2,822,193

2,885,380

2,949,854

Aseer

1,085,911

1,108,194

1,133,777

1,163,522

1,197,499

1,230,126

1,259,150

1,284,979

1,314,421

1,346,378

1,382,430

1,413,144

1,444,688

Al Madinah Al Munawwarah

1,016,601

1,037,556

1,061,715

1,089,763

1,122,069

1,152,683

1,180,128

1,204,341

1,231,833

1,261,628

1,294,821

1,323,113

1,352,146

Jazan

751,557

767,174

785,113

805,976

829,893

852,717

873,097

891,118

911,672

934,067

959,274

980,751

1,002,779

Al Qaseem

694,563

708,993

725,612

744,872

767,117

788,220

807,053

823,666

842,541

863,265

886,335

906,182

926,490

Tabuk

483,844

493,568

504,780

517,758

532,753

546,914

559,538

570,591

583,145

596,694

611,785

624,511

637,601

Hail

397,348

405,527

414,907

425,836

438,429

450,344

461,046

470,430

481,125

492,755

505,682

516,643

527,885

Al Jawf

339,599

346,085

353,499

362,102

372,075

381,457

389,853

397,228

405,546

414,341

424,048

432,039

440,264

Najran

301,508

307,487

314,336

322,269

331,415

340,041

347,786

354,626

362,338

370,542

379,637

387,183

394,976

Northern Borders

207,384

211,450

216,161

221,596

227,856

233,788

239,060

243,709

248,972

254,571

260,800

265,989

271,358

Al Bahah

187,219

191,134

195,599

200,827

206,792

212,549

217,713

222,322

227,599

233,396

239,895

245,501

251,288

Total

14,046,164

14,342,129

14,683,546

15,079,401

15,535,036

15,968,071

16,355,312

16,696,980

17,085,636

17,507,171

17,978,587

18,380,669

18,792,262

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