Saudi Arabia: Saudi population by age group (2010-2022) (data adjusted by census 2022)

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

0-4

2,008,963

2,046,268

2,079,046

2,109,747

2,149,421

2,176,044

2,205,651

2,235,769

2,263,495

2,261,128

2,248,523

2,207,144

2,173,955

5-9

1,795,995

1,819,501

1,854,085

1,899,682

1,948,599

1,997,894

2,039,453

2,069,381

2,098,666

2,141,065

2,178,697

2,218,817

2,257,680

10-14

1,743,734

1,739,974

1,740,210

1,745,272

1,767,090

1,793,929

1,819,847

1,851,401

1,894,036

1,944,609

2,002,564

2,056,243

2,100,003

15-19

1,672,331

1,695,038

1,721,599

1,732,468

1,734,742

1,734,007

1,731,422

1,727,852

1,728,293

1,749,744

1,780,971

1,815,977

1,858,245

20-24

1,481,953

1,495,207

1,513,646

1,553,213

1,594,468

1,635,319

1,663,349

1,684,852

1,692,401

1,695,535

1,704,126

1,712,289

1,719,492

25-29

1,258,389

1,293,813

1,331,310

1,373,034

1,419,057

1,459,682

1,486,618

1,504,322

1,543,929

1,581,892

1,631,568

1,667,248

1,702,262

30-34

965,988

1,018,730

1,076,851

1,132,049

1,196,967

1,253,681

1,301,477

1,338,646

1,379,421

1,420,197

1,466,942

1,498,761

1,529,157

35-39

742,672

767,257

797,075

839,439

898,265

961,136

1,021,320

1,077,141

1,129,250

1,189,000

1,250,567

1,303,846

1,354,051

40-44

640,348

658,377

672,763

700,620

723,586

737,618

766,646

793,796

831,674

884,946

948,663

1,011,939

1,077,993

45-49

509,027

528,754

551,321

576,853

606,158

632,931

654,475

666,455

690,034

707,950

721,179

752,011

785,913

50-54

372,826

392,796

416,326

442,281

463,774

498,392

521,635

542,358

564,662

589,888

616,126

638,080

653,994

55-59

246,098

261,688

286,451

310,046

336,756

359,939

382,699

405,240

429,280

447,942

482,648

505,712

529,004

60-64

179,714

183,189

189,599

197,985

215,718

233,330

250,289

274,137

296,103

321,258

344,906

367,017

390,642

65+

428,126

441,537

453,264

466,712

480,435

494,169

510,431

525,630

544,392

572,017

601,107

625,585

659,871

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: 29 April 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