Saudi Arabia: Sub-Saharan African population by country of citizenship and sex (census 2022)

 

Males

Females

Total

Ethiopia

44,200

115,100

159,300

Uganda

8,200

119,800

128,000

Kenya

10,900

80,900

91,800

Nigeria

37,400

42,200

79,600

Eritrea

22,200

25,100

47,300

Chad

20,500

25,700

46,200

Somalia

22,800

22,900

45,700

Mali

18,900

19,500

38,400

Niger

16,200

17,400

33,600

Ghana

6,600

7,600

14,200

Burundi

200

5,700

5,900

Burkina Faso

2,700

2,400

5,100

South Africa

2,300

2,500

4,800

Senegal

2,100

700

2,800

Djibouti

1,000

800

1,800

Guinea

900

500

1,400

Cameroon

700

700

1,400

Madagascar

0

1,300

1,300

Tanzania

900

300

1,200

Ivory Coast

700

400

1,100

Gambia

600

300

900

Benin

400

100

500

Sierra Leone

300

100

400

Zimbabwe

200

100

300

Others

2,000

500

2,500

Total

222,900

492,600

715,500

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

GLMM’s retabulation and reformatting of census data in thousands in dashboard figure: “Non-Saudi population by nationality and gender” https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/18/41?type=DASHBOARD

Source of data: 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 data was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “dashboard” section

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/18/41?type=DASHBOARD

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, Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Eritrea, Chad, Somalia, Mali, Niger, Ghana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Senegal, Djibouti, Guinea, Cameroon, Madagascar, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Benin, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe