Saudi Arabia’s population declines to 34.1 mln as expats leave amid COVID-19

29/06/2022 Argaam Special
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The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) said that Saudi Arabia’s population reached 34.1 million by mid-2021, according to estimates.

 

The total population decreased by 2.6% year-on-year (YoY) from 35 million.

 

Saudi -nontal population was a drop of 8.6% in the The main reason behind the decline in to 19 pandemic.-population, as many expats left the Kingdom during the COVID

 

The following table shows Saudi Arabia’s population since 2004:

 

Saudi Arabia’s Population since 2004 (mln)

Year

Saudis

Non-Saudis

Total Population

2004

16.44

6.12

22.56

2005

16.85

6.48

23.33

2006

17.27

6.85

24.12

2007

17.69

7.25

24.94

2008

18.11

7.67

25.79

2009

18.54

8.12

26.66

2010

18.97

8.59

27.56

2011

19.40

8.97

28.38

2012

19.84

9.36

29.20

2013

20.27

9.72

29.99

2014

20.70

10.07

30.77

2015

21.12

10.40

31.52

2016

20.06

11.68

31.74

2017

20.41

12.14

32.55

H1 2018

20.77

12.64

33.41

H1 2019

21.11

13.10

34.21

H1 2020

--

--

35.01

H1 2021

21.69

12.42

34.11

 

The total number of males stood at 19.36 million, or 56.8% of total population in mid-2021, while the total number of females reached 14.75 million, representing nearly 43.2% of the Kingdom’s population.

 

The total count of Saudis reached 21.69 million, or 64% of the Kingdom’s population, compared to 12.42 million non-Saudis, who accounted for 36% of total population.

 

Saudi Population by Gender and Age Group

Age Group

Males

Females

Total

0 - 4

1363224

1326207

2689431

5 - 9

1534506

1452198

2986704

10 - 14

1364949

1335118

2700067

15 - 19

1241851

1163398

2405249

20 - 24

1322887

1228785

2551672

25 - 29

1632882

1449705

3082587

30 - 34

1763292

1392654

3155946

35 - 39

2218109

1412209

3630318

40 - 44

2050295

1215070

3265365

45 - 49

1684521

904284

2588805

50 - 54

1210141

582870

1793011

55 - 59

832274

430021

1262295

60 - 64

511757

297796

809553

65+

632968

556850

1189818

Total

19363656

14747165

34110821

 

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