Population: 18,196,783 (July 1994 est.)
note: the population figure is consistent with a 3.24% growth rate; a 1992 census gives the number of Saudi citizens as 12,304,835 and the number of residents who are not citizens as 4,624,459

Population growth rate: 3.24% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 38.25 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 5.83 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 52.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 67.91 years
male: 66.25 years
female: 69.65 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.67 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Saudi(s)
adjective: Saudi or Saudi Arabian

Ethnic divisions: Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10%

Religions: Muslim 100%

Languages: Arabic

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 62%
male: 73%
female: 48%
Labor force: 5 million-6 million
by occupation: government 34%, industry and oil 28%, services 22%, agriculture 16%

NOTE: The information regarding Saudi Arabia on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Saudi Arabia People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saudi Arabia People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.