General info

Entity:
Saudi Arabia
Capital:
Riyadh
Population (2009-07-01):
28,686,633 (CIA)
Area:
2,149,690 sq.km.
Country code:
sa
Region:
Western Asia

Census Results

1974-09-09 :
1992-09-27 : 16,948,388
2004-09-15 : 22,678,262

Saudi Arabia

Administrative units

administrative units native name capital area (sq.km.) population
1992-09-27
census		 population
2004-09-15
census
source: Central Department of Statistics & Information, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
note: HC = Holy City.
note: 1974 AD converts to 1393/94 AH and 1992 AD converts to 1412/13 AH (local year count).
note: Northern Borders = Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah [Al Hodoud ash Shamaliyah]; Eastern Region = Ash Sharqiyah.
Al-Hudud ash Shamaliyah الحدود الشمالية Ar'ar 111,797 229,060 279,971
Al-Baha الباحه Al-Baha 9,921 332,157 377,900
Al-Jouf الجوف Sakaka 100,212 268,228 361,738
Al-Madinah Al-Monawarah المدينة المنورة Madinah (HC) 151,990 1,084,947 1,512,724
Al-Qaseem القصيم Buraydah 58,046 750,979 1,015,972
Al-Riyadh الرياض Al-Riyadh 404,240 3,834,986 5,458,273
Aseer عسير Abha 76,693 1,340,168 1,687,939
Ash Sharqiyah الشرقية Addammam 672,522 2,575,820 3,360,031
Ha'il حائل Ha'il 103,887 411,284 526,882
Jazan جازان Jazan 11,671 865,961 1,187,587
Makkah Al-Mokarramah مكة المكرمة Makkah (HC) 153,128 4,467,670 5,797,184
Najran نجران Najran 149,511 300,994 420,345
Tabouk تبوك Tabouk 146,072 486,134 691,716
total   2,149,690 16,948,388 22,678,262

Main cities

name native name population
2004-09-15
census
Al-Riyadh الرياض 4,087,152
Jiddah [EN Jeddah] جدة 2,801,481
Makkah [EN Mecca] مكة 1,294,106
Al-Madinah [EN Medina] المدينة 918,889
Ad-Dammam الدمام 744,321
At-Taif الطائف 521,273
source: The Saudi Arabia Information Source; these 2004 census numbers are preliminary.