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Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Population (2022) Notes Riyadh: 7,000,100: Capital and largest city Jeddah:
It has an area of 404,240 km 2 (156,080 sq mi) and with a 2022 population of 8,591,748, [2] it is the second-largest region by area, behind the Eastern Province and the largest by population.
Riyadh had a population of 7.0 million people in 2022, making it the most-populous city in Saudi Arabia, 3rd most populous in the Middle East, and the 38th most populous in Asia. [ 9 ] The first mention of the city by the name Riyadh was in 1590, by an Arab chronicler. [ 10 ]
Saudi Arabia is the fourth largest state in the Arab world, with a reported population of 36,408,818 as of 2022. [5] [6] [7] 41.6% of inhabitants are immigrants. [8] Saudi Arabia has experienced a population explosion in the last 40 years, [9] and continues to grow at a rate of 1.62% per year. [8]
This is a list of cities on the Arabian Peninsula by population, based primarily on national census estimates of the number of residents residing within the limits of a municipality (i.e. city proper); if recent official data is unavailable, reputable non-governmental estimates are used instead. The minimum population for a city to be included ...
Country / dependency Capital Population % of country Source China * Beijing: 21,542,000: 1.5% [1] 2018 Japan * Tokyo: 14,094,034: 11.3% [2] 2023 Russia * Moscow ...
The 2022 projections from the United Nations Population Division (chart #1) show that annual world population growth peaked at 2.3% per year in 1963, has since dropped to 0.9% in 2023, equivalent to about 74 million people each year, and could drop even further to minus 0.1% by 2100. [4]
According to the General Authority for Statistics, Saudi Arabia's inflation accelerated to 6.2% in August 2020, as compared to the same month last year. The report states that the annual inflation rate increased from only 0.5% (in June) to 6.1% (in July), before the increase of VAT to 15% from 5% was introduced, effective from 1 July 2020. [157]