General info

Entity:
Saudi Arabia
Capital:
Riyadh
Population (2008-07-01):
28,161,417 (CIA)
Area:
2,149,690 sq.km.
Country code:
sa
Region:
Western Asia

Saudi Arabia

Administrative units

administrative units capital area (sq.km.) population
1992-09-27
census		 population
2004-09
census
source: Central Department of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
source: 2004 - The Saudi Arabia Information Source; 2004 census numbers are preliminary.
note: HC = Holy City.
note: 1974 AD converts to 1393/94 AH and 1992 AD converts to 1412/13 AH (local year count).
Al-Baha Al Baha 9,921 332,157 377,739
Al-Jouf (Al Jawf) Sakaka 100,212 268,228 361,676
Al-Madinah Al-Monawarah Madinah (HC) 151,990 1,084,947 1,512,076
Al-Qaseem Buraidah 58,046 750,979 1,016,756
Al-Riyadh Riyadh 404,240 3,834,986 5,455,363
Asir Abha 76,693 1,340,168 1,688,368
Eastern Province (Ash Sharqiyah) Dammam 672,522 2,575,820 3,360,157
Ha'il Ha'il 103,887 411,284 527,033
Jazan Jazan 11,671 865,961 1,186,139
Makkah Al-Mokarramah Makkah (HC) 153,128 4,467,670 5,797,971
Najran Najran 149,511 300,994 419,457
Northern Frontier (Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah) Ar'ar 111,797 229,060 279,286
Tabuk Tabuk 146,072 486,134 691,517
total   2,149,690 16,948,388 22,673,538

Main cities

name population
2004-09
census
Riyadh 4,087,152
Jeddah 2,801,481
Makkah 1,294,106
Madinah 918,889
Dammam 744,321
Taif 521,273
source: The Saudi Arabia Information Source; 2004 census numbers are preliminary.