Editing Demographics of Saudi Arabia (section)

==Population==
[[Image:Historical_population_of_Saudi Arabia.svg|thumb|250px|A graph showing the historical population of Saudi Arabia]]
{{Historical populations
|align=right
|percentages=pagr
|0|1000000|600|2500000|1000|2000000|1500|2000000|1800|2000000|1900|2140000|1950|3121000 |1960|4041000 |1970|5772000 |1980|9801000 |1990|16139000 |2000|20045000 |2010|27448000 |2020|32013414
|footnote = Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Iraq Population - Our World in Data |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?time=0..latest&country=~IRQ |website=www.ourworldindata.org |language=en |access-date=2022-02-15 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118151345/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?time=0..latest&country=~IRQ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/Panel_profiles.htm|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507035406/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/Panel_profiles.htm|archive-date=7 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
As of 2022, the country had a reported population of 32,175,224.<ref name="GAS">{{cite web |last=author2 |date=2015-12-17 |title=Population Estimates |url=https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/43 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104171037/https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/43 |archive-date=2022-01-04 |access-date=2022-01-04 |website=General Authority for Statistics |language=ar}}</ref>

=== Age structure===
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Provisional Estimates):<ref>{{cite web |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |publisher=Unstats.un.org |date= |accessdate=2022-05-02 |archive-date=2022-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414000805/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Age Group
! Male
! Female
! Total
! %
|-
| Total
| 20 231 425
| 14 781 989
| 35 013 414
| {{percentage bar|100}}
|-
| 0–4
| 1 477 523
| 1 421 656
| 2 899 179
| {{percentage bar|8.28}}
|-
| 5–9
| 1 536 843
| 1 479 509
| 3 016 352
| {{percentage bar|8.61}}
|-
| 10–14
| 1 343 659
| 1 297 303
| 2 640 962
| {{percentage bar|7.54}}
|-
| 15–19
| 1 228 939
| 1 177 551
| 2 406 490
| {{percentage bar|6.87}}
|-
| 20–24
| 1 429 072
| 1 248 976
| 2 678 048
| {{percentage bar|7.65}}
|-
| 25–29
| 1 850 713
| 1 492 533
| 3 343 246
| {{percentage bar|9.55}}
|-
| 30–34
| 2 002 357
| 1 393 121
| 3 395 478
| {{percentage bar|9.70}}
|-
| 35–39
| 2 394 363
| 1 414 266
| 3 808 629
| {{percentage bar|10.88}}
|-
| 40–44
| 2 181 209
| 1 227 215
| 3 408 424
| {{percentage bar|9.73}}
|-
| 45–49
| 1 676 347
| 850 177
| 2 526 524
| {{percentage bar|7.22}}
|-
| 50–54
| 1 208 823
| 549 702
| 1 758 525
| {{percentage bar|5.02}}
|-
| 55–59
| 807 534
| 404 701
| 1 212 235
| {{percentage bar|3.46}}
|-
| 60–64
| 500 209
| 296 964
| 797 173
| {{percentage bar|2.28}}
|-
| 65-69
| 241 585
| 201 494
| 443 079
| {{percentage bar|1.27}}
|-
| 70-74
| 153 697
| 140 182
| 293 879
| {{percentage bar|0.84}}
|-
| 75-79
| 94 134
| 82 602
| 176 736
| {{percentage bar|0.50}}
|-
| 80+
| 104 418
| 104 037
| 208 455
| {{percentage bar|0.60}}
|-
! Age group
! Male
! Female
! Total
! Percent
|-
| 0–14
| 4 358 025
| 4 198 468
| 8 556 493
| {{percentage bar|24.44}}
|-
| 15–64
| 15 279 566
| 10 055 206
| 25 334 772
| {{percentage bar|72.36}}
|-
| 65+
| 593 834
| 528 315
| 1 122 149
| {{percentage bar|3.20}}
|}

According to the [[CIA World Factbook]] the population of Saudi Arabia has a large young population ages 0–19 years and an increasing middle-age population ages 20–35 years.<ref name="CIA"/> With a growing population reaching adulthood, global economists and the [[Saudi Government|Saudi government]] have become concerned that there are more Saudis seeking jobs than are available.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|last=Long|first=David|publisher=University Press of Florida|year=2010|pages=18–19}}</ref> The nation has also seen a rise in its older population as [[life expectancy]] has risen throughout the last 40 years.<ref name=":2" />

=== Density ===
[[Population density|Population Density]]: 15.322 people per km<sup>2</sup> of land (2017)<ref name="data.worldbank.org"/>

===Urbanization===
The following data has been retrieved from the [[CIA World Factbook]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saudi-arabia/|title=The World Factbook – Saudi Arabia|publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|accessdate=January 16, 2023}}</ref>

Urban population: 85% of total population (2023)

Rate of urbanization: 1.69% annual rate of change (2020–25 est.)

Historically, some of the population of Saudi Arabia followed a [[nomad]]ic lifestyle, while most lived in villages and small towns ran by emirs. Following the discovery of oil in the 1930s, the Kingdom became far more settled as people moved to centers of high economic activity.<ref name="CIA"/> Significant population growth can be seen in the rise of [[urbanization]] throughout Saudi Arabia, which has grown 2 percent in the past ten years.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.statista.com/statistics/262467/total-population-of-saudi-arabia/.|title=Saudi Arabia - total population from 2012 to 2022 {{!}} Statistic|website=Statista|language=en|access-date=2018-11-26|archive-date=2022-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602192123/https://www.statista.com/statistics/262467/total-population-of-saudi-arabia/|url-status=live}}</ref> The largest Saudi cities have become flooded with new residents as more people move to urban cities to find better employment opportunities, and overcrowding has become a major issue across the nation.<ref name=":1" />