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=== Foreign residents in Saudi Arabia === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Nationality !! 2020 Census<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saudi Arabia |url=https://migrants-refugees.va/country-profile/saudi-arabia/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Migrants & Refugees Section |language=en-US}}</ref>!! Other sources |- | {{flagicon|India}} [[India]]|| 2,502,337 || [[Indians in Saudi Arabia|2,592,166]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mea.gov.in/images/attach/NRIs-and-PIOs_1.pdf |title=Population of Overseas Indians |access-date=2022-01-04 |archive-date=2020-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720104038/http://mea.gov.in/images/attach/NRIs-and-PIOs_1.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Bangladesh]]|| 1,277,624 || [[Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia|2,500,000]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Over 217 Bangladeshi workers deported from Saudi Arabia |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/over-217-bangladeshi-workers-deported-from-saudi-arabia/1711803 |access-date=2022-01-04 |website=www.aa.com.tr |archive-date=2021-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125190546/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/over-217-bangladeshi-workers-deported-from-saudi-arabia/1711803 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Syria}} [[Syria]]|| 823,261 || [[Syrians in Saudi Arabia|2,500,000]]<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/anhvinh-doanvo/europes-crisis-refugees_b_8175924.html |title=Western Media's Miscount of Saudi Arabia's Syrian Refugees |author=Doanvo, Anhvinh |date=23 September 2015 |work=Huffington Post |access-date=20 February 2020 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327004552/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/anhvinh-doanvo/europes-crisis-refugees_b_8175924.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bloomberg.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-04/syria-s-refugees-feel-more-welcome-in-europe-than-in-the-gulf |title=Syria's Refugees Feel More Welcome in Europe Than in the Gulf |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |publisher=Bloomberg |date=4 September 2015 |accessdate=2022-05-02 |archive-date=2019-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605033703/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-04/syria-s-refugees-feel-more-welcome-in-europe-than-in-the-gulf |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Yemen]] || 769,945 || >2,000,000<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-08-31|title=Saudi Arabia: Yemeni Workers at Risk of Mass Forced Returns|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/31/saudi-arabia-yemeni-workers-risk-mass-forced-returns|access-date=2022-01-04|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831162107/https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/31/saudi-arabia-yemeni-workers-risk-mass-forced-returns|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Egyptians|Egypt]] || 962,432 || 2,700,000<ref>{{cite web|date=2017-10-01|title=9.5 million Egyptians live abroad, mostly in Saudi Arabia and Jordan|url=https://www.egyptindependent.com/9-5-million-egyptians-live-abroad-mostly-saudi-arabia-jordan/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=Egypt Independent|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223045239/https://www.egyptindependent.com/9-5-million-egyptians-live-abroad-mostly-saudi-arabia-jordan/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan]]|| 1,483,737 || [[Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia|1,814,680]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=A rundown on number of foreign residents, nationalities in Saudi Arabia |url=https://www.argaam.com/en/article/articledetail/id/1648145 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=ArgaamPlus |language=en}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Indonesia]] || 1,701,318 || [[Indonesians in Saudi Arabia|1,500,000-1,753,400]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=A rundown on number of foreign residents, nationalities in Saudi Arabia |url=https://www.argaam.com/en/article/articledetail/id/1648145 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=ArgaamPlus |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Taqiyya |first=Almas |url= https://international.sindonews.com/newsread/781059/43/negara-yang-banyak-orang-jawa-nomor-1-jumlahnya-lebih-dari-15-juta-jiwa-1653635100|title= Negara yang Banyak Orang Jawa, Nomor 1 Jumlahnya Lebih dari 1,5 Juta Jiwa |publisher = [[Sindo News]] |website=international.sindonews.com|date = 27 May 2022 |access-date = 4 October 2023}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Philippines]] || 725,890 || [[Filipinos in Saudi Arabia|938,490]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Distribution on Filipinos Overseas|url=https://dfa.gov.ph/distribution-of-filipinos-overseas|access-date=2022-01-04|website=dfa.gov.ph|archive-date=2017-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427103043/http://www.dfa.gov.ph/distribution-of-filipinos-overseas|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Sudan}} [[Sudan]]|| || 819,600<ref>{{cite web |url=https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/18/41?type=DASHBOARD |title=ุงูุณูุงู - ุงูุชุฑููุจุฉ ุงูุณูุงููุฉ ุญุณุจ ุงูุฌูุณูุฉ ูุงูููุน |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |website=portal.saudicensus.sa |publisher=Saudi Census |access-date=17 October 2023 |quote=}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Myanmar}} [[Myanmar]]|| || 500,000 ([[Rohingya]])<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41566561|title = Myanmar Rohingya: What you need to know about the crisis|work = BBC News|date = 23 January 2020|access-date = 21 July 2018|archive-date = 19 October 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171019181215/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41566561|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SA | title=Saudi Arabia entry at Ethnologue | publisher=Ethnologue | access-date=6 February 2015 | archive-date=22 February 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222000452/https://www.ethnologue.com/country/SA | url-status=live }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Jordan]] || || 430,000<ref>{{cite news |last=Omari |first=Raed|date=22 June 2022 |title= Saudi-Jordanian cooperation 'a role model' for the entire Middle East|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2108456/amp |work=[[Arab News]] |location= [[Amman]]|access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lanka]]|| || 400,000<ref>{{cite web |title=International Religious Freedom Report 2007, Saudi Arabia |date=14 September 2007 |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90220.htm |publisher=U.S. State Department |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Nepal]]|| || [[Nepalis in Saudi Arabia|215,000]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.inf.org/map/diaspora: |title=International Nepal Fellowship - Nepali diaspora |access-date=2023-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715045625/http://www.inf.org/map/diaspora |archive-date=2010-07-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey]]|| || [[Turks in Saudi Arabia|220,000]] (2019*){{cn|date=October 2023}} |- |{{flagicon|Somalia}} [[Somalia]]|| || 165,000 (1991*)<ref name="Cdsdhfc">{{cite news |title=Dubai's Somali diaspora hope for change |url=http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20120911/105653.shtml |access-date=8 March 2015 |agency=CCTV |date=11 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701165012/http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20120911/105653.shtml |archive-date=2015-07-01 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Lebanon]]|| || [[Lebanese people in Saudi Arabia|100,000]]<ref>{{cite news |last= Pukas|first= Anna|date=4 May 2018|title=Lebanese across the globe: How the country's international community came to be |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1296211/amp |work=[[Arab News]] |location= [[London]]|access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref> |- |}
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