Editing Demographics of Saudi Arabia (section)

===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" />