Saudi Arabia has reported a pointy rise in its inhabitants in 2024, the newest figures releases by the Common Authority of Statistics (GASTAT) revealed.
Based on report, the Saudi Arabia’s inhabitants reached 35.3 million till the center of the 12 months 2024, with 44.5 per cent share of non-locals.
The GASTAT figures reveal Saudi residents represent 55.6 per cent of the full inhabitants whereas non-Saudis signify 44.4 per cent.
The report additional say that there was an annual improve of 1.6 million within the variety of individuals, with a development charge of 4.7 per cent through the interval till mid-2024, in comparison with mid-2023. The annual development charge stood at 4.6 per cent in comparison with the bottom interval in Might 2022.
The authority report said that the full inhabitants of Saudis exceeded 19.6 million by mid-2024, with an annual development charge of two per cent, in comparison with 19.3 million in mid-2023, whereas the inhabitants of non-Saudis reached practically 15.7 million by the center of final 12 months, in comparison with 14.5 million individuals till mid-2023.
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On the premise of nationality and age group, the Saudi Arabia inhabitants within the age group from start till 14 years of age represent 33.5 per cent of the full inhabitants, in comparison with 8.6 % for non-Saudis.
The ratio of non-Saudis of working age between 15 and 64 years is increased, reaching 89.9 per cent in comparison with 62.7 % for the Saudi inhabitants.
The fertility charge for the full inhabitants in Saudi Arabia reached 2 births for each 1000 girls. The common life expectancy for the Saudi inhabitants estimated at 78 years of age, the GASTAT estimates said.