Saudi Arabia - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Saudi Arabia was 16.19 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.19 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1.96 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

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Year Value
1961 1.96
1962 2.03
1963 2.10
1964 2.18
1965 2.25
1966 2.33
1967 2.42
1968 2.51
1969 2.60
1970 2.71
1971 2.84
1972 2.97
1973 3.12
1974 3.28
1975 3.45
1976 3.63
1977 3.82
1978 4.02
1979 4.25
1980 4.51
1981 4.80
1982 5.11
1983 5.44
1984 5.78
1985 6.10
1986 6.42
1987 6.72
1988 7.01
1989 7.29
1990 7.55
1991 7.80
1992 8.04
1993 8.26
1994 8.47
1995 8.67
1996 8.85
1997 9.03
1998 9.20
1999 9.39
2000 9.61
2001 9.86
2002 10.14
2003 10.45
2004 10.76
2005 11.08
2006 11.40
2007 11.72
2008 12.04
2009 12.39
2010 12.76
2011 13.15
2012 13.56
2013 13.98
2014 14.38
2015 14.75
2016 15.09
2017 15.40
2018 15.68
2019 15.94
2020 16.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization