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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
ٱلْمَمْلَكَة ٱلْعَرَبِيَّة ٱلسَّعُوْدِيَّة (Arabic)
Al-Mamlakah al-ʿArabīyah as-Saʿūdīyah
Motto: لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله، مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُوْلُ ٱلله
"Lā ʾilāha ʾillā Llāh, Muḥammadur rasūlu Llāh"
"There is no god but God; Muhammad is the messenger of God."[1][a] (Shahada)
Anthem: ٱلنَّشِيْد ٱلْوَطَنِي ٱلسَّعُوْدِي
"an-Našīd al-Waṭanīy as-Saʿūdī"
"National Anthem of Saudi Arabia"
Location of Saudi Arabia
Capital
and largest city
Riyadh
24°39′N46°46′E / 24.650°N 46.767°E / 24.650; 46.767
Official languagesArabic[3][4]
Ethnic groups
(2014[5])
90% Arab
10% Afro-Arab
Religion
(2010)[7]
Demonym(s)
GovernmentUnitaryIslamicabsolute monarchy
• King
Salman bin Abdulaziz
Mohammed bin Salman
Legislaturenone[b]
Establishment
1744
1824
13 January 1902
23 September 1932
24 October 1945
31 January 1992
Area
• Total
2,149,690[3] km2 (830,000 sq mi) (12th)
• Water (%)
0.7
Population
• 2019 estimate
34,218,169[10] (40th)
• Density
15/km2 (38.8/sq mi) (174th)
GDP (PPP)2019 estimate
• Total
$1.924 trillion[11] (14th)
• Per capita
$56,817[11] (12th)
GDP (nominal)2019 estimate
• Total
$779.289 billion[11] (18th)
• Per capita
$23,566[11] (35th)
Gini (2013)45.9[12]
medium
HDI (2019)Decrease 0.854[13]
very high · 40th
CurrencySaudi Riyal (SR) (SAR)
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)
Date formatdd/mm/yyyy (AH)
Driving sideright
Calling code+966
ISO 3166 codeSA
Internet TLD

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021


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