Indicator	Value
Total population	34,000,000–35,300,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 33,960,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 35,300,000 people
Median age	29.6 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	78.7–79 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 78.98 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 78.73 years
Ethnic groups	Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10%CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Arabic (official)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Muslim (official; citizens are 85-90% Sunni and 10-12% Shia), other (includes Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh) (2020 est.); note: despite having a large expatriate community of various faiths (more than 30% of the population), most forms of public religious expression inconsistent with the government-sanctioned interpretation of Sunni Islam are restricted; non-Muslims are not allowed to have Saudi citizenship and non-Muslim places of worship are not permitted (2013)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	85% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	4.63 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	16.5 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	2.34 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	84.5 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Ancient North Arabian Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic Faifi Gulf Arabic Hadrami Arabic Hijazi Arabic Najdi Arabic Pidgin Gulf Arabic Sanaani Arabic Saudi Arabian Sign Language South-Arabian-Unknown-k Standard Arabic Standard Indonesian Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Glottolog [2026]