A rundown on number of foreign residents, nationalities in Saudi Arabia

01/06/2023 Argaam Special
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The number of foreign residents in Saudi Arabia reached 13.38 million, representing 41.6% of the total population of 32.2 million, according to the 2022 census.    
  
Male residents hit 10.24 million, or 76.5% of total residents, while the number of female residents reached 3.14 million, or 23.5%.   
  
Bangladeshis topped with nearly 2.12 million, or 15.8% of total foreign residents, followed by Indians at almost 1.88 million, or 14%. Pakistanis, Yemenis and Egyptians made up the top five list. 

 

Non-Saudi Nationals by Nationality - 2022 census (‘000 person)

Country  

Males 

Females 

Total 

Percentage of total Foreigners

Bangladesh

1950.94 

165.25 

2116.19 

15.81%

India 

1712.78 

171.70 

1884.48 

14.08%

Pakistan 

1647.70 

166.97 

1814.68 

13.56%

Yemen 

1334.48 

468.99 

1803.47 

13.48%

Egypt 

1181.18 

290.20 

1471.38 

10.99%

Sudan

673.69 

145.89 

819.58 

6.12%

Philippines

274.31 

451.59 

725.89 

5.42%

Syria

259.63 

189.68 

449.31 

3.36%

Nepal 

293.05 

4.5 

297.56 

2.22%

Jordan 

113.56 

90.69 

204.25 

1.53%

Indonesia 

41.35 

133.99 

175.34 

1.31%

Myanmar

89.85 

73.87 

163.72 

1.22%

Ethiopia

44.15 

115.07 

159.22 

1.22%

Afghanistan

94.63 

37.65 

132.28 

1.00%

Palestine 

68.10 

61.77 

129.87 

1.00%

Uganda 

8.16 

119.78 

127.93 

1.00%

Kenya 

10.88 

80.92 

91.80 

0.70%

Sri Lanka

50.31 

34.49 

84.79 

0.60%

Nigeria 

37.35 

42.20 

79.55 

0.60%

Lebanon 

32.74 

20.04 

52.78 

0.40%

Kuwait 

31.74 

18.54 

50.28 

0.40%

Morocco 

18.36 

30.43 

48.80 

0.40%

Eritrea

22.17 

25.09 

47.26 

0.40%

Chad 

20.53 

25.67 

46.19 

0.30%

Somalia 

22.82 

22.89 

45.71 

0.30%

Mali 

18.90 

19.46 

38.36 

0.30%

Niger 

16.18 

17.40 

33.58 

0.30%

Turkey 

22.13 

3.71 

25.84 

0.20%

Tunisia 

14.33 

10.49 

24.82 

0.20%

USA

11.87 

8.62 

20.49 

0.20%

Mauritania

7.67 

10.33 

18.01 

0.10%

UK and Ireland

10.97 

6.90 

17.87 

0.10%

Bahrain 

12.98 

3.68 

16.65 

0.10%

China 

13.01 

1.61 

14.62 

0.10%

Ghana 

6.64 

7.60 

14.24 

0.10%

Canada

6.28 

5.07 

11.34 

0.10%

Algeria 

5.01 

4.64 

9.65 

0.10%

UAE

6.75 

1.57 

8.32 

0.10%

Qatar 

5.91 

1.15 

7.06 

0.10%

Malaysia

2.32 

4.34 

6.66 

-- 

Iraq 

3.03 

3.42 

6.45 

-- 

Thailand 

3.42 

2.83 

6.25 

-- 

Burundi

0.23 

5.75 

5.98 

-- 

France 

2.97 

2.20 

5.16 

-- 

Burkina Faso

2.66 

2.35 

5.01 

-- 

South Africa

2.34 

2.54 

4.88 

-- 

Omani Sultanate

2.80 

0.86 

3.66 

-- 

Senegal 

2.09 

0.71 

2.80 

-- 

Vietnam

0.53 

2.19 

2.72 

-- 

Australia 

1.53 

1.04 

2.57 

-- 

Russia  

1.16 

1.00 

2.17 

-- 

Germany 

1.05 

0.70 

1.75 

-- 

Spain 

1.13 

0.65 

1.78 

-- 

Djibouti

0.96 

0.76 

1.72 

-- 

South Korea

1.05 

0.65 

1.70 

-- 

Italy 

1.01 

0.47 

1.48 

-- 

Cameron

0.74 

0.66 

1.40 

-- 

Guinea

0.88 

0.50 

1.38 

-- 

Ireland 

0.73 

0.60 

1.33 

-- 

Madagascar

0.05 

1.28 

1.33 

-- 

Tanzania

0.93 

0.34 

1.33 

-- 

Côte d'Ivoire

0.70 

0.44 

1.14 

-- 

Taiwan 

0.54 

0.49 

1.03 

-- 

Venezuela

0.54 

0.47 

1.01 

-- 

Other 

15.98 

11.17 

27.15 

0.20%

Total 

10244.46 

3138.50 

13382.96 

100.00%

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