Saudi Arabia 
Facts
Population:
22,757,092
note:
includes 5,360,526 non-nationals (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
42.52% (male 4,932,465; female 4,743,908)
15-64 years:
54.8% (male 7,290,840; female 5,179,393)
65 years and over:
2.68% (male 334,981; female 275,505) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
3.27% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
37.34 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
5.94 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
1.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.41 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.22 male(s)/female
total population:
1.23 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
51.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
68.09 years
male:
66.4 years
female:
69.85 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
6.25 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Saudi(s)
adjective:
Saudi or Saudi Arabian
Ethnic groups:
Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10%
Religions:
Muslim 100%
Languages:
Arabic
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
62.8%
male:
71.5%
female:
50.2% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $232 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
4% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $10,500 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
6%
industry:
47%
services:
47% (1998 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.5% (2000)
Labor force:
7 million
note:
35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 12%, industry 25%, services 63% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$66 billion
expenditures:
$66 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals, cement, construction, fertilizer, plastics
Industrial production growth rate:
1% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production:
120 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
111.6 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton, chickens, eggs, milk
Exports:
$81.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products 90%
Exports - partners:
Japan 18%, US 18%, France 4%, South Korea, Singapore, India (1999)
Imports:
$30.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles
Imports - partners:
US 25%, Japan 10%, Germany 7%, Italy 5%, France, UK (1999)
Debt - external:
$26.3 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - donor:
pledged $100 million in 1993 to fund reconstruction of Lebanon; since 1993, Saudi Arabia has committed $208 million for assistance to the Palestinians
Currency:
Saudi riyal (SAR)
Currency code:
SAR
Exchange rates:
Saudi riyals per US dollar - 3.7450 (fixed rate since June 1986)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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Al-Bilad
(Pro-government), Jidda
(Pro-government), Riyadh
http://www.al-jazirah.com/
(Pro-government), Jidda
http://www.almadinapress.com/
Al-Muslimoon
(Religious weekly), Jidda
Al-Nadwa
(Pro-government), Mecca
(Pro-government), Riyadh
http://www.alriyadh-np.com/
(Pro-government), Abha
http://alwatan.com.sa/
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Saudi Arabia's huge oil reserves and the untold amount of Saudi cash invested in Western banks, property and even some strategic sectors make it an ideal place for the British to do business.
Shopping has become the primary vice for many Muslims, and pilgrimage trips by Muslims from all over the world allow plenty of time to partake in faith-based shopping: buying trinkets in the holy cities.
Micha van Waesberghe, vice president of the Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia recently wrote about the case of Samuel Daniel, a Christian of Indian nationality who lived and worked in Saudi Arabia for more than 20 years.
Translation of an editorial by Abd al-Rahman al-Rashid. His indictment of Muslim terrorists has stirred up a hornet's nest of debate.
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