Saudi Arabia

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Facts

Population: 27,601,038 note: includes 5,576,076 non-nationals (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 38.2% (male 5,369,285/female 5,162,585) 15-64 years: 59.4% (male 9,316,694/female 7,089,370) 65 years and over: 2.4% (male 348,827/female 314,277) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 2.06% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 29.1 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 2.55 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -5.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.314 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.11 male(s)/female total population: 1.196 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 12.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.88 years male: 73.85 years female: 78.02 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 3.94 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.01% (2001 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: 78.8% male: 84.7% female: 70.8% (2003 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $366.2 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 2.4% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $13,600 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.3% industry: 67% services: 29.8% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 7.125 million note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 12% industry: 25% services: 63% (1999 est.).

Population below poverty line: NA%.

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%.

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.9% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 13% among Saudi males only (local bank estimate; some estimates range as high as 25%) (2004 est.).

Budget: revenues: $189.2 billion expenditures: $107.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton, chickens, eggs, milk.

Industries: crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals; ammonia, industrial gases, sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), cement, fertilizer, plastics; metals, commercial ship repair, commercial aircraft repair, construction.

Industrial production growth rate: 1.9% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 155.2 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 144.4 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).

Exports: $204.5 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum products 90%.

Exports - partners: US 16.8%, Japan 16.5%, South Korea 9.3%, China 7.1%, Singapore 5.2%, Taiwan 4.3% (2005).

Imports: $64.16 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles.

Imports - partners: US 14.8%, Japan 9%, Germany 8.2%, China 7.4%, UK 4.7% (2005).

Debt - external: $47.39 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - donor: since 2000, Saudi Arabia has committed $307 million for assistance to the Palestinians; pledged $230 million to development in Afghanistan; pledged $1 billion in export guarantees and soft loans to Iraq; pledged $133 million in direct grant aid, $187 million in concessional loans, and $153 million in export credits for Pakistan earthquake relief; pledged a total of $1.59 billion to Lebanon in assistance and deposits to the Central Bank of Lebanon in 2006 and pledged an additional $1.1 billion in early 2007.

Currency (code): Saudi riyal (SAR).

Exchange rates: Saudi riyals per US dollar - 3.745 (2006), 3.747 (2005), 3.75 (2004), 3.75 (2003), 3.75 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.