Saudi Arabia's population crosses 35 Million milestone, grows by 2.5% in 1 year
The General Authority for Statistics in Saudi Arabia revealed that the population in the Kingdom has totaled to more than 35 million (35,013,414) at the end of the second quarter of 2020.
The population grew by 2.3% to reach 35.01 million last year from 34.22 million in the year 2019, as per the reports of the General Authority for Statistics preliminary estimates in the middle of 2020.
- As per the Statistics authority, males represent 58% of the population about 20.23 million, while females represent 42% of the population with 14.78 million. Trending : Number of smokers in the world rose to 1.1 billion
- The number of males in the Kingdom grew by 2.5% in a year with nearly 4,924,000 people, while the growth between the females was about 2.1% with nearly 3,029,000.
- The age groups from 30 to 44 years old have the largest shares of the population, with a total of 30.03%, of which 10.9% are of the age between 35 to 39 years and 9.7% for each of the two age groups from 30 to 34 years and 40 to 44 years.
- This reflects the fact that society in Saudi Arabia is largely youth, According to the report of Saudi Gazette. Recommend : Population wise Riyadh is the largest in the Kingdom
- The largest ages group who were the least contributors in the population, where the share of age group from 70 to 74 years was about 0.85 of the population, 0.5% for the group from 75 to 79 years and 0.5% for the age group of 80% years and older.
