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Saudi Arabia: Administrative Division

Contents: Al-'Arbiyah as-Su'ūdiyah

Kingdom

32,175,224 Population [2022] – census

2,149,690km² Area

14.97/km² Density [2022]

Contents: Regions and Governorates

The population of the regions (manāṭq) and governorates (muḥafaẓat) of Saudi Arabia according to the last census.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, citizenship).

NameStatusNativePopulation
Census
2022-05-10
Al-Bāḥah [Al-Bahah]Regionالباحة339,174
Al-'AqīqGovernorateالعقيق37,608
Al-BāḥahGovernorateالباحة90,515
Al-Ḥajrah [← Qilwah]Governorateالحجرة12,136
Al-MakhwāhGovernorateالمخواة48,333
Al-MandaqGovernorateالمندق20,010
Al-QarāGovernorateالقرى19,586
BaljurashīGovernorateبلجرشي51,787
Banī Ḥasan [← Al-Mandaq]Governorateبني حسن15,496
Far'at Ghāmid az-Zinād [← Al-Makhwāh]Governorateفرعة غامد الزناد12,506
QilwahGovernorateقلوة31,197
Al-Ḥudūd ash-Shamāliyah [Northern Borders]Regionالحدود الشمالية373,577
Al-'Awayqīlah [← 'Ar'ar]Governorateالعويقيله20,318
'Ar'arGovernorateعرعر202,719
Rafḥā'Governorateرفحاء84,536
ṬuraīfGovernorateطريف66,004
Al-Jawf [Al-Jawf]Regionالجوف595,822
Al-QurayyātGovernorateالقريات195,016
Dūmat al-Jandal [Al-Jawf]Governorateدومة الجندل54,341
SakākāGovernorateسكاكا236,669
Ṭubarjal [← Sakākā]Governorateطبرجل109,796
Al-Madīnah al-Munuwarah [Madinah, Medina]Regionالمدينة المنورة2,389,452
Al-'Aīṣ [← Yanbu' al-Baḥr]Governorateالعيص22,445
Al-Ḥinākīyah [Al-Henakiyah]Governorateالحناكية43,256
Al-Madīnah al-Munuwarah [Medina]Governorateالمدينة المنورة1,477,047
Al-'UlāGovernorateالعلا60,103
BadrGovernorateبدر58,259
KhaybarGovernorateخيبر45,532
Mahd adh-DhahabGovernorateمهد الذهب48,590
Wādī al-Fara' [← Al-Madīnah al-Munuwarah]Governorateوادي الفرع23,120
Yanbu' al-Baḥr [Yanbu]Governorateينبع البحر359,631
Al-Qaṣīm [Al-Qaseem]Regionالقصيم1,336,179
Al-'AsyāḥGovernorateالأسياح35,533
Al-Badā'i'aGovernorateالبدائع53,779
Al-BukayriyahGovernorateالبكيرية63,551
Al-MidhnabGovernorateالمذنب43,278
An-NabhāniyahGovernorateالنبهانية46,558
Ar-RassGovernorateالرس121,359
Ash-ShimāiyahGovernorateالشماسية7,818
Buraydah [Buraidah]Governorateبريدة677,647
Ḍariyah [← Ar-Rass]Governorateضريه20,826
Riyāḍ al-Khabrā'Governorateرياض الخبراء31,203
'Unaīzah [Unaizah]Governorateعنيزة184,644
'Uqalt aṣ-Ṣuqūr [← Buraydah]Governorateعقلة الصقور20,805
'Uyūn al-Jiwā'Governorateعيون الجواء29,178
Ar-Riyāḍ [Riyadh]Regionالرياض8,591,748
Ad-DawādmīGovernorateالدوادمي200,620
Ad-Dilam [← Al-Kharj]Governorateالدلم54,822
Ad-Dir'iyahGovernorateالدرعية95,834
'AfïfGovernorateعفيف71,616
Al-'AflājGovernorateالأفلاج54,544
Al-GhāṭGovernorateالغاط10,799
Al-Ḥarīq [Al-Hareeq]Governorateالحريق10,864
Al-Kharj [As-Saīḥ]Governorateالخرج373,177
Al-Majma'ahGovernorateالمجمعة151,877
Al-MuzāḥimiyahGovernorateالمزاحمية62,760
Al-Qūway'iyahGovernorateالقويعية71,410
Ar-Rayn [← Al-Qūway'iyah]Governorateالرين28,243
Ar-Riyāḍ [Riyadh]Governorateالرياض7,009,120
As-SulayyilGovernorateالسليل35,271
Az-ZulfīGovernorateالزلفي74,903
Ḍurmā [Dhurma]Governorateضرما26,299
Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm [Hotat Bani Tamim]Governorateحوطة بني تميم41,854
Ḥuraymilā'Governorateحريملاء21,758
Marāt [← Ar-Riyāḍ]Governorateمرات9,846
RimāḥGovernorateرماح35,683
Shaqrā' [Shaqraa]Governorateشقراء46,403
Thādiq [Thadig]Governorateثادق12,510
Wādī ad-DawāsirGovernorateوادي الدواسر91,535
Ash-Sharqiyah [Eastern Region]Regionالمنطقة الشرقية5,125,254
Abqaīq [Abqaiq]Governorateبقيق64,632
Ad-Dammām [Dammam]Governorateالدمام1,532,326
Al-'Aḥsā'Governorateالأحساء1,104,267
Al-Jubaīl [Jubail]Governorateالجبيل505,162
Al-KhafjīGovernorateالخفجي84,316
Al-Khubar [Khobar]Governorateالخبر658,550
Al-QaṭīfGovernorateالقطيف552,442
Al-'Udayd [← Al-'Aḥsā']Governorateالعديد8,635
An-Na'īryah [Nariyah]Governorateالنعيرية63,815
Ḥafar al-BāṭinGovernorateحفر الباطن467,007
Qaryat al-'UlyāGovernorateقرية العليا21,788
R'ās TanūrahGovernorateرأس تنورة62,314
'Asīr [Aseer]Regionعسير2,024,285
AbhāGovernorateأبها422,243
Aḥad RāfidahGovernorateأحد رفيدة107,894
Al-Amwāh [← Tathlīth]Governorateالأمواه10,969
Al-Birk [← Abhā]Governorateالبرك22,583
Al-Ḥarjah [← Ẓahrān al-Janūb]Governorateالحرجة18,503
Al-MajāridahGovernorateالمجاردة48,302
An-Nimāṣ [Namas]Governorateالنماص38,409
BalqarnGovernorateبالقرن60,012
Bāriq [← Al-Majāridah]Governorateبارق44,880
Bīshah [Bisha]Governorateبيشة202,096
Khamīs Mushaīṭ [Khamis Mushait]Governorateخميس مشيط601,305
Muḥā'yilGovernorateمحايل230,537
Rijal 'Ālm'aGovernorateرجال ألمع50,825
Sarāt 'AbīdahGovernorateسراة عبيدة57,123
Tanūmah [← Abhā]Governorateتنومة17,756
Ṭarīb [← Abhā]Governorateطريب22,298
TathlīthGovernorateتثليث36,451
Ẓahrān al-JanūbGovernorateظهران الجنوب32,099
Ḥā'ilRegionحائل746,406
Al-GhazalahGovernorateالغزالة12,767
Al-Ḥā'īṭ [← Al-Ghazalah]Governorateالحائط74,596
Ash-Shamlī [← Ḥā'il]Governorateالشملي20,946
Ash-ShanānGovernorateالشنان29,419
As-Sulaymī [← Al-Ghazalah]Governorateالسليمي17,343
Baq'ā' [Baqaa ]Governorateبقعاء56,362
Ḥā'il [Ha'il]Governorateحائل498,575
Mawqaq [← Ḥā'il]Governorateموقق16,835
Simīrā' [← Ḥā'il]Governorateسميراء19,563
Jāzān [Jazan]Regionجازان1,404,997
Abū 'ArīshGovernorateأبو عريش187,060
Ad-DarbGovernorateالدرب68,965
Ad-Dā'yir [Ad-Dayer]Governorateالدائر47,424
Aḥad al-MasāriḥahGovernorateأحد المسارحة130,545
Al-'ArḍahGovernorateالعارضة79,730
Al-'AydābīGovernorateالعيدابي32,940
Al-ḤarthGovernorateالحرث11,561
Ar-RaythGovernorateالريث16,877
Aṭ-Ṭuwāl [← Ṣāmiṭah]Governorateالطوال36,259
BīshGovernorateبيش86,996
ḌamadGovernorateضمد64,136
FarasānGovernorateفرسان13,529
Fayfā [← Jīzān]Governorateفيفا19,346
Harūb [← Al-'Aydābī]Governorateهروب30,709
JīzānGovernorateجيزان200,911
ṢabyāGovernorateصبيا223,083
Ṣāmiṭah [Samtah]Governorateصامطة154,926
Makkah al-Mukarramah [Makkah, Mecca]Regionمكة المكرمة7,769,994
'Āḍam [← Al-Līth]Governorateأضم33,958
Al-'Arḍiyāt [← Al-Qunfudhah]Governorateالعرضيات65,078
Al-JumūmGovernorateالجموم89,575
Al-KāmilGovernorateالكامل14,370
Al-KhurmahGovernorateالخرمة38,744
Al-Līth [Al-Leith]Governorateالليث73,753
Al-Muwayh [← Aṭ-Ṭa'if]Governorateالمويه29,065
Al-QunfudhahGovernorateالقنفذة205,188
Aṭ-Ṭa'if [Ta'if]Governorateالطائف913,374
Baḥrah [← Makkah al-Mukarramah]Governorateبحرة94,603
Jiddah [Jeddah]Governorateجدة3,751,722
Khulaīṣ [Khulays]Governorateخليص51,338
Makkah al-Mukarramah [Mecca]Governorateمكة المكرمة2,427,924
Maysān [← Aṭ-Ṭa'if]Governorateميسان28,765
RābighGovernorateرابغ112,383
RanyahGovernorateرنية49,854
TurubahGovernorateتربة41,769
NajrānRegionنجران592,300
Badr al-JanūbGovernorateبدر الجنوب7,991
ḤubūnāGovernorateحبونا24,823
KhubāshGovernorateخباش7,834
Najrān [Najran]Governorateنجران421,902
Sharūrah [incl. Al-Khirkhīr]Governorateشرورة100,199
ThārGovernorateثار13,391
YadamahGovernorateيدمه16,160
Tabūk [Tabouk]Regionتبوك886,036
Al-Bad' [← Tabūk]Governorateالبدع17,973
Al-WajhGovernorateالوجه49,948
Ḍubā'Governorateضباء54,917
ḤaqlGovernorateحقل27,712
Tabūk [Tabouk]Governorateتبوك623,665
Taymā'Governorateتيماء42,165
'UmlujGovernorateأملج69,656
Al-'Arbiyah as-Su'ūdiyah [Saudi Arabia]Kingdom32,175,224

Source: General Statistics Authority, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Explanation: Area figures are calculated by geospatial data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2022)
Males19,678,595
Females12,496,629
Age Groups (C 2022)
0-14 years7,886,890
15-64 years23,426,485
65+ years861,849
Age Distribution (C 2022)
90+ years30,178
80-89 years126,377
70-79 years336,835
60-69 years1,016,111
50-59 years2,383,591
40-49 years4,479,057
30-39 years7,357,788
20-29 years6,361,697
10-19 years4,743,114
0-9 years5,340,476
Citizenship (C 2022)
Saudi Arabia18,792,262
Foreign Citizenship13,382,962