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Saudi Arabia

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Key facts

  • currency: Saudi Arabian riyal
  • capital city: Riyadh
  • region: Western Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 2,149,690 km²
  • population: 36,947,025
  • political leader: Salman (King)

Location on a map: [25°0′N, 45°0′E]

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Profile

Saudi Arabia is a country in Western Asia, Asia. It has a land area of 2,149,690 km² and a population of 36,947,025. The capital city is Riyadh. The political leader is Salman whose title is King.

In the news

Saudi Arabia has been mentioned 1034 times in the news, here is the latest (trend):

Electric cars pique interest in fuel-guzzling Saudi Arabia
Read: The News link
Turkiye repays Saudi Arabia $5B deposit as it curbs liabilities
Saudi Arabia says 1,301 died during Hajj
Read: Le Monde link
Russian companies interested in increasing supplies of grain products to Saudi Arabia

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Environment

Saudi Arabia is one of the countries in Asia and one of the countries in Western Asia.
  • Agricultural land: 1,736,370.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.00 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 513,555.80 kt
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 55.80 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 20.41 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -191.52 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 2.39 births per woman
  • Forest area: 9,770 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 99.93 % of total
  • Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: 98,710.59 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 26.60 years
  • Methane emissions: 102,630.51 kt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 8,249.20 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 15,700,888.00
  • Male population: 21,246,137.00
  • Renewable energy consumption: 0.10 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 1,908,957.39 km²
  • Rural population: 5,560,527.00
  • Urban land area: 7,756.63 km²
  • Urban population: 31,386,498.00
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.52 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Saudi Arabia by population

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Saudi Arabia (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Saudi Arabia (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical forest area in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical internet access in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical land area in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical median age in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical net migration in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical population in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical female population in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical male population in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical rural population in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical total urban land in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical urban population in Saudi Arabia

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Saudi Arabia

Distribution of sites in Saudi Arabia by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Saudi Arabia by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Saudi Arabia

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Saudi Arabia by total fire area

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Source

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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