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Saudi population up 2.4pc to 31.52m

RIYADH, February 4, 2016

Saudi Arabia’s population increased 2.4 percent to 31.52 million last year from 30.77 million in 2014, a report quoting the Saudi Department of Statistics and Information.

Saudi nationals made up two-thirds of the population at 21.1 million, while the number of expatriates rose to 10.4 million, the Arab News report said.

The kingdom’s population was 22.6 million in 2004, the report said.

The country’s GDP per capita grew over the past 12 years by 6 per cent on average, or an annual increase of SR3,200 ($852.8). The highest growth was recorded between 2010 and 2011 when it expanded by 24 percent from SR71,100 ($18,949) to SR87,900 ($23,426), it said.

The per capita income dropped by 15 percent to SR77,700 last year from SR91,900 in 2014, the report added.




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