Saudi Arabia population nears 32mn
Riyadh : The total population of Saudi Arabia in 2016 was 31,742,308, up from 27,236,156 in 2010, official figures indicate.
The figures released by the General Authority for Statistics showed a 16.54pc increase at an annual average of 2.54pc.
Males represent 57.44pc of the total population while females make up 42.56pc.
This is a slight change from the 2010 figures when men made up 57 per cent of the population and women 43 per cent.
The number of Saudi citizens in 2016 was 20,064,970, up from 18,776,510 six years ago — an increase of 1,288,460 (6.68pc).
Meanwhile, Saudi men make up 50.96pc of the local population, while Saudi women make up 49.04pc.
This marks little change from 2010 when men represented 51 per cent of the population and women 49pc. According to the figures, 97.2pc of Saudi women got married by the age of 32. Marriage remains a strong institution in the country.
The authority said that the number of Saudi women who were unmarried past the age of 32 was 227,860.
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