Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sovereign: King Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (2015)
Total/Land area: 829,999 sq mi (2,149,690 sq km)
Population (2022 est.): 35,354,380 (growth rate: 1.63%); birth rate: 14.22/1000; infant mortality rate: 12.27/1000; life expectancy: 76.65
Capital and largest city (2022 est.): Riyadh, 7.538 million
Other large cities: Jeddah, 4.781 million; Makkah (Mecca), 2.115 million; Medina, 1.545 million; Ad Dammam, 1.305 million; Hufuf-Mubarraz, 860,000 million
Monetary unit: Riyal
National name: Al-Mamlaka al-‘Arabiya as-Sa’udiya
Language: Arabic
Ethnicity/race: Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10%
Religion: Muslim (official; citizens are 85-90% Sunni and 10-12% Shia), other (includes Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh) (2020 est.)
Literacy rate: 87.6% (2020 est.)