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Saudi Arabia: Rural population

15.39percent · 2025-9.7% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Saudi Arabia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202515.388
202415.545
202315.704
202215.865
202116.028
202016.194
201916.361
201816.529
201716.699
201616.871
201517.044
201417.218
201317.393
201217.569
201117.746
201017.921
200918.136
200818.356
200718.577
200618.799
200519.022
200419.246
200319.459
200219.656
200119.845
200020.03
199920.216
199820.409
199720.613
199620.835
199521.08
199421.352
199321.657
199222
199122.433
199022.991
198923.656
198824.408
198725.229
198626.1
198527.061
198428.154
198329.365
198230.681
198132.086
198033.566
197935.106
197836.693
197738.311
197639.947
197541.585
197443.222
197344.947
197246.814
197148.784
197050.826
196952.907
196854.996
196757.06
196659.068
196560.988
196462.788
196364.436
196265.9
196167.246
196068.556

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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