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Saudi Arabia

 

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 Saudi Arabia
All information: Saudi Arabia
 		 United States
All information: United States
 
Area:2,149,690 km² 9,831,510 km²
Population:33,700,000 326,688,000
Official language:Arabic English

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Government

Government form:Absolute monarchy Federal presidential republic
Independent since:1932 n.Chr. 1776 n.Chr.
Capital:Riyadh Washington, D.C.


Population

Inhabitants per km²:15.7 33.2
Life expectancy males:73.8 years 76.1 years
Life expectancy females:76.6 years 81.1 years
Average age:27.5 years 37.4 years
Birthrate:17.80 ‰ 11.60 ‰
Deathrate:3.47 ‰ 8.60 ‰
Migrationrate:4.70 ‰ 3.00 ‰


Quality of life

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Political stability:53 75
Civil rights:42 96
Health:57 68
Security:67 63
Climate:59 64
Cost of Living:62 11
Popularity:72 92


Economy

Currency:Saudi Rial (1 SAR = 20 Qirshes = 100 Hallalas) US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:5.9 % 3.7 %
Inflation rate:-2.09 % 1.81 %
Cost of Living:73.60 % 110.20 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:15.70 % 36.60 %
Average income:19,294 € 56,427 €
Corruption index:53 (moderate) 69 (moderate)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:702,565 Mio €20.85 M € 18,351,356 M €56.17 M €
Gross national product:650,112 Mio €19.29 M € 18,433,513 M €56.43 M €
Exported goods:280,518 M €8.32 M € 2,234,305 M €6.84 M €
Imported goods:187,119 M €5.55 M € 2,794,991 M €8.56 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:221,372 km6.57 km 6,586,610 km20.16 km
Railways:5,410 km0.16 km 293,564 km0.90 km
Harbours:3740.011 3,6730.011
Airports:2140.006 13,5130.041


Energy balance

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Energy consumption:296.20 bn kWh8.79 m kWh 3,902.00 bn kWh11.94 m kWh
Energy production:324.10 bn kWh9.62 m kWh 4,095.00 bn kWh12.53 m kWh
Energy export:0.00 kWh0.00 kWh 9.70 bn kWh29,676.68 kWh
Energy imports:0.00 kWh0.00 kWh 72.72 bn kWh222,598.05 kWh
CO2 emissions:601.05 m t17,835.25 t 5.25 bn t16,083.50 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+966 +1
Internet domain:.sa .us
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:5,387,405160 109,961,000337
Mobile phones:41,310,5841,226 422,000,0001,292
Internet server:145,9414 505,000,0001,546
Internet users:31,445,421933 285,087,483873



Healthcare system

Hospital beds/1000 inh.:2.70 2.90
Physicians per 1000 inh.:2.39 2.59
Diabetes sufferers:15.8 % 10.8 %
Tuberculosis sufferers:0.1 % 0.0 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:90.0 % 77.0 %
Smokers:15.6 % 21.8 %

Climate

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Daytime temperatures:32.7 °C 18.7 °C
Nighttime temperatures:18.7 °C 7.2 °C
Relative humidity:42 % 67 %
Absolute humidity:12 g/m³ 9 g/m³
Rain days per year:12 85.2
Sunshine hours per day:8.7 7.2


Native languages

Arabic:95.0 % n/a
English:n/a 82.1 %
Spanish:n/a 10.7 %
French:n/a 0.7 %
German:n/a 0.7 %
Chinese:n/a 0.6 %
Italian:n/a 0.6 %
Tagalog:n/a 0.4 %
Polish:n/a 0.3 %
Korean:n/a 0.3 %
Vietnamese:n/a 0.2 %
Portuguese:n/a 0.2 %
Japanese:n/a 0.2 %
other:5.0 % 3.0 %


Religions

Islam:99.0 % 0.6 %
Christianity:n/a 78.5 %
Jewry:n/a 1.8 %
Buddhism:n/a 0.7 %
other:1.0 % 18.4 %