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The Claim

Saudi Arabia's total population was estimated at about 35.3 million in mid-2024.

The Short Version

Saudi Arabia’s official statistics agency estimated the country’s mid-2024 population at 35,300,280, which rounds to about 35.3 million. That figure is echoed by major databases and reporting that rely on the same official estimate. Lower figures seen elsewhere usually reflect different projection methods, not a contradiction of the stated mid-2024 estimate.

Caveats

  • Some websites report lower 2024 totals because they use UN-style projection series rather than Saudi Arabia’s official mid-2024 estimate.
  • The claim is about an estimate at mid-2024, not a year-end count or a different population methodology.
  • Secondary articles are supportive, but the key evidence is the primary GASTAT publication and databases that reproduce that figure.

The Receipts

  1. Population Estimates Publication 2024

    الهيئة العامة للإحصاء

  2. what do the latest trends tell us about the global population?

    United Nations

  3. World Population Prospects - Population Division

    United Nations Population Division

  4. Population Estimates Publication 2024

    General Authority for Statistics (Saudi Arabia)

  5. World Population Prospects 2024, Data Sources

    UN DESA Population Division

  6. Saudi Arabia - Population, Total - 2025 Data 2026 Forecast 1960-2024 Historical

    Trading Economics

  7. Saudi Arabia's total population reached 35,300,280 in 2024, according to newly released data from GASTAT

    Saudi Gazette

  8. Data for Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

    World Bank

  9. Population: Mid Year Estimates - Saudi Arabia

    CEIC

  10. Saudi Arabia's population grows to 35.3M in 2024

    Argaam

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Saudi Arabia

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