Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Saudi Arabia

Number of immigrants in Saudi Arabia in 2024 — 13,683,841 people. Ranked 3 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 205.1%.

2024 13.68M people +4.69% vs 2020
World rank 3of 215
Period maximum 13.68M people2024
Period minimum 4.48M people1990

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Saudi Arabia, 1990–202405M10M15M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 4,484,868 people1995: 4,853,489 people2000: 5,219,382 people2005: 6,605,114 people2010: 8,976,961 people2015: 13,251,622 people2020: 13,071,258 people2024: 13,683,841 people
Change over the period: +9.2M (+205.11%) Average annual rate: 3.34 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia 13.68M people
World 303M people
Western Asia computed 49.21M people
High-income countries computed 205M people
Number of immigrants — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 13.68M
2020 13.07M
2015 13.25M
2010 8.98M
2005 6.61M
2000 5.22M
1995 4.85M
1990 4.48M

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.