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Saudis
Citizens and nationals of Saudi Arabia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For a specific analysis of the population of Saudi Arabia, see Demographics of Saudi Arabia.
Saudis (Arabic: سعوديون, romanized: Suʿūdiyyūn) or Saudi Arabians are an ethnic group and nation native to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who speak the Arabic language, a Central Semitic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture. They are mainly composed of Arabs and live in the five historical Regions: Najd, Hejaz, Asir, Tihamah and Al-Ahsa; the regions which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded on or what was formerly known as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudis speak one of the dialects of Peninsular Arabic, including the Hejazi, Najdi, Gulf and Southern Arabic dialects (which includes Bareqi), as a mother tongue.
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Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
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Total population | |
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c. 20,000,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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![]() | 1,771,894[2] |
![]() | 667,511[2] |
![]() | 540,773[2] |
![]() | 150,247[2] |
![]() | 108,842[2] |
![]() | 102,604[2] |
![]() | 91,900[2] |
![]() | 90,878 |
![]() | 86,622 |
![]() | 83,560 |
![]() | 82,314 |
![]() | 80,000 |
![]() | 72,000 |
![]() | 45,000[2] |
Languages | |
Arabic (Modern Standard, Hejazi, Najdi, Gulf, Bahrani) | |
Religion | |
Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
other Arabs, Semites and North-Afroasiates |
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