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Population distribution Saudi Arabia, in 10 editions.
The entry for Saudi Arabia published Population distribution in 10 editions of 36, from 2016 to 2025. The text changed in 1 edition. Each is shown as published. Population distribution in every entry.
- edition changed the text
- 1
- the first edition with it
- 2016
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Population - distribution” (2016 to 2017) and “Population distribution” (2016 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 2016 and 2017.
Published as “Population - distribution”
- historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since petroleum was discovered in the 1930s;
- most of the economic activities - and with it the country's population - is concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east, through Riyadh in the interior, to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
Published as “Population distribution”
- historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since petroleum was discovered in the 1930s;
- most of the economic activities - and with it the country's population - is concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east, through Riyadh in the interior, to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since petroleum was discovered in the 1930s; most of the economic activities - and with it the country's population - is concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east, through Riyadh in the interior, to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since petroleum was discovered in the 1930s; most of the economic activities - and with it the country's population - is concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east, through Riyadh in the interior, to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
Published as “Population distribution”
- historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since petroleum was discovered in the 1930s;
- most of the economic activities - and with it the country's population - is concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east, through Riyadh in the interior, to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
Published as “Population distribution”
- historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since petroleum was discovered in the 1930s;
- most of the economic activities - and with it the country's population - is concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east, through Riyadh in the interior, to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since petroleum was discovered in the 1930s; most of the economic activities - and with it the country's population - is concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east, through Riyadh in the interior, to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since petroleum was discovered in the 1930s; most of the economic activities - and with it the country's population - is concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east, through Riyadh in the interior, to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
Published as “Population distribution”
- historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since oil was discovered in the 1930s;
- most of the country's population is now concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east through Riyadh in the interior to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
Published as “Population distribution”
- historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since oil was discovered in the 1930s;
- most of the country's population is now concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east through Riyadh in the interior to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since petroleum oil was discovered in the 1930s; most of the economic activities - and with it the country's population - is now concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east, east through Riyadh in the interior, interior to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
historically a population that was mostly nomadic or semi-nomadic, the Saudi population has become more settled since petroleum oil was discovered in the 1930s; most of the economic activities - and with it the country's population - is now concentrated in a wide area across the middle of the peninsula, from Ad Dammam in the east, east through Riyadh in the interior, interior to Mecca-Medina in the west near the Red Sea
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Saudi Arabia: Population distribution.” The World Factbook, 2016–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/saudi-arabia/population-distribution.