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Saudis

Саудовцы

language area per Glottologcensus counts
18,792,262
Saudi Arabia, census 2022 (citizenship)
Afro-Asiatic
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Saudi Arabia: 18,792,262 people in the 2022 census.

Main language: Najdi Arabic. Glottolog classifies it in the Afro-Asiatic family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Saudi Arabia2022 · citizenship · «Saudi» · [1]
18,792,262

Languages and their lineage

Najdi Arabic

  1. Afro-Asiaticafro1255
  2. Semiticsemi1276
  3. West Semiticwest2786
  4. Central Semiticcent2236
  5. Arabianarab1394
  6. Arabicarab1395
  7. Arabian Peninsula Arabicarab1393
  8. North Arabian Beduin Arabicnort3402
  9. Najdi Arabicnajd1235

Hijazi Arabic

  1. Afro-Asiaticafro1255
  2. Semiticsemi1276
  3. West Semiticwest2786
  4. Central Semiticcent2236
  5. Arabianarab1394
  6. Arabicarab1395
  7. Arabian Peninsula Arabicarab1393
  8. Hijazi Arabichija1235

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

EgyptiansMoroccansOromoAmharaJordaniansHausaLibyansSomalisTigray peopleOmanisGurage peoplePalestiniansAfar peopleTuareg AmazighsEmiratisBahrainisQatarisJewish peopleArabsIraqisAssyriansLebaneseAlgeriansMauritanians

Sources

  1. GASTAT (original); mirrored by GLMM / Gulf Research Center. Saudi Arabia: Population by nationality (Saudi/non-Saudi) and administrative region (governorate) of residence (2022) - Census 2022 totals. https://gulfmigration.grc.net/saudi-arabia-population-by-nationality-saudi-non-saudi-and-a…
  2. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)