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 Indonesian Islamic scholars in Makkah, 1955 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,500,000 (2019)[1][2](Indonesian ancestry) >610,000 (2018)[3] (Indonesian citizen) 175,342 (2022)[4] (Indonesian citizen in SA 2022 census) 857,613 (2024)[5] (Indonesian citizen registered in KBRI) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Jeddah, Mecca, Madinah, Riyadh | |
| Languages | |
| Indonesian, Arabic, Javanese[6] | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam[6] |
Indonesians in Saudi Arabia consist largely of female domestic workers, with a minority of other types of labour migrants. As of 2018[update], an estimated 600,000 Indonesians (excluding Indonesian ancestry)[7] were believed to be working in Saudi Arabia, comparable to the numbers of migrants are the groups from Bangladesh, India, Philippines and Pakistan, which number between 1 and 4 million people each.[8]
A large number[citation needed] of Indonesian expatriates in Saudi Arabia also work in diplomatic sectors or are employees to local or foreign companies located in various provinces of Saudi Arabia such as Saudia Airlines, SABIC, Schlumberger, Halliburton, or Indomie. Many Indonesians are also employees to the world's biggest oil company Saudi Aramco with their families locating in the Dhahran area.[citation needed] Most Indonesians in Saudi Arabia reside in Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, and all around Dammam area.[citation needed]
- ^ "4 Tokoh Arab Saudi Keturunan Indonesia, Terakhir Jadi Saksi Kemerdekaan RI".
- ^ Taqiyya, Almas (27 May 2022). "Negara yang Banyak Orang Jawa, Nomor 1 Jumlahnya Lebih dari 1,5 Juta Jiwa". international.sindonews.com. Sindo News. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Kompasiana (2016). Kami Tidak Lupa Indonesia. Bentang Pustaka. ISBN 9786022910046.
- ^ "Berapa Jumlah Warga Indonesia Di Arab Saudi?".
- ^ "Data Agregat WNI" (PDF).
- ^ a b Silvey, Rachel (2005), "Transnational Islam: Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia", in Falah, Ghazi-Walid; Nagel, Caroline (eds.), Geographies of Muslim Women: Gender, Religion, and Space, Guilford Press, pp. 127–146, ISBN 1-57230-134-1
- ^ Maulana, Victor (23 October 2018). "600.000 WNI Tinggal di Saudi, Dua Menlu Bahas Perlindungan". SINDOnews.com. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Migrant Communities in Saudi Arabia", Bad Dreams: Exploitation and Abuse of Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch, 2004