Saudis

Saudi Arabians
سعوديون
Map of Saudis in The World
Total population
c. 20,000,000
Regions with significant populations
 Saudi Arabia 18,800,000[1]
 Egypt1,771,894[2]
 United States667,511[2]
 Kuwait540,773[2]
 United Arab Emirates150,247[2]
 Lebanon108,842[2]
 United Kingdom102,604[2]
 Australia91,900[2]
 Turkey90,878
 Jordan86,622
 Qatar83,560
 Iran82,314
 Canada80,000
 Malaysia72,000
 Brazil45,000[2]
Languages
Arabic (Modern Standard, Hejazi, Najdi, Gulf, Bahrani)
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
other Arabs, Semites and North-Afroasiates

Saudis (Arabic: سعوديون, romanizedSuʿūdiyyūn) 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.

  1. ^ "GASTAT Portal".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "World Migration". International Organization for Migration. Archived from the original on 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2016-01-24.

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