Saudis

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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]
Egypt	1,771,894[2]
United States	667,511[2]
Kuwait	540,773[2]
United Arab Emirates	150,247[2]
Lebanon	108,842[2]
United Kingdom	102,604[2]
Australia	91,900[2]
Turkey	90,878
Jordan	86,622
Qatar	83,560
Iran	82,314
Canada	80,000
Malaysia	72,000
Brazil	45,000[2]
Languages
Arabic (Modern Standard, Hejazi, Najdi, Gulf, Bahrani)
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
other Arabs, Semites and North-Afroasiates

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.