Official Languages

Official status is a legal designation. It requires a constitution, language act or charter, which this platform has not yet loaded — speaker numbers cannot establish it.

Languages spoken here

Amharic (secondary) · Bengali (secondary) · Egyptian Arabic (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Gulf Arabic (secondary) · Hijazi Arabic (secondary) · Hindi (secondary) · Indonesian (secondary) · Italian (secondary) · Italian (Romanesco) (secondary) · Javanese (secondary) · Javanese (Aksara Jawa) (secondary) · Korean (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Malay (secondary) · Mehri (secondary) · Moroccan Arabic (secondary) · Nepali (secondary) · Saudi Arabian Sign Language (secondary) · Sindhi (secondary) · Somali (secondary) · Swahili (secondary) · Tamil (secondary) · Telugu (secondary) · Thai (secondary) · Tigrinya (secondary) · Turkish (secondary) · Urdu (secondary) · Urdu (Latin translit.) (secondary) · Uyghur (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Saudi Arabia

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	10740000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	9943000	Arabic, Hijazi	Islam
South Asian, Bengali-speaking	2543000	Bengali	Islam
Arab, Egyptian general	1362000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam
Urdu	1210000	Urdu	Islam
Arab, Bedouin	1130000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	924000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam
Filipino, Tagalog	731000	Tagalog	Christianity
Punjabi, Western	510000	Punjabi, Western	Islam
Rohingya	489000	Rohingya	Islam
Arab, Palestinian	399000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Swahili	380000	Swahili	Islam
South Asian, Telugu-speaking	335000	Telugu	Hinduism
Punjabi	326000	Punjabi, Eastern	Islam
Nepali, general	279000	Nepali	Hinduism
Arab, Northern Yemeni	254000	Arabic, Sanaani	Islam
Arab, Syrian	247000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Arab, Lebanese general	247000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Sindhi	235000	Sindhi	Islam
Persian	223000	Persian, Iranian	Islam
Jat (Muslim traditions)	197000	Saraiki	Islam
Pashtun, Northern	185000	Pashto, Northern	Islam
Arab, Yemeni	181000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam
Arab, Tihami	181000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam
Korean	166000	Korean	Christianity
Hindi	160000	Hindi	Hinduism
Arab, Sudanese	157000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam
Burmese	154000	Burmese	Buddhism
Arab, Omani	127000	Arabic, Omani	Islam
Deaf	102000	Saudi Arabian Sign Language	Unknown
Indonesian	95000	Indonesian	Islam
Han Chinese, Mandarin	93000	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious
Sinhalese, general	79000	Sinhala	Buddhism
Somali	67000	Somali	Islam
Americans, U.S.	64000	English	Christianity
Tamil (Hindu traditions)	64000	Tamil	Hinduism
Arab, Moroccan	46000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam
Faifi	46000	Faifi	Islam
Tigray, Tigrinya	44000	Tigrigna	Christianity
Shahari, Jibbali	38000	Shehri	Islam
Italian	35000	Italian	Christianity
British	33000	English	Christianity
French	32000	French	Christianity
Turk	32000	Turkish	Islam
Hui	32000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam
Javanese	29000	Javanese	Islam
Kabardian	25000	Kabardian	Islam
Arab, Tunisian	23000	Arabic, Tunisian	Islam
Mahra, South Arabic	22000	Mehri	Islam
Amhara, Ethiopian	19000	Amharic	Christianity

Languages

51 languages recorded here.

Amharic

Arabic, Algerian

Arabic, Baharna

Arabic, Egyptian

Arabic, Gulf

Arabic, Hijazi

Arabic, Levantine

Arabic, Moroccan

Arabic, Najdi

Arabic, Omani

Arabic, Sanaani

Arabic, Sudanese

Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni

Arabic, Tunisian

Balochi, Southern

Bengali

Burmese

Chinese, Mandarin

English

Faifi

French

Hassaniyya

Hindi

Indonesian

Italian

Javanese

Kabardian

Korean

Malay

Mehri

Nepali

Pashto, Northern

Persian, Iranian

Punjabi, Eastern

Punjabi, Western

Rohingya

Saraiki

Saudi Arabian Sign Language

Shehri

Sindhi

Sinhala

Somali

Swahili

Tagalog

Tamil

Telugu

Thai

Tigrigna

Turkish

Urdu

Uyghur

All catalogue fields

156 fields recorded

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iso2: SA
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rol3officiallanguage: arb
officiallang: Arabic, Standard
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
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c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
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harvest_owcountrycode: SAUD
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: SA
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harvest_ctry: Saudi Arabia
harvest_ctryshort: Saudi Arabia
harvest_countrynamechinese: 沙特阿拉伯
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 沙特阿拉伯
harvest_countrynamedutch: Saudi Arabië
harvest_countrynamefrench: Arabie Saoudite
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Arabie Saoudite
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harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Saudi-Arabien
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Arab Saudi
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Arab Saudi
harvest_countrynameitalian: Arabia Saudita
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Arabia Saudita
harvest_countrynamekorean: 사우디 아라비아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 사우디 아라비아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Saudi-Arabia
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Saudi-Arabia
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Arábia Saudita
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Arábia Saudita
harvest_countrynamerussian: Саудовская Аравия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Саудовская Аравия
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harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
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harvest_bibleshortagerank: 40
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harvest_literacyrate: 95
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 84
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harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: ars
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0.42
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0.78
harvest_pctislam: 92.41
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
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harvest_pctother: 0.3
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harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.01
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harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0.03
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A001
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.847
harvest_hdirank: 38
harvest_internetusers: 73.8
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harvest_flashmapzoomy: -148
harvest_googlemapzoom: 4
harvest_googlemaplat: 24.6
harvest_googlemaplng: 45
harvest_ctrylatitude: 23.885942
harvest_ctrylongitude: 45.079162
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/saudi-arabia/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 204
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.819142981528702
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=sa&joshua=sa
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-saudi-arabia
harvest_internetusage: 93
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-saudi-arabia/
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/saudi-arabia/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 829996
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 2240000
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 28
harvest_countryphonecode: 966
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=607
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 3
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 3.2
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0.3
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harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.9
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .sa
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saudi-arabia
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00