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<text id=94CT1243><title>Saudi Arabia—People</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Saudi Arabia<nl>People</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 18,196,783 (July 1994 est.) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> the population figure is consistent with a 3.24% growth rate; a 1992 census gives the number of Saudi citizens as 12,304,835 and the number of residents who are not citizens as 4,624,459 </list> <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 3.24% (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 38.25 births/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 5.83 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 52.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 67.91 years <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 66.25 years <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 69.65 years (1994 est.) </list> <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 6.67 children born/woman (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Saudi(s) <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Saudi or Saudi Arabian </list> <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10% <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Muslim 100% <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Arabic <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 62% <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 73% <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 48% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 5 million-6 million <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> government 34%, industry and oil 28%, services 22%, agriculture 16% </list></list></body></article></text>