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GeographyLocation: Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen
Area: Land boundaries: total 4,415 km, Iraq 814 km, Jordan 728 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km Coastline: 2,640 km
PeoplePopulation: 18,729,576 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 3.68% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 38.78 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.54 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 3.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 48.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 6.48 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10% Religions: Muslim 100% Languages: Arabic
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
Government
Names:
Type: monarchy Capital: Riyadh Independence: 23 September 1932 (unification) Constitution: none; governed according to Shari'a (Islamic law)
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $173.1 billion National product real growth rate: -3% National product per capita: $9,510 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1% Unemployment rate: 6.5%
Electricity:
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