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Saudi Arabia
25.0N 45.0E · 27 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
PROCLAMATION OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA · 23 SEPTEMBER 1932
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1933 - present · Oil, Modernization and Contemporary Saudi Arabia
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1933 · The oil concession is granted 2 REFS
1938 · Oil struck at Dammam Well No. 7 2 REFS
1902 - 1932 · Unification and the Founding of the Kingdom (1902-1932)
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January 1902 · Abdulaziz captures Riyadh 2 REFS
23 September 1932 · Proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 4 REFS
1744 - 1891 · The First and Second Saudi States and the Al Saud-Wahhab Alliance
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1744 · The Diriyah pact founds the First Saudi State 3 REFS
1811 - 1818 · The Ottoman-Egyptian campaign against the Saudis 2 REFS
632 - 1744 CE · The Caliphates and the Hejaz under Outside Rule
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632 - 661 CE · Medina as capital of the early caliphate 2 REFS
661 - 750 CE · Umayyad and Abbasid rule over the Hejaz 1 REF
c. 570 - 632 CE · The Birth of Islam: Muhammad, Mecca and Medina
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c. 570 CE · Birth of Muhammad in Mecca 2 REFS
c. 610 CE · The first revelations 2 REFS
c. 3000 BCE - 6th century CE · Ancient Arabia and the Caravan Kingdoms
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c. 5th century BCE · The kingdom of Lihyan rises at Dadan 2 REFS
c. 1st century BCE · The Nabataeans make Hegra their southern capital 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Riyadh
- Population
- 29 m
- Area
- 2,149,690 km²
- Region
- Western Asia
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Saudi riyal (ر.س)
- Demonym
- Saudi Arabian
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$1.28 T’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$34,537’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
4.5%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
2.1%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
57.9%’25 WB-WDI
Society
Population
37 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
79.0 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
84.6%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.3’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
97.9%’24 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
29.8’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
65.1’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
66.6’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
66.1’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
60.6’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
63.1’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
5.7%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
3.41’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
6.0’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
96.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
97.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
104.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
110.7%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
83.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Technology
R&D spending
0.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
1,235’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
100.0%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
160’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
0.5%’24 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
2,149,690 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
0.5%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
80.8%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
18.5’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
25.6%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
23.7%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.2%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Bauxite
5.7 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Phosphate rock
10 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Military
Military burden
7.3%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$80 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
282,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($1.28 T), superseding 2024 ($1.24 T) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($34,537), superseding 2024 ($35,122) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (4.5%), superseding 2024 (2.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (2.1%), superseding 2024 (1.7%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2025 observation published (57.9%), superseding 2024 (54.7%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (100.0%), superseding 2023 (100.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (37 m), superseding 2024 (35 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (84.6%), superseding 2024 (84.5%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14