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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
National name: Al-Mamlaka al-'Arabiya as-Sa'udiya
King and Prime Minister: King Fahd bin 'Abdulaziz (1982)
Area: 865,000 sq. mi. (1,960,582 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 21,504,613 (average annual rate of natural increase: 3.25%); birth rate: 37.4/1000; infant mortality rate: 38.8/1000; density per sq. mi.: 25
Capital: Riyadh
Largest cities (1993): Riyadh, 3,000,000; Jeddah, 2,500,000; Makkah (Mecca) (1994 est.), 550,000
Monetary unit: Riyal
Languages: Arabic, English widely spoken
Ethnicity/race: Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10%
Religion: Islam, 100%
Literacy rate: 62%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $186 billion; $9,000 per capita. Real growth rate: –10.8%. Inflation: –0.2%. Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 2%. Agriculture: wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton, chickens, eggs, milk. Labor force: 7 million, 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national; government, 40%; industry and oil, 25%; services, 30%; agriculture, 5%. Industry: crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals, cement, two small steel-rolling mills, construction, fertilizer, plastics. Natural resources: oil, natural gas, iron ore. Exports: $59.7 billion (f.o.b., 1997): petroleum and petroleum products 90%. Imports: $26.2 billion (f.o.b., 1997) :machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles. Major trading partners: Japan, U.S., South Korea, Singapore, India, Germany, Italy.
