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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's best placing is 12th of 194 for land area.

Best placing: #12Land area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 37.0 million
Land area: 2.1 million km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Saudi Arabia is.

Land area

#12 of 194

2,149,690 km² of land

4th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#20 of 194

0.058 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP

#19 of 182

1,276,942,933,333 US$ (current prices)

7th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

GDP per person

#30 of 182

34,537 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Population

#43 of 195

36,973,555 people

18th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Railways

#35 of 135

5,410 km of railway

10th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2016

Coastline

#42 of 151

2,640 km of coastline

10th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Airports

#61 of 193

90 airports

13th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#68 of 134

146.32 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2016

Forest

#125 of 194

9,770 km² of forest

29th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#132 of 192

2.43 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways by area

#109 of 133

2.52 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2016

Forest per person

#168 of 194

0.0003 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#175 of 194

17.20 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Forest by area

#185 of 194

0.5 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#184 of 191

0.42 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Rainfall

#177 of 179

59 mm of precipitation per year

44th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

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