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85 percent expatriates are from 8 countries
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH – Eight nationalities make up 85.6 percent of the total number of
expatriates in Saudi Arabia, according to an American research website,
which defined an expatriate as a person who stays for one year or more in a
country in which he was not born.
In a report issued on Wednesday, the website — Bio — estimated the number
of expatriates in Saudi Arabia at 9.06 million people in 2013. It said
Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis account for the largest number
compared to other nationalities of the world. Egyptians, Yemenis and
Sudanese nationals formed the largest number among their Arab counterparts.
The report said Indian nationals form 19.4 percent, Pakistanis 14.5,
Bangladeshis 14.4, Egypt 14.3, The Philippines 11.3, Yemen 5.07, Indonesia
4.19, Sudan 2.5, and other nationalities form 15 percent of the expatriate
population.
The report also gave the number of expatriates from each country: They are:
India 1.76 million; Pakistan 1.32 million; Bangladesh 1.31 million; The
Philippines 1.03 million; Sri Lanka 150,000; Indonesia 380,000; Yemen
460,000; Somalia 30,000; Afghanistan 20,000; Nepal 20,000; Thailand 20,000;
Kuwait 130,000; Syria 140,000; Jordan 170,000; Palestine 120,000; Turkey
100,000; Lebanon 60,000; Britain 30,000; Sudan 230,000; South Sudan 30,000;
Egypt 1,300,000; Ethiopia 30,000; Eritrea 40,000; Nigeria 10,000; Morocco
20,000; Chad 10,000; Tunisia 10,000 and United States 40,000. Less than
1,000 expatriates are from the rest of the world, the report said.
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