Saudi Arabia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · السعودية
Saudi Arabia (SA, SAU) is a country in Western Asia, with Riyadh as its capital. The currency is the Saudi Riyal (SAR, SAR). The international dialling code is +966 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 051 234 5678. The time zone is Asia/Riyadh. Official language: Arabic.
CurrencySARSAR
Dial code+966e.g. 051 234 5678
Time zoneRiyadhUTC+03:00
LanguageArabic
CapitalRiyadh
Population36.5M2.1M km²
Overview
- Official name
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Native name
- السعودية
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- SA
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- SAU
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 682
- IOC code
- KSA
- Demonym
- Saudi Arabian
- Capital
- Riyadh
- Region
- Asia › Western Asia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Asia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .sa, .السعودية
- Coordinates
- 25, 45
- Area
- 2,149,690 km²
- Population
- 36,544,400
- GDP
- $1.8T ($50.1K per person)
- Literacy
- 87.2%
- Landlocked
- No
Currency
Saudi Riyal SAR
- Symbol
- SAR
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- ١٬٢٣٤٫٥٠ ر.س.
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic ar | Official | 100% (36.5M) | |
| Najdi Arabic ars | 3% (1.1M) | 5% |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Riyadh | UTC+03:00 | none | Arabian Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +966
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 9–10 digits
- Emergency number
- 112 pattern 112|9(?:11|9[79])
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 011 234 5678 | +966 11 234 5678 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
| Mobile | 051 234 5678 | +966 51 234 5678 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
| Toll free | 800 123 4567 | +966 800 123 4567 | XXX XXX XXXX | 10 |
| Premium rate | 9250 12345 | +966 9250 12345 | XXXX XXXXX | 9 |
| Shared cost | 9200 12345 | +966 9200 12345 | XXXX XXXXX | 9 |
Show the 4 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{4})(\d{5}) | 9 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 1 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 5 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 8 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City} {Postal code}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{5}- Examples
- 11564 · 11187 · 11142
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Sunday
- Weekend
- Friday to Saturday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hB, hb, H
- Calendars
- gregorian, islamic-umalqura, islamic, islamic-rgsa
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the Arabic (Saudi Arabia) locale (ar-SA), amounts in SAR.
- Number
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١
- Percent
- ٤٥٫٧٪
- Currency (SAR)
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ ر.س.
- Accounting
- -١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ ر.س.
- Currency, name
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ ريال سعودي
- Compact short
- ١٫٢ مليون
- Compact long
- ١٫٢ مليون
- Scientific
- ١٫٢٣٥أس٦
- Speed
- ٨٨ كيلومترًا في الساعة
- Temperature
- ٢١٫٥°م
- Date, full
- الجمعة، ٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
- Date, long
- ٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
- Date, medium
- ٢٧/٠٣/٢٠٢٦
- Date, short
- ٢٧/٣/٢٠٢٦
- Time, medium
- ٣:٠٤:٠٥ م
- Time, short
- ٣:٠٤ م
- Date and time
- ٢٧/٠٣/٢٠٢٦، ٣:٠٤ م
- Month and year
- مارس ٢٠٢٦
- Weekday
- الجمعة
- Relative time
- أمس · خلال ٣ أيام · قبل ساعتين
- List: and
- A وB وC
- List: or
- A أو B أو C