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	<country name="SAUDI ARABIA">

		<topic title="Population size and growth">

			<variable description="Population size (thousands)">

				<source1>7 251</source1>
				<source2>12 867</source2>
				<source3>18 255</source3>
				<source4>25 721</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Annual growth rate (percentage)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>4.7</source1>
				<source2>5.8</source2>
				<source3>2.3</source3>
				<source4>2.1</source4>
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		<topic title="Population age structure">

			<variable description="Percentage of population under age 15">

				<source1>44</source1>
				<source2>42</source2>
				<source3>42</source3>
				<source4>32</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of population aged 60 or over">

				<source1>5</source1>
				<source2>4</source2>
				<source3>4</source3>
				<source4>4</source4>
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		<topic title="Fertility and family planning">

			<variable description="Total fertility (children per woman)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>7.3</source1>
				<source2>7.0</source2>
				<source3>5.4</source3>
				<source4>3.2</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Adolescent fertility rate (per 1,000 women, aged 15 - 19)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>47.0</source3>
				<source4>26.0</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of births to women under age 20">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>4</source3>
				<source4>4</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of births to women aged 35 or over">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>34</source3>
				<source4>29</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Percentage of married women using contraception">

				<var1 description="Modern methods">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>29</source3>
				<source4>..</source4>

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				</var1>
				<var1 description="All methods">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>32</source3>
				<source4>24</source4>

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		<topic title="Health and mortality">

			<variable description="Life expectancy at birth (years)">
<sup>*</sup>

				<var1 description="Males">

				<source1>52</source1>
				<source2>62</source2>
				<source3>67</source3>
				<source4>71</source4>
				</var1>

				<var1 description="Females">

				<source1>56</source1>
				<source2>65</source2>
				<source3>71</source3>
				<source4>75</source4>
				</var1>

				<var1 description="Both sexes combined">

				<source1>54</source1>
				<source2>63</source2>
				<source3>69</source3>
				<source4>73</source4>
				</var1>

			</variable>
			<variable description="Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>105</source1>
				<source2>56</source2>
				<source3>32</source3>
				<source4>19</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Under-five mortality (per 1,000 live births)">
			<sup>*</sup>

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>75</source2>
				<source3>39</source3>
				<source4>22</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2005)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>..</source3>
				<source4>18</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="HIV/AIDS">

				<var1 description="People living with HIV/AIDS (thousands)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>..</source3>
				<source4>..</source4>

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				</var1>
				<var1 description="Adult prevalence (percentage)">

				<source1>..</source1>
				<source2>..</source2>
				<source3>..</source3>
				<source4>..</source4>

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		<topic title="Spatial distribution">

			<variable description="Population density (per sq. km)">

				<source1>3</source1>
				<source2>6</source2>
				<source3>8</source3>
				<source4>12</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Urban population (percentage)">

				<source1>58</source1>
				<source2>73</source2>
				<source3>79</source3>
				<source4>82</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Annual urban population growth rate (percentage)">

				<source1>7.9</source1>
				<source2>7.1</source2>
				<source3>2.7</source3>
				<source4>2.4</source4>
			</variable>

			<variable description="Annual rural population growth rate (percentage)">

				<source1>1.5</source1>
				<source2>0.7</source2>
				<source3>1.3</source3>
				<source4>0.9</source4>
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		<topic title="International migration">

			<variable description="Migrant stock">

				<var1 description="Number of migrants (thousands)">

				<source1>929</source1>
				<source2>3 401</source2>
				<source3>4 611</source3>
				<source4>7 289</source4>

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				</var1>
				<var1 description="As percentage of total population">

				<source1>12.8</source1>
				<source2>26.4</source2>
				<source3>25.3</source3>
				<source4>27.8</source4>

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					<note4 value="**"/>
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			</variable>
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	<fntext>
		<num1>*</num1>
		<desc1>For the periods 1970-1975, 1980-1985, 1990-1995 and 2005-2010.</desc1>
		<num2>**</num2>
		<desc2>For 2010.</desc2>
		<num2>`</num2>
		<desc2></desc2>
		<num3>a</num3>
		<desc3>For 1996.</desc3>
		<num4>b</num4>
		<desc4>For 2007.</desc4>

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