Saudi Arabia
المملكة العربية السعودية
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
Saudi Arabia has no permanent rivers or streams. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3.1%
- people aged 65 or older
- 1.1M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 8.2%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 22.1 years
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023
Languages
12 languages, 0 of them endangered
- Bedawi Arabic
- Faifi
- Gulf Arabic
- Hadhrami Arabic
- Hijazi Saudi
- Najdi Arabic
- Sanʽani Arabic
- Saudi Sign Language
- Standard Arabic
- Standard Indonesian
- Taʽizzi-Adeni Arabic
- Gulf Pidgin Arabic
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Arabic Kohl2025
- Bisht (men's Abaa): skills and practices2025
- Traditional weaving of Al Sadu2025
- Semsemiah: instrument crafting and playing2024
- Henna: rituals, aesthetic and social practices2024
- Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity2024
- Cultural practices related to Taif roses2024
- Harees dish: know-how, skills and practices2023
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- Arts, skills and practices associated with engraving on metals (gold, silver and copper)2023
- Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices2022
- Knowledge and practices related to cultivating Khawlani coffee beans2022
- Alheda'a, oral traditions of calling camel flocks2022
- Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices2021
- Falconry, a living human heritage2021
- Al-Qatt Al-Asiri, female traditional interior wall decoration in Asir, Saudi Arabia2017
- Almezmar, drumming and dancing with sticks2016
- Alardah Alnajdiyah, dance, drumming and poetry in Saudi Arabia2015
- Majlis, a cultural and social space2015
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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