Northern Borders

Area of Northern Borders	107,610.3 km²
Population	367,898
Male Population	198,809 (54%)
Female Population	169,088 (46%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+227.8%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+32.3%
Median Age	24.6 years old
Male Median Age	25.5 years old
Female Median Age	23.5 years old
Timezone	Arabian Standard Time

The Northern Borders Region is the least populated region of Saudi Arabia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Iraq and Jordan. Source: Wikipedia

Northern Borders Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	112,230	227,692	278,049	367,898
Population Density	1.04 / km²	2.12 / km²	2.58 / km²	3.42 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Northern Borders Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 32.3% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Northern Borders	+227.8%	+61.6%	+32.3%
Saudi Arabia	+325%	+93.1%	+47.5%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Northern Borders Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	17,153	15,537	32,690
5-9	20,041	19,296	39,337
10-14	19,716	18,059	37,775
15-19	20,056	18,572	38,628
20-24	20,180	18,608	38,788
25-29	22,483	19,039	41,523
30-34	21,833	16,483	38,317
35-39	17,461	12,597	30,059
40-44	12,939	9,352	22,291
45-49	9,305	7,035	16,341
50-54	6,125	4,796	10,921
55-59	4,236	3,554	7,791
60-64	3,015	2,721	5,736
65-69	2,414	1,900	4,314
70-74	1,213	1,029	2,242
75-79	640	511	1,152
80-84	0	0	0
85 Plus	0	0	0

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Northern Borders Population Density

Population Density: 3.42 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
Northern Borders	367,898	107,610.3 km²	3.42 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Northern Borders Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
0	17,183	n/a	n/a
100	19,615	1.3%	243
200	22,436	1.4%	282
300	25,524	1.3%	308
400	28,837	1.2%	331
500	32,547	1.2%	371
600	36,936	1.3%	438
700	39,145	0.6%	220
800	41,366	0.6%	222
900	37,757	-0.9%	-360
1000	34,148	-1%	-360
1100	34,142	0%	0
1200	33,650	-0.1%	-49
1300	33,158	-0.1%	-49
1400	29,580	-1.1%	-357
1500	30,259	0.2%	67
1600	34,514	1.3%	425
1700	30,237	-1.3%	-427
1800	29,181	-0.4%	-105
1900	36,495	2.3%	731
1910	37,854	3.7%	1,359
1920	38,989	3%	1,135
1930	41,341	6%	2,352
1940	43,803	6%	2,462
1950	46,345	5.8%	2,542
1960	59,128	27.6%	12,783
1970	83,542	41.3%	24,414
1990	227,692	65.1%	72,075
2000	278,049	22.1%	50,357
2020	411,621	21.7%	66,786
2030	499,282	21.3%	87,661
2040	586,416	17.5%	87,134
2050	656,509	12%	70,093
2060	715,623	9%	59,114
2070	756,722	5.7%	41,099
2080	779,831	3.1%	23,109
2090	783,825	0.5%	3,994
2100	777,594	-0.8%	-6,231

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Northern Borders CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Northern Borders	5,685,519 t	15.5 t	52.8 t/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Top places in Northern Borders

Places in Northern Borders

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Jadidat 'Ar'Ar	27,543.3 km²	219,043	7.95 / km²
Rafha	61,218.9 km²	93,869	1.53 / km²
Turaif, Saudi Arabia	18,848.1 km²	54,987	2.92 / km²

Other places in Saudi Arabia

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Al Jawf	87,643.4 km²	512,802	5.85 / km²
Al Madinah	147,531.5 km²	2.0 million	13.8 / km²
Al-Bahah	9,930.9 km²	441,946	44.5 / km²
Al-Qassim	72,002.7 km²	1.4 million	20.1 / km²
Aseer	79,830.4 km²	2.3 million	28.4 / km²
Eastern Province	520,163 km²	4.9 million	9.34 / km²
Ha'il	112,817.6 km²	653,499	5.79 / km²
Jizan	12,316.7 km²	1.5 million	125.5 / km²
Makkah	137,910.5 km²	7.9 million	57.1 / km²
Najran	130,258.7 km²	586,806	4.5 / km²
Riyadh	375,013.4 km²	8.1 million	21.6 / km²
Tabuk	132,079.4 km²	841,842	6.37 / km²

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