With the rapid increase in prices and job scarcity, do you think the population of saudi arabia will dwindle?

Question

With the rapid increase in prices and job scarcity, do you think the population of saudi arabia will dwindle?

Answer 1

Saudi did plan to kick out millions of guest workers, but the Saudis refuse to work so it hasnt happened yet.

Answer 2

I think in the near future. their rapid industrialization will lead to a economic meltdown if the source of their merchandise crude oil where totally depleted. they will fall apart. because many arab bussiness are dependent to that commodity.

Answer 3

Go to Dammam sea front  at any night ,then come to talk to me..I am sure you will say:God we have a large population expansions..they so happen in 20 years..20 years back you could hardly see anybody  anywhere  .I can assure you Dwindling is not an issue

Answer 4

If you exported every single foreigner living and working in SaudiArabia, you'd find we are low in number comparable to other countries.. Theres like 4 or 5 foreigners to every 1 Saudi lately.... We've got room to grow if all the foreigners leave.. Ever look at the drivers on the road.. you rarely see a Saudi, its all foreigners. Shop keepers, clerks, merchants, etc.. all foreigners.

Answer 5

The inflation generally and large number of the new generation is drawing attention to many beurocratic [and other types of] problems. Therefore, causing them to be solved sooner or later.

A part of the inflation is imported inflation because of the weak dollar, and GCC countries want to wait til they issue the common currency together to do something about it.

Changing the value of a currency once this year, then again next year for the new currency, is not healthy at all.

So thats a side of it.

Second thing is inflation is a problem all around the world, not only Saudi Arabia. The high oil prices, are generating income thats three times or more than what was planning for in the budget ( they assumed the average cost of the  barrell would be 40-45 dollars or so )... this in turn is increasing the inflation.... with the expected increase in government spending.

On the other hand, its very likely they will give out money to people in the form of interest-free loans to build houses ( instead of waiting for years to get 300k out of them ) and many other forms, but carefully, because sometimes all it does is increase inflation...

Theres long term plans on trying to make people stay or even go to villages ( think college towns ), and they will build a city north of Riyadh... and another small one east of Riyadh.....

And remember, any growth means cooresponding inflation. Fast growth means more inflation...

On the other hand, growth creates jobs... which is why theres a relation between inflation and number of jobs... and now many many jobs are being created....

Cities are being built in Rabegh, and Hail....

And we continue to have large families... I think 70% of Saudis are under 35 ( forget the exact number )....

So based on the above, my answer is no, I dont think so.

Answer 6

Excellent question. Personally I think the answer is yes. People will not have as many children therefore lower birthrate, smaller population.

Answer 7

i wouldn't worry about that.

Answer 8

.......I think its nothing to do with the price increase of commodities and job scarcity for a population to dwindle or  becomes gradually less......its not the primary factor of the population growth and should not be considered as a basis.......population growth depends on birth rate and death rate of the country per day and was calculated with those factors.....and to answer your Q, population of Saudi Arabia will be more in the years to come unless the govt. implements a solution to solve the population explosion......

Answer 9

Just because of those factors does not mean that the population will dwindle. The best indication of population growth and decline is by comparing the birth rate with the death rate of a country, and evaluating the immigrants per year.

Answer 10

Well, I guess an increase in the cost of life, would make people rethink the amount of children that they are having.

That also happened to Europe and I also see it around me in KSA.

Thus I would not say that the population will 'dwindle', but there could be a decrease in the rate of births.