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Section size for Saudi Arabia (48 sections)
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Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	26,013	26,013	593	593
Etymology	3,276	3,276	163	163
History	48	53,595	0	3,533
Prehistory	8,339	8,339	326	326
Pre-Islamic	8,220	8,220	697	697
Middle Ages and rise of Islam	9,443	9,443	468	468
Ottoman Hejaz and Portuguese era	1,392	1,392	99	99
Saud dynasty and unification	8,434	8,434	628	628
20th century	9,770	9,770	1,012	1,012
21st century	7,949	7,949	303	303
Geography	7,860	15,671	494	799
Biodiversity	7,811	7,811	305	305
Government and politics	12,066	92,420	526	3,822
Monarchy and royal family	10,685	10,685	401	401
Al ash-Sheikh and role of the ulema	5,831	5,831	371	371
Legal system	4,773	4,773	280	280
Administrative divisions	1,134	1,134	61	61
Foreign relations	15,195	24,846	734	1,086
Allegations of sponsoring global terrorism	9,651	9,651	352	352
Military	14,316	14,316	514	514
Human rights	18,769	18,769	583	583
Economy	14,792	30,682	846	1,715
Agriculture	7,729	7,729	496	496
Water supply and sanitation	5,662	5,662	226	226
Tourism	2,499	2,499	147	147
Demographics	12,195	51,986	230	2,139
Language	2,775	2,775	105	105
Religion	10,312	10,312	326	326
Education	9,691	9,691	566	566
Health care	7,721	7,721	536	536
Foreigners	9,292	9,292	376	376
Culture	1,583	49,465	68	2,969
Religion in society	8,389	8,389	393	393
Women in society	7,180	7,180	392	392
Heritage sites	9,890	9,890	583	583
Dress	1,484	1,484	170	170
Arts and entertainment	5,165	5,165	340	340
TV and media	4,145	4,145	226	226
Cuisine	1,205	1,205	160	160
Sport	89	10,424	0	637
Association football / soccer	2,348	4,258	198	377
National league	1,910	1,910	179	179
Other sports	6,077	6,077	260	260
See also	102	102	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	31	31	0	0
Bibliography	2,284	2,284	0	0
External links	1,979	1,979	0	0
Total	327,530	327,530	15,733	15,733

Non-NATO ally to whom?

Latest comment: 6 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

non-NATO ally to whom? Is this article written from a particular perspective? ~2025-36388-15 (talk) 20:24, 22 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Major non-NATO ally is a US government designation, but yes that should be clarified.

Read about it here:

https://www.state.gov/major-non-nato-ally-status/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_non-NATO_ally Rodkorpen (talk) 17:30, 13 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Change “. . . Saudi Arabia is the fourth most populous country in the Arab world.” to “. . . Saudi Arabia is the seventh most populous country in the Arab world.” The following six countries in the Arab world have a greater population than Saudi Arabia’s: Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, and Yemen.

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^[2] ~2026-32479-21 (talk) 03:26, 2 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

I suggest we just cut this and replace with a whole-world ranking. We'd have to litigate which countries are in the Arab world. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 20:17, 3 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Partly done: as sixth most populous (Yemen appears to be smaller). Danski454 (talk) 23:55, 6 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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~2026-32851-66 (talk) 14:39, 3 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done: No edit request made. LizardJr8 (talk) 20:10, 3 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Alaskar12 (talk) 06:48, 15 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

I would like to add more facts and better punctuation.

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 13:50, 15 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

[1] ttps://www.stats.gov.sa/en/w/%D8%AD%D8%AC%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86

[2] ttps://www.unfpa.org/data/world-population-dashboard#

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Non-NATO ally to whom?

Semi-protected edit request on 2 June 2026

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