saudi arabia's central department of statistics & information estimated the foreign population at the end of 2014 at 33% (10.1 million). the cia factbook estimated that foreign nationals living in saudi arabia made up about 21% of the population. other sources report differing estimates. indian: 1.5 million, pakistani: 1.3 million, egyptian: 900,000, yemeni: 800,000, bangladeshi: 400,000, filipino: 500,000, jordanian/palestinian: 260,000, indonesian: 250,000, sri lankan: 350,000, sudanese: 250,000, syrian: 100,000 and turkish: 80,000. there are around 100,000 westerners in saudi arabia, most of whom live in compounds or gated communities.