State · 1932 – present
Saudi Arabia
A state of 1932 – present — 94 years, still standing in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd and followed Sheikhdom of Diriyah. The atlas records 36 things within it — wars and battles 5 · unrest and atrocity 2 · famine and plague 1 · natural disasters 1 · people 27. Its line of rulers holds 7 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 94 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 7
- the King of Saudi Arabia
- Most ground
- 1.93 million km²
- in 1990
- Within it
- 36
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 6
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd · replaces · 1926 – 1932
- Sheikhdom of Diriyah · follows · 1446 – 1744
Rulers
The line of King of Saudi Arabia - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibn Saud | 1932 – 1953 | 21 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Saud of Saudi Arabia | 1953 – 1964 | 11 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Faisal of Saudi Arabia | 1964 – 1975 | 11 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Khalid of Saudi Arabia | 1975 – 1982 | 7 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Fahd of Saudi Arabia | 1982 – 2005 | 23 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Abdullah of Saudi Arabia | 2005 – 2015 | 10 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Salman of Saudi Arabia | 2015 – in office | in office since 2015 | still in office | sibling |
7 rulers, 7 with terms dated as terms, covering 1932 – 2015. Median reign 11 years. 2 of 6 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Ibn Saud | 1932 – 1953 |
| Saud of Saudi Arabia | 1953 – 1964 |
| Faisal of Saudi Arabia | 1964 – 1975 |
| Khalid of Saudi Arabia | 1975 – 1982 |
| Fahd of Saudi Arabia | 1982 – 2005 |
| Abdullah of Saudi Arabia | 2005 – 2015 |
| Salman of Saudi Arabia | 2015 – 2022 |
| Mohammed bin Salman | 2022 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
1.92 million km² in 1942, 1.93 million km² in 2022; at its largest 1.93 million km² in 1992. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, to 1921Flag of the Third Saudi State-01 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Guilherme Paula flag, to 1818Flag of the Third Saudi State-01 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Guilherme Paula .svg/120px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia_(1938%E2%80%931973).svg.png)
flag, to 1973Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938–1973) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Nejd_(1921).svg.png)
flag, to 1932Flag of Nejd (1921) · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1950Emblem of Saudi Arabia · Public domain 
flag, from 1973Flag of Saudi Arabia · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199930 rows · 4 wars and battles
- Osama bin Laden · scientist · 1957 – 2011
- Abdullah of Saudi Arabia · ruler · 1924 – 2015
- Salman of Saudi Arabia · ruler · 1935 – present
- Mohammed bin Salman · politician · 1985 – present
- Faisal of Saudi Arabia · ruler · 1906 – 1975
- Fahd of Saudi Arabia · ruler · 1921 – 2005
- Saud of Saudi Arabia · ruler · 1902 – 1969
- Khalid of Saudi Arabia · ruler · 1912 – 1982
and 22 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20995 rows · 1 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia · plague · 2020
- Houthi insurgency · unrest · 2004 – 2015
- 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests · unrest · 2011
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict · war · 2015
- 2009 Jeddah floods · disaster · 2009
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood94 years
stood longer than 45% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held1,933,500 km²
held more ground at its peak than 91% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century2.0
had more wars on record per century than 97% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median11 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 38% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record7
has more rulers on record than 73% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 7 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1922 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1990, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q851 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.