devâ¢asâ¢tatâ¢ing. 1. tending or having the power to devastate. 2. satirical, ironic, or caustic in an effective way: a devastating portrayal of society.
The population of the country is estimated to be around 31,000,000 in 2016. It is also reported to have over 2 million illegal immigrants. Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of the religion Islam, which is one of the largest religions in the world. It is also sometimes referred to as âThe Land of Two Holy Mosques.â This is because of the two holiest mosques in Islam, the Masjid-e-Nabwi in Medina and the Masjid-al-Haram in Mecca.
In 2009, the Ninth Development Plan reported that 0.06 percent of families in the Saudi population live on a per capita income of less than two dollars a day; 0.05 percent of the population lives below the extreme poverty level, less than USD 1 per day.