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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: المملكة العربية السعودية‎ Al Mamlaka al ʻArabiyya as Suʻūdiyya Arabic pronunciation (help·info)), commonly known as Saudi Arabia ( ⁱ/ˌsaʊdi əˈreɪbiə/ or ⁱ/ˌsɔːdi əˈreɪbiə/, Arabic: العربية السعودية‎‎ Al ʻArabiyya as Suʻūdiyya) is the largest country in the Middle East by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the third-largest Arab country. It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south. It is also connected to Bahrain by the King Fahd Causeway. The Persian Gulf lies to the northeast and the Red Sea to its west. Saudi Arabia has an estimated population of 25.7 million of which 5.5 million are non-citizens, and its size is approximately 2,149,690 square kilometres (830,000 sq mi).