Demographics of Saudi Arabia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	04 May 2024

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There are 21.51 million males and 15.97 million females in Saudi Arabia. The percentage of the male population is 57.39%, compared to 42.61% of the female population. Saudi Arabia has 5.54 million more males than females, which is the 3rd highest in the world. The sex ratio in Saudi Arabia in 2024 will be 134.690 males per 100 females. Saudi Arabia has the sixth-lowest female-to-male ratio in the world.

Saudi Arabia population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	3,089,693	3.01
1955	3,581,910	2.97
1960	4,165,563	3.22
1965	4,978,922	3.80
1970	6,106,191	4.48
1975	7,897,544	5.32
1980	10,171,710	4.92
1985	12,890,245	4.56
1990	16,004,763	4.11
1995	18,888,857	2.75
2000	21,547,390	2.50
2005	24,397,644	3.97
2010	29,411,929	2.74
2015	32,749,848	1.88
2020	35,997,107	-1.29
2021	35,950,396	1.04
2022	36,408,820	1.50
2023	36,947,025	1.44
2024	37,473,929	1.39

Population
Growth

Saudi Arabia death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	76,601	164,768	24.797	53.338
1955	83,291	187,416	23.254	52.325
1960	87,264	213,643	20.963	51.321
1965	92,076	252,084	18.542	50.763
1970	93,414	302,806	15.373	49.833
1975	90,348	377,538	11.533	48.191
1980	83,839	435,825	8.301	43.154
1985	79,517	503,537	6.207	39.306
1990	77,143	547,487	4.849	34.413
1995	75,148	566,421	3.982	30.016
2000	75,009	595,746	3.482	27.656
2005	69,551	556,955	2.879	23.058
2010	73,175	641,461	2.498	21.894
2015	83,169	638,755	2.542	19.524
2020	106,371	665,930	2.913	18.238
2021	103,140	629,339	2.864	17.473
2022	100,157	615,690	2.752	16.919
2023	103,805	606,692	2.811	16.428
2024	107,784	600,716	2.878	16.037

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Saudi Arabia
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	664,844	2,456,491	21.300
1955	923,917	2,634,238	25.966
1960	1,277,054	2,809,485	31.250
1965	1,877,805	2,965,830	38.769
1970	2,840,506	2,995,883	48.669
1975	4,334,558	3,094,145	58.349
1980	6,415,124	3,325,475	65.860
1985	9,581,553	3,607,562	72.647
1990	12,503,513	3,823,302	76.583
1995	14,739,559	3,996,282	78.670
2000	16,579,826	4,184,486	79.848
2005	19,358,664	4,546,990	80.979
2010	22,512,101	4,913,575	82.084
2015	26,249,243	5,307,901	83.180
2020	29,255,576	5,454,064	84.287
2021	29,799,824	5,462,868	84.508
2022	30,329,753	5,466,277	84.729
2023	30,846,442	5,464,682	84.950
2024	31,350,546	5,458,389	85.171

Population
Urbanization

Saudi Arabia population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,594,264	1,516,576	3,110,840	8.30	105.123
05-09	1,617,686	1,537,823	3,155,508	8.42	105.193
10-14	1,629,562	1,551,390	3,180,952	8.49	105.039
15-19	1,462,818	1,403,760	2,866,577	7.65	104.207
20-24	1,316,704	1,289,674	2,606,378	6.96	102.096
25-29	1,357,693	1,234,911	2,592,604	6.92	109.943
30-34	1,592,188	1,416,848	3,009,035	8.03	112.375
35-39	1,798,223	1,236,220	3,034,443	8.10	145.461
40-44	2,252,302	1,265,951	3,518,253	9.39	177.914
45-49	2,309,229	1,205,797	3,515,027	9.38	191.511
50-54	1,807,941	862,260	2,670,201	7.13	209.675
55-59	1,299,553	544,721	1,844,274	4.92	238.572
60-64	781,444	342,942	1,124,386	3.00	227.865
65-69	400,803	229,661	630,463	1.68	174.519
70-74	140,241	142,052	282,293	0.75	98.725
75-79	64,245	91,447	155,691	0.42	70.254
80-84	45,316	56,433	101,749	0.27	80.301
85-89	27,603	29,863	57,466	0.15	92.432
90-94	7,269	7,171	14,441	0.04	101.367
95-99	1,323	1,714	3,037	0.01	77.188
100+	117	195	311	0.00	60.000
Total	21,506,524	15,967,409	37,473,929		134.690

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