Population of Saudi Arabia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Saudi Arabia is 36,473,266 as of September 27, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Saudi Arabia is projected at 35,340,683 or 35.341 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Saudi Arabia is projected at 34,813,871 or 34.814 million people for the year 2020. Saudi Arabia ranks number 41th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Saudi Arabia is ranked 16th among 51 countries in Asia.

Saudi Arabia's population peak will be 2061 with 45.35 mn people after Saudi Arabia's population will be decreased year by year. The Saudi Arabia population is projected to reach 39.32 million in 2030 and decrease further to 44.56 million in 2050 and 42.23 million by 2100. Saudi Arabia accounts for 0.45 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 0.45% in 2054 and is projected to decline at 0.39% by 2100.

Saudi Arabia was at 85th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 56th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Saudi Arabia population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	3,121,335	-	-	0.12
1951	3,198,813	77,478	2.48	0.12
1952	3,283,597	84,784	2.65	0.12
1953	3,372,838	89,241	2.72	0.13
1954	3,464,658	91,820	2.72	0.13
1955	3,558,155	93,497	2.70	0.13
1956	3,653,500	95,345	2.68	0.13
1957	3,751,793	98,293	2.69	0.13
1958	3,855,036	103,243	2.75	0.13
1959	3,965,795	110,759	2.87	0.13
1960	4,086,539	120,744	3.04	0.13
1961	4,218,853	132,314	3.24	0.14
1962	4,362,786	143,933	3.41	0.14
1963	4,516,533	153,747	3.52	0.14
1964	4,677,298	160,765	3.56	0.14
1965	4,843,635	166,337	3.56	0.15
1966	5,015,357	171,722	3.55	0.15
1967	5,195,135	179,778	3.58	0.15
1968	5,387,828	192,693	3.71	0.15
1969	5,599,904	212,076	3.94	0.15
1970	5,836,389	236,485	4.22	0.16
1971	6,100,626	264,237	4.53	0.16
1972	6,392,970	292,344	4.79	0.17
1973	6,711,923	318,953	4.99	0.17
1974	7,054,532	342,609	5.10	0.18
1975	7,419,493	364,961	5.17	0.18
1976	7,802,926	383,433	5.17	0.19
1977	8,207,697	404,771	5.19	0.19
1978	8,646,845	439,148	5.35	0.20
1979	9,137,927	491,082	5.68	0.21
1980	9,691,476	553,549	6.06	0.22
1981	10,311,775	620,299	6.40	0.23
1982	10,988,853	677,078	6.57	0.24
1983	11,701,128	712,275	6.48	0.25
1984	12,418,834	717,706	6.13	0.26
1985	13,118,993	700,159	5.64	0.27
1986	13,794,165	675,172	5.15	0.28
1987	14,445,671	651,506	4.72	0.29
1988	15,070,082	624,411	4.32	0.29
1989	15,666,297	596,215	3.96	0.30
1990	16,233,785	567,488	3.62	0.30
1991	16,772,694	538,909	3.32	0.31
1992	17,282,691	509,997	3.04	0.31
1993	17,763,298	480,607	2.78	0.32
1994	18,214,470	451,172	2.54	0.32
1995	18,638,787	424,317	2.33	0.32
1996	19,033,845	395,058	2.12	0.33
1997	19,407,142	373,297	1.96	0.33
1998	19,783,304	376,162	1.94	0.33
1999	20,194,527	411,223	2.08	0.33
2000	20,663,843	469,316	2.32	0.34
2001	21,202,642	538,799	2.61	0.34
2002	21,805,313	602,671	2.84	0.35
2003	22,456,649	651,336	2.99	0.35
2004	23,132,682	676,033	3.01	0.36
2005	23,816,183	683,501	2.95	0.36
2006	24,498,310	682,127	2.86	0.37
2007	25,184,597	686,287	2.80	0.38
2008	25,888,541	703,944	2.80	0.38
2009	26,630,303	741,762	2.87	0.39
2010	27,421,461	791,158	2.97	0.39
2011	28,267,589	846,128	3.09	0.40
2012	29,154,900	887,311	3.14	0.41
2013	30,052,059	897,159	3.08	0.42
2014	30,916,597	864,538	2.88	0.42
2015	31,717,667	801,070	2.59	0.43
2016	32,443,447	725,780	2.29	0.43
2017	33,101,179	657,732	2.03	0.44
2018	33,702,756	601,577	1.82	0.44
2019	34,268,528	565,772	1.68	0.44

Saudi Arabia population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	34,813,871	545,343	1.59	0.45
2021	35,340,683	526,812	1.51	0.45
2022	35,844,909	504,226	1.43	0.45
2023	36,329,422	484,513	1.35	0.45
2024	36,796,736	467,314	1.29	0.45
2025	37,248,919	452,183	1.23	0.46
2026	37,688,051	439,132	1.18	0.46
2027	38,115,326	427,275	1.13	0.46
2028	38,530,657	415,331	1.09	0.46
2029	38,933,202	402,545	1.04	0.46
2030	39,322,338	389,136	1.00	0.46
2031	39,698,887	376,549	0.96	0.46
2032	40,063,492	364,605	0.92	0.46
2033	40,415,056	351,564	0.88	0.46
2034	40,751,993	336,937	0.83	0.46
2035	41,073,374	321,381	0.79	0.46
2036	41,378,720	305,346	0.74	0.46
2037	41,668,966	290,246	0.70	0.46
2038	41,946,263	277,297	0.67	0.46
2039	42,213,574	267,311	0.64	0.46
2040	42,473,031	259,457	0.61	0.46
2041	42,725,274	252,243	0.59	0.46
2042	42,969,730	244,456	0.57	0.46
2043	43,205,816	236,086	0.55	0.46
2044	43,432,495	226,679	0.52	0.46
2045	43,648,838	216,343	0.50	0.46
2046	43,854,779	205,941	0.47	0.46
2047	44,050,204	195,425	0.45	0.46
2048	44,234,092	183,888	0.42	0.46
2049	44,405,180	171,088	0.39	0.46
2050	44,562,476	157,296	0.35	0.46
2051	44,705,610	143,134	0.32	0.46
2052	44,834,544	128,934	0.29	0.46
2053	44,949,035	114,491	0.26	0.46
2054	45,048,969	99,934	0.22	0.45
2055	45,134,328	85,359	0.19	0.45
2056	45,205,198	70,870	0.16	0.45
2057	45,261,749	56,551	0.13	0.45
2058	45,304,267	42,518	0.09	0.45
2059	45,333,112	28,845	0.06	0.45
2060	45,348,767	15,655	0.03	0.45
2061	45,351,654	2,887	0.01	0.45
2062	45,342,450	-9,204	-0.02	0.44
2063	45,322,261	-20,189	-0.04	0.44
2064	45,292,438	-29,823	-0.07	0.44
2065	45,254,190	-38,248	-0.08	0.44
2066	45,208,251	-45,939	-0.10	0.44
2067	45,155,322	-52,929	-0.12	0.44
2068	45,096,573	-58,749	-0.13	0.43
2069	45,033,269	-63,304	-0.14	0.43
2070	44,966,462	-66,807	-0.15	0.43
2071	44,896,881	-69,581	-0.15	0.43
2072	44,825,018	-71,863	-0.16	0.43
2073	44,751,406	-73,612	-0.16	0.42
2074	44,676,476	-74,930	-0.17	0.42
2075	44,600,603	-75,873	-0.17	0.42
2076	44,524,115	-76,488	-0.17	0.42
2077	44,447,238	-76,877	-0.17	0.42
2078	44,370,017	-77,221	-0.17	0.42
2079	44,292,358	-77,659	-0.18	0.42
2080	44,214,172	-78,186	-0.18	0.41
2081	44,135,489	-78,683	-0.18	0.41
2082	44,056,231	-79,258	-0.18	0.41
2083	43,976,075	-80,156	-0.18	0.41
2084	43,894,556	-81,519	-0.19	0.41
2085	43,811,268	-83,288	-0.19	0.41
2086	43,726,058	-85,210	-0.19	0.41
2087	43,638,809	-87,249	-0.20	0.40
2088	43,549,195	-89,614	-0.21	0.40
2089	43,456,864	-92,331	-0.21	0.40
2090	43,361,553	-95,311	-0.22	0.40
2091	43,263,066	-98,487	-0.23	0.40
2092	43,161,350	-101,716	-0.24	0.40
2093	43,056,373	-104,977	-0.24	0.40
2094	42,948,162	-108,211	-0.25	0.40
2095	42,836,719	-111,443	-0.26	0.39
2096	42,722,075	-114,644	-0.27	0.39
2097	42,604,215	-117,860	-0.28	0.39
2098	42,483,111	-121,104	-0.28	0.39
2099	42,358,728	-124,383	-0.29	0.39
2100	42,231,019	-127,709	-0.30	0.39