Saudi Arabia vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Saudi Arabia has a population of 35.3M (ranked 45/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Saudi Arabia's land area is 830,000 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 12th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Saudi Arabia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Saudi Arabia	United Kingdom
1960	$1,748,124,064	$73,233,967,692
1961	$1,920,811,284	$77,741,965,703
1962	$2,130,606,532	$81,247,564,157
1963	$2,207,393,172	$86,561,961,812
1964	$2,371,808,713	$94,407,558,351
1965	$2,647,955,558	$101,824,755,079
1966	$2,920,555,557	$108,572,752,102
1967	$3,257,022,223	$113,116,888,211
1968	$4,187,777,711	$107,759,910,068
1969	$4,485,777,644	$116,464,702,803
1970	$5,377,333,333	$130,671,946,244
1971	$7,184,806,909	$148,113,896,325
1972	$9,664,267,087	$169,965,034,965
1973	$14,947,435,499	$192,537,971,583
1974	$45,412,957,746	$206,131,369,799
1975	$46,773,208,643	$241,756,637,168
1976	$64,005,665,722	$232,614,555,256
1977	$74,188,986,586	$263,066,457,352
1978	$80,266,516,687	$335,883,029,722
1979	$111,858,444,786	$438,994,070,309
1980	$164,539,660,725	$564,947,710,899
1981	$184,291,360,139	$540,765,675,241
1982	$153,240,313,858	$515,048,916,841
1983	$129,171,635,311	$489,618,008,186
1984	$119,624,858,116	$461,487,097,632
1985	$103,897,846,494	$489,285,164,271
1986	$86,961,922,765	$601,452,653,181
1987	$85,695,861,148	$745,162,608,269
1988	$88,256,074,766	$910,122,732,124
1989	$95,344,459,279	$926,884,816,754
1990	$117,630,173,565	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$132,223,230,975	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$137,087,850,467	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$132,967,957,276	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$135,174,899,866	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$143,343,124,166	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$158,662,483,311	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$165,963,684,913	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$146,775,466,667	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$161,717,066,667	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$189,514,933,333	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$184,137,600,000	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$189,605,866,667	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$215,807,733,333	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$258,742,133,333	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$328,459,608,764	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$376,900,133,511	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$415,964,509,673	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$519,796,800,000	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$429,097,866,667	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$528,207,466,667	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$680,660,800,000	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$751,921,333,333	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$769,755,733,333	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$787,153,066,667	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$693,414,400,000	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$689,279,466,667	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$741,266,133,333	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$886,564,800,000	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$888,890,133,333	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$767,951,200,000	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$982,661,066,667	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$1,239,075,200,000	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$1,218,584,533,333	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$1,237,529,866,667	$3,643,834,188,783

Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Saudi Arabia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Saudi Arabia	United Kingdom
1960	$718	$1,398
1961	$760	$1,472
1962	$813	$1,526
1963	$812	$1,613
1964	$840	$1,748
1965	$904	$1,874
1966	$961	$1,987
1967	$1,032	$2,059
1968	$1,276	$1,952
1969	$1,313	$2,101
1970	$1,509	$2,348
1971	$1,929	$2,650
1972	$2,474	$3,030
1973	$3,640	$3,426
1974	$10,503	$3,666
1975	$10,266	$4,300
1976	$13,313	$4,138
1977	$14,595	$4,681
1978	$14,914	$5,977
1979	$19,612	$7,805
1980	$27,206	$10,032
1981	$28,703	$9,599
1982	$22,454	$9,146
1983	$17,810	$8,692
1984	$15,541	$8,179
1985	$12,745	$8,652
1986	$10,078	$10,611
1987	$9,386	$13,119
1988	$9,165	$15,987
1989	$9,414	$16,239
1990	$11,055	$19,095
1991	$11,847	$19,901
1992	$11,730	$20,487
1993	$10,885	$18,389
1994	$10,602	$19,709
1995	$10,786	$23,169
1996	$11,472	$24,406
1997	$11,545	$26,766
1998	$9,836	$28,275
1999	$10,452	$28,762
2000	$11,715	$28,281
2001	$10,805	$27,907
2002	$10,586	$30,078
2003	$11,487	$34,443
2004	$13,154	$40,367
2005	$15,976	$42,105
2006	$17,564	$44,512
2007	$18,596	$50,398
2008	$22,320	$47,396
2009	$17,718	$38,744
2010	$22,028	$39,599
2011	$27,127	$42,110
2012	$28,733	$42,490
2013	$27,865	$43,419
2014	$27,805	$47,427
2015	$23,256	$44,984
2016	$22,268	$40,988
2017	$23,929	$40,629
2018	$29,360	$43,315
2019	$29,567	$42,794
2020	$24,339	$40,405
2021	$31,921	$46,926
2022	$38,510	$46,063
2023	$36,157	$49,201
2024	$35,057	$52,637

Saudi Arabia vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Saudi Arabia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Saudi Arabia	United Kingdom
1950	40	68.6
1951	40.6	68.2
1952	41.1	69.5
1953	41.6	69.8
1954	42.1	70.2
1955	42.6	70.1
1956	43.1	70.4
1957	43.7	70.5
1958	44.2	70.7
1959	44.8	70.8
1960	45.3	71
1961	45.9	70.8
1962	46.5	70.9
1963	47.1	70.8
1964	47.7	71.5
1965	48.4	71.5
1966	49.2	71.4
1967	50	72.1
1968	50.9	71.7
1969	51.8	71.7
1970	52.7	71.9
1971	53.7	72.2
1972	54.7	72
1973	55.8	72.2
1974	56.8	72.4
1975	57.8	72.7
1976	58.8	72.6
1977	59.7	73.1
1978	60.7	73
1979	61.5	73.2
1980	62.4	73.6
1981	63.3	73.9
1982	64	74
1983	64.7	74.3
1984	65.4	74.7
1985	66	74.5
1986	66.6	74.8
1987	67.2	75.1
1988	67.8	75.3
1989	68.4	75.4
1990	68.9	75.7
1991	69.3	75.9
1992	69.8	76.3
1993	70.2	76.2
1994	70.6	76.7
1995	70.9	76.6
1996	71.3	76.9
1997	71.6	77.1
1998	72	77.3
1999	72.3	77.4
2000	72.6	77.8
2001	73	78.1
2002	73.3	78.2
2003	73.7	78.3
2004	74	78.9
2005	74.4	79.1
2006	74.8	79.3
2007	75.1	79.5
2008	75.3	79.7
2009	75.4	80.2
2010	75.6	80.4
2011	75.8	80.8
2012	76.1	80.9
2013	76.5	80.9
2014	77.1	81.2
2015	77.8	80.9
2016	78.4	81.1
2017	78.7	81.2
2018	78.7	81.1
2019	78.3	81.4
2020	77.6	80.4
2021	77.1	80.7
2022	77.3	81.1
2023	78.7	81.3
2024	79	81.4
2025	79.2	81.6

Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Saudi Arabia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Saudi Arabia	United Kingdom
1960	2,435,403	52,400,000
1961	2,526,347	52,800,000
1962	2,620,910	53,250,000
1963	2,719,341	53,650,000
1964	2,821,968	54,000,000
1965	2,928,771	54,348,050
1966	3,039,887	54,648,500
1967	3,157,242	54,943,600
1968	3,282,711	55,211,700
1969	3,417,114	55,441,750
1970	3,562,470	55,663,250
1971	3,724,031	55,896,223
1972	3,905,722	56,086,065
1973	4,106,344	56,194,527
1974	4,323,632	56,229,974
1975	4,556,287	56,225,800
1976	4,807,933	56,211,968
1977	5,083,048	56,193,492
1978	5,381,902	56,196,504
1979	5,703,698	56,246,951
1980	6,047,997	56,314,216
1981	6,420,551	56,333,829
1982	6,824,486	56,313,641
1983	7,252,941	56,332,848
1984	7,697,307	56,422,072
1985	8,151,779	56,550,268
1986	8,628,639	56,681,396
1987	9,130,194	56,802,050
1988	9,629,165	56,928,327
1989	10,128,394	57,076,711
1990	10,640,691	57,247,586
1991	11,160,744	57,424,897
1992	11,686,676	57,580,402
1993	12,215,862	57,718,614
1994	12,750,040	57,865,745
1995	13,289,245	58,019,030
1996	13,831,009	58,166,950
1997	14,374,943	58,316,954
1998	14,922,185	58,487,141
1999	15,472,075	58,682,466
2000	16,177,722	58,892,514
2001	17,041,397	59,119,673
2002	17,910,910	59,370,479
2003	18,786,767	59,647,577
2004	19,669,480	59,987,905
2005	20,559,890	60,401,206
2006	21,459,144	60,846,820
2007	22,368,313	61,322,463
2008	23,287,877	61,806,995
2009	24,217,654	62,276,270
2010	23,978,487	62,766,365
2011	25,091,867	63,258,810
2012	26,168,861	63,711,000
2013	27,624,004	64,139,000
2014	28,309,273	64,620,000
2015	29,816,382	65,088,000
2016	30,954,198	65,607,000
2017	30,977,355	65,966,000
2018	30,196,281	66,289,000
2019	30,063,799	66,631,000
2020	31,552,510	66,744,000
2021	30,784,383	66,984,000
2022	32,175,224	67,604,000
2023	33,702,731	68,492,000
2024	35,300,280	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Saudi Arabia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Saudi Arabia	United Kingdom
1960	7.63	2.69
1961	7.63	2.78
1962	7.64	2.86
1963	7.65	2.88
1964	7.67	2.93
1965	7.66	2.86
1966	7.66	2.78
1967	7.66	2.68
1968	7.63	2.6
1969	7.6	2.51
1970	7.58	2.44
1971	7.56	2.41
1972	7.54	2.2
1973	7.48	2.04
1974	7.43	1.92
1975	7.37	1.81
1976	7.33	1.74
1977	7.3	1.69
1978	7.26	1.75
1979	7.23	1.86
1980	7.15	1.9
1981	7.07	1.82
1982	6.98	1.78
1983	6.88	1.77
1984	6.78	1.77
1985	6.65	1.79
1986	6.52	1.78
1987	6.34	1.81
1988	6.15	1.82
1989	5.98	1.79
1990	5.8	1.83
1991	5.64	1.82
1992	5.49	1.79
1993	5.33	1.76
1994	5.16	1.74
1995	4.99	1.71
1996	4.81	1.73
1997	4.66	1.72
1998	4.52	1.71
1999	4.35	1.68
2000	4.21	1.64
2001	3.96	1.63
2002	3.71	1.63
2003	3.47	1.7
2004	3.26	1.75
2005	3.16	1.76
2006	3.18	1.82
2007	3.19	1.86
2008	3.07	1.91
2009	2.95	1.89
2010	2.81	1.92
2011	2.8	1.91
2012	2.78	1.92
2013	2.67	1.83
2014	2.68	1.81
2015	2.63	1.8
2016	2.65	1.79
2017	2.67	1.74
2018	2.67	1.68
2019	2.49	1.63
2020	2.27	1.57
2021	2.17	1.58
2022	2.14	1.56
2023	2.28	1.56

Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Saudi Arabia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Saudi Arabia	United Kingdom
1960	18.6	35.5
1961	18.5	35.4
1962	18.4	35.3
1963	18.2	35.3
1964	18	35.2
1965	17.9	35.1
1966	17.7	34.9
1967	17.6	34.8
1968	17.5	34.6
1969	17.4	34.4
1970	17.4	34.2
1971	17.4	34.1
1972	17.4	34
1973	17.5	34
1974	17.6	34
1975	17.7	34
1976	17.8	34
1977	17.9	34.1
1978	18	34.2
1979	18.1	34.3
1980	18.2	34.4
1981	18.3	34.5
1982	18.4	34.8
1983	18.5	35
1984	18.6	35.2
1985	18.7	35.3
1986	18.7	35.4
1987	18.8	35.4
1988	18.9	35.7
1989	19	35.9
1990	19	36
1991	19.2	36.1
1992	19.3	36.2
1993	19.4	36.3
1994	19.6	36.5
1995	19.7	36.6
1996	19.9	36.8
1997	20.2	37
1998	20.4	37.2
1999	20.7	37.4
2000	20.8	37.7
2001	20.7	37.9
2002	20.8	38.1
2003	21.1	38.2
2004	21.4	38.4
2005	21.9	38.5
2006	22.3	38.6
2007	22.8	38.8
2008	23.4	38.9
2009	23.9	39
2010	24.5	39.2
2011	25.2	39.3
2012	25.9	39.5
2013	26.6	39.6
2014	27.2	39.7
2015	27.9	39.8
2016	28.6	39.8
2017	29	39.9
2018	29.3	40
2019	29.3	40.1
2020	29.4	40.2
2021	29.5	40.3
2022	29.7	40.5
2023	30.2	40.8
2024	30.5	41

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