Israel vs Saudi Arabia Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Israel vs Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Median age
	Israel	Saudi Arabia
1960	25.3	18.6
1961	25.3	18.5
1962	25	18.4
1963	24.6	18.2
1964	24.1	18
1965	23.8	17.9
1966	23.5	17.7
1967	23.4	17.6
1968	23.3	17.5
1969	23.3	17.4
1970	23.4	17.4
1971	23.5	17.4
1972	23.7	17.4
1973	23.8	17.5
1974	24	17.6
1975	24.2	17.7
1976	24.3	17.8
1977	24.5	17.9
1978	24.7	18
1979	24.8	18.1
1980	25	18.2
1981	25.1	18.3
1982	25.2	18.4
1983	25.3	18.5
1984	25.4	18.6
1985	25.4	18.7
1986	25.4	18.7
1987	25.5	18.8
1988	25.5	18.9
1989	25.6	19
1990	25.8	19
1991	26.2	19.2
1992	26.4	19.3
1993	26.5	19.4
1994	26.6	19.6
1995	26.9	19.7
1996	27.1	19.9
1997	27.3	20.2
1998	27.4	20.4
1999	27.6	20.7
2000	27.8	20.8
2001	28	20.7
2002	28.2	20.8
2003	28.4	21.1
2004	28.5	21.4
2005	28.7	21.9
2006	28.9	22.3
2007	29.1	22.8
2008	29.2	23.4
2009	29.3	23.9
2010	29.4	24.5
2011	29.5	25.2
2012	29.5	25.9
2013	29.6	26.6
2014	29.7	27.2
2015	29.8	27.9
2016	29.8	28.6
2017	29.9	29
2018	29.9	29.3
2019	29.9	29.3
2020	30	29.4
2021	30	29.5
2022	30.1	29.7
2023	30.2	30.2
2024	30.2	30.5
2025	30.2	30.6
2026	30.3	30.7
2027	30.3	30.7
2028	30.3	30.7
2029	30.4	30.7
2030	30.5	30.7
2031	30.5	30.7
2032	30.6	30.8
2033	30.7	30.8
2034	30.8	30.9
2035	30.9	31
2036	31	31.1
2037	31.1	31.2
2038	31.3	31.4
2039	31.4	31.5
2040	31.5	31.7
2041	31.7	31.8
2042	31.8	31.9
2043	32	32.1
2044	32.1	32.2
2045	32.3	32.3
2046	32.5	32.5
2047	32.6	32.6
2048	32.8	32.7
2049	33	32.9
2050	33.2	33

In 1960, the median age in Israel was 25.3 years compared to 18.6 years in Saudi Arabia. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 30.2 years in Israel and to 30.5 years in Saudi Arabia.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Israel is expected to increased to around 33.2 years by 2050 compared to 33 years in Saudi Arabia. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Israel		Saudi Arabia
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	4.76%	4.52%	3.98%	3.82%
5-9	4.8%	4.54%	4.14%	3.99%
10-14	4.51%	4.28%	4.02%	3.86%
15-19	4.07%	3.88%	3.68%	3.5%
20-24	3.83%	3.68%	4.31%	3.31%
25-29	3.49%	3.36%	6.42%	3.68%
30-34	3.27%	3.18%	7.84%	3.98%
35-39	3.11%	3.09%	7.54%	3.6%
40-44	2.98%	3%	6.09%	2.84%
45-49	2.83%	2.88%	4.27%	2.06%
50-54	2.54%	2.61%	3.04%	1.5%
55-59	2.11%	2.19%	2.19%	1.15%
60-64	1.89%	2.05%	1.41%	0.85%
65-69	1.72%	1.94%	0.75%	0.54%
70-74	1.55%	1.82%	0.4%	0.33%
75-79	1.16%	1.43%	0.27%	0.23%
80+	1.19%	1.75%	0.21%	0.23%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Israel has low demographic potential with 56.2% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 60.5% and average potential in Saudi Arabia.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Israel			Saudi Arabia
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	67.4%	59%	8.41%	87.4%	81.2%	6.14%
1961	67%	58.3%	8.74%	88.2%	82.1%	6.1%
1962	67.2%	58.3%	8.96%	89.1%	83.1%	6.07%
1963	67.6%	58.4%	9.16%	90.2%	84.2%	6.03%
1964	67.6%	58.3%	9.37%	91.3%	85.3%	5.99%
1965	67.5%	58%	9.59%	92.1%	86.1%	5.94%
1966	67.3%	57.5%	9.83%	92.8%	86.9%	5.88%
1967	67%	56.9%	10.1%	93.3%	87.5%	5.81%
1968	66.7%	56.4%	10.3%	93.7%	87.9%	5.72%
1969	66.3%	55.7%	10.6%	93.8%	88.1%	5.63%
1970	66%	55.1%	10.9%	93.7%	88.2%	5.52%
1971	65.7%	54.5%	11.2%	93.3%	87.9%	5.39%
1972	65.7%	54.1%	11.6%	92.5%	87.3%	5.23%
1973	66.2%	54.2%	12%	91.6%	86.5%	5.07%
1974	67%	54.5%	12.5%	90.7%	85.8%	4.91%
1975	67.9%	54.9%	13%	89.8%	85%	4.75%
1976	68.9%	55.4%	13.4%	89%	84.4%	4.6%
1977	69.8%	55.9%	13.9%	88.1%	83.7%	4.46%
1978	70.6%	56.3%	14.3%	87.3%	83%	4.32%
1979	71.2%	56.5%	14.8%	86.7%	82.5%	4.2%
1980	71.6%	56.4%	15.1%	86.1%	82%	4.09%
1981	71.5%	56.2%	15.3%	85.5%	81.5%	3.99%
1982	71.4%	56%	15.4%	84.8%	80.9%	3.89%
1983	71.2%	55.9%	15.3%	84.2%	80.4%	3.8%
1984	70.9%	55.8%	15.2%	83.9%	80.1%	3.73%
1985	70.7%	55.5%	15.2%	83.7%	80%	3.68%
1986	70.4%	55.1%	15.3%	83.4%	79.8%	3.64%
1987	69.9%	54.6%	15.3%	83%	79.4%	3.6%
1988	69.5%	54.1%	15.4%	82.6%	79%	3.58%
1989	69%	53.6%	15.4%	82.3%	78.7%	3.57%
1990	68.1%	52.6%	15.5%	81.7%	78.1%	3.57%
1991	66.9%	51.3%	15.6%	80.9%	77.3%	3.57%
1992	66%	50.3%	15.7%	80%	76.4%	3.58%
1993	65.5%	49.7%	15.7%	78.9%	75.3%	3.59%
1994	65%	49.2%	15.8%	77.7%	74.1%	3.6%
1995	64.6%	48.7%	16%	76.3%	72.7%	3.62%
1996	64.1%	48%	16.1%	74.8%	71.1%	3.64%
1997	63.4%	47.4%	16%	73.2%	69.5%	3.67%
1998	62.8%	46.8%	15.9%	71.4%	67.7%	3.7%
1999	62%	46.2%	15.8%	69.7%	65.9%	3.74%
2000	61.4%	45.7%	15.7%	68.1%	64.4%	3.75%
2001	60.9%	45.2%	15.7%	66.4%	62.7%	3.72%
2002	60.8%	45%	15.8%	64.1%	60.4%	3.69%
2003	60.8%	44.9%	15.9%	61.2%	57.5%	3.65%
2004	60.9%	44.9%	16%	58.1%	54.5%	3.61%
2005	60.8%	44.8%	16%	54.9%	51.4%	3.57%
2006	60.7%	44.7%	16%	51.9%	48.4%	3.53%
2007	60.5%	44.6%	15.9%	49.2%	45.7%	3.5%
2008	60.4%	44.6%	15.8%	46.8%	43.3%	3.48%
2009	60.5%	44.7%	15.8%	44.7%	41.2%	3.46%
2010	61%	45%	15.9%	42.9%	39.5%	3.42%
2011	61.7%	45.4%	16.3%	41.4%	38%	3.38%
2012	62.6%	45.7%	16.8%	40.2%	36.9%	3.32%
2013	63.3%	46%	17.3%	39.1%	35.9%	3.24%
2014	64%	46.3%	17.7%	38.3%	35.1%	3.15%
2015	64.6%	46.5%	18.1%	37.5%	34.5%	3.06%
2016	65.3%	46.7%	18.6%	37.2%	34.2%	3.04%
2017	66%	46.9%	19.1%	37.8%	34.7%	3.14%
2018	66.4%	46.9%	19.5%	39%	35.7%	3.31%
2019	66.7%	46.9%	19.8%	39.3%	35.9%	3.41%
2020	66.9%	46.8%	20.1%	38.9%	35.4%	3.5%
2021	67.1%	46.7%	20.4%	38.6%	34.9%	3.63%
2022	67%	46.4%	20.5%	37.6%	33.9%	3.72%
2023	66.8%	46%	20.7%	36.8%	33%	3.86%
2024	66.6%	45.7%	20.9%	36.6%	32.5%	4.03%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Israel increased from 60.9% to 66.6% between 2004 and 2024.

In Saudi Arabia, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 58.1% to 36.6% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Israel	Saudi Arabia
1960	59.7%	53.4%
1961	59.9%	53.1%
1962	59.8%	52.9%
1963	59.7%	52.6%
1964	59.6%	52.3%
1965	59.7%	52.1%
1966	59.8%	51.9%
1967	59.9%	51.7%
1968	60%	51.6%
1969	60.1%	51.6%
1970	60.2%	51.6%
1971	60.3%	51.7%
1972	60.3%	51.9%
1973	60.2%	52.2%
1974	59.9%	52.4%
1975	59.6%	52.7%
1976	59.2%	52.9%
1977	58.9%	53.2%
1978	58.6%	53.4%
1979	58.4%	53.6%
1980	58.3%	53.7%
1981	58.3%	53.9%
1982	58.3%	54.1%
1983	58.4%	54.3%
1984	58.5%	54.4%
1985	58.6%	54.4%
1986	58.7%	54.5%
1987	58.9%	54.7%
1988	59%	54.8%
1989	59.2%	54.9%
1990	59.5%	55%
1991	59.9%	55.3%
1992	60.2%	55.6%
1993	60.4%	55.9%
1994	60.6%	56.3%
1995	60.7%	56.7%
1996	60.9%	57.2%
1997	61.2%	57.7%
1998	61.4%	58.3%
1999	61.7%	58.9%
2000	62%	59.5%
2001	62.1%	60.1%
2002	62.2%	61%
2003	62.2%	62%
2004	62.2%	63.3%
2005	62.2%	64.5%
2006	62.2%	65.8%
2007	62.3%	67%
2008	62.3%	68.1%
2009	62.3%	69.1%
2010	62.1%	70%
2011	61.9%	70.7%
2012	61.5%	71.3%
2013	61.2%	71.9%
2014	61%	72.3%
2015	60.7%	72.7%
2016	60.5%	72.9%
2017	60.3%	72.6%
2018	60.1%	72%
2019	60%	71.8%
2020	59.9%	72%
2021	59.9%	72.2%
2022	59.9%	72.7%
2023	60%	73.1%
2024	60%	73.2%
2025	60.1%	73.3%
2026	60.3%	73.4%
2027	60.4%	73.5%
2028	60.6%	73.5%
2029	60.8%	73.5%
2030	61%	73.6%
2031	61.2%	73.5%
2032	61.4%	73.5%
2033	61.6%	73.5%
2034	61.7%	73.4%
2035	61.7%	73.3%
2036	61.8%	73.2%
2037	61.8%	73.1%
2038	61.8%	73%
2039	61.7%	73%
2040	61.6%	73%
2041	61.5%	72.9%
2042	61.3%	72.9%
2043	61.3%	72.8%
2044	61.2%	72.7%
2045	61.1%	72.6%
2046	61%	72.4%
2047	60.9%	72.3%
2048	60.8%	72.1%
2049	60.8%	71.9%
2050	60.8%	71.7%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 62.2% to 60% in Israel and from 63.3% to 73.2% in Saudi Arabia.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Israel	Saudi Arabia
1960	35.2%	43.4%
1961	34.9%	43.6%
1962	34.8%	43.9%
1963	34.9%	44.3%
1964	34.8%	44.6%
1965	34.6%	44.8%
1966	34.4%	45.1%
1967	34.1%	45.3%
1968	33.8%	45.4%
1969	33.5%	45.5%
1970	33.2%	45.5%
1971	32.9%	45.5%
1972	32.7%	45.3%
1973	32.6%	45.2%
1974	32.7%	45%
1975	32.7%	44.8%
1976	32.8%	44.6%
1977	32.9%	44.5%
1978	33%	44.3%
1979	33%	44.2%
1980	32.9%	44.1%
1981	32.8%	43.9%
1982	32.7%	43.8%
1983	32.7%	43.7%
1984	32.6%	43.6%
1985	32.5%	43.6%
1986	32.3%	43.5%
1987	32.1%	43.4%
1988	31.9%	43.3%
1989	31.7%	43.2%
1990	31.3%	43%
1991	30.7%	42.7%
1992	30.3%	42.4%
1993	30%	42.1%
1994	29.8%	41.7%
1995	29.6%	41.2%
1996	29.3%	40.7%
1997	29%	40.1%
1998	28.8%	39.5%
1999	28.5%	38.9%
2000	28.3%	38.3%
2001	28.1%	37.7%
2002	28%	36.8%
2003	27.9%	35.7%
2004	27.9%	34.5%
2005	27.9%	33.2%
2006	27.8%	31.9%
2007	27.8%	30.6%
2008	27.8%	29.5%
2009	27.9%	28.5%
2010	28%	27.6%
2011	28.1%	26.9%
2012	28.1%	26.3%
2013	28.2%	25.8%
2014	28.2%	25.4%
2015	28.2%	25.1%
2016	28.3%	24.9%
2017	28.2%	25.2%
2018	28.2%	25.7%
2019	28.1%	25.8%
2020	28%	25.5%
2021	27.9%	25.2%
2022	27.8%	24.6%
2023	27.6%	24.1%
2024	27.4%	23.8%
2025	27.2%	23.6%
2026	26.9%	23.4%
2027	26.6%	23.3%
2028	26.4%	23.1%
2029	26.1%	22.9%
2030	25.8%	22.8%
2031	25.5%	22.6%
2032	25.2%	22.5%
2033	25%	22.4%
2034	24.7%	22.3%
2035	24.6%	22.2%
2036	24.4%	22.2%
2037	24.2%	22.1%
2038	24.1%	22%
2039	24%	21.9%
2040	24%	21.7%
2041	23.9%	21.5%
2042	23.9%	21.3%
2043	23.8%	21.2%
2044	23.8%	21%
2045	23.8%	20.8%
2046	23.8%	20.7%
2047	23.7%	20.5%
2048	23.7%	20.4%
2049	23.6%	20.2%
2050	23.5%	20.1%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 27.4% in Israel and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia. Birth rates in Israel compared to Saudi Arabia .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Israel	Saudi Arabia
1960	5.02%	3.27%
1961	5.23%	3.24%
1962	5.36%	3.21%
1963	5.47%	3.17%
1964	5.59%	3.13%
1965	5.72%	3.09%
1966	5.87%	3.05%
1967	6.03%	3%
1968	6.18%	2.95%
1969	6.36%	2.9%
1970	6.55%	2.85%
1971	6.78%	2.79%
1972	7.01%	2.72%
1973	7.24%	2.65%
1974	7.47%	2.57%
1975	7.72%	2.5%
1976	7.96%	2.43%
1977	8.19%	2.37%
1978	8.41%	2.31%
1979	8.63%	2.25%
1980	8.82%	2.2%
1981	8.93%	2.15%
1982	8.96%	2.1%
1983	8.93%	2.06%
1984	8.88%	2.03%
1985	8.91%	2.01%
1986	8.97%	1.99%
1987	9.01%	1.97%
1988	9.07%	1.96%
1989	9.13%	1.96%
1990	9.24%	1.97%
1991	9.36%	1.97%
1992	9.44%	1.99%
1993	9.52%	2.01%
1994	9.57%	2.03%
1995	9.7%	2.05%
1996	9.8%	2.08%
1997	9.8%	2.12%
1998	9.78%	2.16%
1999	9.74%	2.2%
2000	9.72%	2.23%
2001	9.75%	2.24%
2002	9.82%	2.25%
2003	9.9%	2.26%
2004	9.94%	2.28%
2005	9.95%	2.3%
2006	9.94%	2.32%
2007	9.9%	2.35%
2008	9.84%	2.37%
2009	9.83%	2.39%
2010	9.9%	2.4%
2011	10.1%	2.39%
2012	10.3%	2.37%
2013	10.6%	2.33%
2014	10.8%	2.28%
2015	11%	2.23%
2016	11.3%	2.21%
2017	11.5%	2.28%
2018	11.7%	2.38%
2019	11.9%	2.45%
2020	12.1%	2.52%
2021	12.2%	2.62%
2022	12.3%	2.7%
2023	12.4%	2.82%
2024	12.6%	2.95%
2025	12.7%	3.06%
2026	12.8%	3.17%
2027	12.9%	3.29%
2028	13%	3.42%
2029	13.1%	3.55%
2030	13.2%	3.69%
2031	13.3%	3.84%
2032	13.4%	4%
2033	13.5%	4.16%
2034	13.6%	4.32%
2035	13.7%	4.47%
2036	13.9%	4.63%
2037	14%	4.79%
2038	14.1%	4.96%
2039	14.3%	5.14%
2040	14.5%	5.34%
2041	14.6%	5.55%
2042	14.8%	5.79%
2043	14.9%	6.05%
2044	15%	6.32%
2045	15.1%	6.61%
2046	15.3%	6.91%
2047	15.4%	7.22%
2048	15.5%	7.54%
2049	15.6%	7.87%
2050	15.7%	8.2%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 12.6% in Israel and 2.95% in Saudi Arabia. Life expectancy in Israel compared to Saudi Arabia .