Saudi Arabia vs Switzerland statistics compared

Saudi Arabia has a population of 35.3M (ranked 45/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Saudi Arabia's land area is 830,000 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 12th vs. 131st).

By GDP, Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Saudi Arabia and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Saudi Arabia and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Saudi Arabia

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Saudi Arabia	Switzerland
1960	$1,748,124,064	$10,412,232,621
1961	$1,920,811,284	$11,713,348,834
1962	$2,130,606,532	$12,989,649,694
1963	$2,207,393,172	$14,283,872,299
1964	$2,371,808,713	$15,833,133,858
1965	$2,647,955,558	$16,780,226,225
1966	$2,920,555,557	$18,019,402,374
1967	$3,257,022,223	$19,397,044,714
1968	$4,187,777,711	$20,712,102,794
1969	$4,485,777,644	$22,442,043,274
1970	$5,377,333,333	$24,998,066,773
1971	$7,184,806,909	$30,040,171,751
1972	$9,664,267,087	$36,844,318,854
1973	$14,947,435,499	$49,550,006,320
1974	$45,412,957,746	$57,103,011,446
1975	$46,773,208,643	$65,466,081,819
1976	$64,005,665,722	$68,476,524,644
1977	$74,188,986,586	$73,135,771,167
1978	$80,266,516,687	$102,280,472,036
1979	$111,858,444,786	$114,970,094,425
1980	$164,539,660,725	$122,557,843,886
1981	$184,291,360,139	$112,244,805,519
1982	$153,240,313,858	$115,043,365,512
1983	$129,171,635,311	$114,634,358,535
1984	$119,624,858,116	$109,455,312,168
1985	$103,897,846,494	$110,980,314,192
1986	$86,961,922,765	$159,089,921,063
1987	$85,695,861,148	$199,236,370,038
1988	$88,256,074,766	$215,540,625,299
1989	$95,344,459,279	$208,105,846,934
1990	$117,630,173,565	$265,763,573,999
1991	$132,223,230,975	$268,901,693,863
1992	$137,087,850,467	$279,921,425,828
1993	$132,967,957,276	$272,237,527,071
1994	$135,174,899,866	$301,375,055,202
1995	$143,343,124,166	$352,835,806,342
1996	$158,662,483,311	$340,103,959,547
1997	$165,963,684,913	$294,788,198,856
1998	$146,775,466,667	$303,459,014,347
1999	$161,717,066,667	$297,873,643,323
2000	$189,514,933,333	$279,216,033,870
2001	$184,137,600,000	$286,582,672,434
2002	$189,605,866,667	$309,301,422,430
2003	$215,807,733,333	$362,075,086,508
2004	$258,742,133,333	$403,912,891,033
2005	$328,459,608,764	$418,284,865,885
2006	$376,900,133,511	$441,634,672,197
2007	$415,964,509,673	$490,740,715,595
2008	$519,796,800,000	$567,267,767,519
2009	$429,097,866,667	$554,212,916,092
2010	$528,207,466,667	$598,851,027,948
2011	$680,660,800,000	$715,888,126,682
2012	$751,921,333,333	$686,420,221,558
2013	$769,755,733,333	$706,234,937,371
2014	$787,153,066,667	$726,537,809,430
2015	$693,414,400,000	$694,118,186,380
2016	$689,279,466,667	$687,895,460,903
2017	$741,266,133,333	$695,200,834,102
2018	$886,564,800,000	$725,568,717,468
2019	$888,890,133,333	$721,369,112,727
2020	$767,951,200,000	$741,999,406,006
2021	$982,661,066,667	$815,309,330,987
2022	$1,239,075,200,000	$828,508,926,958
2023	$1,218,584,533,333	$894,424,821,645
2024	$1,237,529,866,667	$936,564,198,049

Saudi Arabia and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Saudi Arabia

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Saudi Arabia	Switzerland
1960	$718	$1,954
1961	$760	$2,155
1962	$813	$2,330
1963	$812	$2,508
1964	$840	$2,735
1965	$904	$2,865
1966	$961	$3,045
1967	$1,032	$3,237
1968	$1,276	$3,413
1969	$1,313	$3,657
1970	$1,509	$4,044
1971	$1,929	$4,835
1972	$2,474	$5,885
1973	$3,640	$7,856
1974	$10,503	$9,005
1975	$10,266	$10,328
1976	$13,313	$10,865
1977	$14,595	$11,644
1978	$14,914	$16,282
1979	$19,612	$18,266
1980	$27,206	$19,394
1981	$28,703	$17,665
1982	$22,454	$18,000
1983	$17,810	$17,859
1984	$15,541	$16,991
1985	$12,745	$17,152
1986	$10,078	$24,460
1987	$9,386	$30,441
1988	$9,165	$32,690
1989	$9,414	$31,309
1990	$11,055	$39,575
1991	$11,847	$39,544
1992	$11,730	$40,714
1993	$10,885	$39,237
1994	$10,602	$43,092
1995	$10,786	$50,114
1996	$11,472	$48,093
1997	$11,545	$41,584
1998	$9,836	$42,681
1999	$10,452	$41,696
2000	$11,715	$38,865
2001	$10,805	$39,639
2002	$10,586	$42,459
2003	$11,487	$49,336
2004	$13,154	$54,659
2005	$15,976	$56,243
2006	$17,564	$59,011
2007	$18,596	$64,989
2008	$22,320	$74,175
2009	$17,718	$71,568
2010	$22,028	$76,531
2011	$27,127	$90,477
2012	$28,733	$85,836
2013	$27,865	$87,304
2014	$27,805	$88,725
2015	$23,256	$83,806
2016	$22,268	$82,153
2017	$23,929	$82,254
2018	$29,360	$85,217
2019	$29,567	$84,122
2020	$24,339	$85,898
2021	$31,921	$93,665
2022	$38,510	$94,395
2023	$36,157	$100,632
2024	$35,057	$103,670

Saudi Arabia vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Saudi Arabia

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Saudi Arabia	Switzerland
1950	40	68.9
1951	40.6	68.7
1952	41.1	69.6
1953	41.6	69.5
1954	42.1	70
1955	42.6	70.1
1956	43.1	70.2
1957	43.7	70.5
1958	44.2	71.3
1959	44.8	71.5
1960	45.3	71.4
1961	45.9	71.7
1962	46.5	71.3
1963	47.1	71.3
1964	47.7	72.2
1965	48.4	72.3
1966	49.2	72.4
1967	50	72.7
1968	50.9	72.7
1969	51.8	72.7
1970	52.7	73.1
1971	53.7	73.2
1972	54.7	73.8
1973	55.8	74.1
1974	56.8	74.4
1975	57.8	74.8
1976	58.8	74.9
1977	59.7	75.4
1978	60.7	75.3
1979	61.5	75.6
1980	62.4	75.6
1981	63.3	75.8
1982	64	76.2
1983	64.7	76.2
1984	65.4	76.8
1985	66	76.9
1986	66.6	77
1987	67.2	77.3
1988	67.8	77.4
1989	68.4	77.6
1990	68.9	77.4
1991	69.3	77.6
1992	69.8	77.9
1993	70.2	78.2
1994	70.6	78.5
1995	70.9	78.6
1996	71.3	79
1997	71.6	79.2
1998	72	79.5
1999	72.3	79.7
2000	72.6	79.8
2001	73	80.3
2002	73.3	80.4
2003	73.7	80.5
2004	74	81.1
2005	74.4	81.2
2006	74.8	81.5
2007	75.1	81.7
2008	75.3	82
2009	75.4	82
2010	75.6	82.3
2011	75.8	82.6
2012	76.1	82.6
2013	76.5	82.7
2014	77.1	83.1
2015	77.8	82.8
2016	78.4	83.4
2017	78.7	83.4
2018	78.7	83.6
2019	78.3	83.8
2020	77.6	83.1
2021	77.1	83.6
2022	77.3	83.2
2023	78.7	84
2024	79	84.1
2025	79.2	84.2

Saudi Arabia and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Saudi Arabia

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Saudi Arabia	Switzerland
1960	2,435,403	5,327,827
1961	2,526,347	5,434,294
1962	2,620,910	5,573,815
1963	2,719,341	5,694,247
1964	2,821,968	5,789,228
1965	2,928,771	5,856,472
1966	3,039,887	5,918,002
1967	3,157,242	5,991,785
1968	3,282,711	6,067,714
1969	3,417,114	6,136,387
1970	3,562,470	6,180,877
1971	3,724,031	6,213,399
1972	3,905,722	6,260,956
1973	4,106,344	6,307,347
1974	4,323,632	6,341,405
1975	4,556,287	6,338,632
1976	4,807,933	6,302,504
1977	5,083,048	6,281,174
1978	5,381,902	6,281,738
1979	5,703,698	6,294,365
1980	6,047,997	6,319,408
1981	6,420,551	6,354,074
1982	6,824,486	6,391,309
1983	7,252,941	6,418,773
1984	7,697,307	6,441,865
1985	8,151,779	6,470,365
1986	8,628,639	6,504,124
1987	9,130,194	6,545,106
1988	9,629,165	6,593,386
1989	10,128,394	6,646,912
1990	10,640,691	6,715,519
1991	11,160,744	6,799,978
1992	11,686,676	6,875,364
1993	12,215,862	6,938,265
1994	12,750,040	6,993,795
1995	13,289,245	7,040,687
1996	13,831,009	7,071,850
1997	14,374,943	7,088,906
1998	14,922,185	7,110,001
1999	15,472,075	7,143,991
2000	16,177,722	7,184,250
2001	17,041,397	7,229,854
2002	17,910,910	7,284,753
2003	18,786,767	7,339,001
2004	19,669,480	7,389,625
2005	20,559,890	7,437,115
2006	21,459,144	7,483,934
2007	22,368,313	7,551,117
2008	23,287,877	7,647,675
2009	24,217,654	7,743,831
2010	23,978,487	7,824,909
2011	25,091,867	7,912,398
2012	26,168,861	7,996,861
2013	27,624,004	8,089,346
2014	28,309,273	8,188,649
2015	29,816,382	8,282,396
2016	30,954,198	8,373,338
2017	30,977,355	8,451,840
2018	30,196,281	8,514,329
2019	30,063,799	8,575,280
2020	31,552,510	8,638,167
2021	30,784,383	8,704,546
2022	32,175,224	8,777,088
2023	33,702,731	8,888,093
2024	35,300,280	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Saudi Arabia and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Saudi Arabia

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Saudi Arabia	Switzerland
1960	7.63	2.44
1961	7.63	2.52
1962	7.64	2.58
1963	7.65	2.65
1964	7.67	2.66
1965	7.66	2.59
1966	7.66	2.5
1967	7.66	2.39
1968	7.63	2.29
1969	7.6	2.19
1970	7.58	2.1
1971	7.56	2.04
1972	7.54	1.91
1973	7.48	1.81
1974	7.43	1.73
1975	7.37	1.61
1976	7.33	1.55
1977	7.3	1.53
1978	7.26	1.51
1979	7.23	1.52
1980	7.15	1.55
1981	7.07	1.55
1982	6.98	1.56
1983	6.88	1.52
1984	6.78	1.53
1985	6.65	1.52
1986	6.52	1.53
1987	6.34	1.52
1988	6.15	1.57
1989	5.98	1.56
1990	5.8	1.58
1991	5.64	1.58
1992	5.49	1.58
1993	5.33	1.51
1994	5.16	1.49
1995	4.99	1.48
1996	4.81	1.5
1997	4.66	1.48
1998	4.52	1.47
1999	4.35	1.48
2000	4.21	1.5
2001	3.96	1.38
2002	3.71	1.39
2003	3.47	1.39
2004	3.26	1.42
2005	3.16	1.42
2006	3.18	1.44
2007	3.19	1.46
2008	3.07	1.48
2009	2.95	1.5
2010	2.81	1.52
2011	2.8	1.52
2012	2.78	1.52
2013	2.67	1.52
2014	2.68	1.54
2015	2.63	1.54
2016	2.65	1.54
2017	2.67	1.52
2018	2.67	1.52
2019	2.49	1.48
2020	2.27	1.46
2021	2.17	1.52
2022	2.14	1.39
2023	2.28	1.33

Saudi Arabia and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Saudi Arabia

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Saudi Arabia	Switzerland
1960	18.6	32.6
1961	18.5	32.4
1962	18.4	32
1963	18.2	31.7
1964	18	31.5
1965	17.9	31.6
1966	17.7	31.6
1967	17.6	31.6
1968	17.5	31.7
1969	17.4	31.7
1970	17.4	32
1971	17.4	32.2
1972	17.4	32.3
1973	17.5	32.5
1974	17.6	32.7
1975	17.7	33.1
1976	17.8	33.5
1977	17.9	33.8
1978	18	34.2
1979	18.1	34.5
1980	18.2	34.8
1981	18.3	35
1982	18.4	35.3
1983	18.5	35.6
1984	18.6	35.9
1985	18.7	36.1
1986	18.7	36.3
1987	18.8	36.5
1988	18.9	36.7
1989	19	36.8
1990	19	36.9
1991	19.2	36.9
1992	19.3	36.9
1993	19.4	37
1994	19.6	37.1
1995	19.7	37.3
1996	19.9	37.6
1997	20.2	37.9
1998	20.4	38.2
1999	20.7	38.4
2000	20.8	38.7
2001	20.7	39
2002	20.8	39.3
2003	21.1	39.6
2004	21.4	39.9
2005	21.9	40.3
2006	22.3	40.6
2007	22.8	40.9
2008	23.4	41.1
2009	23.9	41.3
2010	24.5	41.5
2011	25.2	41.6
2012	25.9	41.8
2013	26.6	42
2014	27.2	42.1
2015	27.9	42.2
2016	28.6	42.3
2017	29	42.4
2018	29.3	42.5
2019	29.3	42.6
2020	29.4	42.7
2021	29.5	42.8
2022	29.7	43
2023	30.2	43.4
2024	30.5	43.7

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