Saudi Arabia vs Zambia statistics compared

Saudi Arabia has a population of 35.3M (ranked 45/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Saudi Arabia's land area is 830,000 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 12th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Saudi Arabia and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Saudi Arabia and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Saudi Arabia

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Saudi Arabia	Zambia
1960	$1,748,124,064	$698,739,721
1961	$1,920,811,284	$682,359,727
1962	$2,130,606,532	$679,279,729
1963	$2,207,393,172	$704,339,719
1964	$2,371,808,713	$822,639,671
1965	$2,647,955,558	$1,061,199,576
1966	$2,920,555,557	$1,238,999,505
1967	$3,257,022,223	$1,340,639,464
1968	$4,187,777,711	$1,573,739,371
1969	$4,485,777,644	$1,926,399,230
1970	$5,377,333,333	$1,788,779,285
1971	$7,184,806,909	$1,653,259,341
1972	$9,664,267,087	$1,872,416,680
1973	$14,947,435,499	$2,434,255,237
1974	$45,412,957,746	$2,910,981,262
1975	$46,773,208,643	$2,442,672,141
1976	$64,005,665,722	$2,742,859,263
1977	$74,188,986,586	$2,515,296,940
1978	$80,266,516,687	$2,811,032,473
1979	$111,858,444,786	$3,353,445,378
1980	$164,539,660,725	$3,884,530,854
1981	$184,291,360,139	$4,008,126,497
1982	$153,240,313,858	$3,871,117,093
1983	$129,171,635,311	$3,321,048,451
1984	$119,624,858,116	$2,719,518,933
1985	$103,897,846,494	$2,252,454,500
1986	$86,961,922,765	$1,664,413,508
1987	$85,695,861,148	$2,265,250,972
1988	$88,256,074,766	$3,728,878,149
1989	$95,344,459,279	$3,994,673,161
1990	$117,630,173,565	$3,288,381,797
1991	$132,223,230,975	$3,376,806,697
1992	$137,087,850,467	$3,182,810,841
1993	$132,967,957,276	$3,273,505,344
1994	$135,174,899,866	$3,656,806,166
1995	$143,343,124,166	$3,806,983,413
1996	$158,662,483,311	$3,597,220,962
1997	$165,963,684,913	$4,303,288,480
1998	$146,775,466,667	$3,537,741,942
1999	$161,717,066,667	$3,404,284,891
2000	$189,514,933,333	$3,600,632,111
2001	$184,137,600,000	$4,094,441,301
2002	$189,605,866,667	$4,193,850,445
2003	$215,807,733,333	$4,901,869,764
2004	$258,742,133,333	$6,221,110,219
2005	$328,459,608,764	$8,331,870,169
2006	$376,900,133,511	$12,756,858,899
2007	$415,964,509,673	$14,056,957,976
2008	$519,796,800,000	$17,910,858,638
2009	$429,097,866,667	$15,328,342,304
2010	$528,207,466,667	$20,265,559,484
2011	$680,660,800,000	$23,459,515,276
2012	$751,921,333,333	$25,503,060,420
2013	$769,755,733,333	$28,037,239,463
2014	$787,153,066,667	$27,141,023,558
2015	$693,414,400,000	$21,251,216,799
2016	$689,279,466,667	$20,958,412,538
2017	$741,266,133,333	$25,873,601,261
2018	$886,564,800,000	$26,311,507,274
2019	$888,890,133,333	$23,308,667,781
2020	$767,951,200,000	$18,137,764,931
2021	$982,661,066,667	$22,096,416,932
2022	$1,239,075,200,000	$29,163,782,140
2023	$1,218,584,533,333	$27,577,956,471
2024	$1,237,529,866,667	$26,325,775,287

Saudi Arabia and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Saudi Arabia

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Saudi Arabia	Zambia
1960	$718	$221.6
1961	$760	$209.7
1962	$813	$202.3
1963	$812	$203.2
1964	$840	$230
1965	$904	$287.4
1966	$961	$325
1967	$1,032	$341
1968	$1,276	$387
1969	$1,313	$459
1970	$1,509	$414
1971	$1,929	$372
1972	$2,474	$410
1973	$3,640	$518
1974	$10,503	$601
1975	$10,266	$490
1976	$13,313	$533
1977	$14,595	$474
1978	$14,914	$514
1979	$19,612	$595
1980	$27,206	$669
1981	$28,703	$670
1982	$22,454	$627
1983	$17,810	$520
1984	$15,541	$413
1985	$12,745	$332
1986	$10,078	$238.2
1987	$9,386	$315
1988	$9,165	$504
1989	$9,414	$526
1990	$11,055	$422
1991	$11,847	$423
1992	$11,730	$389
1993	$10,885	$391
1994	$10,602	$426
1995	$10,786	$433
1996	$11,472	$400
1997	$11,545	$466
1998	$9,836	$373
1999	$10,452	$350
2000	$11,715	$359
2001	$10,805	$397
2002	$10,586	$394
2003	$11,487	$446
2004	$13,154	$549
2005	$15,976	$711
2006	$17,564	$1,052
2007	$18,596	$1,119
2008	$22,320	$1,376
2009	$17,718	$1,136
2010	$22,028	$1,451
2011	$27,127	$1,625
2012	$28,733	$1,710
2013	$27,865	$1,821
2014	$27,805	$1,707
2015	$23,256	$1,296
2016	$22,268	$1,239
2017	$23,929	$1,483
2018	$29,360	$1,464
2019	$29,567	$1,259
2020	$24,339	$952
2021	$31,921	$1,127
2022	$38,510	$1,447
2023	$36,157	$1,331
2024	$35,057	$1,235

Saudi Arabia vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Saudi Arabia

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Saudi Arabia	Zambia
1950	40	46.8
1951	40.6	47.2
1952	41.1	47.6
1953	41.6	48
1954	42.1	48.4
1955	42.6	48.8
1956	43.1	49.1
1957	43.7	49.5
1958	44.2	49.9
1959	44.8	50.3
1960	45.3	50.6
1961	45.9	51
1962	46.5	51.3
1963	47.1	51.6
1964	47.7	51.2
1965	48.4	52.1
1966	49.2	52.3
1967	50	52.5
1968	50.9	52.7
1969	51.8	53
1970	52.7	53.4
1971	53.7	53.9
1972	54.7	54.4
1973	55.8	54.9
1974	56.8	55.4
1975	57.8	55.7
1976	58.8	56.1
1977	59.7	56.3
1978	60.7	56.3
1979	61.5	56
1980	62.4	55.5
1981	63.3	55
1982	64	54.4
1983	64.7	53.7
1984	65.4	52.9
1985	66	52
1986	66.6	51.1
1987	67.2	50.4
1988	67.8	49.7
1989	68.4	48.9
1990	68.9	48.2
1991	69.3	47.4
1992	69.8	47
1993	70.2	46.7
1994	70.6	46.3
1995	70.9	46.1
1996	71.3	45.8
1997	71.6	45.7
1998	72	45.7
1999	72.3	45.9
2000	72.6	46.6
2001	73	47.4
2002	73.3	48.5
2003	73.7	49.6
2004	74	50.5
2005	74.4	51.6
2006	74.8	52.7
2007	75.1	53.7
2008	75.3	54.8
2009	75.4	55.9
2010	75.6	56.9
2011	75.8	57.8
2012	76.1	58.7
2013	76.5	59.4
2014	77.1	60.1
2015	77.8	60.7
2016	78.4	61.1
2017	78.7	61.6
2018	78.7	62.1
2019	78.3	62.9
2020	77.6	63.4
2021	77.1	62.4
2022	77.3	65.3
2023	78.7	66.3
2024	79	66.5
2025	79.2	66.7

Saudi Arabia and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Saudi Arabia

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Saudi Arabia	Zambia
1960	2,435,403	3,153,729
1961	2,526,347	3,254,086
1962	2,620,910	3,358,099
1963	2,719,341	3,465,907
1964	2,821,968	3,577,017
1965	2,928,771	3,692,086
1966	3,039,887	3,812,003
1967	3,157,242	3,936,343
1968	3,282,711	4,065,593
1969	3,417,114	4,197,116
1970	3,562,470	4,321,718
1971	3,724,031	4,442,525
1972	3,905,722	4,569,309
1973	4,106,344	4,702,693
1974	4,323,632	4,842,746
1975	4,556,287	4,990,086
1976	4,807,933	5,143,842
1977	5,083,048	5,302,480
1978	5,381,902	5,465,374
1979	5,703,698	5,631,728
1980	6,047,997	5,802,833
1981	6,420,551	5,983,289
1982	6,824,486	6,178,637
1983	7,252,941	6,381,038
1984	7,697,307	6,580,490
1985	8,151,779	6,780,953
1986	8,628,639	6,986,471
1987	9,130,194	7,191,282
1988	9,629,165	7,391,440
1989	10,128,394	7,589,216
1990	10,640,691	7,786,169
1991	11,160,744	7,981,650
1992	11,686,676	8,176,680
1993	12,215,862	8,373,921
1994	12,750,040	8,576,269
1995	13,289,245	8,785,763
1996	13,831,009	9,004,053
1997	14,374,943	9,237,063
1998	14,922,185	9,482,408
1999	15,472,075	9,740,005
2000	16,177,722	10,017,631
2001	17,041,397	10,325,185
2002	17,910,910	10,647,949
2003	18,786,767	10,983,595
2004	19,669,480	11,338,198
2005	20,559,890	11,718,819
2006	21,459,144	12,129,553
2007	22,368,313	12,565,085
2008	23,287,877	13,021,324
2009	24,217,654	13,490,389
2010	23,978,487	13,965,594
2011	25,091,867	14,437,796
2012	26,168,861	14,913,629
2013	27,624,004	15,398,997
2014	28,309,273	15,895,315
2015	29,816,382	16,399,089
2016	30,954,198	16,914,423
2017	30,977,355	17,441,320
2018	30,196,281	17,973,569
2019	30,063,799	18,513,839
2020	31,552,510	19,059,395
2021	30,784,383	19,603,607
2022	32,175,224	20,152,938
2023	33,702,731	20,723,965
2024	35,300,280	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Saudi Arabia and Zambia

Fertility rate

Saudi Arabia

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Saudi Arabia	Zambia
1960	7.63	6.95
1961	7.63	6.98
1962	7.64	7.01
1963	7.65	7.06
1964	7.67	7.09
1965	7.66	7.12
1966	7.66	7.14
1967	7.66	7.15
1968	7.63	7.18
1969	7.6	7.18
1970	7.58	7.22
1971	7.56	7.26
1972	7.54	7.3
1973	7.48	7.34
1974	7.43	7.36
1975	7.37	7.42
1976	7.33	7.39
1977	7.3	7.35
1978	7.26	7.29
1979	7.23	7.22
1980	7.15	7.14
1981	7.07	7.07
1982	6.98	7.04
1983	6.88	7.01
1984	6.78	6.97
1985	6.65	6.93
1986	6.52	6.87
1987	6.34	6.8
1988	6.15	6.7
1989	5.98	6.64
1990	5.8	6.57
1991	5.64	6.46
1992	5.49	6.35
1993	5.33	6.3
1994	5.16	6.26
1995	4.99	6.23
1996	4.81	6.18
1997	4.66	6.12
1998	4.52	6.07
1999	4.35	6
2000	4.21	5.92
2001	3.96	5.85
2002	3.71	5.77
2003	3.47	5.71
2004	3.26	5.7
2005	3.16	5.7
2006	3.18	5.68
2007	3.19	5.61
2008	3.07	5.53
2009	2.95	5.45
2010	2.81	5.36
2011	2.8	5.26
2012	2.78	5.14
2013	2.67	5.01
2014	2.68	4.89
2015	2.63	4.78
2016	2.65	4.67
2017	2.67	4.57
2018	2.67	4.49
2019	2.49	4.42
2020	2.27	4.32
2021	2.17	4.25
2022	2.14	4.18
2023	2.28	4.1

Saudi Arabia and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Saudi Arabia

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Saudi Arabia	Zambia
1960	18.6	17
1961	18.5	16.9
1962	18.4	16.8
1963	18.2	16.7
1964	18	16.6
1965	17.9	16.6
1966	17.7	16.5
1967	17.6	16.5
1968	17.5	16.4
1969	17.4	16.4
1970	17.4	16.2
1971	17.4	16.1
1972	17.4	15.9
1973	17.5	15.8
1974	17.6	15.7
1975	17.7	15.5
1976	17.8	15.4
1977	17.9	15.4
1978	18	15.3
1979	18.1	15.3
1980	18.2	15.2
1981	18.3	15.3
1982	18.4	15.3
1983	18.5	15.4
1984	18.6	15.4
1985	18.7	15.5
1986	18.7	15.5
1987	18.8	15.6
1988	18.9	15.6
1989	19	15.7
1990	19	15.7
1991	19.2	15.7
1992	19.3	15.8
1993	19.4	15.8
1994	19.6	15.8
1995	19.7	15.8
1996	19.9	15.8
1997	20.2	15.8
1998	20.4	15.8
1999	20.7	15.8
2000	20.8	15.9
2001	20.7	15.9
2002	20.8	16
2003	21.1	16.1
2004	21.4	16.2
2005	21.9	16.3
2006	22.3	16.3
2007	22.8	16.4
2008	23.4	16.5
2009	23.9	16.6
2010	24.5	16.7
2011	25.2	16.8
2012	25.9	16.9
2013	26.6	17
2014	27.2	17.1
2015	27.9	17.2
2016	28.6	17.4
2017	29	17.5
2018	29.3	17.7
2019	29.3	17.9
2020	29.4	18
2021	29.5	18.2
2022	29.7	18.4
2023	30.2	18.6
2024	30.5	18.8

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