Population in Algeria compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Saudi Arabia	Algeria	Saudi Arabia
1960	11,424,922	2,435,403	-	-
1961	11,628,883	2,526,347	1.79%	3.73%
1962	11,800,771	2,620,910	1.48%	3.74%
1963	11,982,118	2,719,341	1.54%	3.76%
1964	12,179,813	2,821,968	1.65%	3.77%
1965	12,365,976	2,928,771	1.53%	3.78%
1966	12,590,069	3,039,887	1.81%	3.79%
1967	12,876,118	3,157,242	2.27%	3.86%
1968	13,172,614	3,282,711	2.3%	3.97%
1969	13,475,960	3,417,114	2.3%	4.09%
1970	13,783,719	3,562,470	2.28%	4.25%
1971	14,098,936	3,724,031	2.29%	4.54%
1972	14,427,072	3,905,722	2.33%	4.88%
1973	14,771,147	4,106,344	2.38%	5.14%
1974	15,133,502	4,323,632	2.45%	5.29%
1975	15,678,596	4,556,287	3.6%	5.38%
1976	16,409,170	4,807,933	4.66%	5.52%
1977	17,015,994	5,083,048	3.7%	5.72%
1978	17,506,974	5,381,902	2.89%	5.88%
1979	18,036,655	5,703,698	3.03%	5.98%
1980	18,607,174	6,047,997	3.16%	6.04%
1981	19,220,704	6,420,551	3.3%	6.16%
1982	19,872,348	6,824,486	3.39%	6.29%
1983	20,558,115	7,252,941	3.45%	6.28%
1984	21,271,969	7,697,307	3.47%	6.13%
1985	22,008,544	8,151,779	3.46%	5.9%
1986	22,745,499	8,628,639	3.35%	5.85%
1987	23,443,624	9,130,194	3.07%	5.81%
1988	24,109,536	9,629,165	2.84%	5.47%
1989	24,754,485	10,128,394	2.68%	5.18%
1990	25,375,810	10,640,691	2.51%	5.06%
1991	25,987,928	11,160,744	2.41%	4.89%
1992	26,628,568	11,686,676	2.47%	4.71%
1993	27,277,048	12,215,862	2.44%	4.53%
1994	27,887,279	12,750,040	2.24%	4.37%
1995	28,470,191	13,289,245	2.09%	4.23%
1996	29,033,044	13,831,009	1.98%	4.08%
1997	29,579,301	14,374,943	1.88%	3.93%
1998	30,054,133	14,922,185	1.61%	3.81%
1999	30,474,354	15,472,075	1.4%	3.69%
2000	30,903,893	16,177,722	1.41%	4.56%
2001	31,331,221	17,041,397	1.38%	5.34%
2002	31,750,835	17,910,910	1.34%	5.1%
2003	32,175,818	18,786,767	1.34%	4.89%
2004	32,628,286	19,669,480	1.41%	4.7%
2005	33,109,249	20,559,890	1.47%	4.53%
2006	33,623,506	21,459,144	1.55%	4.37%
2007	34,189,416	22,368,313	1.68%	4.24%
2008	34,816,961	23,287,877	1.84%	4.11%
2009	35,490,445	24,217,654	1.93%	3.99%
2010	36,188,236	23,978,487	1.97%	-0.99%
2011	36,903,376	25,091,867	1.98%	4.64%
2012	37,646,166	26,168,861	2.01%	4.29%
2013	38,414,171	27,624,004	2.04%	5.56%
2014	39,205,031	28,309,273	2.06%	2.48%
2015	40,019,529	29,816,382	2.08%	5.32%
2016	40,850,721	30,954,198	2.08%	3.82%
2017	41,689,299	30,977,355	2.05%	0.07%
2018	42,505,035	30,196,281	1.96%	-2.52%
2019	43,294,546	30,063,799	1.86%	-0.44%
2020	44,042,091	31,552,510	1.73%	4.95%
2021	44,761,099	30,784,383	1.63%	-2.43%
2022	45,477,389	32,175,224	1.6%	4.52%
2023	46,164,219	33,702,731	1.51%	4.75%
2024	46,814,308	35,300,280	1.41%	4.74%
2025	47,435,316	35,927,625	1.33%	1.78%
2026	48,028,344	36,550,694	1.25%	1.73%
2027	48,593,419	37,167,513	1.18%	1.69%
2028	49,135,532	37,775,810	1.12%	1.64%
2029	49,655,386	38,364,377	1.06%	1.56%
2030	50,154,168	38,918,375	1%	1.44%
2031	50,637,369	39,450,880	0.96%	1.37%
2032	51,113,505	39,983,934	0.94%	1.35%
2033	51,584,249	40,517,599	0.92%	1.33%
2034	52,048,009	41,052,423	0.9%	1.32%
2035	52,516,794	41,588,429	0.9%	1.31%
2036	52,986,277	42,125,184	0.89%	1.29%
2037	53,452,788	42,661,908	0.88%	1.27%
2038	53,921,847	43,198,420	0.88%	1.26%
2039	54,396,263	43,734,316	0.88%	1.24%
2040	54,873,482	44,269,571	0.88%	1.22%
2041	55,351,998	44,804,338	0.87%	1.21%
2042	55,834,554	45,338,111	0.87%	1.19%
2043	56,319,606	45,870,896	0.87%	1.18%
2044	56,806,185	46,403,116	0.86%	1.16%
2045	57,290,162	46,934,822	0.85%	1.15%
2046	57,767,681	47,465,267	0.83%	1.13%
2047	58,234,183	47,993,976	0.81%	1.11%
2048	58,690,893	48,521,364	0.78%	1.1%
2049	59,136,165	49,047,461	0.76%	1.08%
2050	59,565,558	49,572,202	0.73%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.