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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Saudi Arabia	Australia	Saudi Arabia
1960	10,276,477	2,435,403	-	-
1961	10,483,000	2,526,347	2.01%	3.73%
1962	10,742,000	2,620,910	2.47%	3.74%
1963	10,950,000	2,719,341	1.94%	3.76%
1964	11,167,000	2,821,968	1.98%	3.77%
1965	11,388,000	2,928,771	1.98%	3.78%
1966	11,651,000	3,039,887	2.31%	3.79%
1967	11,799,000	3,157,242	1.27%	3.86%
1968	12,009,000	3,282,711	1.78%	3.97%
1969	12,263,000	3,417,114	2.12%	4.09%
1970	12,507,000	3,562,470	1.99%	4.25%
1971	12,937,000	3,724,031	3.44%	4.54%
1972	13,177,000	3,905,722	1.86%	4.88%
1973	13,380,000	4,106,344	1.54%	5.14%
1974	13,723,000	4,323,632	2.56%	5.29%
1975	13,893,000	4,556,287	1.24%	5.38%
1976	14,033,000	4,807,933	1.01%	5.52%
1977	14,192,000	5,083,048	1.13%	5.72%
1978	14,358,000	5,381,902	1.17%	5.88%
1979	14,514,000	5,703,698	1.09%	5.98%
1980	14,692,000	6,047,997	1.23%	6.04%
1981	14,923,260	6,420,551	1.57%	6.16%
1982	15,184,247	6,824,486	1.75%	6.29%
1983	15,393,472	7,252,941	1.38%	6.28%
1984	15,579,391	7,697,307	1.21%	6.13%
1985	15,788,312	8,151,779	1.34%	5.9%
1986	16,018,350	8,628,639	1.46%	5.85%
1987	16,263,874	9,130,194	1.53%	5.81%
1988	16,532,164	9,629,165	1.65%	5.47%
1989	16,814,416	10,128,394	1.71%	5.18%
1990	17,065,128	10,640,691	1.49%	5.06%
1991	17,284,036	11,160,744	1.28%	4.89%
1992	17,478,635	11,686,676	1.13%	4.71%
1993	17,634,808	12,215,862	0.89%	4.53%
1994	17,805,468	12,750,040	0.97%	4.37%
1995	18,004,882	13,289,245	1.12%	4.23%
1996	18,224,767	13,831,009	1.22%	4.08%
1997	18,423,037	14,374,943	1.09%	3.93%
1998	18,607,584	14,922,185	1%	3.81%
1999	18,812,264	15,472,075	1.1%	3.69%
2000	19,028,802	16,177,722	1.15%	4.56%
2001	19,274,701	17,041,397	1.29%	5.34%
2002	19,495,210	17,910,910	1.14%	5.1%
2003	19,720,737	18,786,767	1.16%	4.89%
2004	19,932,722	19,669,480	1.07%	4.7%
2005	20,176,844	20,559,890	1.22%	4.53%
2006	20,450,966	21,459,144	1.36%	4.37%
2007	20,827,622	22,368,313	1.84%	4.24%
2008	21,249,199	23,287,877	2.02%	4.11%
2009	21,691,653	24,217,654	2.08%	3.99%
2010	22,031,750	23,978,487	1.57%	-0.99%
2011	22,340,024	25,091,867	1.4%	4.64%
2012	22,733,465	26,168,861	1.76%	4.29%
2013	23,128,129	27,624,004	1.74%	5.56%
2014	23,475,686	28,309,273	1.5%	2.48%
2015	23,815,995	29,816,382	1.45%	5.32%
2016	24,190,907	30,954,198	1.57%	3.82%
2017	24,592,588	30,977,355	1.66%	0.07%
2018	24,963,258	30,196,281	1.51%	-2.52%
2019	25,334,826	30,063,799	1.49%	-0.44%
2020	25,649,248	31,552,510	1.24%	4.95%
2021	25,685,412	30,784,383	0.14%	-2.43%
2022	26,014,399	32,175,224	1.28%	4.52%
2023	26,652,777	33,702,731	2.45%	4.75%
2024	27,204,809	35,300,280	2.07%	4.74%
2025	27,470,426	35,927,625	0.98%	1.78%
2026	27,728,157	36,550,694	0.94%	1.73%
2027	27,979,877	37,167,513	0.91%	1.69%
2028	28,228,958	37,775,810	0.89%	1.64%
2029	28,471,054	38,364,377	0.86%	1.56%
2030	28,707,292	38,918,375	0.83%	1.44%
2031	28,940,769	39,450,880	0.81%	1.37%
2032	29,169,013	39,983,934	0.79%	1.35%
2033	29,392,748	40,517,599	0.77%	1.33%
2034	29,614,137	41,052,423	0.75%	1.32%
2035	29,835,307	41,588,429	0.75%	1.31%
2036	30,056,752	42,125,184	0.74%	1.29%
2037	30,273,692	42,661,908	0.72%	1.27%
2038	30,488,994	43,198,420	0.71%	1.26%
2039	30,703,245	43,734,316	0.7%	1.24%
2040	30,916,122	44,269,571	0.69%	1.22%
2041	31,132,858	44,804,338	0.7%	1.21%
2042	31,352,893	45,338,111	0.71%	1.19%
2043	31,572,750	45,870,896	0.7%	1.18%
2044	31,790,565	46,403,116	0.69%	1.16%
2045	32,009,555	46,934,822	0.69%	1.15%
2046	32,232,946	47,465,267	0.7%	1.13%
2047	32,452,651	47,993,976	0.68%	1.11%
2048	32,672,016	48,521,364	0.68%	1.1%
2049	32,891,546	49,047,461	0.67%	1.08%
2050	33,105,190	49,572,202	0.65%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th 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) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.