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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Saudi Arabia	Egypt	Saudi Arabia
1960	26,896,479	2,435,403	-	-
1961	27,600,898	2,526,347	2.62%	3.73%
1962	28,337,013	2,620,910	2.67%	3.74%
1963	29,091,869	2,719,341	2.66%	3.76%
1964	29,858,922	2,821,968	2.64%	3.77%
1965	30,629,174	2,928,771	2.58%	3.78%
1966	31,406,541	3,039,887	2.54%	3.79%
1967	32,196,360	3,157,242	2.51%	3.86%
1968	32,998,319	3,282,711	2.49%	3.97%
1969	33,811,615	3,417,114	2.46%	4.09%
1970	34,623,990	3,562,470	2.4%	4.25%
1971	35,433,368	3,724,031	2.34%	4.54%
1972	36,258,328	3,905,722	2.33%	4.88%
1973	37,102,043	4,106,344	2.33%	5.14%
1974	37,969,667	4,323,632	2.34%	5.29%
1975	38,875,327	4,556,287	2.39%	5.38%
1976	39,795,557	4,807,933	2.37%	5.52%
1977	40,748,870	5,083,048	2.4%	5.72%
1978	41,761,431	5,381,902	2.48%	5.88%
1979	42,818,628	5,703,698	2.53%	5.98%
1980	43,950,413	6,047,997	2.64%	6.04%
1981	45,147,224	6,420,551	2.72%	6.16%
1982	46,407,611	6,824,486	2.79%	6.29%
1983	47,786,402	7,252,941	2.97%	6.28%
1984	49,247,334	7,697,307	3.06%	6.13%
1985	50,734,968	8,151,779	3.02%	5.9%
1986	52,206,295	8,628,639	2.9%	5.85%
1987	53,674,435	9,130,194	2.81%	5.81%
1988	55,187,681	9,629,165	2.82%	5.47%
1989	56,710,642	10,128,394	2.76%	5.18%
1990	58,396,618	10,640,691	2.97%	5.06%
1991	60,028,997	11,160,744	2.8%	4.89%
1992	61,480,660	11,686,676	2.42%	4.71%
1993	62,915,681	12,215,862	2.33%	4.53%
1994	64,285,589	12,750,040	2.18%	4.37%
1995	65,652,622	13,289,245	2.13%	4.23%
1996	67,028,048	13,831,009	2.1%	4.08%
1997	68,431,740	14,374,943	2.09%	3.93%
1998	69,943,294	14,922,185	2.21%	3.81%
1999	71,520,954	15,472,075	2.26%	3.69%
2000	73,083,284	16,177,722	2.18%	4.56%
2001	74,652,029	17,041,397	2.15%	5.34%
2002	76,239,137	17,910,910	2.13%	5.1%
2003	77,853,548	18,786,767	2.12%	4.89%
2004	79,477,443	19,669,480	2.09%	4.7%
2005	81,101,004	20,559,890	2.04%	4.53%
2006	82,700,403	21,459,144	1.97%	4.37%
2007	84,276,225	22,368,313	1.91%	4.24%
2008	85,864,789	23,287,877	1.88%	4.11%
2009	87,501,636	24,217,654	1.91%	3.99%
2010	89,196,072	23,978,487	1.94%	-0.99%
2011	91,093,059	25,091,867	2.13%	4.64%
2012	93,161,001	26,168,861	2.27%	4.29%
2013	95,333,553	27,624,004	2.33%	5.56%
2014	97,528,654	28,309,273	2.3%	2.48%
2015	99,597,342	29,816,382	2.12%	5.32%
2016	101,644,589	30,954,198	2.06%	3.82%
2017	103,696,057	30,977,355	2.02%	0.07%
2018	105,682,094	30,196,281	1.92%	-2.52%
2019	107,553,158	30,063,799	1.77%	-0.44%
2020	109,315,124	31,552,510	1.64%	4.95%
2021	110,957,008	30,784,383	1.5%	-2.43%
2022	112,618,250	32,175,224	1.5%	4.52%
2023	114,535,772	33,702,731	1.7%	4.75%
2024	116,538,258	35,300,280	1.75%	4.74%
2025	118,365,997	35,927,625	1.57%	1.78%
2026	120,101,181	36,550,694	1.47%	1.73%
2027	121,847,622	37,167,513	1.45%	1.69%
2028	123,608,457	37,775,810	1.45%	1.64%
2029	125,373,058	38,364,377	1.43%	1.56%
2030	127,139,323	38,918,375	1.41%	1.44%
2031	128,912,256	39,450,880	1.39%	1.37%
2032	130,695,084	39,983,934	1.38%	1.35%
2033	132,485,612	40,517,599	1.37%	1.33%
2034	134,287,838	41,052,423	1.36%	1.32%
2035	136,097,214	41,588,429	1.35%	1.31%
2036	137,913,263	42,125,184	1.33%	1.29%
2037	139,738,699	42,661,908	1.32%	1.27%
2038	141,565,835	43,198,420	1.31%	1.26%
2039	143,393,267	43,734,316	1.29%	1.24%
2040	145,213,662	44,269,571	1.27%	1.22%
2041	147,018,554	44,804,338	1.24%	1.21%
2042	148,800,785	45,338,111	1.21%	1.19%
2043	150,547,655	45,870,896	1.17%	1.18%
2044	152,255,332	46,403,116	1.13%	1.16%
2045	153,919,190	46,934,822	1.09%	1.15%
2046	155,535,951	47,465,267	1.05%	1.13%
2047	157,114,404	47,993,976	1.01%	1.11%
2048	158,657,392	48,521,364	0.98%	1.1%
2049	160,161,615	49,047,461	0.95%	1.08%
2050	161,630,197	49,572,202	0.92%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Egypt's population will grow by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.