The latest officially reported population of Kazakhstan was 20,592,571 in 2024 vs 35,300,280 people in Saudi Arabia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kazakhstan's population is 21,036,432 people compared to 36,428,123 in Saudi Arabia.
Population statistics:
- Saudi Arabia's population is 1.73 times bigger than Kazakhstan's.
- Kazakhstan is ranked the 65th most populous country in the world, while Saudi Arabia is the 44th.
- The countries together account for 0.7% of the world: 0.25% for Kazakhstan vs 0.44% for Saudi Arabia.
- For the last 10 years, Kazakhstan has had an average growth rate of +1.46% per year vs +2.3% in Saudi Arabia.
- Since 2005, the population of Kazakhstan has increased from 16M people to 21M (31.7% growth), while Saudi Arabia has grown from 20.6M to 36.4M (77.2% growth).
- Kazakhstan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 33.7M people compared to the peak of 73.8M people in 2100 for Saudi Arabia.
Kazakhstan vs Saudi Arabia: live population counter
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| Current population |
21036432
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36428123
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| Population rank | 65/197 | 44/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.25% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
2 minutes
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19.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.28 minutes
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57 seconds
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| One death every |
3.85 minutes
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6.66 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.19 hours
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4.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,368 | +122,170 |
| Daily growth/decline | +719 | +4,377 |
| Annual growth/decline | +262,467 | +1,597,549 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.29% | +4.74% |
| Population growth rate rank | 84/197 | 3/197 |
Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,429,981 | 2,435,403 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,742,085 | 2,526,347 | 3.31% | 3.73% |
| 1962 | 10,058,928 | 2,620,910 | 3.25% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 10,377,466 | 2,719,341 | 3.17% | 3.76% |
| 1964 | 10,690,309 | 2,821,968 | 3.01% | 3.77% |
| 1965 | 10,993,183 | 2,928,771 | 2.83% | 3.78% |
| 1966 | 11,288,989 | 3,039,887 | 2.69% | 3.79% |
| 1967 | 11,584,428 | 3,157,242 | 2.62% | 3.86% |
| 1968 | 11,879,182 | 3,282,711 | 2.54% | 3.97% |
| 1969 | 12,156,212 | 3,417,114 | 2.33% | 4.09% |
| 1970 | 12,419,057 | 3,562,470 | 2.16% | 4.25% |
| 1971 | 12,684,813 | 3,724,031 | 2.14% | 4.54% |
| 1972 | 12,951,798 | 3,905,722 | 2.1% | 4.88% |
| 1973 | 13,208,121 | 4,106,344 | 1.98% | 5.14% |
| 1974 | 13,454,570 | 4,323,632 | 1.87% | 5.29% |
| 1975 | 13,700,843 | 4,556,287 | 1.83% | 5.38% |
| 1976 | 13,998,738 | 4,807,933 | 2.17% | 5.52% |
| 1977 | 14,353,265 | 5,083,048 | 2.53% | 5.72% |
| 1978 | 14,711,497 | 5,381,902 | 2.5% | 5.88% |
| 1979 | 14,978,696 | 5,703,698 | 1.82% | 5.98% |
| 1980 | 15,152,949 | 6,047,997 | 1.16% | 6.04% |
| 1981 | 15,323,082 | 6,420,551 | 1.12% | 6.16% |
| 1982 | 15,492,595 | 6,824,486 | 1.11% | 6.29% |
| 1983 | 15,665,551 | 7,252,941 | 1.12% | 6.28% |
| 1984 | 15,844,621 | 7,697,307 | 1.14% | 6.13% |
| 1985 | 16,031,090 | 8,151,779 | 1.18% | 5.9% |
| 1986 | 16,262,702 | 8,628,639 | 1.44% | 5.85% |
| 1987 | 16,527,715 | 9,130,194 | 1.63% | 5.81% |
| 1988 | 16,781,168 | 9,629,165 | 1.53% | 5.47% |
| 1989 | 16,997,013 | 10,128,394 | 1.29% | 5.18% |
| 1990 | 17,154,054 | 10,640,691 | 0.92% | 5.06% |
| 1991 | 17,278,600 | 11,160,744 | 0.73% | 4.89% |
| 1992 | 17,332,625 | 11,686,676 | 0.31% | 4.71% |
| 1993 | 17,274,487 | 12,215,862 | -0.34% | 4.53% |
| 1994 | 17,043,771 | 12,750,040 | -1.34% | 4.37% |
| 1995 | 16,730,536 | 13,289,245 | -1.84% | 4.23% |
| 1996 | 16,416,027 | 13,831,009 | -1.88% | 4.08% |
| 1997 | 16,043,251 | 14,374,943 | -2.27% | 3.93% |
| 1998 | 15,647,785 | 14,922,185 | -2.46% | 3.81% |
| 1999 | 15,455,874 | 15,472,075 | -1.23% | 3.69% |
| 2000 | 15,501,103 | 16,177,722 | 0.29% | 4.56% |
| 2001 | 15,575,550 | 17,041,397 | 0.48% | 5.34% |
| 2002 | 15,656,677 | 17,910,910 | 0.52% | 5.1% |
| 2003 | 15,747,380 | 18,786,767 | 0.58% | 4.89% |
| 2004 | 15,850,159 | 19,669,480 | 0.65% | 4.7% |
| 2005 | 15,968,117 | 20,559,890 | 0.74% | 4.53% |
| 2006 | 16,103,716 | 21,459,144 | 0.85% | 4.37% |
| 2007 | 16,257,214 | 22,368,313 | 0.95% | 4.24% |
| 2008 | 16,426,525 | 23,287,877 | 1.04% | 4.11% |
| 2009 | 16,619,846 | 24,217,654 | 1.18% | 3.99% |
| 2010 | 16,836,810 | 23,978,487 | 1.31% | -0.99% |
| 2011 | 17,066,002 | 25,091,867 | 1.36% | 4.64% |
| 2012 | 17,306,106 | 26,168,861 | 1.41% | 4.29% |
| 2013 | 17,556,502 | 27,624,004 | 1.45% | 5.56% |
| 2014 | 17,816,285 | 28,309,273 | 1.48% | 2.48% |
| 2015 | 18,084,169 | 29,816,382 | 1.5% | 5.32% |
| 2016 | 18,363,600 | 30,954,198 | 1.55% | 3.82% |
| 2017 | 18,651,931 | 30,977,355 | 1.57% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 18,932,727 | 30,196,281 | 1.51% | -2.52% |
| 2019 | 19,209,555 | 30,063,799 | 1.46% | -0.44% |
| 2020 | 19,482,117 | 31,552,510 | 1.42% | 4.95% |
| 2021 | 19,743,603 | 30,784,383 | 1.34% | -2.43% |
| 2022 | 20,034,609 | 32,175,224 | 1.47% | 4.52% |
| 2023 | 20,330,104 | 33,702,731 | 1.47% | 4.75% |
| 2024 | 20,592,571 | 35,300,280 | 1.29% | 4.74% |
| 2025 | 20,843,753 | 35,927,625 | 1.22% | 1.78% |
| 2026 | 21,083,619 | 36,550,694 | 1.15% | 1.73% |
| 2027 | 21,316,177 | 37,167,513 | 1.1% | 1.69% |
| 2028 | 21,547,638 | 37,775,810 | 1.09% | 1.64% |
| 2029 | 21,777,008 | 38,364,377 | 1.06% | 1.56% |
| 2030 | 22,003,192 | 38,918,375 | 1.04% | 1.44% |
| 2031 | 22,227,045 | 39,450,880 | 1.02% | 1.37% |
| 2032 | 22,452,639 | 39,983,934 | 1.01% | 1.35% |
| 2033 | 22,679,377 | 40,517,599 | 1.01% | 1.33% |
| 2034 | 22,903,209 | 41,052,423 | 0.99% | 1.32% |
| 2035 | 23,125,951 | 41,588,429 | 0.97% | 1.31% |
| 2036 | 23,349,072 | 42,125,184 | 0.96% | 1.29% |
| 2037 | 23,571,233 | 42,661,908 | 0.95% | 1.27% |
| 2038 | 23,793,387 | 43,198,420 | 0.94% | 1.26% |
| 2039 | 24,017,887 | 43,734,316 | 0.94% | 1.24% |
| 2040 | 24,246,822 | 44,269,571 | 0.95% | 1.22% |
| 2041 | 24,477,612 | 44,804,338 | 0.95% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 24,707,974 | 45,338,111 | 0.94% | 1.19% |
| 2043 | 24,941,020 | 45,870,896 | 0.94% | 1.18% |
| 2044 | 25,175,225 | 46,403,116 | 0.94% | 1.16% |
| 2045 | 25,409,749 | 46,934,822 | 0.93% | 1.15% |
| 2046 | 25,642,870 | 47,465,267 | 0.92% | 1.13% |
| 2047 | 25,875,743 | 47,993,976 | 0.91% | 1.11% |
| 2048 | 26,106,834 | 48,521,364 | 0.89% | 1.1% |
| 2049 | 26,328,898 | 49,047,461 | 0.85% | 1.08% |
| 2050 | 26,544,261 | 49,572,202 | 0.82% | 1.07% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kazakhstan increased by 2,116,052 people (a 13.3% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kazakhstan gained 2,952,263 (a 16.3% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).
Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd most populous country in 2005 and is 65th 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) Kazakhstan's population will grow by 26.2% to 26,544,261 people with a rank change from 65th to 64th. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.
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Population differences between Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia
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| Life expectancy | 74.7 years | 79.2 years |
| Average age | 32 years | 30.2 years |
| Median age | 30.5 years | 30.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 60.5:39.5 |
| Fertility rate | 3.01 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 19.8 ppl/mi² | 42.5 ppl/mi² |
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