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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Saudi Arabia	Liberia	Saudi Arabia
1960	1,139,522	2,435,403	-	-
1961	1,167,717	2,526,347	2.47%	3.73%
1962	1,197,039	2,620,910	2.51%	3.74%
1963	1,227,414	2,719,341	2.54%	3.76%
1964	1,258,745	2,821,968	2.55%	3.77%
1965	1,291,156	2,928,771	2.57%	3.78%
1966	1,324,383	3,039,887	2.57%	3.79%
1967	1,358,435	3,157,242	2.57%	3.86%
1968	1,393,530	3,282,711	2.58%	3.97%
1969	1,429,605	3,417,114	2.59%	4.09%
1970	1,466,676	3,562,470	2.59%	4.25%
1971	1,504,077	3,724,031	2.55%	4.54%
1972	1,542,670	3,905,722	2.57%	4.88%
1973	1,583,588	4,106,344	2.65%	5.14%
1974	1,626,362	4,323,632	2.7%	5.29%
1975	1,670,913	4,556,287	2.74%	5.38%
1976	1,717,060	4,807,933	2.76%	5.52%
1977	1,766,019	5,083,048	2.85%	5.72%
1978	1,818,247	5,381,902	2.96%	5.88%
1979	1,872,713	5,703,698	3%	5.98%
1980	1,929,253	6,047,997	3.02%	6.04%
1981	1,986,867	6,420,551	2.99%	6.16%
1982	2,045,073	6,824,486	2.93%	6.29%
1983	2,107,113	7,252,941	3.03%	6.28%
1984	2,173,312	7,697,307	3.14%	6.13%
1985	2,240,539	8,151,779	3.09%	5.9%
1986	2,308,511	8,628,639	3.03%	5.85%
1987	2,377,229	9,130,194	2.98%	5.81%
1988	2,446,941	9,629,165	2.93%	5.47%
1989	2,517,858	10,128,394	2.9%	5.18%
1990	2,223,667	10,640,691	-11.7%	5.06%
1991	1,956,518	11,160,744	-12%	4.89%
1992	2,072,461	11,686,676	5.93%	4.71%
1993	2,155,126	12,215,862	3.99%	4.53%
1994	2,149,928	12,750,040	-0.24%	4.37%
1995	2,169,162	13,289,245	0.89%	4.23%
1996	2,232,289	13,831,009	2.91%	4.08%
1997	2,412,989	14,374,943	8.09%	3.93%
1998	2,670,124	14,922,185	10.7%	3.81%
1999	2,821,684	15,472,075	5.68%	3.69%
2000	2,928,117	16,177,722	3.77%	4.56%
2001	3,015,338	17,041,397	2.98%	5.34%
2002	3,094,782	17,910,910	2.63%	5.1%
2003	3,119,532	18,786,767	0.8%	4.89%
2004	3,156,892	19,669,480	1.2%	4.7%
2005	3,301,015	20,559,890	4.57%	4.53%
2006	3,490,787	21,459,144	5.75%	4.37%
2007	3,669,050	22,368,313	5.11%	4.24%
2008	3,821,003	23,287,877	4.14%	4.11%
2009	3,943,028	24,217,654	3.19%	3.99%
2010	4,058,890	23,978,487	2.94%	-0.99%
2011	4,221,178	25,091,867	4%	4.64%
2012	4,373,043	26,168,861	3.6%	4.29%
2013	4,470,239	27,624,004	2.22%	5.56%
2014	4,564,293	28,309,273	2.1%	2.48%
2015	4,659,431	29,816,382	2.08%	5.32%
2016	4,755,608	30,954,198	2.06%	3.82%
2017	4,848,925	30,977,355	1.96%	0.07%
2018	4,944,726	30,196,281	1.98%	-2.52%
2019	5,043,721	30,063,799	2%	-0.44%
2020	5,149,463	31,552,510	2.1%	4.95%
2021	5,259,323	30,784,383	2.13%	-2.43%
2022	5,373,294	32,175,224	2.17%	4.52%
2023	5,493,031	33,702,731	2.23%	4.75%
2024	5,612,817	35,300,280	2.18%	4.74%
2025	5,731,211	35,927,625	2.11%	1.78%
2026	5,853,958	36,550,694	2.14%	1.73%
2027	5,986,805	37,167,513	2.27%	1.69%
2028	6,118,769	37,775,810	2.2%	1.64%
2029	6,245,093	38,364,377	2.06%	1.56%
2030	6,366,293	38,918,375	1.94%	1.44%
2031	6,486,749	39,450,880	1.89%	1.37%
2032	6,614,257	39,983,934	1.97%	1.35%
2033	6,744,927	40,517,599	1.98%	1.33%
2034	6,873,688	41,052,423	1.91%	1.32%
2035	7,003,567	41,588,429	1.89%	1.31%
2036	7,142,326	42,125,184	1.98%	1.29%
2037	7,278,759	42,661,908	1.91%	1.27%
2038	7,408,720	43,198,420	1.79%	1.26%
2039	7,545,510	43,734,316	1.85%	1.24%
2040	7,681,693	44,269,571	1.8%	1.22%
2041	7,817,089	44,804,338	1.76%	1.21%
2042	7,954,182	45,338,111	1.75%	1.19%
2043	8,077,173	45,870,896	1.55%	1.18%
2044	8,194,136	46,403,116	1.45%	1.16%
2045	8,310,657	46,934,822	1.42%	1.15%
2046	8,428,924	47,465,267	1.42%	1.13%
2047	8,552,033	47,993,976	1.46%	1.11%
2048	8,673,963	48,521,364	1.43%	1.1%
2049	8,795,838	49,047,461	1.41%	1.08%
2050	8,910,539	49,572,202	1.3%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.