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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mexico	Saudi Arabia	Mexico	Saudi Arabia
1960	36,724,615	2,435,403	-	-
1961	37,890,118	2,526,347	3.17%	3.73%
1962	39,129,200	2,620,910	3.27%	3.74%
1963	40,424,065	2,719,341	3.31%	3.76%
1964	41,772,049	2,821,968	3.33%	3.77%
1965	43,174,477	2,928,771	3.36%	3.78%
1966	44,629,106	3,039,887	3.37%	3.79%
1967	46,129,608	3,157,242	3.36%	3.86%
1968	47,668,303	3,282,711	3.34%	3.97%
1969	49,233,194	3,417,114	3.28%	4.09%
1970	50,814,953	3,562,470	3.21%	4.25%
1971	52,412,558	3,724,031	3.14%	4.54%
1972	54,030,168	3,905,722	3.09%	4.88%
1973	55,667,284	4,106,344	3.03%	5.14%
1974	57,320,149	4,323,632	2.97%	5.29%
1975	58,982,400	4,556,287	2.9%	5.38%
1976	60,645,512	4,807,933	2.82%	5.52%
1977	62,308,493	5,083,048	2.74%	5.72%
1978	63,979,046	5,381,902	2.68%	5.88%
1979	65,648,865	5,703,698	2.61%	5.98%
1980	67,300,334	6,047,997	2.52%	6.04%
1981	68,892,108	6,420,551	2.37%	6.16%
1982	70,433,260	6,824,486	2.24%	6.29%
1983	71,971,240	7,252,941	2.18%	6.28%
1984	73,506,846	7,697,307	2.13%	6.13%
1985	75,043,414	8,151,779	2.09%	5.9%
1986	76,585,637	8,628,639	2.06%	5.85%
1987	78,136,651	9,130,194	2.03%	5.81%
1988	79,695,531	9,629,165	2%	5.47%
1989	81,247,182	10,128,394	1.95%	5.18%
1990	82,820,170	10,640,691	1.94%	5.06%
1991	84,430,572	11,160,744	1.94%	4.89%
1992	86,044,809	11,686,676	1.91%	4.71%
1993	87,653,807	12,215,862	1.87%	4.53%
1994	89,259,205	12,750,040	1.83%	4.37%
1995	90,862,455	13,289,245	1.8%	4.23%
1996	92,452,702	13,831,009	1.75%	4.08%
1997	94,021,207	14,374,943	1.7%	3.93%
1998	95,575,245	14,922,185	1.65%	3.81%
1999	97,115,707	15,472,075	1.61%	3.69%
2000	98,625,552	16,177,722	1.55%	4.56%
2001	100,099,099	17,041,397	1.49%	5.34%
2002	101,548,624	17,910,910	1.45%	5.1%
2003	102,978,515	18,786,767	1.41%	4.89%
2004	104,394,131	19,669,480	1.37%	4.7%
2005	105,811,504	20,559,890	1.36%	4.53%
2006	107,253,666	21,459,144	1.36%	4.37%
2007	108,774,360	22,368,313	1.42%	4.24%
2008	110,374,288	23,287,877	1.47%	4.11%
2009	111,999,721	24,217,654	1.47%	3.99%
2010	113,623,895	23,978,487	1.45%	-0.99%
2011	115,243,504	25,091,867	1.43%	4.64%
2012	116,818,208	26,168,861	1.37%	4.29%
2013	118,343,573	27,624,004	1.31%	5.56%
2014	119,784,261	28,309,273	1.22%	2.48%
2015	121,072,306	29,816,382	1.08%	5.32%
2016	122,251,351	30,954,198	0.97%	3.82%
2017	123,400,057	30,977,355	0.94%	0.07%
2018	124,573,711	30,196,281	0.95%	-2.52%
2019	125,762,982	30,063,799	0.95%	-0.44%
2020	126,799,054	31,552,510	0.82%	4.95%
2021	127,648,148	30,784,383	0.67%	-2.43%
2022	128,613,117	32,175,224	0.76%	4.52%
2023	129,739,759	33,702,731	0.88%	4.75%
2024	130,861,007	35,300,280	0.86%	4.74%
2025	131,946,905	35,927,625	0.83%	1.78%
2026	132,997,664	36,550,694	0.8%	1.73%
2027	134,017,711	37,167,513	0.77%	1.69%
2028	135,008,697	37,775,810	0.74%	1.64%
2029	135,970,893	38,364,377	0.71%	1.56%
2030	136,904,747	38,918,375	0.69%	1.44%
2031	137,811,068	39,450,880	0.66%	1.37%
2032	138,690,189	39,983,934	0.64%	1.35%
2033	139,542,087	40,517,599	0.61%	1.33%
2034	140,362,026	41,052,423	0.59%	1.32%
2035	141,150,818	41,588,429	0.56%	1.31%
2036	141,909,168	42,125,184	0.54%	1.29%
2037	142,637,546	42,661,908	0.51%	1.27%
2038	143,336,222	43,198,420	0.49%	1.26%
2039	143,998,296	43,734,316	0.46%	1.24%
2040	144,624,328	44,269,571	0.43%	1.22%
2041	145,217,780	44,804,338	0.41%	1.21%
2042	145,777,459	45,338,111	0.39%	1.19%
2043	146,300,011	45,870,896	0.36%	1.18%
2044	146,787,722	46,403,116	0.33%	1.16%
2045	147,240,096	46,934,822	0.31%	1.15%
2046	147,654,160	47,465,267	0.28%	1.13%
2047	148,030,153	47,993,976	0.25%	1.11%
2048	148,372,233	48,521,364	0.23%	1.1%
2049	148,677,894	49,047,461	0.21%	1.08%
2050	148,946,272	49,572,202	0.18%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mexico increased by 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mexico gained 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2006 and is still 11th 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) Mexico's population will grow by 12% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.