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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Saudi Arabia	Nauru	Saudi Arabia
1960	4,607	2,435,403	-	-
1961	4,774	2,526,347	3.62%	3.73%
1962	4,979	2,620,910	4.29%	3.74%
1963	5,226	2,719,341	4.96%	3.76%
1964	5,515	2,821,968	5.53%	3.77%
1965	5,832	2,928,771	5.75%	3.78%
1966	6,043	3,039,887	3.62%	3.79%
1967	6,135	3,157,242	1.52%	3.86%
1968	6,328	3,282,711	3.15%	3.97%
1969	6,581	3,417,114	4%	4.09%
1970	6,710	3,562,470	1.96%	4.25%
1971	6,762	3,724,031	0.77%	4.54%
1972	6,812	3,905,722	0.74%	4.88%
1973	6,866	4,106,344	0.79%	5.14%
1974	6,923	4,323,632	0.83%	5.29%
1975	6,987	4,556,287	0.92%	5.38%
1976	7,064	4,807,933	1.1%	5.52%
1977	7,163	5,083,048	1.4%	5.72%
1978	7,298	5,381,902	1.88%	5.88%
1979	7,468	5,703,698	2.33%	5.98%
1980	7,649	6,047,997	2.42%	6.04%
1981	7,839	6,420,551	2.48%	6.16%
1982	8,040	6,824,486	2.56%	6.29%
1983	8,216	7,252,941	2.19%	6.28%
1984	8,377	7,697,307	1.96%	6.13%
1985	8,551	8,151,779	2.08%	5.9%
1986	8,742	8,628,639	2.23%	5.85%
1987	8,946	9,130,194	2.33%	5.81%
1988	9,165	9,629,165	2.45%	5.47%
1989	9,390	10,128,394	2.45%	5.18%
1990	9,622	10,640,691	2.47%	5.06%
1991	9,850	11,160,744	2.37%	4.89%
1992	10,021	11,686,676	1.74%	4.71%
1993	10,102	12,215,862	0.81%	4.53%
1994	10,137	12,750,040	0.35%	4.37%
1995	10,165	13,289,245	0.28%	4.23%
1996	10,183	13,831,009	0.18%	4.08%
1997	10,197	14,374,943	0.14%	3.93%
1998	10,198	14,922,185	0.01%	3.81%
1999	10,187	15,472,075	-0.11%	3.69%
2000	10,168	16,177,722	-0.19%	4.56%
2001	10,130	17,041,397	-0.37%	5.34%
2002	10,082	17,910,910	-0.47%	5.1%
2003	10,059	18,786,767	-0.23%	4.89%
2004	10,060	19,669,480	0.01%	4.7%
2005	10,049	20,559,890	-0.11%	4.53%
2006	10,034	21,459,144	-0.15%	4.37%
2007	10,020	22,368,313	-0.14%	4.24%
2008	10,009	23,287,877	-0.11%	4.11%
2009	10,016	24,217,654	0.07%	3.99%
2010	10,043	23,978,487	0.27%	-0.99%
2011	10,098	25,091,867	0.55%	4.64%
2012	10,267	26,168,861	1.67%	4.29%
2013	10,517	27,624,004	2.43%	5.56%
2014	10,742	28,309,273	2.14%	2.48%
2015	10,954	29,816,382	1.97%	5.32%
2016	11,150	30,954,198	1.79%	3.82%
2017	11,324	30,977,355	1.56%	0.07%
2018	11,477	30,196,281	1.35%	-2.52%
2019	11,587	30,063,799	0.96%	-0.44%
2020	11,643	31,552,510	0.48%	4.95%
2021	11,709	30,784,383	0.57%	-2.43%
2022	11,801	32,175,224	0.79%	4.52%
2023	11,875	33,702,731	0.63%	4.75%
2024	11,947	35,300,280	0.61%	4.74%
2025	12,030	35,927,625	0.7%	1.78%
2026	12,103	36,550,694	0.61%	1.73%
2027	12,196	37,167,513	0.77%	1.69%
2028	12,296	37,775,810	0.82%	1.64%
2029	12,403	38,364,377	0.87%	1.56%
2030	12,519	38,918,375	0.94%	1.44%
2031	12,645	39,450,880	1%	1.37%
2032	12,785	39,983,934	1.11%	1.35%
2033	12,921	40,517,599	1.06%	1.33%
2034	13,071	41,052,423	1.16%	1.32%
2035	13,230	41,588,429	1.22%	1.31%
2036	13,391	42,125,184	1.21%	1.29%
2037	13,541	42,661,908	1.12%	1.27%
2038	13,697	43,198,420	1.16%	1.26%
2039	13,857	43,734,316	1.17%	1.24%
2040	14,041	44,269,571	1.33%	1.22%
2041	14,220	44,804,338	1.27%	1.21%
2042	14,402	45,338,111	1.28%	1.19%
2043	14,579	45,870,896	1.23%	1.18%
2044	14,754	46,403,116	1.2%	1.16%
2045	14,920	46,934,822	1.13%	1.15%
2046	15,098	47,465,267	1.19%	1.13%
2047	15,268	47,993,976	1.12%	1.11%
2048	15,431	48,521,364	1.07%	1.1%
2049	15,595	49,047,461	1.06%	1.08%
2050	15,751	49,572,202	1%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th 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) Nauru's population will grow by 30.3% to 15,751 people with a rank change from 195th to 194th. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.