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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Saudi Arabia	Nepal	Saudi Arabia
1960	10,123,658	2,435,403	-	-
1961	10,318,396	2,526,347	1.92%	3.73%
1962	10,521,116	2,620,910	1.96%	3.74%
1963	10,729,818	2,719,341	1.98%	3.76%
1964	10,946,392	2,821,968	2.02%	3.77%
1965	11,173,411	2,928,771	2.07%	3.78%
1966	11,408,710	3,039,887	2.11%	3.79%
1967	11,652,716	3,157,242	2.14%	3.86%
1968	11,906,266	3,282,711	2.18%	3.97%
1969	12,167,036	3,417,114	2.19%	4.09%
1970	12,436,190	3,562,470	2.21%	4.25%
1971	12,710,061	3,724,031	2.2%	4.54%
1972	12,989,099	3,905,722	2.2%	4.88%
1973	13,275,239	4,106,344	2.2%	5.14%
1974	13,568,435	4,323,632	2.21%	5.29%
1975	13,870,695	4,556,287	2.23%	5.38%
1976	14,177,649	4,807,933	2.21%	5.52%
1977	14,499,175	5,083,048	2.27%	5.72%
1978	14,839,695	5,381,902	2.35%	5.88%
1979	15,190,590	5,703,698	2.36%	5.98%
1980	15,553,105	6,047,997	2.39%	6.04%
1981	15,922,423	6,420,551	2.37%	6.16%
1982	16,297,987	6,824,486	2.36%	6.29%
1983	16,689,119	7,252,941	2.4%	6.28%
1984	17,085,242	7,697,307	2.37%	6.13%
1985	17,477,692	8,151,779	2.3%	5.9%
1986	17,868,124	8,628,639	2.23%	5.85%
1987	18,250,505	9,130,194	2.14%	5.81%
1988	18,638,661	9,629,165	2.13%	5.47%
1989	19,057,807	10,128,394	2.25%	5.18%
1990	19,524,573	10,640,691	2.45%	5.06%
1991	20,036,500	11,160,744	2.62%	4.89%
1992	20,609,707	11,686,676	2.86%	4.71%
1993	21,180,159	12,215,862	2.77%	4.53%
1994	21,717,479	12,750,040	2.54%	4.37%
1995	22,245,439	13,289,245	2.43%	4.23%
1996	22,741,862	13,831,009	2.23%	4.08%
1997	23,219,463	14,374,943	2.1%	3.93%
1998	23,680,357	14,922,185	1.98%	3.81%
1999	24,125,199	15,472,075	1.88%	3.69%
2000	24,546,509	16,177,722	1.75%	4.56%
2001	24,946,748	17,041,397	1.63%	5.34%
2002	25,328,981	17,910,910	1.53%	5.1%
2003	25,688,758	18,786,767	1.42%	4.89%
2004	26,016,656	19,669,480	1.28%	4.7%
2005	26,309,458	20,559,890	1.13%	4.53%
2006	26,565,425	21,459,144	0.97%	4.37%
2007	26,788,492	22,368,313	0.84%	4.24%
2008	26,990,037	23,287,877	0.75%	4.11%
2009	27,173,035	24,217,654	0.68%	3.99%
2010	27,341,952	23,978,487	0.62%	-0.99%
2011	27,464,494	25,091,867	0.45%	4.64%
2012	27,534,915	26,168,861	0.26%	4.29%
2013	27,589,996	27,624,004	0.2%	5.56%
2014	27,672,370	28,309,273	0.3%	2.48%
2015	27,823,629	29,816,382	0.55%	5.32%
2016	27,955,462	30,954,198	0.47%	3.82%
2017	28,011,258	30,977,355	0.2%	0.07%
2018	28,079,689	30,196,281	0.24%	-2.52%
2019	28,414,064	30,063,799	1.19%	-0.44%
2020	28,966,574	31,552,510	1.94%	4.95%
2021	29,475,010	30,784,383	1.76%	-2.43%
2022	29,715,436	32,175,224	0.82%	4.52%
2023	29,694,614	33,702,731	-0.07%	4.75%
2024	29,651,054	35,300,280	-0.15%	4.74%
2025	29,618,120	35,927,625	-0.11%	1.78%
2026	29,629,406	36,550,694	0.04%	1.73%
2027	29,727,164	37,167,513	0.33%	1.69%
2028	29,947,588	37,775,810	0.74%	1.64%
2029	30,232,115	38,364,377	0.95%	1.56%
2030	30,509,999	38,918,375	0.92%	1.44%
2031	30,780,916	39,450,880	0.89%	1.37%
2032	31,045,411	39,983,934	0.86%	1.35%
2033	31,304,035	40,517,599	0.83%	1.33%
2034	31,555,068	41,052,423	0.8%	1.32%
2035	31,798,003	41,588,429	0.77%	1.31%
2036	32,033,714	42,125,184	0.74%	1.29%
2037	32,262,286	42,661,908	0.71%	1.27%
2038	32,484,801	43,198,420	0.69%	1.26%
2039	32,700,695	43,734,316	0.66%	1.24%
2040	32,909,540	44,269,571	0.64%	1.22%
2041	33,112,254	44,804,338	0.62%	1.21%
2042	33,309,062	45,338,111	0.59%	1.19%
2043	33,499,440	45,870,896	0.57%	1.18%
2044	33,683,331	46,403,116	0.55%	1.16%
2045	33,861,058	46,934,822	0.53%	1.15%
2046	34,032,994	47,465,267	0.51%	1.13%
2047	34,197,261	47,993,976	0.48%	1.11%
2048	34,352,077	48,521,364	0.45%	1.1%
2049	34,500,201	49,047,461	0.43%	1.08%
2050	34,642,021	49,572,202	0.41%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd 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) Nepal's population will grow by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people with a rank change from 52nd to 58th. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.