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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Pakistan	Saudi Arabia	Pakistan	Saudi Arabia
1960	45,709,310	2,435,403	-	-
1961	46,921,277	2,526,347	2.65%	3.73%
1962	48,156,128	2,620,910	2.63%	3.74%
1963	49,447,776	2,719,341	2.68%	3.76%
1964	50,799,999	2,821,968	2.73%	3.77%
1965	52,209,010	2,928,771	2.77%	3.78%
1966	53,678,667	3,039,887	2.81%	3.79%
1967	55,214,768	3,157,242	2.86%	3.86%
1968	56,810,507	3,282,711	2.89%	3.97%
1969	58,460,939	3,417,114	2.91%	4.09%
1970	60,166,719	3,562,470	2.92%	4.25%
1971	61,847,899	3,724,031	2.79%	4.54%
1972	63,583,194	3,905,722	2.81%	4.88%
1973	65,461,912	4,106,344	2.95%	5.14%
1974	67,415,487	4,323,632	2.98%	5.29%
1975	69,461,175	4,556,287	3.03%	5.38%
1976	71,620,254	4,807,933	3.11%	5.52%
1977	73,901,827	5,083,048	3.19%	5.72%
1978	76,307,379	5,381,902	3.26%	5.88%
1979	78,997,039	5,703,698	3.52%	5.98%
1980	82,291,010	6,047,997	4.17%	6.04%
1981	85,802,049	6,420,551	4.27%	6.16%
1982	89,089,246	6,824,486	3.83%	6.29%
1983	92,227,711	7,252,941	3.52%	6.28%
1984	95,164,936	7,697,307	3.18%	6.13%
1985	98,229,285	8,151,779	3.22%	5.9%
1986	101,606,764	8,628,639	3.44%	5.85%
1987	105,130,717	9,130,194	3.47%	5.81%
1988	108,724,739	9,629,165	3.42%	5.47%
1989	112,336,629	10,128,394	3.32%	5.18%
1990	116,155,576	10,640,691	3.4%	5.06%
1991	120,060,406	11,160,744	3.36%	4.89%
1992	123,546,848	11,686,676	2.9%	4.71%
1993	127,020,117	12,215,862	2.81%	4.53%
1994	130,748,083	12,750,040	2.93%	4.37%
1995	134,582,253	13,289,245	2.93%	4.23%
1996	138,557,092	13,831,009	2.95%	4.08%
1997	142,531,804	14,374,943	2.87%	3.93%
1998	146,522,356	14,922,185	2.8%	3.81%
1999	150,565,377	15,472,075	2.76%	3.69%
2000	154,879,127	16,177,722	2.87%	4.56%
2001	159,270,907	17,041,397	2.84%	5.34%
2002	163,222,549	17,910,910	2.48%	5.1%
2003	167,110,248	18,786,767	2.38%	4.89%
2004	171,286,000	19,669,480	2.5%	4.7%
2005	175,453,212	20,559,890	2.43%	4.53%
2006	179,682,690	21,459,144	2.41%	4.37%
2007	184,493,231	22,368,313	2.68%	4.24%
2008	189,499,113	23,287,877	2.71%	4.11%
2009	194,376,534	24,217,654	2.57%	3.99%
2010	199,239,047	23,978,487	2.5%	-0.99%
2011	203,746,065	25,091,867	2.26%	4.64%
2012	207,667,125	26,168,861	1.92%	4.29%
2013	211,073,978	27,624,004	1.64%	5.56%
2014	214,264,647	28,309,273	1.51%	2.48%
2015	217,290,883	29,816,382	1.41%	5.32%
2016	220,138,869	30,954,198	1.31%	3.82%
2017	223,273,967	30,977,355	1.42%	0.07%
2018	226,928,892	30,196,281	1.64%	-2.52%
2019	230,800,899	30,063,799	1.71%	-0.44%
2020	235,001,746	31,552,510	1.82%	4.95%
2021	239,477,801	30,784,383	1.9%	-2.43%
2022	243,700,667	32,175,224	1.76%	4.52%
2023	247,504,495	33,702,731	1.56%	4.75%
2024	251,269,164	35,300,280	1.52%	4.74%
2025	255,219,564	35,927,625	1.57%	1.78%
2026	259,299,796	36,550,694	1.6%	1.73%
2027	263,515,827	37,167,513	1.63%	1.69%
2028	267,881,923	37,775,810	1.66%	1.64%
2029	272,337,520	38,364,377	1.66%	1.56%
2030	276,883,261	38,918,375	1.67%	1.44%
2031	281,528,070	39,450,880	1.68%	1.37%
2032	286,241,141	39,983,934	1.67%	1.35%
2033	291,012,268	40,517,599	1.67%	1.33%
2034	295,820,153	41,052,423	1.65%	1.32%
2035	300,643,518	41,588,429	1.63%	1.31%
2036	305,491,504	42,125,184	1.61%	1.29%
2037	310,353,293	42,661,908	1.59%	1.27%
2038	315,227,709	43,198,420	1.57%	1.26%
2039	320,105,882	43,734,316	1.55%	1.24%
2040	324,937,703	44,269,571	1.51%	1.22%
2041	329,746,478	44,804,338	1.48%	1.21%
2042	334,551,874	45,338,111	1.46%	1.19%
2043	339,334,851	45,870,896	1.43%	1.18%
2044	344,095,467	46,403,116	1.4%	1.16%
2045	348,837,732	46,934,822	1.38%	1.15%
2046	353,552,859	47,465,267	1.35%	1.13%
2047	358,207,159	47,993,976	1.32%	1.11%
2048	362,796,532	48,521,364	1.28%	1.1%
2049	367,344,429	49,047,461	1.25%	1.08%
2050	371,863,804	49,572,202	1.23%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Pakistan increased by 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Pakistan gained 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2006 and is 5th 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) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.