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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palestine	Saudi Arabia	Palestine	Saudi Arabia
1960	-	2,435,403	-	-
1961	-	2,526,347	-	3.73%
1962	-	2,620,910	-	3.74%
1963	-	2,719,341	-	3.76%
1964	-	2,821,968	-	3.77%
1965	-	2,928,771	-	3.78%
1966	-	3,039,887	-	3.79%
1967	-	3,157,242	-	3.86%
1968	-	3,282,711	-	3.97%
1969	-	3,417,114	-	4.09%
1970	-	3,562,470	-	4.25%
1971	-	3,724,031	-	4.54%
1972	-	3,905,722	-	4.88%
1973	-	4,106,344	-	5.14%
1974	-	4,323,632	-	5.29%
1975	-	4,556,287	-	5.38%
1976	-	4,807,933	-	5.52%
1977	-	5,083,048	-	5.72%
1978	-	5,381,902	-	5.88%
1979	-	5,703,698	-	5.98%
1980	-	6,047,997	-	6.04%
1981	-	6,420,551	-	6.16%
1982	-	6,824,486	-	6.29%
1983	-	7,252,941	-	6.28%
1984	-	7,697,307	-	6.13%
1985	-	8,151,779	-	5.9%
1986	-	8,628,639	-	5.85%
1987	-	9,130,194	-	5.81%
1988	-	9,629,165	-	5.47%
1989	-	10,128,394	-	5.18%
1990	1,978,248	10,640,691	-	5.06%
1991	2,068,845	11,160,744	4.58%	4.89%
1992	2,163,591	11,686,676	4.58%	4.71%
1993	2,262,676	12,215,862	4.58%	4.53%
1994	2,366,298	12,750,040	4.58%	4.37%
1995	2,474,666	13,289,245	4.58%	4.23%
1996	2,587,997	13,831,009	4.58%	4.08%
1997	2,706,518	14,374,943	4.58%	3.93%
1998	2,776,568	14,922,185	2.59%	3.81%
1999	2,848,431	15,472,075	2.59%	3.69%
2000	2,922,153	16,177,722	2.59%	4.56%
2001	2,997,784	17,041,397	2.59%	5.34%
2002	3,075,373	17,910,910	2.59%	5.1%
2003	3,154,969	18,786,767	2.59%	4.89%
2004	3,236,626	19,669,480	2.59%	4.7%
2005	3,320,396	20,559,890	2.59%	4.53%
2006	3,406,334	21,459,144	2.59%	4.37%
2007	3,494,496	22,368,313	2.59%	4.24%
2008	3,591,977	23,287,877	2.79%	4.11%
2009	3,689,099	24,217,654	2.7%	3.99%
2010	3,786,161	23,978,487	2.63%	-0.99%
2011	3,882,986	25,091,867	2.56%	4.64%
2012	3,979,998	26,168,861	2.5%	4.29%
2013	4,076,708	27,624,004	2.43%	5.56%
2014	4,173,398	28,309,273	2.37%	2.48%
2015	4,270,092	29,816,382	2.32%	5.32%
2016	4,367,088	30,954,198	2.27%	3.82%
2017	4,454,805	30,977,355	2.01%	0.07%
2018	4,569,087	30,196,281	2.57%	-2.52%
2019	4,685,306	30,063,799	2.54%	-0.44%
2020	4,803,269	31,552,510	2.52%	4.95%
2021	4,922,749	30,784,383	2.49%	-2.43%
2022	5,043,612	32,175,224	2.46%	4.52%
2023	5,165,775	33,702,731	2.42%	4.75%
2024	5,289,152	35,300,280	2.39%	4.74%
2025	5,379,801	35,927,625	1.71%	1.78%
2026	5,479,090	36,550,694	1.85%	1.73%
2027	5,582,345	37,167,513	1.88%	1.69%
2028	5,684,855	37,775,810	1.84%	1.64%
2029	5,787,948	38,364,377	1.81%	1.56%
2030	5,892,492	38,918,375	1.81%	1.44%
2031	5,998,645	39,450,880	1.8%	1.37%
2032	6,106,047	39,983,934	1.79%	1.35%
2033	6,215,922	40,517,599	1.8%	1.33%
2034	6,327,947	41,052,423	1.8%	1.32%
2035	6,441,493	41,588,429	1.79%	1.31%
2036	6,555,481	42,125,184	1.77%	1.29%
2037	6,669,212	42,661,908	1.73%	1.27%
2038	6,783,431	43,198,420	1.71%	1.26%
2039	6,899,866	43,734,316	1.72%	1.24%
2040	7,018,099	44,269,571	1.71%	1.22%
2041	7,135,825	44,804,338	1.68%	1.21%
2042	7,253,328	45,338,111	1.65%	1.19%
2043	7,369,647	45,870,896	1.6%	1.18%
2044	7,484,632	46,403,116	1.56%	1.16%
2045	7,598,729	46,934,822	1.52%	1.15%
2046	7,710,259	47,465,267	1.47%	1.13%
2047	7,818,786	47,993,976	1.41%	1.11%
2048	7,925,101	48,521,364	1.36%	1.1%
2049	8,029,929	49,047,461	1.32%	1.08%
2050	8,134,618	49,572,202	1.3%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palestine increased by 949,696 people (a 28.6% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palestine gained 1,189,465 (a 27.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Palestine was ranked 127th most populous country in 2005 and is 122nd 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) Palestine's population will grow by 49% to 8,134,618 people with a rank change from 122nd to 112th. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.