The latest officially reported population of Poland was 36,559,233 in 2024 vs 35,300,280 people in Saudi Arabia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Poland's population is 35,898,979 people compared to 36,557,435 in Saudi Arabia.
Population statistics:
- Saudi Arabia's population is 1.02 times bigger than Poland's.
- Poland is ranked the 46th most populous country in the world, while Saudi Arabia is the 44th.
- The countries together account for 0.87% of the world: 0.43% for Poland vs 0.44% for Saudi Arabia.
- For the last 10 years, Poland has had an average growth rate of -0.36% per year vs +2.3% in Saudi Arabia.
- Since 2006, the population of Poland has decreased from 38.1M people to 35.9M (5.88% decline), while Saudi Arabia has grown from 21.5M to 36.6M (70.4% growth).
- Saudi Arabia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 73.8M people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.
Poland vs Saudi Arabia: live population counter
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| Current population |
35898979
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36557435
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| Population rank | 46/197 | 44/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.43% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
4.1 minutes
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19.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.94 minutes
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57 seconds
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| One death every |
1.29 minutes
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6.66 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.21 minutes
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4.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -238,062 | +122,170 |
| Daily growth/decline | -351 | +4,377 |
| Annual growth/decline | -128,120 | +1,597,549 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.35% | +4.74% |
| Population growth rate rank | 181/197 | 4/197 |
Poland and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 29,637,450 | 2,435,403 | - | - |
| 1961 | 29,964,000 | 2,526,347 | 1.1% | 3.73% |
| 1962 | 30,308,500 | 2,620,910 | 1.15% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 30,712,000 | 2,719,341 | 1.33% | 3.76% |
| 1964 | 31,139,450 | 2,821,968 | 1.39% | 3.77% |
| 1965 | 31,444,950 | 2,928,771 | 0.98% | 3.78% |
| 1966 | 31,681,000 | 3,039,887 | 0.75% | 3.79% |
| 1967 | 31,987,155 | 3,157,242 | 0.97% | 3.86% |
| 1968 | 32,294,655 | 3,282,711 | 0.96% | 3.97% |
| 1969 | 32,548,300 | 3,417,114 | 0.79% | 4.09% |
| 1970 | 32,664,300 | 3,562,470 | 0.36% | 4.25% |
| 1971 | 32,783,500 | 3,724,031 | 0.36% | 4.54% |
| 1972 | 33,055,650 | 3,905,722 | 0.83% | 4.88% |
| 1973 | 33,357,200 | 4,106,344 | 0.91% | 5.14% |
| 1974 | 33,678,899 | 4,323,632 | 0.96% | 5.29% |
| 1975 | 34,015,199 | 4,556,287 | 1% | 5.38% |
| 1976 | 34,356,300 | 4,807,933 | 1% | 5.52% |
| 1977 | 34,689,050 | 5,083,048 | 0.97% | 5.72% |
| 1978 | 34,965,600 | 5,381,902 | 0.8% | 5.88% |
| 1979 | 35,247,217 | 5,703,698 | 0.81% | 5.98% |
| 1980 | 35,574,150 | 6,047,997 | 0.93% | 6.04% |
| 1981 | 35,898,587 | 6,420,551 | 0.91% | 6.16% |
| 1982 | 36,230,481 | 6,824,486 | 0.92% | 6.29% |
| 1983 | 36,571,808 | 7,252,941 | 0.94% | 6.28% |
| 1984 | 36,904,134 | 7,697,307 | 0.91% | 6.13% |
| 1985 | 37,201,885 | 8,151,779 | 0.81% | 5.9% |
| 1986 | 37,456,119 | 8,628,639 | 0.68% | 5.85% |
| 1987 | 37,668,045 | 9,130,194 | 0.57% | 5.81% |
| 1988 | 37,824,487 | 9,629,165 | 0.42% | 5.47% |
| 1989 | 37,961,529 | 10,128,394 | 0.36% | 5.18% |
| 1990 | 38,110,782 | 10,640,691 | 0.39% | 5.06% |
| 1991 | 38,246,193 | 11,160,744 | 0.36% | 4.89% |
| 1992 | 38,363,667 | 11,686,676 | 0.31% | 4.71% |
| 1993 | 38,461,408 | 12,215,862 | 0.25% | 4.53% |
| 1994 | 38,542,652 | 12,750,040 | 0.21% | 4.37% |
| 1995 | 38,594,998 | 13,289,245 | 0.14% | 4.23% |
| 1996 | 38,624,370 | 13,831,009 | 0.08% | 4.08% |
| 1997 | 38,649,660 | 14,374,943 | 0.07% | 3.93% |
| 1998 | 38,663,481 | 14,922,185 | 0.04% | 3.81% |
| 1999 | 38,660,271 | 15,472,075 | -0.008% | 3.69% |
| 2000 | 38,258,629 | 16,177,722 | -1.04% | 4.56% |
| 2001 | 38,248,076 | 17,041,397 | -0.03% | 5.34% |
| 2002 | 38,230,364 | 17,910,910 | -0.05% | 5.1% |
| 2003 | 38,204,570 | 18,786,767 | -0.07% | 4.89% |
| 2004 | 38,182,222 | 19,669,480 | -0.06% | 4.7% |
| 2005 | 38,165,445 | 20,559,890 | -0.04% | 4.53% |
| 2006 | 38,141,267 | 21,459,144 | -0.06% | 4.37% |
| 2007 | 38,120,560 | 22,368,313 | -0.05% | 4.24% |
| 2008 | 38,125,759 | 23,287,877 | 0.01% | 4.11% |
| 2009 | 38,151,603 | 24,217,654 | 0.07% | 3.99% |
| 2010 | 38,042,794 | 23,978,487 | -0.29% | -0.99% |
| 2011 | 38,063,255 | 25,091,867 | 0.05% | 4.64% |
| 2012 | 38,063,164 | 26,168,861 | -0% | 4.29% |
| 2013 | 38,040,196 | 27,624,004 | -0.06% | 5.56% |
| 2014 | 38,011,735 | 28,309,273 | -0.07% | 2.48% |
| 2015 | 37,986,412 | 29,816,382 | -0.07% | 5.32% |
| 2016 | 37,970,087 | 30,954,198 | -0.04% | 3.82% |
| 2017 | 37,974,826 | 30,977,355 | 0.01% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 37,974,750 | 30,196,281 | -0% | -2.52% |
| 2019 | 37,965,475 | 30,063,799 | -0.02% | -0.44% |
| 2020 | 37,515,748 | 31,552,510 | -1.18% | 4.95% |
| 2021 | 36,981,559 | 30,784,383 | -1.42% | -2.43% |
| 2022 | 36,821,749 | 32,175,224 | -0.43% | 4.52% |
| 2023 | 36,687,353 | 33,702,731 | -0.36% | 4.75% |
| 2024 | 36,559,233 | 35,300,280 | -0.35% | 4.74% |
| 2025 | 36,181,399 | 35,927,625 | -1.03% | 1.78% |
| 2026 | 35,898,979 | 36,550,694 | -0.78% | 1.73% |
| 2027 | 35,758,415 | 37,167,513 | -0.39% | 1.69% |
| 2028 | 35,609,703 | 37,775,810 | -0.42% | 1.64% |
| 2029 | 35,452,249 | 38,364,377 | -0.44% | 1.56% |
| 2030 | 35,287,436 | 38,918,375 | -0.46% | 1.44% |
| 2031 | 35,116,185 | 39,450,880 | -0.49% | 1.37% |
| 2032 | 34,938,952 | 39,983,934 | -0.5% | 1.35% |
| 2033 | 34,757,421 | 40,517,599 | -0.52% | 1.33% |
| 2034 | 34,571,572 | 41,052,423 | -0.53% | 1.32% |
| 2035 | 34,381,734 | 41,588,429 | -0.55% | 1.31% |
| 2036 | 34,187,419 | 42,125,184 | -0.57% | 1.29% |
| 2037 | 33,988,985 | 42,661,908 | -0.58% | 1.27% |
| 2038 | 33,787,175 | 43,198,420 | -0.59% | 1.26% |
| 2039 | 33,581,427 | 43,734,316 | -0.61% | 1.24% |
| 2040 | 33,372,181 | 44,269,571 | -0.62% | 1.22% |
| 2041 | 33,160,435 | 44,804,338 | -0.63% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 32,945,446 | 45,338,111 | -0.65% | 1.19% |
| 2043 | 32,726,827 | 45,870,896 | -0.66% | 1.18% |
| 2044 | 32,506,015 | 46,403,116 | -0.67% | 1.16% |
| 2045 | 32,282,692 | 46,934,822 | -0.69% | 1.15% |
| 2046 | 32,056,740 | 47,465,267 | -0.7% | 1.13% |
| 2047 | 31,828,421 | 47,993,976 | -0.71% | 1.11% |
| 2048 | 31,597,823 | 48,521,364 | -0.72% | 1.1% |
| 2049 | 31,364,596 | 49,047,461 | -0.74% | 1.08% |
| 2050 | 31,128,250 | 49,572,202 | -0.75% | 1.07% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Poland decreased by 171,180 people (a 0.45% decline), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Poland lost -2,071,108 (a 5.45% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).
Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2006 and is 46th 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) Poland's population will shrink by 13.3% to 31,128,250 people with a rank change from 46th to 61st. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.
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Population differences between Poland and Saudi Arabia
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| Life expectancy | 79.2 years | 79.4 years |
| Average age | 42.7 years | 30.2 years |
| Median age | 42.9 years | 30.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 60.5:39.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.16 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 309 ppl/mi² | 42.5 ppl/mi² |
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