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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Russia	Saudi Arabia	Russia	Saudi Arabia
1960	119,897,000	2,435,403	-	-
1961	121,236,000	2,526,347	1.12%	3.73%
1962	122,591,000	2,620,910	1.12%	3.74%
1963	123,960,000	2,719,341	1.12%	3.76%
1964	125,345,000	2,821,968	1.12%	3.77%
1965	126,745,000	2,928,771	1.12%	3.78%
1966	127,468,000	3,039,887	0.57%	3.79%
1967	128,196,000	3,157,242	0.57%	3.86%
1968	128,928,000	3,282,711	0.57%	3.97%
1969	129,664,000	3,417,114	0.57%	4.09%
1970	130,404,000	3,562,470	0.57%	4.25%
1971	131,155,000	3,724,031	0.58%	4.54%
1972	131,909,000	3,905,722	0.57%	4.88%
1973	132,669,000	4,106,344	0.58%	5.14%
1974	133,432,000	4,323,632	0.58%	5.29%
1975	134,200,000	4,556,287	0.58%	5.38%
1976	135,147,000	4,807,933	0.71%	5.52%
1977	136,100,000	5,083,048	0.71%	5.72%
1978	137,060,000	5,381,902	0.71%	5.88%
1979	138,027,000	5,703,698	0.71%	5.98%
1980	139,010,000	6,047,997	0.71%	6.04%
1981	139,941,000	6,420,551	0.67%	6.16%
1982	140,823,000	6,824,486	0.63%	6.29%
1983	141,668,000	7,252,941	0.6%	6.28%
1984	142,745,000	7,697,307	0.76%	6.13%
1985	143,858,000	8,151,779	0.78%	5.9%
1986	144,894,000	8,628,639	0.72%	5.85%
1987	145,908,000	9,130,194	0.7%	5.81%
1988	146,857,000	9,629,165	0.65%	5.47%
1989	147,721,000	10,128,394	0.59%	5.18%
1990	147,969,406	10,640,691	0.17%	5.06%
1991	148,394,216	11,160,744	0.29%	4.89%
1992	148,538,197	11,686,676	0.1%	4.71%
1993	148,458,777	12,215,862	-0.05%	4.53%
1994	148,407,912	12,750,040	-0.03%	4.37%
1995	148,375,787	13,289,245	-0.02%	4.23%
1996	148,160,129	13,831,009	-0.15%	4.08%
1997	147,915,361	14,374,943	-0.17%	3.93%
1998	147,670,784	14,922,185	-0.17%	3.81%
1999	147,214,776	15,472,075	-0.31%	3.69%
2000	146,596,869	16,177,722	-0.42%	4.56%
2001	145,976,482	17,041,397	-0.42%	5.34%
2002	145,306,497	17,910,910	-0.46%	5.1%
2003	144,648,618	18,786,767	-0.45%	4.89%
2004	144,067,316	19,669,480	-0.4%	4.7%
2005	143,518,814	20,559,890	-0.38%	4.53%
2006	143,049,637	21,459,144	-0.33%	4.37%
2007	142,805,114	22,368,313	-0.17%	4.24%
2008	142,742,366	23,287,877	-0.04%	4.11%
2009	142,785,348	24,217,654	0.03%	3.99%
2010	142,849,468	23,978,487	0.04%	-0.99%
2011	143,018,195	25,091,867	0.12%	4.64%
2012	143,378,447	26,168,861	0.25%	4.29%
2013	143,805,638	27,624,004	0.3%	5.56%
2014	144,237,223	28,309,273	0.3%	2.48%
2015	144,640,716	29,816,382	0.28%	5.32%
2016	145,015,460	30,954,198	0.26%	3.82%
2017	145,293,260	30,977,355	0.19%	0.07%
2018	145,398,106	30,196,281	0.07%	-2.52%
2019	145,453,291	30,063,799	0.04%	-0.44%
2020	145,245,148	31,552,510	-0.14%	4.95%
2021	144,746,762	30,784,383	-0.34%	-2.43%
2022	144,236,933	32,175,224	-0.35%	4.52%
2023	143,826,130	33,702,731	-0.28%	4.75%
2024	143,533,851	35,300,280	-0.2%	4.74%
2025	142,718,132	35,927,625	-0.57%	1.78%
2026	142,120,553	36,550,694	-0.42%	1.73%
2027	141,773,330	37,167,513	-0.24%	1.69%
2028	141,402,326	37,775,810	-0.26%	1.64%
2029	141,021,009	38,364,377	-0.27%	1.56%
2030	140,628,883	38,918,375	-0.28%	1.44%
2031	140,218,596	39,450,880	-0.29%	1.37%
2032	139,807,207	39,983,934	-0.29%	1.35%
2033	139,414,947	40,517,599	-0.28%	1.33%
2034	139,034,543	41,052,423	-0.27%	1.32%
2035	138,666,694	41,588,429	-0.26%	1.31%
2036	138,311,757	42,125,184	-0.26%	1.29%
2037	137,968,177	42,661,908	-0.25%	1.27%
2038	137,643,032	43,198,420	-0.24%	1.26%
2039	137,336,299	43,734,316	-0.22%	1.24%
2040	137,053,347	44,269,571	-0.21%	1.22%
2041	136,795,588	44,804,338	-0.19%	1.21%
2042	136,558,692	45,338,111	-0.17%	1.19%
2043	136,335,849	45,870,896	-0.16%	1.18%
2044	136,124,845	46,403,116	-0.15%	1.16%
2045	135,933,758	46,934,822	-0.14%	1.15%
2046	135,756,848	47,465,267	-0.13%	1.13%
2047	135,574,181	47,993,976	-0.13%	1.11%
2048	135,372,557	48,521,364	-0.15%	1.1%
2049	135,156,911	49,047,461	-0.16%	1.08%
2050	134,923,391	49,572,202	-0.17%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Russia increased by 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Russia lost -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2005 and is still 9th 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) Russia's population will shrink by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people with a rank change from 9th to 13th. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.