Population in Saudi Arabia compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Saudi Arabia and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Seychelles	Saudi Arabia	Seychelles
1960	2,435,403	41,700	-	-
1961	2,526,347	42,889	3.73%	2.85%
1962	2,620,910	44,042	3.74%	2.69%
1963	2,719,341	45,176	3.76%	2.57%
1964	2,821,968	46,322	3.77%	2.54%
1965	2,928,771	47,500	3.78%	2.54%
1966	3,039,887	48,699	3.79%	2.52%
1967	3,157,242	49,911	3.86%	2.49%
1968	3,282,711	51,134	3.97%	2.45%
1969	3,417,114	52,365	4.09%	2.41%
1970	3,562,470	53,600	4.25%	2.36%
1971	3,724,031	54,695	4.54%	2.04%
1972	3,905,722	56,029	4.88%	2.44%
1973	4,106,344	56,892	5.14%	1.54%
1974	4,323,632	57,937	5.29%	1.84%
1975	4,556,287	59,292	5.38%	2.34%
1976	4,807,933	60,504	5.52%	2.04%
1977	5,083,048	61,786	5.72%	2.12%
1978	5,381,902	62,150	5.88%	0.59%
1979	5,703,698	62,686	5.98%	0.86%
1980	6,047,997	63,261	6.04%	0.92%
1981	6,420,551	64,035	6.16%	1.22%
1982	6,824,486	64,413	6.29%	0.59%
1983	7,252,941	64,335	6.28%	-0.12%
1984	7,697,307	64,717	6.13%	0.59%
1985	8,151,779	65,244	5.9%	0.81%
1986	8,628,639	65,652	5.85%	0.63%
1987	9,130,194	68,499	5.81%	4.34%
1988	9,629,165	68,755	5.47%	0.37%
1989	10,128,394	69,167	5.18%	0.6%
1990	10,640,691	69,507	5.06%	0.49%
1991	11,160,744	70,439	4.89%	1.34%
1992	11,686,676	70,763	4.71%	0.46%
1993	12,215,862	72,253	4.53%	2.11%
1994	12,750,040	74,205	4.37%	2.7%
1995	13,289,245	75,304	4.23%	1.48%
1996	13,831,009	76,417	4.08%	1.48%
1997	14,374,943	77,319	3.93%	1.18%
1998	14,922,185	78,846	3.81%	1.97%
1999	15,472,075	80,410	3.69%	1.98%
2000	16,177,722	81,131	4.56%	0.9%
2001	17,041,397	81,202	5.34%	0.09%
2002	17,910,910	83,723	5.1%	3.1%
2003	18,786,767	82,781	4.89%	-1.13%
2004	19,669,480	82,475	4.7%	-0.37%
2005	20,559,890	82,858	4.53%	0.46%
2006	21,459,144	84,600	4.37%	2.1%
2007	22,368,313	85,033	4.24%	0.51%
2008	23,287,877	86,956	4.11%	2.26%
2009	24,217,654	87,298	3.99%	0.39%
2010	23,978,487	89,770	-0.99%	2.83%
2011	25,091,867	87,441	4.64%	-2.59%
2012	26,168,861	88,303	4.29%	0.99%
2013	27,624,004	89,949	5.56%	1.86%
2014	28,309,273	91,359	2.48%	1.57%
2015	29,816,382	93,419	5.32%	2.25%
2016	30,954,198	94,677	3.82%	1.35%
2017	30,977,355	95,843	0.07%	1.23%
2018	30,196,281	96,762	-2.52%	0.96%
2019	30,063,799	97,625	-0.44%	0.89%
2020	31,552,510	98,462	4.95%	0.86%
2021	30,784,383	99,258	-2.43%	0.81%
2022	32,175,224	119,878	4.52%	20.8%
2023	33,702,731	119,773	4.75%	-0.09%
2024	35,300,280	121,354	4.74%	1.32%
2025	35,927,625	123,549	1.78%	1.81%
2026	36,550,694	125,581	1.73%	1.64%
2027	37,167,513	127,380	1.69%	1.43%
2028	37,775,810	128,883	1.64%	1.18%
2029	38,364,377	130,011	1.56%	0.87%
2030	38,918,375	130,635	1.44%	0.48%
2031	39,450,880	130,989	1.37%	0.27%
2032	39,983,934	131,305	1.35%	0.24%
2033	40,517,599	131,578	1.33%	0.21%
2034	41,052,423	131,816	1.32%	0.18%
2035	41,588,429	132,027	1.31%	0.16%
2036	42,125,184	132,202	1.29%	0.13%
2037	42,661,908	132,348	1.27%	0.11%
2038	43,198,420	132,467	1.26%	0.09%
2039	43,734,316	132,552	1.24%	0.06%
2040	44,269,571	132,631	1.22%	0.06%
2041	44,804,338	132,681	1.21%	0.04%
2042	45,338,111	132,700	1.19%	0.01%
2043	45,870,896	132,698	1.18%	-0.001%
2044	46,403,116	132,665	1.16%	-0.03%
2045	46,934,822	132,613	1.15%	-0.04%
2046	47,465,267	132,531	1.13%	-0.06%
2047	47,993,976	132,415	1.11%	-0.09%
2048	48,521,364	132,264	1.1%	-0.11%
2049	49,047,461	132,085	1.08%	-0.14%
2050	49,572,202	131,885	1.07%	-0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Saudi Arabia gained 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th most populous country in 2006 and is 44th in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Saudi Arabia's population will grow by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people with a rank change from 44th to 43rd. The population of the Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.