Population in Saudi Arabia compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Saudi Arabia and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Sierra Leone	Saudi Arabia	Sierra Leone
1960	2,435,403	2,268,356	-	-
1961	2,526,347	2,304,227	3.73%	1.58%
1962	2,620,910	2,342,242	3.74%	1.65%
1963	2,719,341	2,382,258	3.76%	1.71%
1964	2,821,968	2,424,390	3.77%	1.77%
1965	2,928,771	2,468,666	3.78%	1.83%
1966	3,039,887	2,514,638	3.79%	1.86%
1967	3,157,242	2,562,384	3.86%	1.9%
1968	3,282,711	2,611,532	3.97%	1.92%
1969	3,417,114	2,661,365	4.09%	1.91%
1970	3,562,470	2,712,286	4.25%	1.91%
1971	3,724,031	2,763,222	4.54%	1.88%
1972	3,905,722	2,814,388	4.88%	1.85%
1973	4,106,344	2,866,955	5.14%	1.87%
1974	4,323,632	2,920,459	5.29%	1.87%
1975	4,556,287	2,974,657	5.38%	1.86%
1976	4,807,933	3,028,820	5.52%	1.82%
1977	5,083,048	3,085,354	5.72%	1.87%
1978	5,381,902	3,145,517	5.88%	1.95%
1979	5,703,698	3,207,499	5.98%	1.97%
1980	6,047,997	3,272,089	6.04%	2.01%
1981	6,420,551	3,338,940	6.16%	2.04%
1982	6,824,486	3,408,183	6.29%	2.07%
1983	7,252,941	3,481,646	6.28%	2.16%
1984	7,697,307	3,558,758	6.13%	2.21%
1985	8,151,779	3,638,438	5.9%	2.24%
1986	8,628,639	3,728,380	5.85%	2.47%
1987	9,130,194	3,829,718	5.81%	2.72%
1988	9,629,165	3,934,517	5.47%	2.74%
1989	10,128,394	4,034,037	5.18%	2.53%
1990	10,640,691	4,196,828	5.06%	4.04%
1991	11,160,744	4,246,267	4.89%	1.18%
1992	11,686,676	4,166,366	4.71%	-1.88%
1993	12,215,862	4,157,130	4.53%	-0.22%
1994	12,750,040	4,173,105	4.37%	0.38%
1995	13,289,245	4,179,179	4.23%	0.15%
1996	13,831,009	4,199,210	4.08%	0.48%
1997	14,374,943	4,253,716	3.93%	1.3%
1998	14,922,185	4,295,785	3.81%	0.99%
1999	15,472,075	4,318,043	3.69%	0.52%
2000	16,177,722	4,423,611	4.56%	2.44%
2001	17,041,397	4,692,716	5.34%	6.08%
2002	17,910,910	4,971,435	5.1%	5.94%
2003	18,786,767	5,177,687	4.89%	4.15%
2004	19,669,480	5,355,717	4.7%	3.44%
2005	20,559,890	5,501,712	4.53%	2.73%
2006	21,459,144	5,624,466	4.37%	2.23%
2007	22,368,313	5,749,352	4.24%	2.22%
2008	23,287,877	5,894,722	4.11%	2.53%
2009	24,217,654	6,055,646	3.99%	2.73%
2010	23,978,487	6,222,714	-0.99%	2.76%
2011	25,091,867	6,387,251	4.64%	2.64%
2012	26,168,861	6,551,080	4.29%	2.56%
2013	27,624,004	6,714,051	5.56%	2.49%
2014	28,309,273	6,876,385	2.48%	2.42%
2015	29,816,382	7,037,655	5.32%	2.35%
2016	30,954,198	7,205,328	3.82%	2.38%
2017	30,977,355	7,379,299	0.07%	2.41%
2018	30,196,281	7,554,563	-2.52%	2.38%
2019	30,063,799	7,731,991	-0.44%	2.35%
2020	31,552,510	7,912,558	4.95%	2.34%
2021	30,784,383	8,094,602	-2.43%	2.3%
2022	32,175,224	8,276,807	4.52%	2.25%
2023	33,702,731	8,460,512	4.75%	2.22%
2024	35,300,280	8,642,022	4.74%	2.15%
2025	35,927,625	8,819,789	1.78%	2.06%
2026	36,550,694	8,996,743	1.73%	2.01%
2027	37,167,513	9,174,695	1.69%	1.98%
2028	37,775,810	9,349,021	1.64%	1.9%
2029	38,364,377	9,520,811	1.56%	1.84%
2030	38,918,375	9,694,851	1.44%	1.83%
2031	39,450,880	9,870,295	1.37%	1.81%
2032	39,983,934	10,047,193	1.35%	1.79%
2033	40,517,599	10,221,006	1.33%	1.73%
2034	41,052,423	10,391,485	1.32%	1.67%
2035	41,588,429	10,563,163	1.31%	1.65%
2036	42,125,184	10,734,341	1.29%	1.62%
2037	42,661,908	10,902,263	1.27%	1.56%
2038	43,198,420	11,066,143	1.26%	1.5%
2039	43,734,316	11,230,060	1.24%	1.48%
2040	44,269,571	11,398,391	1.22%	1.5%
2041	44,804,338	11,566,213	1.21%	1.47%
2042	45,338,111	11,728,787	1.19%	1.41%
2043	45,870,896	11,887,934	1.18%	1.36%
2044	46,403,116	12,049,424	1.16%	1.36%
2045	46,934,822	12,208,872	1.15%	1.32%
2046	47,465,267	12,363,446	1.13%	1.27%
2047	47,993,976	12,512,739	1.11%	1.21%
2048	48,521,364	12,659,609	1.1%	1.17%
2049	49,047,461	12,805,136	1.08%	1.15%
2050	49,572,202	12,948,320	1.07%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Saudi Arabia's population will grow by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people with a rank change from 44th to 43rd. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.