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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Somalia	Saudi Arabia	Somalia
1960	2,435,403	2,876,331	-	-
1961	2,526,347	2,952,054	3.73%	2.63%
1962	2,620,910	3,030,091	3.74%	2.64%
1963	2,719,341	3,110,361	3.76%	2.65%
1964	2,821,968	3,192,796	3.77%	2.65%
1965	2,928,771	3,277,874	3.78%	2.66%
1966	3,039,887	3,365,106	3.79%	2.66%
1967	3,157,242	3,454,537	3.86%	2.66%
1968	3,282,711	3,546,590	3.97%	2.66%
1969	3,417,114	3,641,015	4.09%	2.66%
1970	3,562,470	3,738,448	4.25%	2.68%
1971	3,724,031	3,837,691	4.54%	2.65%
1972	3,905,722	3,939,436	4.88%	2.65%
1973	4,106,344	4,045,592	5.14%	2.69%
1974	4,323,632	4,151,842	5.29%	2.63%
1975	4,556,287	4,257,535	5.38%	2.55%
1976	4,807,933	4,365,812	5.52%	2.54%
1977	5,083,048	4,484,050	5.72%	2.71%
1978	5,381,902	4,814,892	5.88%	7.38%
1979	5,703,698	5,449,117	5.98%	13.2%
1980	6,047,997	5,936,154	6.04%	8.94%
1981	6,420,551	5,982,849	6.16%	0.79%
1982	6,824,486	6,003,840	6.29%	0.35%
1983	7,252,941	6,198,430	6.28%	3.24%
1984	7,697,307	6,428,389	6.13%	3.71%
1985	8,151,779	6,693,289	5.9%	4.12%
1986	8,628,639	6,974,788	5.85%	4.21%
1987	9,130,194	7,228,302	5.81%	3.63%
1988	9,629,165	7,235,360	5.47%	0.1%
1989	10,128,394	7,114,817	5.18%	-1.67%
1990	10,640,691	7,082,811	5.06%	-0.45%
1991	11,160,744	6,813,760	4.89%	-3.8%
1992	11,686,676	6,495,107	4.71%	-4.68%
1993	12,215,862	6,681,399	4.53%	2.87%
1994	12,750,040	7,026,797	4.37%	5.17%
1995	13,289,245	7,285,007	4.23%	3.67%
1996	13,831,009	7,554,474	4.08%	3.7%
1997	14,374,943	7,824,525	3.93%	3.57%
1998	14,922,185	8,155,417	3.81%	4.23%
1999	15,472,075	8,492,059	3.69%	4.13%
2000	16,177,722	8,838,713	4.56%	4.08%
2001	17,041,397	9,198,493	5.34%	4.07%
2002	17,910,910	9,550,063	5.1%	3.82%
2003	18,786,767	9,909,157	4.89%	3.76%
2004	19,669,480	10,280,998	4.7%	3.75%
2005	20,559,890	10,644,228	4.53%	3.53%
2006	21,459,144	10,975,502	4.37%	3.11%
2007	22,368,313	11,322,582	4.24%	3.16%
2008	23,287,877	11,663,084	4.11%	3.01%
2009	24,217,654	11,961,201	3.99%	2.56%
2010	23,978,487	12,261,756	-0.99%	2.51%
2011	25,091,867	12,348,830	4.64%	0.71%
2012	26,168,861	12,461,160	4.29%	0.91%
2013	27,624,004	12,869,594	5.56%	3.28%
2014	28,309,273	13,339,491	2.48%	3.65%
2015	29,816,382	13,806,963	5.32%	3.5%
2016	30,954,198	14,348,740	3.82%	3.92%
2017	30,977,355	14,916,629	0.07%	3.96%
2018	30,196,281	15,452,487	-2.52%	3.59%
2019	30,063,799	16,030,971	-0.44%	3.74%
2020	31,552,510	16,651,191	4.95%	3.87%
2021	30,784,383	17,271,431	-2.43%	3.72%
2022	32,175,224	17,801,897	4.52%	3.07%
2023	33,702,731	18,358,615	4.75%	3.13%
2024	35,300,280	19,009,151	4.74%	3.54%
2025	35,927,625	19,654,737	1.78%	3.4%
2026	36,550,694	20,305,905	1.73%	3.31%
2027	37,167,513	20,959,056	1.69%	3.22%
2028	37,775,810	21,601,810	1.64%	3.07%
2029	38,364,377	22,247,714	1.56%	2.99%
2030	38,918,375	22,915,042	1.44%	3%
2031	39,450,880	23,589,793	1.37%	2.94%
2032	39,983,934	24,258,789	1.35%	2.84%
2033	40,517,599	24,921,830	1.33%	2.73%
2034	41,052,423	25,593,666	1.32%	2.7%
2035	41,588,429	26,294,943	1.31%	2.74%
2036	42,125,184	27,009,199	1.29%	2.72%
2037	42,661,908	27,731,170	1.27%	2.67%
2038	43,198,420	28,455,755	1.26%	2.61%
2039	43,734,316	29,167,897	1.24%	2.5%
2040	44,269,571	29,896,286	1.22%	2.5%
2041	44,804,338	30,635,956	1.21%	2.47%
2042	45,338,111	31,350,028	1.19%	2.33%
2043	45,870,896	32,057,980	1.18%	2.26%
2044	46,403,116	32,780,417	1.16%	2.25%
2045	46,934,822	33,510,163	1.15%	2.23%
2046	47,465,267	34,248,030	1.13%	2.2%
2047	47,993,976	34,996,366	1.11%	2.19%
2048	48,521,364	35,743,960	1.1%	2.14%
2049	49,047,461	36,474,683	1.08%	2.04%
2050	49,572,202	37,206,497	1.07%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Saudi Arabia gained 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th most populous country in 2006 and is 44th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.