Population in Saudi Arabia compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Saudi Arabia and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	South Africa	Saudi Arabia	South Africa
1960	2,435,403	16,440,172	-	-
1961	2,526,347	16,908,035	3.73%	2.85%
1962	2,620,910	17,418,522	3.74%	3.02%
1963	2,719,341	17,954,564	3.76%	3.08%
1964	2,821,968	18,511,361	3.77%	3.1%
1965	2,928,771	19,089,380	3.78%	3.12%
1966	3,039,887	19,690,087	3.79%	3.15%
1967	3,157,242	20,314,066	3.86%	3.17%
1968	3,282,711	20,957,287	3.97%	3.17%
1969	3,417,114	21,614,676	4.09%	3.14%
1970	3,562,470	22,279,984	4.25%	3.08%
1971	3,724,031	22,942,143	4.54%	2.97%
1972	3,905,722	23,609,456	4.88%	2.91%
1973	4,106,344	24,294,263	5.14%	2.9%
1974	4,323,632	24,989,108	5.29%	2.86%
1975	4,556,287	25,690,940	5.38%	2.81%
1976	4,807,933	26,395,450	5.52%	2.74%
1977	5,083,048	27,118,952	5.72%	2.74%
1978	5,381,902	27,869,507	5.88%	2.77%
1979	5,703,698	28,634,162	5.98%	2.74%
1980	6,047,997	29,518,857	6.04%	3.09%
1981	6,420,551	30,541,044	6.16%	3.46%
1982	6,824,486	31,615,339	6.29%	3.52%
1983	7,252,941	32,739,304	6.28%	3.56%
1984	7,697,307	33,892,788	6.13%	3.52%
1985	8,151,779	35,042,093	5.9%	3.39%
1986	8,628,639	36,180,515	5.85%	3.25%
1987	9,130,194	37,326,190	5.81%	3.17%
1988	9,629,165	38,480,649	5.47%	3.09%
1989	10,128,394	39,628,575	5.18%	2.98%
1990	10,640,691	40,746,268	5.06%	2.82%
1991	11,160,744	41,687,898	4.89%	2.31%
1992	11,686,676	42,443,509	4.71%	1.81%
1993	12,215,862	43,297,156	4.53%	2.01%
1994	12,750,040	44,004,139	4.37%	1.63%
1995	13,289,245	44,541,554	4.23%	1.22%
1996	13,831,009	45,123,018	4.08%	1.31%
1997	14,374,943	45,666,838	3.93%	1.21%
1998	14,922,185	46,223,880	3.81%	1.22%
1999	15,472,075	46,730,335	3.69%	1.1%
2000	16,177,722	47,159,719	4.56%	0.92%
2001	17,041,397	47,566,800	5.34%	0.86%
2002	17,910,910	48,019,415	5.1%	0.95%
2003	18,786,767	48,500,348	4.89%	1%
2004	19,669,480	48,991,421	4.7%	1.01%
2005	20,559,890	49,490,033	4.53%	1.02%
2006	21,459,144	49,998,277	4.37%	1.03%
2007	22,368,313	50,528,584	4.24%	1.06%
2008	23,287,877	51,114,599	4.11%	1.16%
2009	24,217,654	51,728,516	3.99%	1.2%
2010	23,978,487	52,344,051	-0.99%	1.19%
2011	25,091,867	52,995,205	4.64%	1.24%
2012	26,168,861	53,782,567	4.29%	1.49%
2013	27,624,004	54,678,791	5.56%	1.67%
2014	28,309,273	55,594,838	2.48%	1.68%
2015	29,816,382	56,723,537	5.32%	2.03%
2016	30,954,198	57,259,551	3.82%	0.94%
2017	30,977,355	57,635,162	0.07%	0.66%
2018	30,196,281	58,613,001	-2.52%	1.7%
2019	30,063,799	59,587,885	-0.44%	1.66%
2020	31,552,510	60,562,381	4.95%	1.64%
2021	30,784,383	61,502,603	-2.43%	1.55%
2022	32,175,224	62,378,410	4.52%	1.42%
2023	33,702,731	63,212,384	4.75%	1.34%
2024	35,300,280	64,007,187	4.74%	1.26%
2025	35,927,625	64,747,317	1.78%	1.16%
2026	36,550,694	65,453,086	1.73%	1.09%
2027	37,167,513	66,143,018	1.69%	1.05%
2028	37,775,810	66,830,384	1.64%	1.04%
2029	38,364,377	67,506,850	1.56%	1.01%
2030	38,918,375	68,161,357	1.44%	0.97%
2031	39,450,880	68,798,574	1.37%	0.93%
2032	39,983,934	69,426,441	1.35%	0.91%
2033	40,517,599	70,040,484	1.33%	0.88%
2034	41,052,423	70,641,572	1.32%	0.86%
2035	41,588,429	71,234,749	1.31%	0.84%
2036	42,125,184	71,816,372	1.29%	0.82%
2037	42,661,908	72,387,807	1.27%	0.8%
2038	43,198,420	72,949,611	1.26%	0.78%
2039	43,734,316	73,496,152	1.24%	0.75%
2040	44,269,571	74,035,615	1.22%	0.73%
2041	44,804,338	74,575,444	1.21%	0.73%
2042	45,338,111	75,111,899	1.19%	0.72%
2043	45,870,896	75,641,512	1.18%	0.71%
2044	46,403,116	76,164,461	1.16%	0.69%
2045	46,934,822	76,681,448	1.15%	0.68%
2046	47,465,267	77,199,542	1.13%	0.68%
2047	47,993,976	77,716,650	1.11%	0.67%
2048	48,521,364	78,215,323	1.1%	0.64%
2049	49,047,461	78,699,584	1.08%	0.62%
2050	49,572,202	79,177,329	1.07%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.