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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	South Korea
1960	2,435,403	25,012,374	-	-
1961	2,526,347	25,765,673	3.73%	3.01%
1962	2,620,910	26,513,030	3.74%	2.9%
1963	2,719,341	27,261,747	3.76%	2.82%
1964	2,821,968	27,984,155	3.77%	2.65%
1965	2,928,771	28,704,674	3.78%	2.57%
1966	3,039,887	29,435,571	3.79%	2.55%
1967	3,157,242	30,130,983	3.86%	2.36%
1968	3,282,711	30,838,302	3.97%	2.35%
1969	3,417,114	31,544,266	4.09%	2.29%
1970	3,562,470	32,240,827	4.25%	2.21%
1971	3,724,031	32,882,704	4.54%	1.99%
1972	3,905,722	33,505,406	4.88%	1.89%
1973	4,106,344	34,103,149	5.14%	1.78%
1974	4,323,632	34,692,266	5.29%	1.73%
1975	4,556,287	35,280,725	5.38%	1.7%
1976	4,807,933	35,848,523	5.52%	1.61%
1977	5,083,048	36,411,795	5.72%	1.57%
1978	5,381,902	36,969,185	5.88%	1.53%
1979	5,703,698	37,534,236	5.98%	1.53%
1980	6,047,997	38,123,775	6.04%	1.57%
1981	6,420,551	38,723,248	6.16%	1.57%
1982	6,824,486	39,326,352	6.29%	1.56%
1983	7,252,941	39,910,403	6.28%	1.49%
1984	7,697,307	40,405,956	6.13%	1.24%
1985	8,151,779	40,805,744	5.9%	0.99%
1986	8,628,639	41,213,674	5.85%	1%
1987	9,130,194	41,621,690	5.81%	0.99%
1988	9,629,165	42,031,247	5.47%	0.98%
1989	10,128,394	42,449,038	5.18%	0.99%
1990	10,640,691	42,869,283	5.06%	0.99%
1991	11,160,744	43,295,704	4.89%	0.99%
1992	11,686,676	43,747,962	4.71%	1.04%
1993	12,215,862	44,194,628	4.53%	1.02%
1994	12,750,040	44,641,540	4.37%	1.01%
1995	13,289,245	45,092,991	4.23%	1.01%
1996	13,831,009	45,524,681	4.08%	0.96%
1997	14,374,943	45,953,580	3.93%	0.94%
1998	14,922,185	46,286,503	3.81%	0.72%
1999	15,472,075	46,616,677	3.69%	0.71%
2000	16,177,722	47,008,111	4.56%	0.84%
2001	17,041,397	47,370,164	5.34%	0.77%
2002	17,910,910	47,644,736	5.1%	0.58%
2003	18,786,767	47,892,330	4.89%	0.52%
2004	19,669,480	48,082,519	4.7%	0.4%
2005	20,559,890	48,184,561	4.53%	0.21%
2006	21,459,144	48,438,292	4.37%	0.53%
2007	22,368,313	48,683,638	4.24%	0.51%
2008	23,287,877	49,054,708	4.11%	0.76%
2009	24,217,654	49,307,835	3.99%	0.52%
2010	23,978,487	49,554,112	-0.99%	0.5%
2011	25,091,867	49,936,638	4.64%	0.77%
2012	26,168,861	50,199,853	4.29%	0.53%
2013	27,624,004	50,428,893	5.56%	0.46%
2014	28,309,273	50,746,659	2.48%	0.63%
2015	29,816,382	51,014,947	5.32%	0.53%
2016	30,954,198	51,217,803	3.82%	0.4%
2017	30,977,355	51,361,911	0.07%	0.28%
2018	30,196,281	51,585,058	-2.52%	0.43%
2019	30,063,799	51,764,822	-0.44%	0.35%
2020	31,552,510	51,836,239	4.95%	0.14%
2021	30,784,383	51,769,539	-2.43%	-0.13%
2022	32,175,224	51,672,569	4.52%	-0.19%
2023	33,702,731	51,712,619	4.75%	0.08%
2024	35,300,280	51,751,065	4.74%	0.07%
2025	35,927,625	51,700,480	1.78%	-0.1%
2026	36,550,694	51,633,793	1.73%	-0.13%
2027	37,167,513	51,552,198	1.69%	-0.16%
2028	37,775,810	51,456,707	1.64%	-0.19%
2029	38,364,377	51,347,230	1.56%	-0.21%
2030	38,918,375	51,221,713	1.44%	-0.24%
2031	39,450,880	51,081,220	1.37%	-0.27%
2032	39,983,934	50,924,233	1.35%	-0.31%
2033	40,517,599	50,747,132	1.33%	-0.35%
2034	41,052,423	50,549,508	1.32%	-0.39%
2035	41,588,429	50,333,286	1.31%	-0.43%
2036	42,125,184	50,098,951	1.29%	-0.47%
2037	42,661,908	49,845,669	1.27%	-0.51%
2038	43,198,420	49,573,234	1.26%	-0.55%
2039	43,734,316	49,283,770	1.24%	-0.58%
2040	44,269,571	48,980,369	1.22%	-0.62%
2041	44,804,338	48,661,905	1.21%	-0.65%
2042	45,338,111	48,331,004	1.19%	-0.68%
2043	45,870,896	47,990,085	1.18%	-0.71%
2044	46,403,116	47,634,183	1.16%	-0.74%
2045	46,934,822	47,263,526	1.15%	-0.78%
2046	47,465,267	46,881,228	1.13%	-0.81%
2047	47,993,976	46,482,133	1.11%	-0.85%
2048	48,521,364	46,063,595	1.1%	-0.9%
2049	49,047,461	45,626,805	1.08%	-0.95%
2050	49,572,202	45,172,356	1.07%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Saudi Arabia gained 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th most populous country in 2006 and is 44th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.