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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	South Sudan	Saudi Arabia	South Sudan
1960	2,435,403	2,931,559	-	-
1961	2,526,347	2,976,724	3.73%	1.54%
1962	2,620,910	3,024,308	3.74%	1.6%
1963	2,719,341	3,072,669	3.76%	1.6%
1964	2,821,968	3,129,918	3.77%	1.86%
1965	2,928,771	3,189,835	3.78%	1.91%
1966	3,039,887	3,236,423	3.79%	1.46%
1967	3,157,242	3,277,648	3.86%	1.27%
1968	3,282,711	3,321,528	3.97%	1.34%
1969	3,417,114	3,365,533	4.09%	1.32%
1970	3,562,470	3,409,614	4.25%	1.31%
1971	3,724,031	3,468,646	4.54%	1.73%
1972	3,905,722	3,542,497	4.88%	2.13%
1973	4,106,344	3,627,383	5.14%	2.4%
1974	4,323,632	3,723,259	5.29%	2.64%
1975	4,556,287	3,821,494	5.38%	2.64%
1976	4,807,933	3,921,910	5.52%	2.63%
1977	5,083,048	4,024,032	5.72%	2.6%
1978	5,381,902	4,127,657	5.88%	2.58%
1979	5,703,698	4,232,605	5.98%	2.54%
1980	6,047,997	4,339,030	6.04%	2.51%
1981	6,420,551	4,447,272	6.16%	2.49%
1982	6,824,486	4,557,686	6.29%	2.48%
1983	7,252,941	4,661,574	6.28%	2.28%
1984	7,697,307	4,750,627	6.13%	1.91%
1985	8,151,779	4,834,296	5.9%	1.76%
1986	8,628,639	4,921,240	5.85%	1.8%
1987	9,130,194	4,962,395	5.81%	0.84%
1988	9,629,165	4,848,029	5.47%	-2.3%
1989	10,128,394	4,713,229	5.18%	-2.78%
1990	10,640,691	4,737,633	5.06%	0.52%
1991	11,160,744	4,836,677	4.89%	2.09%
1992	11,686,676	4,909,749	4.71%	1.51%
1993	12,215,862	4,956,002	4.53%	0.94%
1994	12,750,040	5,071,184	4.37%	2.32%
1995	13,289,245	5,225,836	4.23%	3.05%
1996	13,831,009	5,356,925	4.08%	2.51%
1997	14,374,943	5,509,136	3.93%	2.84%
1998	14,922,185	5,620,068	3.81%	2.01%
1999	15,472,075	5,771,628	3.69%	2.7%
2000	16,177,722	6,032,267	4.56%	4.52%
2001	17,041,397	6,308,391	5.34%	4.58%
2002	17,910,910	6,596,806	5.1%	4.57%
2003	18,786,767	6,903,127	4.89%	4.64%
2004	19,669,480	7,233,041	4.7%	4.78%
2005	20,559,890	7,590,143	4.53%	4.94%
2006	21,459,144	7,976,526	4.37%	5.09%
2007	22,368,313	8,388,788	4.24%	5.17%
2008	23,287,877	8,817,647	4.11%	5.11%
2009	24,217,654	9,243,556	3.99%	4.83%
2010	23,978,487	9,745,953	-0.99%	5.44%
2011	25,091,867	10,288,109	4.64%	5.56%
2012	26,168,861	10,756,240	4.29%	4.55%
2013	27,624,004	11,166,275	5.56%	3.81%
2014	28,309,273	11,235,073	2.48%	0.62%
2015	29,816,382	11,107,561	5.32%	-1.13%
2016	30,954,198	10,830,102	3.82%	-2.5%
2017	30,977,355	10,259,154	0.07%	-5.27%
2018	30,196,281	10,122,977	-2.52%	-1.33%
2019	30,063,799	10,423,384	-0.44%	2.97%
2020	31,552,510	10,698,467	4.95%	2.64%
2021	30,784,383	10,865,780	-2.43%	1.56%
2022	32,175,224	11,021,177	4.52%	1.43%
2023	33,702,731	11,483,374	4.75%	4.19%
2024	35,300,280	11,943,408	4.74%	4.01%
2025	35,927,625	12,188,793	1.78%	2.05%
2026	36,550,694	12,436,036	1.73%	2.03%
2027	37,167,513	12,687,301	1.69%	2.02%
2028	37,775,810	12,941,503	1.64%	2%
2029	38,364,377	13,198,080	1.56%	1.98%
2030	38,918,375	13,457,446	1.44%	1.97%
2031	39,450,880	13,725,413	1.37%	1.99%
2032	39,983,934	13,996,343	1.35%	1.97%
2033	40,517,599	14,261,762	1.33%	1.9%
2034	41,052,423	14,527,550	1.32%	1.86%
2035	41,588,429	14,798,602	1.31%	1.87%
2036	42,125,184	15,070,098	1.29%	1.83%
2037	42,661,908	15,335,700	1.27%	1.76%
2038	43,198,420	15,595,968	1.26%	1.7%
2039	43,734,316	15,850,696	1.24%	1.63%
2040	44,269,571	16,101,470	1.22%	1.58%
2041	44,804,338	16,350,149	1.21%	1.54%
2042	45,338,111	16,593,361	1.19%	1.49%
2043	45,870,896	16,829,209	1.18%	1.42%
2044	46,403,116	17,060,176	1.16%	1.37%
2045	46,934,822	17,286,412	1.15%	1.33%
2046	47,465,267	17,509,693	1.13%	1.29%
2047	47,993,976	17,728,331	1.11%	1.25%
2048	48,521,364	17,938,437	1.1%	1.19%
2049	49,047,461	18,142,893	1.08%	1.14%
2050	49,572,202	18,341,968	1.07%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Saudi Arabia gained 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th most populous country in 2006 and is 44th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.