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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Spain	Saudi Arabia	Spain
1960	2,435,403	30,455,000	-	-
1961	2,526,347	30,739,250	3.73%	0.93%
1962	2,620,910	31,023,366	3.74%	0.92%
1963	2,719,341	31,296,651	3.76%	0.88%
1964	2,821,968	31,609,195	3.77%	1%
1965	2,928,771	31,954,292	3.78%	1.09%
1966	3,039,887	32,283,194	3.79%	1.03%
1967	3,157,242	32,682,947	3.86%	1.24%
1968	3,282,711	33,113,134	3.97%	1.32%
1969	3,417,114	33,441,054	4.09%	0.99%
1970	3,562,470	33,814,531	4.25%	1.12%
1971	3,724,031	34,224,490	4.54%	1.21%
1972	3,905,722	34,604,469	4.88%	1.11%
1973	4,106,344	34,988,947	5.14%	1.11%
1974	4,323,632	35,373,335	5.29%	1.1%
1975	4,556,287	35,757,900	5.38%	1.09%
1976	4,807,933	36,137,812	5.52%	1.06%
1977	5,083,048	36,511,638	5.72%	1.03%
1978	5,381,902	36,864,898	5.88%	0.97%
1979	5,703,698	37,191,330	5.98%	0.89%
1980	6,047,997	37,491,165	6.04%	0.81%
1981	6,420,551	37,758,631	6.16%	0.71%
1982	6,824,486	37,986,012	6.29%	0.6%
1983	7,252,941	38,171,525	6.28%	0.49%
1984	7,697,307	38,330,364	6.13%	0.42%
1985	8,151,779	38,469,512	5.9%	0.36%
1986	8,628,639	38,584,624	5.85%	0.3%
1987	9,130,194	38,684,815	5.81%	0.26%
1988	9,629,165	38,766,939	5.47%	0.21%
1989	10,128,394	38,827,764	5.18%	0.16%
1990	10,640,691	38,867,322	5.06%	0.1%
1991	11,160,744	38,966,376	4.89%	0.25%
1992	11,686,676	39,157,685	4.71%	0.49%
1993	12,215,862	39,361,262	4.53%	0.52%
1994	12,750,040	39,549,108	4.37%	0.48%
1995	13,289,245	39,724,050	4.23%	0.44%
1996	13,831,009	39,889,852	4.08%	0.42%
1997	14,374,943	40,057,389	3.93%	0.42%
1998	14,922,185	40,223,509	3.81%	0.41%
1999	15,472,075	40,386,875	3.69%	0.41%
2000	16,177,722	40,567,864	4.56%	0.45%
2001	17,041,397	40,850,412	5.34%	0.7%
2002	17,910,910	41,431,558	5.1%	1.42%
2003	18,786,767	42,187,645	4.89%	1.82%
2004	19,669,480	42,921,895	4.7%	1.74%
2005	20,559,890	43,653,155	4.53%	1.7%
2006	21,459,144	44,397,319	4.37%	1.7%
2007	22,368,313	45,226,803	4.24%	1.87%
2008	23,287,877	45,954,106	4.11%	1.61%
2009	24,217,654	46,362,946	3.99%	0.89%
2010	23,978,487	46,576,897	-0.99%	0.46%
2011	25,091,867	46,742,697	4.64%	0.36%
2012	26,168,861	46,773,055	4.29%	0.06%
2013	27,624,004	46,604,197	5.56%	-0.36%
2014	28,309,273	46,460,733	2.48%	-0.31%
2015	29,816,382	46,422,303	5.32%	-0.08%
2016	30,954,198	46,458,139	3.82%	0.08%
2017	30,977,355	46,571,232	0.07%	0.24%
2018	30,196,281	46,782,011	-2.52%	0.45%
2019	30,063,799	47,118,501	-0.44%	0.72%
2020	31,552,510	47,359,424	4.95%	0.51%
2021	30,784,383	47,443,821	-2.43%	0.18%
2022	32,175,224	47,786,102	4.52%	0.72%
2023	33,702,731	48,352,528	4.75%	1.19%
2024	35,300,280	48,848,840	4.74%	1.03%
2025	35,927,625	48,827,866	1.78%	-0.04%
2026	36,550,694	48,787,930	1.73%	-0.08%
2027	37,167,513	48,738,456	1.69%	-0.1%
2028	37,775,810	48,683,694	1.64%	-0.11%
2029	38,364,377	48,619,674	1.56%	-0.13%
2030	38,918,375	48,542,955	1.44%	-0.16%
2031	39,450,880	48,454,221	1.37%	-0.18%
2032	39,983,934	48,362,482	1.35%	-0.19%
2033	40,517,599	48,271,264	1.33%	-0.19%
2034	41,052,423	48,177,551	1.32%	-0.19%
2035	41,588,429	48,077,695	1.31%	-0.21%
2036	42,125,184	47,970,911	1.29%	-0.22%
2037	42,661,908	47,860,116	1.27%	-0.23%
2038	43,198,420	47,747,343	1.26%	-0.24%
2039	43,734,316	47,629,540	1.24%	-0.25%
2040	44,269,571	47,504,152	1.22%	-0.26%
2041	44,804,338	47,373,061	1.21%	-0.28%
2042	45,338,111	47,234,914	1.19%	-0.29%
2043	45,870,896	47,092,497	1.18%	-0.3%
2044	46,403,116	46,942,712	1.16%	-0.32%
2045	46,934,822	46,778,501	1.15%	-0.35%
2046	47,465,267	46,604,170	1.13%	-0.37%
2047	47,993,976	46,421,312	1.11%	-0.39%
2048	48,521,364	46,230,109	1.1%	-0.41%
2049	49,047,461	46,024,720	1.08%	-0.44%
2050	49,572,202	45,808,469	1.07%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Saudi Arabia gained 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th most populous country in 2006 and is 44th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.