Population in Saudi Arabia compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Sri Lanka	Saudi Arabia	Sri Lanka
1960	2,435,403	9,661,389	-	-
1961	2,526,347	9,899,372	3.73%	2.46%
1962	2,620,910	10,143,754	3.74%	2.47%
1963	2,719,341	10,395,040	3.76%	2.48%
1964	2,821,968	10,653,397	3.77%	2.49%
1965	2,928,771	10,916,965	3.78%	2.47%
1966	3,039,887	11,183,928	3.79%	2.45%
1967	3,157,242	11,457,328	3.86%	2.44%
1968	3,282,711	11,736,088	3.97%	2.43%
1969	3,417,114	12,013,858	4.09%	2.37%
1970	3,562,470	12,287,110	4.25%	2.27%
1971	3,724,031	12,551,910	4.54%	2.16%
1972	3,905,722	12,809,205	4.88%	2.05%
1973	4,106,344	13,060,916	5.14%	1.97%
1974	4,323,632	13,305,693	5.29%	1.87%
1975	4,556,287	13,548,984	5.38%	1.83%
1976	4,807,933	13,796,770	5.52%	1.83%
1977	5,083,048	14,049,371	5.72%	1.83%
1978	5,381,902	14,310,128	5.88%	1.86%
1979	5,703,698	14,579,614	5.98%	1.88%
1980	6,047,997	14,847,974	6.04%	1.84%
1981	6,420,551	15,099,414	6.16%	1.69%
1982	6,824,486	15,286,567	6.29%	1.24%
1983	7,252,941	15,388,794	6.28%	0.67%
1984	7,697,307	15,441,860	6.13%	0.34%
1985	8,151,779	15,544,154	5.9%	0.66%
1986	8,628,639	15,731,256	5.85%	1.2%
1987	9,130,194	15,916,576	5.81%	1.18%
1988	9,629,165	16,078,621	5.47%	1.02%
1989	10,128,394	16,248,557	5.18%	1.06%
1990	10,640,691	16,352,458	5.06%	0.64%
1991	11,160,744	16,475,354	4.89%	0.75%
1992	11,686,676	16,739,284	4.71%	1.6%
1993	12,215,862	17,025,918	4.53%	1.71%
1994	12,750,040	17,275,773	4.37%	1.47%
1995	13,289,245	17,564,068	4.23%	1.67%
1996	13,831,009	17,905,018	4.08%	1.94%
1997	14,374,943	18,248,200	3.93%	1.92%
1998	14,922,185	18,596,003	3.81%	1.91%
1999	15,472,075	18,944,731	3.69%	1.88%
2000	16,177,722	19,293,054	4.56%	1.84%
2001	17,041,397	19,600,362	5.34%	1.59%
2002	17,910,910	19,805,752	5.1%	1.05%
2003	18,786,767	19,951,521	4.89%	0.74%
2004	19,669,480	20,087,605	4.7%	0.68%
2005	20,559,890	20,216,524	4.53%	0.64%
2006	21,459,144	20,352,411	4.37%	0.67%
2007	22,368,313	20,492,545	4.24%	0.69%
2008	23,287,877	20,629,378	4.11%	0.67%
2009	24,217,654	20,756,435	3.99%	0.62%
2010	23,978,487	20,879,089	-0.99%	0.59%
2011	25,091,867	21,009,048	4.64%	0.62%
2012	26,168,861	21,169,458	4.29%	0.76%
2013	27,624,004	20,585,000	5.56%	-2.76%
2014	28,309,273	20,778,000	2.48%	0.94%
2015	29,816,382	20,970,000	5.32%	0.92%
2016	30,954,198	21,209,000	3.82%	1.14%
2017	30,977,355	21,453,000	0.07%	1.15%
2018	30,196,281	21,670,000	-2.52%	1.01%
2019	30,063,799	21,803,000	-0.44%	0.61%
2020	31,552,510	21,919,000	4.95%	0.53%
2021	30,784,383	22,156,000	-2.43%	1.08%
2022	32,175,224	22,181,000	4.52%	0.11%
2023	33,702,731	22,037,000	4.75%	-0.65%
2024	35,300,280	21,916,000	4.74%	-0.55%
2025	35,927,625	22,035,440	1.78%	0.54%
2026	36,550,694	22,148,172	1.73%	0.51%
2027	37,167,513	22,255,601	1.69%	0.49%
2028	37,775,810	22,357,682	1.64%	0.46%
2029	38,364,377	22,453,922	1.56%	0.43%
2030	38,918,375	22,546,245	1.44%	0.41%
2031	39,450,880	22,635,106	1.37%	0.39%
2032	39,983,934	22,720,118	1.35%	0.38%
2033	40,517,599	22,802,043	1.33%	0.36%
2034	41,052,423	22,879,527	1.32%	0.34%
2035	41,588,429	22,952,739	1.31%	0.32%
2036	42,125,184	23,022,027	1.29%	0.3%
2037	42,661,908	23,088,877	1.27%	0.29%
2038	43,198,420	23,152,480	1.26%	0.28%
2039	43,734,316	23,211,633	1.24%	0.26%
2040	44,269,571	23,265,986	1.22%	0.23%
2041	44,804,338	23,315,260	1.21%	0.21%
2042	45,338,111	23,359,578	1.19%	0.19%
2043	45,870,896	23,398,752	1.18%	0.17%
2044	46,403,116	23,433,096	1.16%	0.15%
2045	46,934,822	23,464,943	1.15%	0.14%
2046	47,465,267	23,492,738	1.13%	0.12%
2047	47,993,976	23,512,629	1.11%	0.08%
2048	48,521,364	23,525,953	1.1%	0.06%
2049	49,047,461	23,533,940	1.08%	0.03%
2050	49,572,202	23,538,230	1.07%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.