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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Sudan	Saudi Arabia	Sudan
1960	2,435,403	8,364,489	-	-
1961	2,526,347	8,634,941	3.73%	3.23%
1962	2,620,910	8,919,028	3.74%	3.29%
1963	2,719,341	9,218,077	3.76%	3.35%
1964	2,821,968	9,531,109	3.77%	3.4%
1965	2,928,771	9,858,030	3.78%	3.43%
1966	3,039,887	10,197,578	3.79%	3.44%
1967	3,157,242	10,550,597	3.86%	3.46%
1968	3,282,711	10,917,999	3.97%	3.48%
1969	3,417,114	11,298,936	4.09%	3.49%
1970	3,562,470	11,695,771	4.25%	3.51%
1971	3,724,031	12,105,539	4.54%	3.5%
1972	3,905,722	12,527,856	4.88%	3.49%
1973	4,106,344	13,049,315	5.14%	4.16%
1974	4,323,632	13,580,723	5.29%	4.07%
1975	4,556,287	14,064,798	5.38%	3.56%
1976	4,807,933	14,569,716	5.52%	3.59%
1977	5,083,048	15,086,614	5.72%	3.55%
1978	5,381,902	15,695,003	5.88%	4.03%
1979	5,703,698	16,355,352	5.98%	4.21%
1980	6,047,997	17,058,905	6.04%	4.3%
1981	6,420,551	17,780,572	6.16%	4.23%
1982	6,824,486	18,486,645	6.29%	3.97%
1983	7,252,941	19,109,770	6.28%	3.37%
1984	7,697,307	19,546,528	6.13%	2.29%
1985	8,151,779	19,905,872	5.9%	1.84%
1986	8,628,639	20,288,238	5.85%	1.92%
1987	9,130,194	20,704,904	5.81%	2.05%
1988	9,629,165	21,138,431	5.47%	2.09%
1989	10,128,394	21,578,022	5.18%	2.08%
1990	10,640,691	22,021,481	5.06%	2.06%
1991	11,160,744	22,470,676	4.89%	2.04%
1992	11,686,676	22,927,355	4.71%	2.03%
1993	12,215,862	23,445,592	4.53%	2.26%
1994	12,750,040	24,043,948	4.37%	2.55%
1995	13,289,245	24,672,143	4.23%	2.61%
1996	13,831,009	25,231,528	4.08%	2.27%
1997	14,374,943	25,799,821	3.93%	2.25%
1998	14,922,185	26,458,999	3.81%	2.55%
1999	15,472,075	27,130,613	3.69%	2.54%
2000	16,177,722	27,816,745	4.56%	2.53%
2001	17,041,397	28,516,770	5.34%	2.52%
2002	17,910,910	29,228,727	5.1%	2.5%
2003	18,786,767	29,896,035	4.89%	2.28%
2004	19,669,480	30,556,637	4.7%	2.21%
2005	20,559,890	31,262,444	4.53%	2.31%
2006	21,459,144	31,992,435	4.37%	2.34%
2007	22,368,313	32,764,135	4.24%	2.41%
2008	23,287,877	33,623,980	4.11%	2.62%
2009	24,217,654	34,569,113	3.99%	2.81%
2010	23,978,487	35,414,399	-0.99%	2.45%
2011	25,091,867	36,140,806	4.64%	2.05%
2012	26,168,861	36,923,178	4.29%	2.16%
2013	27,624,004	37,785,849	5.56%	2.34%
2014	28,309,273	38,823,318	2.48%	2.75%
2015	29,816,382	40,024,431	5.32%	3.09%
2016	30,954,198	41,259,892	3.82%	3.09%
2017	30,977,355	42,714,306	0.07%	3.53%
2018	30,196,281	44,230,596	-2.52%	3.55%
2019	30,063,799	45,548,175	-0.44%	2.98%
2020	31,552,510	46,789,231	4.95%	2.72%
2021	30,784,383	48,066,924	-2.43%	2.73%
2022	32,175,224	49,383,346	4.52%	2.74%
2023	33,702,731	50,042,791	4.75%	1.34%
2024	35,300,280	50,448,963	4.74%	0.81%
2025	35,927,625	51,662,152	1.78%	2.4%
2026	36,550,694	53,282,718	1.73%	3.14%
2027	37,167,513	54,724,215	1.69%	2.71%
2028	37,775,810	55,993,833	1.64%	2.32%
2029	38,364,377	57,275,443	1.56%	2.29%
2030	38,918,375	58,571,624	1.44%	2.26%
2031	39,450,880	59,872,936	1.37%	2.22%
2032	39,983,934	61,179,476	1.35%	2.18%
2033	40,517,599	62,497,205	1.33%	2.15%
2034	41,052,423	63,822,356	1.32%	2.12%
2035	41,588,429	65,148,317	1.31%	2.08%
2036	42,125,184	66,470,018	1.29%	2.03%
2037	42,661,908	67,791,240	1.27%	1.99%
2038	43,198,420	69,107,712	1.26%	1.94%
2039	43,734,316	70,416,631	1.24%	1.89%
2040	44,269,571	71,730,604	1.22%	1.87%
2041	44,804,338	73,056,213	1.21%	1.85%
2042	45,338,111	74,387,562	1.19%	1.82%
2043	45,870,896	75,723,670	1.18%	1.8%
2044	46,403,116	77,066,454	1.16%	1.77%
2045	46,934,822	78,415,205	1.15%	1.75%
2046	47,465,267	79,767,271	1.13%	1.72%
2047	47,993,976	81,115,241	1.11%	1.69%
2048	48,521,364	82,463,202	1.1%	1.66%
2049	49,047,461	83,828,356	1.08%	1.66%
2050	49,572,202	85,206,384	1.07%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.