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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Saudi Arabia was 35,300,280 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Saudi Arabia's population is 36,428,123 people compared to 644,193 in Suriname.

Population statistics:

  • Saudi Arabia's population is 56.5 times bigger than Suriname's.
  • Saudi Arabia is ranked the 44th most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
  • The countries together account for 0.45% of the world: 0.44% for Saudi Arabia vs 0.008% for Suriname.
  • For the last 10 years, Saudi Arabia has had an average growth rate of +2.3% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
  • Since 2005, the population of Saudi Arabia has increased from 20.6M people to 36.4M (77.2% growth), while Suriname has grown from 519K to 644K (24% growth).
  • Saudi Arabia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 73.8M people compared to the peak of 753K people in 2071 for Suriname.

Saudi Arabia vs Suriname: live population counter

Saudi Arabia Suriname
Current population
36428123
644193
Population rank 44/197 165/197
Percent of world population 0.44% 0.008%
One net population change
19.7 seconds
1.58 hours
One birth every
57 seconds
48.3 minutes
One death every
6.66 minutes
2.1 hours
One migration net change every
4.3 minutes
7.51 hours
Annual migration change +122,170 -1,166
Daily growth/decline +4,377 +15
Annual growth/decline +1,597,549 +5,545
Annual growth/decline rate +4.74% +0.88%
Population growth rate rank 3/197 110/197

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

Saudi Arabia
Population

Growth rate
Suriname
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Saudi Arabia Suriname Saudi Arabia Suriname
1960 2,435,403 263,918 - -
1961 2,526,347 272,791 3.73% 3.36%
1962 2,620,910 283,912 3.74% 4.08%
1963 2,719,341 297,034 3.76% 4.62%
1964 2,821,968 309,041 3.77% 4.04%
1965 2,928,771 320,000 3.78% 3.55%
1966 3,039,887 331,135 3.79% 3.48%
1967 3,157,242 342,679 3.86% 3.49%
1968 3,282,711 354,616 3.97% 3.48%
1969 3,417,114 366,906 4.09% 3.47%
1970 3,562,470 379,442 4.25% 3.42%
1971 3,724,031 391,932 4.54% 3.29%
1972 3,905,722 397,413 4.88% 1.4%
1973 4,106,344 395,772 5.14% -0.41%
1974 4,323,632 393,676 5.29% -0.53%
1975 4,556,287 391,170 5.38% -0.64%
1976 4,807,933 388,289 5.52% -0.74%
1977 5,083,048 385,067 5.72% -0.83%
1978 5,381,902 381,502 5.88% -0.93%
1979 5,703,698 377,602 5.98% -1.02%
1980 6,047,997 375,377 6.04% -0.59%
1981 6,420,551 375,459 6.16% 0.02%
1982 6,824,486 376,555 6.29% 0.29%
1983 7,252,941 378,746 6.28% 0.58%
1984 7,697,307 382,193 6.13% 0.91%
1985 8,151,779 386,972 5.9% 1.25%
1986 8,628,639 392,330 5.85% 1.38%
1987 9,130,194 396,911 5.81% 1.17%
1988 9,629,165 402,227 5.47% 1.34%
1989 10,128,394 408,409 5.18% 1.54%
1990 10,640,691 412,493 5.06% 1%
1991 11,160,744 415,013 4.89% 0.61%
1992 11,686,676 417,589 4.71% 0.62%
1993 12,215,862 419,352 4.53% 0.42%
1994 12,750,040 422,375 4.37% 0.72%
1995 13,289,245 429,606 4.23% 1.71%
1996 13,831,009 438,830 4.08% 2.15%
1997 14,374,943 448,067 3.93% 2.1%
1998 14,922,185 457,406 3.81% 2.08%
1999 15,472,075 466,916 3.69% 2.08%
2000 16,177,722 476,643 4.56% 2.08%
2001 17,041,397 486,560 5.34% 2.08%
2002 17,910,910 496,551 5.1% 2.05%
2003 18,786,767 506,414 4.89% 1.99%
2004 19,669,480 513,923 4.7% 1.48%
2005 20,559,890 519,313 4.53% 1.05%
2006 21,459,144 524,997 4.37% 1.09%
2007 22,368,313 531,016 4.24% 1.15%
2008 23,287,877 537,245 4.11% 1.17%
2009 24,217,654 543,568 3.99% 1.18%
2010 23,978,487 549,923 -0.99% 1.17%
2011 25,091,867 556,269 4.64% 1.15%
2012 26,168,861 562,633 4.29% 1.14%
2013 27,624,004 569,020 5.56% 1.14%
2014 28,309,273 575,373 2.48% 1.12%
2015 29,816,382 581,627 5.32% 1.09%
2016 30,954,198 587,757 3.82% 1.05%
2017 30,977,355 593,713 0.07% 1.01%
2018 30,196,281 599,513 -2.52% 0.98%
2019 30,063,799 605,768 -0.44% 1.04%
2020 31,552,510 612,317 4.95% 1.08%
2021 30,784,383 617,896 -2.43% 0.91%
2022 32,175,224 623,164 4.52% 0.85%
2023 33,702,731 628,886 4.75% 0.92%
2024 35,300,280 634,431 4.74% 0.88%
2025 35,927,625 639,852 1.78% 0.85%
2026 36,550,694 645,257 1.73% 0.84%
2027 37,167,513 650,564 1.69% 0.82%
2028 37,775,810 655,783 1.64% 0.8%
2029 38,364,377 660,793 1.56% 0.76%
2030 38,918,375 665,650 1.44% 0.74%
2031 39,450,880 670,421 1.37% 0.72%
2032 39,983,934 675,070 1.35% 0.69%
2033 40,517,599 679,573 1.33% 0.67%
2034 41,052,423 683,911 1.32% 0.64%
2035 41,588,429 688,189 1.31% 0.63%
2036 42,125,184 692,343 1.29% 0.6%
2037 42,661,908 696,213 1.27% 0.56%
2038 43,198,420 699,908 1.26% 0.53%
2039 43,734,316 703,569 1.24% 0.52%
2040 44,269,571 707,156 1.22% 0.51%
2041 44,804,338 710,619 1.21% 0.49%
2042 45,338,111 713,900 1.19% 0.46%
2043 45,870,896 716,999 1.18% 0.43%
2044 46,403,116 719,920 1.16% 0.41%
2045 46,934,822 722,759 1.15% 0.39%
2046 47,465,267 725,322 1.13% 0.35%
2047 47,993,976 727,726 1.11% 0.33%
2048 48,521,364 730,038 1.1% 0.32%
2049 49,047,461 732,021 1.08% 0.27%
2050 49,572,202 733,898 1.07% 0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.

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