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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Sweden	Saudi Arabia	Sweden
1960	2,435,403	7,484,656	-	-
1961	2,526,347	7,519,998	3.73%	0.47%
1962	2,620,910	7,561,588	3.74%	0.55%
1963	2,719,341	7,604,328	3.76%	0.57%
1964	2,821,968	7,661,354	3.77%	0.75%
1965	2,928,771	7,733,853	3.78%	0.95%
1966	3,039,887	7,807,797	3.79%	0.96%
1967	3,157,242	7,867,931	3.86%	0.77%
1968	3,282,711	7,912,273	3.97%	0.56%
1969	3,417,114	7,968,072	4.09%	0.71%
1970	3,562,470	8,042,801	4.25%	0.94%
1971	3,724,031	8,098,334	4.54%	0.69%
1972	3,905,722	8,122,300	4.88%	0.3%
1973	4,106,344	8,136,312	5.14%	0.17%
1974	4,323,632	8,159,955	5.29%	0.29%
1975	4,556,287	8,192,437	5.38%	0.4%
1976	4,807,933	8,222,286	5.52%	0.36%
1977	5,083,048	8,251,540	5.72%	0.36%
1978	5,381,902	8,275,599	5.88%	0.29%
1979	5,703,698	8,293,678	5.98%	0.22%
1980	6,047,997	8,310,531	6.04%	0.2%
1981	6,420,551	8,320,503	6.16%	0.12%
1982	6,824,486	8,325,263	6.29%	0.06%
1983	7,252,941	8,329,033	6.28%	0.05%
1984	7,697,307	8,336,605	6.13%	0.09%
1985	8,151,779	8,350,386	5.9%	0.17%
1986	8,628,639	8,369,829	5.85%	0.23%
1987	9,130,194	8,397,804	5.81%	0.33%
1988	9,629,165	8,436,489	5.47%	0.46%
1989	10,128,394	8,492,964	5.18%	0.67%
1990	10,640,691	8,558,835	5.06%	0.78%
1991	11,160,744	8,617,375	4.89%	0.68%
1992	11,686,676	8,668,067	4.71%	0.59%
1993	12,215,862	8,718,561	4.53%	0.58%
1994	12,750,040	8,780,745	4.37%	0.71%
1995	13,289,245	8,826,939	4.23%	0.53%
1996	13,831,009	8,840,998	4.08%	0.16%
1997	14,374,943	8,846,062	3.93%	0.06%
1998	14,922,185	8,850,974	3.81%	0.06%
1999	15,472,075	8,857,874	3.69%	0.08%
2000	16,177,722	8,872,109	4.56%	0.16%
2001	17,041,397	8,895,960	5.34%	0.27%
2002	17,910,910	8,924,958	5.1%	0.33%
2003	18,786,767	8,958,229	4.89%	0.37%
2004	19,669,480	8,993,531	4.7%	0.39%
2005	20,559,890	9,029,572	4.53%	0.4%
2006	21,459,144	9,080,505	4.37%	0.56%
2007	22,368,313	9,148,092	4.24%	0.74%
2008	23,287,877	9,219,637	4.11%	0.78%
2009	24,217,654	9,298,515	3.99%	0.86%
2010	23,978,487	9,378,126	-0.99%	0.86%
2011	25,091,867	9,449,213	4.64%	0.76%
2012	26,168,861	9,519,374	4.29%	0.74%
2013	27,624,004	9,600,379	5.56%	0.85%
2014	28,309,273	9,696,110	2.48%	1%
2015	29,816,382	9,799,186	5.32%	1.06%
2016	30,954,198	9,923,085	3.82%	1.26%
2017	30,977,355	10,057,698	0.07%	1.36%
2018	30,196,281	10,175,214	-2.52%	1.17%
2019	30,063,799	10,278,887	-0.44%	1.02%
2020	31,552,510	10,353,442	4.95%	0.73%
2021	30,784,383	10,415,811	-2.43%	0.6%
2022	32,175,224	10,486,941	4.52%	0.68%
2023	33,702,731	10,536,632	4.75%	0.47%
2024	35,300,280	10,569,709	4.74%	0.31%
2025	35,927,625	10,619,177	1.78%	0.47%
2026	36,550,694	10,663,427	1.73%	0.42%
2027	37,167,513	10,703,497	1.69%	0.38%
2028	37,775,810	10,740,420	1.64%	0.34%
2029	38,364,377	10,773,692	1.56%	0.31%
2030	38,918,375	10,803,699	1.44%	0.28%
2031	39,450,880	10,830,583	1.37%	0.25%
2032	39,983,934	10,855,855	1.35%	0.23%
2033	40,517,599	10,880,544	1.33%	0.23%
2034	41,052,423	10,903,924	1.32%	0.21%
2035	41,588,429	10,926,433	1.31%	0.21%
2036	42,125,184	10,949,062	1.29%	0.21%
2037	42,661,908	10,971,259	1.27%	0.2%
2038	43,198,420	10,993,203	1.26%	0.2%
2039	43,734,316	11,015,926	1.24%	0.21%
2040	44,269,571	11,039,663	1.22%	0.22%
2041	44,804,338	11,063,604	1.21%	0.22%
2042	45,338,111	11,088,299	1.19%	0.22%
2043	45,870,896	11,113,927	1.18%	0.23%
2044	46,403,116	11,139,125	1.16%	0.23%
2045	46,934,822	11,163,492	1.15%	0.22%
2046	47,465,267	11,186,803	1.13%	0.21%
2047	47,993,976	11,209,183	1.11%	0.2%
2048	48,521,364	11,230,526	1.1%	0.19%
2049	49,047,461	11,250,663	1.08%	0.18%
2050	49,572,202	11,269,877	1.07%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Saudi Arabia gained 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th most populous country in 2006 and is 44th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.