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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Switzerland	Saudi Arabia	Switzerland
1960	2,435,403	5,327,827	-	-
1961	2,526,347	5,434,294	3.73%	2%
1962	2,620,910	5,573,815	3.74%	2.57%
1963	2,719,341	5,694,247	3.76%	2.16%
1964	2,821,968	5,789,228	3.77%	1.67%
1965	2,928,771	5,856,472	3.78%	1.16%
1966	3,039,887	5,918,002	3.79%	1.05%
1967	3,157,242	5,991,785	3.86%	1.25%
1968	3,282,711	6,067,714	3.97%	1.27%
1969	3,417,114	6,136,387	4.09%	1.13%
1970	3,562,470	6,180,877	4.25%	0.73%
1971	3,724,031	6,213,399	4.54%	0.53%
1972	3,905,722	6,260,956	4.88%	0.77%
1973	4,106,344	6,307,347	5.14%	0.74%
1974	4,323,632	6,341,405	5.29%	0.54%
1975	4,556,287	6,338,632	5.38%	-0.04%
1976	4,807,933	6,302,504	5.52%	-0.57%
1977	5,083,048	6,281,174	5.72%	-0.34%
1978	5,381,902	6,281,738	5.88%	0.009%
1979	5,703,698	6,294,365	5.98%	0.2%
1980	6,047,997	6,319,408	6.04%	0.4%
1981	6,420,551	6,354,074	6.16%	0.55%
1982	6,824,486	6,391,309	6.29%	0.59%
1983	7,252,941	6,418,773	6.28%	0.43%
1984	7,697,307	6,441,865	6.13%	0.36%
1985	8,151,779	6,470,365	5.9%	0.44%
1986	8,628,639	6,504,124	5.85%	0.52%
1987	9,130,194	6,545,106	5.81%	0.63%
1988	9,629,165	6,593,386	5.47%	0.74%
1989	10,128,394	6,646,912	5.18%	0.81%
1990	10,640,691	6,715,519	5.06%	1.03%
1991	11,160,744	6,799,978	4.89%	1.26%
1992	11,686,676	6,875,364	4.71%	1.11%
1993	12,215,862	6,938,265	4.53%	0.91%
1994	12,750,040	6,993,795	4.37%	0.8%
1995	13,289,245	7,040,687	4.23%	0.67%
1996	13,831,009	7,071,850	4.08%	0.44%
1997	14,374,943	7,088,906	3.93%	0.24%
1998	14,922,185	7,110,001	3.81%	0.3%
1999	15,472,075	7,143,991	3.69%	0.48%
2000	16,177,722	7,184,250	4.56%	0.56%
2001	17,041,397	7,229,854	5.34%	0.63%
2002	17,910,910	7,284,753	5.1%	0.76%
2003	18,786,767	7,339,001	4.89%	0.74%
2004	19,669,480	7,389,625	4.7%	0.69%
2005	20,559,890	7,437,115	4.53%	0.64%
2006	21,459,144	7,483,934	4.37%	0.63%
2007	22,368,313	7,551,117	4.24%	0.9%
2008	23,287,877	7,647,675	4.11%	1.28%
2009	24,217,654	7,743,831	3.99%	1.26%
2010	23,978,487	7,824,909	-0.99%	1.05%
2011	25,091,867	7,912,398	4.64%	1.12%
2012	26,168,861	7,996,861	4.29%	1.07%
2013	27,624,004	8,089,346	5.56%	1.16%
2014	28,309,273	8,188,649	2.48%	1.23%
2015	29,816,382	8,282,396	5.32%	1.14%
2016	30,954,198	8,373,338	3.82%	1.1%
2017	30,977,355	8,451,840	0.07%	0.94%
2018	30,196,281	8,514,329	-2.52%	0.74%
2019	30,063,799	8,575,280	-0.44%	0.72%
2020	31,552,510	8,638,167	4.95%	0.73%
2021	30,784,383	8,704,546	-2.43%	0.77%
2022	32,175,224	8,777,088	4.52%	0.83%
2023	33,702,731	8,888,822	4.75%	1.27%
2024	35,300,280	9,005,582	4.74%	1.31%
2025	35,927,625	9,051,441	1.78%	0.51%
2026	36,550,694	9,092,200	1.73%	0.45%
2027	37,167,513	9,128,649	1.69%	0.4%
2028	37,775,810	9,161,558	1.64%	0.36%
2029	38,364,377	9,190,268	1.56%	0.31%
2030	38,918,375	9,215,844	1.44%	0.28%
2031	39,450,880	9,239,801	1.37%	0.26%
2032	39,983,934	9,260,664	1.35%	0.23%
2033	40,517,599	9,278,524	1.33%	0.19%
2034	41,052,423	9,295,500	1.32%	0.18%
2035	41,588,429	9,310,659	1.31%	0.16%
2036	42,125,184	9,323,296	1.29%	0.14%
2037	42,661,908	9,334,565	1.27%	0.12%
2038	43,198,420	9,344,395	1.26%	0.11%
2039	43,734,316	9,353,187	1.24%	0.09%
2040	44,269,571	9,363,095	1.22%	0.11%
2041	44,804,338	9,372,148	1.21%	0.1%
2042	45,338,111	9,380,579	1.19%	0.09%
2043	45,870,896	9,389,228	1.18%	0.09%
2044	46,403,116	9,396,409	1.16%	0.08%
2045	46,934,822	9,402,783	1.15%	0.07%
2046	47,465,267	9,408,721	1.13%	0.06%
2047	47,993,976	9,415,274	1.11%	0.07%
2048	48,521,364	9,422,270	1.1%	0.07%
2049	49,047,461	9,427,479	1.08%	0.06%
2050	49,572,202	9,430,133	1.07%	0.03%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth), while Switzerland gained 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Saudi Arabia gained 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 719,260 (a 8.59% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th most populous country in 2006 and is 44th in 2026. Switzerland was ranked 96th in 2006 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.71% to 9,430,133 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.