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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Taiwan	Saudi Arabia	Taiwan
1960	2,435,403	-	-	-
1961	2,526,347	11,030,385	3.73%	-
1962	2,620,910	11,392,513	3.74%	3.28%
1963	2,719,341	11,762,101	3.76%	3.24%
1964	2,821,968	12,137,143	3.77%	3.19%
1965	2,928,771	12,511,863	3.78%	3.09%
1966	3,039,887	12,874,153	3.79%	2.9%
1967	3,157,242	13,210,344	3.86%	2.61%
1968	3,282,711	13,548,537	3.97%	2.56%
1969	3,417,114	14,068,984	4.09%	3.84%
1970	3,562,470	14,582,944	4.25%	3.65%
1971	3,724,031	14,913,564	4.54%	2.27%
1972	3,905,722	15,220,495	4.88%	2.06%
1973	4,106,344	15,505,121	5.14%	1.87%
1974	4,323,632	15,784,817	5.29%	1.8%
1975	4,556,287	16,075,128	5.38%	1.84%
1976	4,807,933	16,401,413	5.52%	2.03%
1977	5,083,048	16,730,895	5.72%	2.01%
1978	5,381,902	17,042,272	5.88%	1.86%
1979	5,703,698	17,372,779	5.98%	1.94%
1980	6,047,997	17,704,538	6.04%	1.91%
1981	6,420,551	18,029,982	6.16%	1.84%
1982	6,824,486	18,354,855	6.29%	1.8%
1983	7,252,941	18,653,146	6.28%	1.63%
1984	7,697,307	18,929,866	6.13%	1.48%
1985	8,151,779	19,191,510	5.9%	1.38%
1986	8,628,639	19,411,454	5.85%	1.15%
1987	9,130,194	19,617,046	5.81%	1.06%
1988	9,629,165	19,839,704	5.47%	1.14%
1989	10,128,394	20,055,492	5.18%	1.09%
1990	10,640,691	20,278,946	5.06%	1.11%
1991	11,160,744	20,503,568	4.89%	1.11%
1992	11,686,676	20,704,227	4.71%	0.98%
1993	12,215,862	20,899,019	4.53%	0.94%
1994	12,750,040	21,086,645	4.37%	0.9%
1995	13,289,245	21,267,653	4.23%	0.86%
1996	13,831,009	21,441,432	4.08%	0.82%
1997	14,374,943	21,634,124	3.93%	0.9%
1998	14,922,185	21,835,703	3.81%	0.93%
1999	15,472,075	22,010,489	3.69%	0.8%
2000	16,177,722	22,184,530	4.56%	0.79%
2001	17,041,397	22,341,120	5.34%	0.71%
2002	17,910,910	22,463,172	5.1%	0.55%
2003	18,786,767	22,562,663	4.89%	0.44%
2004	19,669,480	22,646,836	4.7%	0.37%
2005	20,559,890	22,729,753	4.53%	0.37%
2006	21,459,144	22,823,455	4.37%	0.41%
2007	22,368,313	22,917,444	4.24%	0.41%
2008	23,287,877	22,997,696	4.11%	0.35%
2009	24,217,654	23,078,402	3.99%	0.35%
2010	23,978,487	23,140,948	-0.99%	0.27%
2011	25,091,867	23,193,518	4.64%	0.23%
2012	26,168,861	23,270,367	4.29%	0.33%
2013	27,624,004	23,344,670	5.56%	0.32%
2014	28,309,273	23,403,635	2.48%	0.25%
2015	29,816,382	23,462,914	5.32%	0.25%
2016	30,954,198	23,515,945	3.82%	0.23%
2017	30,977,355	23,555,522	0.07%	0.17%
2018	30,196,281	23,580,080	-2.52%	0.1%
2019	30,063,799	23,596,027	-0.44%	0.07%
2020	31,552,510	23,582,179	4.95%	-0.06%
2021	30,784,383	23,468,275	-2.43%	-0.48%
2022	32,175,224	23,319,977	4.52%	-0.63%
2023	33,702,731	23,342,541	4.75%	0.1%
2024	35,300,280	23,410,331	4.74%	0.29%
2025	35,927,625	23,308,308	1.78%	-0.44%
2026	36,550,694	23,205,944	1.73%	-0.44%
2027	37,167,513	23,102,120	1.69%	-0.45%
2028	37,775,810	22,996,693	1.64%	-0.46%
2029	38,364,377	22,890,335	1.56%	-0.46%
2030	38,918,375	22,781,040	1.44%	-0.48%
2031	39,450,880	22,667,327	1.37%	-0.5%
2032	39,983,934	22,549,689	1.35%	-0.52%
2033	40,517,599	22,428,721	1.33%	-0.54%
2034	41,052,423	22,302,402	1.32%	-0.56%
2035	41,588,429	22,170,689	1.31%	-0.59%
2036	42,125,184	22,034,775	1.29%	-0.61%
2037	42,661,908	21,893,029	1.27%	-0.64%
2038	43,198,420	21,746,001	1.26%	-0.67%
2039	43,734,316	21,594,236	1.24%	-0.7%
2040	44,269,571	21,436,947	1.22%	-0.73%
2041	44,804,338	21,274,187	1.21%	-0.76%
2042	45,338,111	21,105,682	1.19%	-0.79%
2043	45,870,896	20,932,105	1.18%	-0.82%
2044	46,403,116	20,754,623	1.16%	-0.85%
2045	46,934,822	20,571,741	1.15%	-0.88%
2046	47,465,267	20,384,903	1.13%	-0.91%
2047	47,993,976	20,194,425	1.11%	-0.93%
2048	48,521,364	19,999,753	1.1%	-0.96%
2049	49,047,461	19,801,293	1.08%	-0.99%
2050	49,572,202	19,598,997	1.07%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.