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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Tajikistan	Saudi Arabia	Tajikistan
1960	2,435,403	2,112,131	-	-
1961	2,526,347	2,181,805	3.73%	3.3%
1962	2,620,910	2,255,026	3.74%	3.36%
1963	2,719,341	2,331,736	3.76%	3.4%
1964	2,821,968	2,411,260	3.77%	3.41%
1965	2,928,771	2,492,998	3.78%	3.39%
1966	3,039,887	2,577,184	3.79%	3.38%
1967	3,157,242	2,664,130	3.86%	3.37%
1968	3,282,711	2,753,848	3.97%	3.37%
1969	3,417,114	2,845,273	4.09%	3.32%
1970	3,562,470	2,936,779	4.25%	3.22%
1971	3,724,031	3,028,837	4.54%	3.13%
1972	3,905,722	3,123,691	4.88%	3.13%
1973	4,106,344	3,222,290	5.14%	3.16%
1974	4,323,632	3,324,499	5.29%	3.17%
1975	4,556,287	3,430,425	5.38%	3.19%
1976	4,807,933	3,540,076	5.52%	3.2%
1977	5,083,048	3,653,265	5.72%	3.2%
1978	5,381,902	3,768,508	5.88%	3.15%
1979	5,703,698	3,882,691	5.98%	3.03%
1980	6,047,997	3,995,256	6.04%	2.9%
1981	6,420,551	4,109,022	6.16%	2.85%
1982	6,824,486	4,227,171	6.29%	2.88%
1983	7,252,941	4,350,874	6.28%	2.93%
1984	7,697,307	4,480,026	6.13%	2.97%
1985	8,151,779	4,619,003	5.9%	3.1%
1986	8,628,639	4,772,139	5.85%	3.32%
1987	9,130,194	4,939,059	5.81%	3.5%
1988	9,629,165	5,114,989	5.47%	3.56%
1989	10,128,394	5,267,249	5.18%	2.98%
1990	10,640,691	5,398,768	5.06%	2.5%
1991	11,160,744	5,541,205	4.89%	2.64%
1992	11,686,676	5,649,400	4.71%	1.95%
1993	12,215,862	5,724,993	4.53%	1.34%
1994	12,750,040	5,825,368	4.37%	1.75%
1995	13,289,245	5,948,584	4.23%	2.12%
1996	13,831,009	6,066,523	4.08%	1.98%
1997	14,374,943	6,139,829	3.93%	1.21%
1998	14,922,185	6,176,397	3.81%	0.6%
1999	15,472,075	6,208,370	3.69%	0.52%
2000	16,177,722	6,284,735	4.56%	1.23%
2001	17,041,397	6,407,377	5.34%	1.95%
2002	17,910,910	6,531,669	5.1%	1.94%
2003	18,786,767	6,658,575	4.89%	1.94%
2004	19,669,480	6,790,547	4.7%	1.98%
2005	20,559,890	6,924,720	4.53%	1.98%
2006	21,459,144	7,057,566	4.37%	1.92%
2007	22,368,313	7,194,477	4.24%	1.94%
2008	23,287,877	7,338,403	4.11%	2%
2009	24,217,654	7,490,230	3.99%	2.07%
2010	23,978,487	7,652,141	-0.99%	2.16%
2011	25,091,867	7,824,785	4.64%	2.26%
2012	26,168,861	8,014,084	4.29%	2.42%
2013	27,624,004	8,216,724	5.56%	2.53%
2014	28,309,273	8,425,552	2.48%	2.54%
2015	29,816,382	8,643,840	5.32%	2.59%
2016	30,954,198	8,865,631	3.82%	2.57%
2017	30,977,355	9,085,946	0.07%	2.49%
2018	30,196,281	9,307,333	-2.52%	2.44%
2019	30,063,799	9,529,966	-0.44%	2.39%
2020	31,552,510	9,749,310	4.95%	2.3%
2021	30,784,383	9,966,908	-2.43%	2.23%
2022	32,175,224	10,182,222	4.52%	2.16%
2023	33,702,731	10,389,799	4.75%	2.04%
2024	35,300,280	10,590,927	4.74%	1.94%
2025	35,927,625	10,786,735	1.78%	1.85%
2026	36,550,694	10,978,598	1.73%	1.78%
2027	37,167,513	11,168,387	1.69%	1.73%
2028	37,775,810	11,356,920	1.64%	1.69%
2029	38,364,377	11,545,276	1.56%	1.66%
2030	38,918,375	11,733,066	1.44%	1.63%
2031	39,450,880	11,920,472	1.37%	1.6%
2032	39,983,934	12,110,150	1.35%	1.59%
2033	40,517,599	12,302,290	1.33%	1.59%
2034	41,052,423	12,496,888	1.32%	1.58%
2035	41,588,429	12,695,586	1.31%	1.59%
2036	42,125,184	12,899,096	1.29%	1.6%
2037	42,661,908	13,104,339	1.27%	1.59%
2038	43,198,420	13,308,237	1.26%	1.56%
2039	43,734,316	13,511,372	1.24%	1.53%
2040	44,269,571	13,713,948	1.22%	1.5%
2041	44,804,338	13,915,192	1.21%	1.47%
2042	45,338,111	14,115,137	1.19%	1.44%
2043	45,870,896	14,311,598	1.18%	1.39%
2044	46,403,116	14,504,865	1.16%	1.35%
2045	46,934,822	14,694,858	1.15%	1.31%
2046	47,465,267	14,879,388	1.13%	1.26%
2047	47,993,976	15,059,869	1.11%	1.21%
2048	48,521,364	15,236,594	1.1%	1.17%
2049	49,047,461	15,408,032	1.08%	1.13%
2050	49,572,202	15,574,643	1.07%	1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.