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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Tanzania	Saudi Arabia	Tanzania
1960	2,435,403	9,901,419	-	-
1961	2,526,347	10,187,886	3.73%	2.89%
1962	2,620,910	10,487,756	3.74%	2.94%
1963	2,719,341	10,799,528	3.76%	2.97%
1964	2,821,968	11,127,826	3.77%	3.04%
1965	2,928,771	11,470,728	3.78%	3.08%
1966	3,039,887	11,827,459	3.79%	3.11%
1967	3,157,242	12,200,109	3.86%	3.15%
1968	3,282,711	12,602,076	3.97%	3.29%
1969	3,417,114	13,036,700	4.09%	3.45%
1970	3,562,470	13,492,677	4.25%	3.5%
1971	3,724,031	13,971,451	4.54%	3.55%
1972	3,905,722	14,479,308	4.88%	3.63%
1973	4,106,344	15,010,101	5.14%	3.67%
1974	4,323,632	15,561,630	5.29%	3.67%
1975	4,556,287	16,138,361	5.38%	3.71%
1976	4,807,933	16,736,211	5.52%	3.7%
1977	5,083,048	17,352,929	5.72%	3.68%
1978	5,381,902	17,976,566	5.88%	3.59%
1979	5,703,698	18,592,038	5.98%	3.42%
1980	6,047,997	19,189,769	6.04%	3.21%
1981	6,420,551	19,784,703	6.16%	3.1%
1982	6,824,486	20,398,571	6.29%	3.1%
1983	7,252,941	21,079,874	6.28%	3.34%
1984	7,697,307	21,779,066	6.13%	3.32%
1985	8,151,779	22,501,693	5.9%	3.32%
1986	8,628,639	23,258,959	5.85%	3.37%
1987	9,130,194	24,030,378	5.81%	3.32%
1988	9,629,165	24,769,686	5.47%	3.08%
1989	10,128,394	25,438,759	5.18%	2.7%
1990	10,640,691	26,110,207	5.06%	2.64%
1991	11,160,744	26,780,436	4.89%	2.57%
1992	11,686,676	27,457,588	4.71%	2.53%
1993	12,215,862	28,332,692	4.53%	3.19%
1994	12,750,040	29,442,356	4.37%	3.92%
1995	13,289,245	30,383,497	4.23%	3.2%
1996	13,831,009	30,945,762	4.08%	1.85%
1997	14,374,943	31,578,089	3.93%	2.04%
1998	14,922,185	32,420,458	3.81%	2.67%
1999	15,472,075	33,300,330	3.69%	2.71%
2000	16,177,722	34,260,139	4.56%	2.88%
2001	17,041,397	35,198,299	5.34%	2.74%
2002	17,910,910	36,121,304	5.1%	2.62%
2003	18,786,767	37,089,555	4.89%	2.68%
2004	19,669,480	38,109,668	4.7%	2.75%
2005	20,559,890	39,182,076	4.53%	2.81%
2006	21,459,144	40,294,902	4.37%	2.84%
2007	22,368,313	41,435,512	4.24%	2.83%
2008	23,287,877	42,570,728	4.11%	2.74%
2009	24,217,654	43,633,982	3.99%	2.5%
2010	23,978,487	44,758,488	-0.99%	2.58%
2011	25,091,867	46,029,367	4.64%	2.84%
2012	26,168,861	47,374,260	4.29%	2.92%
2013	27,624,004	48,824,128	5.56%	3.06%
2014	28,309,273	50,351,512	2.48%	3.13%
2015	29,816,382	52,020,962	5.32%	3.32%
2016	30,954,198	53,824,013	3.82%	3.47%
2017	30,977,355	55,652,890	0.07%	3.4%
2018	30,196,281	57,437,145	-2.52%	3.21%
2019	30,063,799	59,174,891	-0.44%	3.03%
2020	31,552,510	60,972,798	4.95%	3.04%
2021	30,784,383	62,830,412	-2.43%	3.05%
2022	32,175,224	64,711,821	4.52%	2.99%
2023	33,702,731	66,617,606	4.75%	2.95%
2024	35,300,280	68,560,157	4.74%	2.92%
2025	35,927,625	70,545,858	1.78%	2.9%
2026	36,550,694	72,563,773	1.73%	2.86%
2027	37,167,513	74,604,804	1.69%	2.81%
2028	37,775,810	76,670,483	1.64%	2.77%
2029	38,364,377	78,773,192	1.56%	2.74%
2030	38,918,375	80,913,118	1.44%	2.72%
2031	39,450,880	83,087,927	1.37%	2.69%
2032	39,983,934	85,293,126	1.35%	2.65%
2033	40,517,599	87,520,491	1.33%	2.61%
2034	41,052,423	89,788,673	1.32%	2.59%
2035	41,588,429	92,091,418	1.31%	2.56%
2036	42,125,184	94,420,808	1.29%	2.53%
2037	42,661,908	96,775,766	1.27%	2.49%
2038	43,198,420	99,156,465	1.26%	2.46%
2039	43,734,316	101,567,525	1.24%	2.43%
2040	44,269,571	103,999,350	1.22%	2.39%
2041	44,804,338	106,448,475	1.21%	2.35%
2042	45,338,111	108,926,272	1.19%	2.33%
2043	45,870,896	111,433,788	1.18%	2.3%
2044	46,403,116	113,966,263	1.16%	2.27%
2045	46,934,822	116,525,463	1.15%	2.25%
2046	47,465,267	119,109,670	1.13%	2.22%
2047	47,993,976	121,721,018	1.11%	2.19%
2048	48,521,364	124,351,294	1.1%	2.16%
2049	49,047,461	126,981,394	1.08%	2.12%
2050	49,572,202	129,621,083	1.07%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.