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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Thailand	Saudi Arabia	Thailand
1960	2,435,403	26,851,747	-	-
1961	2,526,347	27,650,334	3.73%	2.97%
1962	2,620,910	28,481,040	3.74%	3%
1963	2,719,341	29,342,322	3.76%	3.02%
1964	2,821,968	30,232,141	3.77%	3.03%
1965	2,928,771	31,149,337	3.78%	3.03%
1966	3,039,887	32,086,071	3.79%	3.01%
1967	3,157,242	33,037,801	3.86%	2.97%
1968	3,282,711	34,002,560	3.97%	2.92%
1969	3,417,114	34,973,782	4.09%	2.86%
1970	3,562,470	35,954,408	4.25%	2.8%
1971	3,724,031	36,937,387	4.54%	2.73%
1972	3,905,722	37,933,929	4.88%	2.7%
1973	4,106,344	38,947,787	5.14%	2.67%
1974	4,323,632	39,952,891	5.29%	2.58%
1975	4,556,287	40,940,005	5.38%	2.47%
1976	4,807,933	41,896,504	5.52%	2.34%
1977	5,083,048	42,843,974	5.72%	2.26%
1978	5,381,902	43,788,976	5.88%	2.21%
1979	5,703,698	44,718,434	5.98%	2.12%
1980	6,047,997	45,650,022	6.04%	2.08%
1981	6,420,551	46,575,855	6.16%	2.03%
1982	6,824,486	47,494,577	6.29%	1.97%
1983	7,252,941	48,423,309	6.28%	1.96%
1984	7,697,307	49,351,708	6.13%	1.92%
1985	8,151,779	50,270,753	5.9%	1.86%
1986	8,628,639	51,177,834	5.85%	1.8%
1987	9,130,194	52,074,105	5.81%	1.75%
1988	9,629,165	52,969,595	5.47%	1.72%
1989	10,128,394	53,848,956	5.18%	1.66%
1990	10,640,691	54,738,329	5.06%	1.65%
1991	11,160,744	55,637,434	4.89%	1.64%
1992	11,686,676	56,528,834	4.71%	1.6%
1993	12,215,862	57,408,198	4.53%	1.56%
1994	12,750,040	58,260,854	4.37%	1.49%
1995	13,289,245	59,098,232	4.23%	1.44%
1996	13,831,009	59,920,064	4.08%	1.39%
1997	14,374,943	60,724,584	3.93%	1.34%
1998	14,922,185	61,522,630	3.81%	1.31%
1999	15,472,075	62,299,043	3.69%	1.26%
2000	16,177,722	63,007,815	4.56%	1.14%
2001	17,041,397	63,651,141	5.34%	1.02%
2002	17,910,910	64,266,437	5.1%	0.97%
2003	18,786,767	64,868,166	4.89%	0.94%
2004	19,669,480	65,452,047	4.7%	0.9%
2005	20,559,890	66,017,420	4.53%	0.86%
2006	21,459,144	66,567,687	4.37%	0.83%
2007	22,368,313	67,102,394	4.24%	0.8%
2008	23,287,877	67,619,830	4.11%	0.77%
2009	24,217,654	68,121,080	3.99%	0.74%
2010	23,978,487	68,579,447	-0.99%	0.67%
2011	25,091,867	69,007,208	4.64%	0.62%
2012	26,168,861	69,436,098	4.29%	0.62%
2013	27,624,004	69,845,114	5.56%	0.59%
2014	28,309,273	70,216,367	2.48%	0.53%
2015	29,816,382	70,540,795	5.32%	0.46%
2016	30,954,198	70,859,841	3.82%	0.45%
2017	30,977,355	71,160,187	0.07%	0.42%
2018	30,196,281	71,376,079	-2.52%	0.3%
2019	30,063,799	71,522,271	-0.44%	0.2%
2020	31,552,510	71,641,484	4.95%	0.17%
2021	30,784,383	71,727,332	-2.43%	0.12%
2022	32,175,224	71,735,329	4.52%	0.01%
2023	33,702,731	71,702,435	4.75%	-0.05%
2024	35,300,280	71,668,011	4.74%	-0.05%
2025	35,927,625	71,619,867	1.78%	-0.07%
2026	36,550,694	71,559,621	1.73%	-0.08%
2027	37,167,513	71,488,156	1.69%	-0.1%
2028	37,775,810	71,406,996	1.64%	-0.11%
2029	38,364,377	71,316,195	1.56%	-0.13%
2030	38,918,375	71,215,017	1.44%	-0.14%
2031	39,450,880	71,104,025	1.37%	-0.16%
2032	39,983,934	70,982,286	1.35%	-0.17%
2033	40,517,599	70,847,947	1.33%	-0.19%
2034	41,052,423	70,701,651	1.32%	-0.21%
2035	41,588,429	70,540,884	1.31%	-0.23%
2036	42,125,184	70,366,496	1.29%	-0.25%
2037	42,661,908	70,180,031	1.27%	-0.26%
2038	43,198,420	69,979,034	1.26%	-0.29%
2039	43,734,316	69,763,928	1.24%	-0.31%
2040	44,269,571	69,535,003	1.22%	-0.33%
2041	44,804,338	69,288,477	1.21%	-0.35%
2042	45,338,111	69,025,348	1.19%	-0.38%
2043	45,870,896	68,748,075	1.18%	-0.4%
2044	46,403,116	68,456,533	1.16%	-0.42%
2045	46,934,822	68,150,148	1.15%	-0.45%
2046	47,465,267	67,827,309	1.13%	-0.47%
2047	47,993,976	67,489,358	1.11%	-0.5%
2048	48,521,364	67,136,737	1.1%	-0.52%
2049	49,047,461	66,767,316	1.08%	-0.55%
2050	49,572,202	66,382,732	1.07%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.