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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Tunisia	Saudi Arabia	Tunisia
1960	2,435,403	4,267,288	-	-
1961	2,526,347	4,316,278	3.73%	1.15%
1962	2,620,910	4,369,136	3.74%	1.22%
1963	2,719,341	4,427,131	3.76%	1.33%
1964	2,821,968	4,489,869	3.77%	1.42%
1965	2,928,771	4,561,385	3.78%	1.59%
1966	3,039,887	4,652,287	3.79%	1.99%
1967	3,157,242	4,760,970	3.86%	2.34%
1968	3,282,711	4,879,899	3.97%	2.5%
1969	3,417,114	5,004,697	4.09%	2.56%
1970	3,562,470	5,131,396	4.25%	2.53%
1971	3,724,031	5,261,658	4.54%	2.54%
1972	3,905,722	5,396,557	4.88%	2.56%
1973	4,106,344	5,537,242	5.14%	2.61%
1974	4,323,632	5,684,674	5.29%	2.66%
1975	4,556,287	5,839,262	5.38%	2.72%
1976	4,807,933	5,996,994	5.52%	2.7%
1977	5,083,048	6,155,931	5.72%	2.65%
1978	5,381,902	6,309,390	5.88%	2.49%
1979	5,703,698	6,456,419	5.98%	2.33%
1980	6,047,997	6,606,195	6.04%	2.32%
1981	6,420,551	6,758,284	6.16%	2.3%
1982	6,824,486	6,908,642	6.29%	2.22%
1983	7,252,941	7,053,800	6.28%	2.1%
1984	7,697,307	7,220,044	6.13%	2.36%
1985	8,151,779	7,409,903	5.9%	2.63%
1986	8,628,639	7,600,301	5.85%	2.57%
1987	9,130,194	7,789,987	5.81%	2.5%
1988	9,629,165	7,974,440	5.47%	2.37%
1989	10,128,394	8,151,660	5.18%	2.22%
1990	10,640,691	8,324,509	5.06%	2.12%
1991	11,160,744	8,501,827	4.89%	2.13%
1992	11,686,676	8,682,512	4.71%	2.13%
1993	12,215,862	8,857,910	4.53%	2.02%
1994	12,750,040	9,018,448	4.37%	1.81%
1995	13,289,245	9,161,258	4.23%	1.58%
1996	13,831,009	9,294,432	4.08%	1.45%
1997	14,374,943	9,421,270	3.93%	1.36%
1998	14,922,185	9,541,667	3.81%	1.28%
1999	15,472,075	9,655,963	3.69%	1.2%
2000	16,177,722	9,764,935	4.56%	1.13%
2001	17,041,397	9,869,677	5.34%	1.07%
2002	17,910,910	9,971,515	5.1%	1.03%
2003	18,786,767	10,071,632	4.89%	1%
2004	19,669,480	10,166,163	4.7%	0.94%
2005	20,559,890	10,255,472	4.53%	0.88%
2006	21,459,144	10,346,410	4.37%	0.89%
2007	22,368,313	10,441,702	4.24%	0.92%
2008	23,287,877	10,542,635	4.11%	0.97%
2009	24,217,654	10,650,681	3.99%	1.02%
2010	23,978,487	10,765,980	-0.99%	1.08%
2011	25,091,867	10,886,035	4.64%	1.12%
2012	26,168,861	11,009,647	4.29%	1.14%
2013	27,624,004	11,141,361	5.56%	1.2%
2014	28,309,273	11,274,288	2.48%	1.19%
2015	29,816,382	11,402,264	5.32%	1.14%
2016	30,954,198	11,528,674	3.82%	1.11%
2017	30,977,355	11,650,498	0.07%	1.06%
2018	30,196,281	11,765,514	-2.52%	0.99%
2019	30,063,799	11,875,081	-0.44%	0.93%
2020	31,552,510	11,974,057	4.95%	0.83%
2021	30,784,383	12,048,622	-2.43%	0.62%
2022	32,175,224	12,119,334	4.52%	0.59%
2023	33,702,731	12,200,431	4.75%	0.67%
2024	35,300,280	12,277,109	4.74%	0.63%
2025	35,927,625	12,348,580	1.78%	0.58%
2026	36,550,694	12,415,147	1.73%	0.54%
2027	37,167,513	12,476,105	1.69%	0.49%
2028	37,775,810	12,531,994	1.64%	0.45%
2029	38,364,377	12,582,709	1.56%	0.4%
2030	38,918,375	12,628,154	1.44%	0.36%
2031	39,450,880	12,669,925	1.37%	0.33%
2032	39,983,934	12,709,155	1.35%	0.31%
2033	40,517,599	12,746,538	1.33%	0.29%
2034	41,052,423	12,781,017	1.32%	0.27%
2035	41,588,429	12,812,275	1.31%	0.24%
2036	42,125,184	12,842,495	1.29%	0.24%
2037	42,661,908	12,872,063	1.27%	0.23%
2038	43,198,420	12,900,190	1.26%	0.22%
2039	43,734,316	12,927,314	1.24%	0.21%
2040	44,269,571	12,953,871	1.22%	0.21%
2041	44,804,338	12,979,696	1.21%	0.2%
2042	45,338,111	13,005,242	1.19%	0.2%
2043	45,870,896	13,030,307	1.18%	0.19%
2044	46,403,116	13,054,103	1.16%	0.18%
2045	46,934,822	13,076,097	1.15%	0.17%
2046	47,465,267	13,095,748	1.13%	0.15%
2047	47,993,976	13,113,228	1.11%	0.13%
2048	48,521,364	13,127,662	1.1%	0.11%
2049	49,047,461	13,138,151	1.08%	0.08%
2050	49,572,202	13,145,144	1.07%	0.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,146,792 people (a 11.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 999,787 (a 8.77% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2005 and ranked 80th 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.99% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 80th to 89th.