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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Turkey	Saudi Arabia	Turkey
1960	2,435,403	28,329,898	-	-
1961	2,526,347	29,119,238	3.73%	2.79%
1962	2,620,910	29,916,147	3.74%	2.74%
1963	2,719,341	30,726,841	3.76%	2.71%
1964	2,821,968	31,543,072	3.77%	2.66%
1965	2,928,771	32,345,220	3.78%	2.54%
1966	3,039,887	33,177,672	3.79%	2.57%
1967	3,157,242	34,050,421	3.86%	2.63%
1968	3,282,711	34,921,684	3.97%	2.56%
1969	3,417,114	35,787,774	4.09%	2.48%
1970	3,562,470	36,638,465	4.25%	2.38%
1971	3,724,031	37,518,611	4.54%	2.4%
1972	3,905,722	38,430,221	4.88%	2.43%
1973	4,106,344	39,329,533	5.14%	2.34%
1974	4,323,632	40,210,234	5.29%	2.24%
1975	4,556,287	41,053,126	5.38%	2.1%
1976	4,807,933	41,899,984	5.52%	2.06%
1977	5,083,048	42,773,298	5.72%	2.08%
1978	5,381,902	43,645,306	5.88%	2.04%
1979	5,703,698	44,510,429	5.98%	1.98%
1980	6,047,997	45,408,815	6.04%	2.02%
1981	6,420,551	46,321,190	6.16%	2.01%
1982	6,824,486	47,322,096	6.29%	2.16%
1983	7,252,941	48,447,410	6.28%	2.38%
1984	7,697,307	49,574,069	6.13%	2.33%
1985	8,151,779	50,687,115	5.9%	2.25%
1986	8,628,639	51,777,772	5.85%	2.15%
1987	9,130,194	52,843,670	5.81%	2.06%
1988	9,629,165	53,909,626	5.47%	2.02%
1989	10,128,394	54,976,723	5.18%	1.98%
1990	10,640,691	56,015,628	5.06%	1.89%
1991	11,160,744	57,009,887	4.89%	1.77%
1992	11,686,676	57,990,118	4.71%	1.72%
1993	12,215,862	58,999,167	4.53%	1.74%
1994	12,750,040	60,033,836	4.37%	1.75%
1995	13,289,245	61,024,503	4.23%	1.65%
1996	13,831,009	61,951,134	4.08%	1.52%
1997	14,374,943	62,852,966	3.93%	1.46%
1998	14,922,185	63,734,383	3.81%	1.4%
1999	15,472,075	64,591,923	3.69%	1.35%
2000	16,177,722	65,425,961	4.56%	1.29%
2001	17,041,397	66,245,128	5.34%	1.25%
2002	17,910,910	67,048,795	5.1%	1.21%
2003	18,786,767	67,831,730	4.89%	1.17%
2004	19,669,480	68,592,617	4.7%	1.12%
2005	20,559,890	69,329,557	4.53%	1.07%
2006	21,459,144	70,045,349	4.37%	1.03%
2007	22,368,313	70,158,112	4.24%	0.16%
2008	23,287,877	71,051,678	4.11%	1.27%
2009	24,217,654	72,039,206	3.99%	1.39%
2010	23,978,487	73,142,150	-0.99%	1.53%
2011	25,091,867	74,223,629	4.64%	1.48%
2012	26,168,861	75,175,827	4.29%	1.28%
2013	27,624,004	76,147,624	5.56%	1.29%
2014	28,309,273	77,181,884	2.48%	1.36%
2015	29,816,382	78,218,479	5.32%	1.34%
2016	30,954,198	79,277,962	3.82%	1.35%
2017	30,977,355	80,312,698	0.07%	1.31%
2018	30,196,281	81,407,204	-2.52%	1.36%
2019	30,063,799	82,579,440	-0.44%	1.44%
2020	31,552,510	83,384,680	4.95%	0.98%
2021	30,784,383	84,147,318	-2.43%	0.91%
2022	32,175,224	84,979,913	4.52%	0.99%
2023	33,702,731	85,325,965	4.75%	0.41%
2024	35,300,280	85,518,661	4.74%	0.23%
2025	35,927,625	85,725,557	1.78%	0.24%
2026	36,550,694	85,960,835	1.73%	0.27%
2027	37,167,513	86,227,115	1.69%	0.31%
2028	37,775,810	86,502,744	1.64%	0.32%
2029	38,364,377	86,771,652	1.56%	0.31%
2030	38,918,375	87,037,680	1.44%	0.31%
2031	39,450,880	87,297,191	1.37%	0.3%
2032	39,983,934	87,537,075	1.35%	0.27%
2033	40,517,599	87,762,403	1.33%	0.26%
2034	41,052,423	87,974,138	1.32%	0.24%
2035	41,588,429	88,172,739	1.31%	0.23%
2036	42,125,184	88,364,318	1.29%	0.22%
2037	42,661,908	88,545,669	1.27%	0.21%
2038	43,198,420	88,707,268	1.26%	0.18%
2039	43,734,316	88,849,956	1.24%	0.16%
2040	44,269,571	88,975,510	1.22%	0.14%
2041	44,804,338	89,083,304	1.21%	0.12%
2042	45,338,111	89,177,769	1.19%	0.11%
2043	45,870,896	89,254,147	1.18%	0.09%
2044	46,403,116	89,311,458	1.16%	0.06%
2045	46,934,822	89,349,806	1.15%	0.04%
2046	47,465,267	89,375,429	1.13%	0.03%
2047	47,993,976	89,383,765	1.11%	0.009%
2048	48,521,364	89,361,174	1.1%	-0.03%
2049	49,047,461	89,306,566	1.08%	-0.06%
2050	49,572,202	89,218,346	1.07%	-0.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Saudi Arabia gained 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th most populous country in 2006 and is 44th in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Saudi Arabia's population will grow by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people with a rank change from 44th to 43rd. The population of Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.