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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Tuvalu	Saudi Arabia	Tuvalu
1960	2,435,403	5,598	-	-
1961	2,526,347	5,648	3.73%	0.89%
1962	2,620,910	5,699	3.74%	0.9%
1963	2,719,341	5,751	3.76%	0.91%
1964	2,821,968	5,752	3.77%	0.02%
1965	2,928,771	5,715	3.78%	-0.64%
1966	3,039,887	5,686	3.79%	-0.51%
1967	3,157,242	5,652	3.86%	-0.6%
1968	3,282,711	5,624	3.97%	-0.5%
1969	3,417,114	5,631	4.09%	0.12%
1970	3,562,470	5,663	4.25%	0.57%
1971	3,724,031	5,685	4.54%	0.39%
1972	3,905,722	5,692	4.88%	0.12%
1973	4,106,344	5,681	5.14%	-0.19%
1974	4,323,632	5,822	5.29%	2.48%
1975	4,556,287	6,117	5.38%	5.07%
1976	4,807,933	6,404	5.52%	4.69%
1977	5,083,048	6,686	5.72%	4.4%
1978	5,381,902	6,957	5.88%	4.05%
1979	5,703,698	7,184	5.98%	3.26%
1980	6,047,997	7,366	6.04%	2.53%
1981	6,420,551	7,526	6.16%	2.17%
1982	6,824,486	7,664	6.29%	1.83%
1983	7,252,941	7,789	6.28%	1.63%
1984	7,697,307	7,902	6.13%	1.45%
1985	8,151,779	8,046	5.9%	1.82%
1986	8,628,639	8,217	5.85%	2.13%
1987	9,130,194	8,371	5.81%	1.87%
1988	9,629,165	8,518	5.47%	1.76%
1989	10,128,394	8,662	5.18%	1.69%
1990	10,640,691	8,798	5.06%	1.57%
1991	11,160,744	8,928	4.89%	1.48%
1992	11,686,676	9,038	4.71%	1.23%
1993	12,215,862	9,126	4.53%	0.97%
1994	12,750,040	9,207	4.37%	0.89%
1995	13,289,245	9,280	4.23%	0.79%
1996	13,831,009	9,342	4.08%	0.67%
1997	14,374,943	9,400	3.93%	0.62%
1998	14,922,185	9,451	3.81%	0.54%
1999	15,472,075	9,496	3.69%	0.48%
2000	16,177,722	9,544	4.56%	0.51%
2001	17,041,397	9,586	5.34%	0.44%
2002	17,910,910	9,623	5.1%	0.39%
2003	18,786,767	9,695	4.89%	0.75%
2004	19,669,480	9,816	4.7%	1.25%
2005	20,559,890	9,940	4.53%	1.26%
2006	21,459,144	10,056	4.37%	1.17%
2007	22,368,313	10,182	4.24%	1.25%
2008	23,287,877	10,321	4.11%	1.37%
2009	24,217,654	10,461	3.99%	1.36%
2010	23,978,487	10,614	-0.99%	1.46%
2011	25,091,867	10,780	4.64%	1.56%
2012	26,168,861	10,934	4.29%	1.43%
2013	27,624,004	11,001	5.56%	0.61%
2014	28,309,273	10,984	2.48%	-0.15%
2015	29,816,382	10,963	5.32%	-0.19%
2016	30,954,198	10,930	3.82%	-0.3%
2017	30,977,355	10,869	0.07%	-0.56%
2018	30,196,281	10,751	-2.52%	-1.09%
2019	30,063,799	10,581	-0.44%	-1.58%
2020	31,552,510	10,399	4.95%	-1.72%
2021	30,784,383	10,194	-2.43%	-1.97%
2022	32,175,224	9,992	4.52%	-1.98%
2023	33,702,731	9,816	4.75%	-1.76%
2024	35,300,280	9,646	4.74%	-1.73%
2025	35,927,625	9,493	1.78%	-1.58%
2026	36,550,694	9,363	1.73%	-1.37%
2027	37,167,513	9,255	1.69%	-1.15%
2028	37,775,810	9,175	1.64%	-0.87%
2029	38,364,377	9,102	1.56%	-0.79%
2030	38,918,375	9,047	1.44%	-0.6%
2031	39,450,880	9,011	1.37%	-0.4%
2032	39,983,934	8,984	1.35%	-0.3%
2033	40,517,599	8,975	1.33%	-0.1%
2034	41,052,423	8,970	1.32%	-0.06%
2035	41,588,429	8,977	1.31%	0.08%
2036	42,125,184	8,995	1.29%	0.2%
2037	42,661,908	9,017	1.27%	0.24%
2038	43,198,420	9,051	1.26%	0.38%
2039	43,734,316	9,095	1.24%	0.48%
2040	44,269,571	9,143	1.22%	0.53%
2041	44,804,338	9,191	1.21%	0.52%
2042	45,338,111	9,245	1.19%	0.6%
2043	45,870,896	9,308	1.18%	0.68%
2044	46,403,116	9,375	1.16%	0.72%
2045	46,934,822	9,435	1.15%	0.64%
2046	47,465,267	9,502	1.13%	0.71%
2047	47,993,976	9,571	1.11%	0.72%
2048	48,521,364	9,644	1.1%	0.76%
2049	49,047,461	9,712	1.08%	0.71%
2050	49,572,202	9,778	1.07%	0.68%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Tuvalu gained 1,023 people (a 10.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Tuvalu's population decreased by -1,470 (a 13.4% decline).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Tuvalu was ranked 196th in 2005 and still ranked 196th 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 Tuvalu will increase by 3% to 9,778 people and will still be ranked 196th.