Population in Saudi Arabia compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	UAE	Saudi Arabia	UAE
1960	2,435,403	131,334	-	-
1961	2,526,347	137,989	3.73%	5.07%
1962	2,620,910	144,946	3.74%	5.04%
1963	2,719,341	152,211	3.76%	5.01%
1964	2,821,968	159,692	3.77%	4.91%
1965	2,928,771	167,103	3.78%	4.64%
1966	3,039,887	173,976	3.79%	4.11%
1967	3,157,242	179,700	3.86%	3.29%
1968	3,282,711	199,416	3.97%	11%
1969	3,417,114	239,660	4.09%	20.2%
1970	3,562,470	286,536	4.25%	19.6%
1971	3,724,031	335,027	4.54%	16.9%
1972	3,905,722	385,014	4.88%	14.9%
1973	4,106,344	436,399	5.14%	13.3%
1974	4,323,632	489,087	5.29%	12.1%
1975	4,556,287	542,856	5.38%	11%
1976	4,807,933	615,866	5.52%	13.4%
1977	5,083,048	710,209	5.72%	15.3%
1978	5,381,902	809,274	5.88%	13.9%
1979	5,703,698	912,010	5.98%	12.7%
1980	6,047,997	1,015,700	6.04%	11.4%
1981	6,420,551	1,099,855	6.16%	8.29%
1982	6,824,486	1,166,370	6.29%	6.05%
1983	7,252,941	1,235,305	6.28%	5.91%
1984	7,697,307	1,305,996	6.13%	5.72%
1985	8,151,779	1,377,911	5.9%	5.51%
1986	8,628,639	1,467,383	5.85%	6.49%
1987	9,130,194	1,574,244	5.81%	7.28%
1988	9,629,165	1,681,788	5.47%	6.83%
1989	10,128,394	1,789,851	5.18%	6.43%
1990	10,640,691	1,898,220	5.06%	6.05%
1991	11,160,744	2,006,626	4.89%	5.71%
1992	11,686,676	2,114,730	4.71%	5.39%
1993	12,215,862	2,222,093	4.53%	5.08%
1994	12,750,040	2,328,188	4.37%	4.77%
1995	13,289,245	2,434,662	4.23%	4.57%
1996	13,831,009	2,597,564	4.08%	6.69%
1997	14,374,943	2,817,410	3.93%	8.46%
1998	14,922,185	3,040,421	3.81%	7.92%
1999	15,472,075	3,266,009	3.69%	7.42%
2000	16,177,722	3,493,575	4.56%	6.97%
2001	17,041,397	3,723,590	5.34%	6.58%
2002	17,910,910	3,956,826	5.1%	6.26%
2003	18,786,767	4,192,457	4.89%	5.96%
2004	19,669,480	4,428,967	4.7%	5.64%
2005	20,559,890	4,664,790	4.53%	5.32%
2006	21,459,144	5,009,100	4.37%	7.38%
2007	22,368,313	5,624,635	4.24%	12.3%
2008	23,287,877	6,302,664	4.11%	12.1%
2009	24,217,654	6,707,058	3.99%	6.42%
2010	23,978,487	6,869,838	-0.99%	2.43%
2011	25,091,867	7,104,538	4.64%	3.42%
2012	26,168,861	7,391,448	4.29%	4.04%
2013	27,624,004	7,693,031	5.56%	4.08%
2014	28,309,273	8,059,440	2.48%	4.76%
2015	29,816,382	8,505,237	5.32%	5.53%
2016	30,954,198	8,935,095	3.82%	5.05%
2017	30,977,355	9,223,225	0.07%	3.22%
2018	30,196,281	9,346,701	-2.52%	1.34%
2019	30,063,799	9,445,785	-0.44%	1.06%
2020	31,552,510	9,401,038	4.95%	-0.47%
2021	30,784,383	9,575,152	-2.43%	1.85%
2022	32,175,224	10,074,977	4.52%	5.22%
2023	33,702,731	10,483,751	4.75%	4.06%
2024	35,300,280	10,986,400	4.74%	4.79%
2025	35,927,625	11,304,093	1.78%	2.89%
2026	36,550,694	11,531,926	1.73%	2.02%
2027	37,167,513	11,712,175	1.69%	1.56%
2028	37,775,810	11,868,257	1.64%	1.33%
2029	38,364,377	12,010,111	1.56%	1.2%
2030	38,918,375	12,145,577	1.44%	1.13%
2031	39,450,880	12,281,573	1.37%	1.12%
2032	39,983,934	12,421,758	1.35%	1.14%
2033	40,517,599	12,565,679	1.33%	1.16%
2034	41,052,423	12,712,942	1.32%	1.17%
2035	41,588,429	12,863,015	1.31%	1.18%
2036	42,125,184	13,015,458	1.29%	1.19%
2037	42,661,908	13,169,969	1.27%	1.19%
2038	43,198,420	13,326,337	1.26%	1.19%
2039	43,734,316	13,484,193	1.24%	1.18%
2040	44,269,571	13,643,197	1.22%	1.18%
2041	44,804,338	13,803,349	1.21%	1.17%
2042	45,338,111	13,964,553	1.19%	1.17%
2043	45,870,896	14,126,724	1.18%	1.16%
2044	46,403,116	14,289,828	1.16%	1.15%
2045	46,934,822	14,453,775	1.15%	1.15%
2046	47,465,267	14,619,554	1.13%	1.15%
2047	47,993,976	14,788,991	1.11%	1.16%
2048	48,521,364	14,961,419	1.1%	1.17%
2049	49,047,461	15,135,496	1.08%	1.16%
2050	49,572,202	15,310,628	1.07%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Saudi Arabia gained 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th most populous country in 2006 and is 44th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.