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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	United Kingdom	Saudi Arabia	United Kingdom
1960	2,435,403	52,400,000	-	-
1961	2,526,347	52,800,000	3.73%	0.76%
1962	2,620,910	53,250,000	3.74%	0.85%
1963	2,719,341	53,650,000	3.76%	0.75%
1964	2,821,968	54,000,000	3.77%	0.65%
1965	2,928,771	54,348,050	3.78%	0.64%
1966	3,039,887	54,648,500	3.79%	0.55%
1967	3,157,242	54,943,600	3.86%	0.54%
1968	3,282,711	55,211,700	3.97%	0.49%
1969	3,417,114	55,441,750	4.09%	0.42%
1970	3,562,470	55,663,250	4.25%	0.4%
1971	3,724,031	55,896,223	4.54%	0.42%
1972	3,905,722	56,086,065	4.88%	0.34%
1973	4,106,344	56,194,527	5.14%	0.19%
1974	4,323,632	56,229,974	5.29%	0.06%
1975	4,556,287	56,225,800	5.38%	-0.007%
1976	4,807,933	56,211,968	5.52%	-0.02%
1977	5,083,048	56,193,492	5.72%	-0.03%
1978	5,381,902	56,196,504	5.88%	0.005%
1979	5,703,698	56,246,951	5.98%	0.09%
1980	6,047,997	56,314,216	6.04%	0.12%
1981	6,420,551	56,333,829	6.16%	0.03%
1982	6,824,486	56,313,641	6.29%	-0.04%
1983	7,252,941	56,332,848	6.28%	0.03%
1984	7,697,307	56,422,072	6.13%	0.16%
1985	8,151,779	56,550,268	5.9%	0.23%
1986	8,628,639	56,681,396	5.85%	0.23%
1987	9,130,194	56,802,050	5.81%	0.21%
1988	9,629,165	56,928,327	5.47%	0.22%
1989	10,128,394	57,076,711	5.18%	0.26%
1990	10,640,691	57,247,586	5.06%	0.3%
1991	11,160,744	57,424,897	4.89%	0.31%
1992	11,686,676	57,580,402	4.71%	0.27%
1993	12,215,862	57,718,614	4.53%	0.24%
1994	12,750,040	57,865,745	4.37%	0.25%
1995	13,289,245	58,019,030	4.23%	0.26%
1996	13,831,009	58,166,950	4.08%	0.25%
1997	14,374,943	58,316,954	3.93%	0.26%
1998	14,922,185	58,487,141	3.81%	0.29%
1999	15,472,075	58,682,466	3.69%	0.33%
2000	16,177,722	58,892,514	4.56%	0.36%
2001	17,041,397	59,119,673	5.34%	0.39%
2002	17,910,910	59,370,479	5.1%	0.42%
2003	18,786,767	59,647,577	4.89%	0.47%
2004	19,669,480	59,987,905	4.7%	0.57%
2005	20,559,890	60,401,206	4.53%	0.69%
2006	21,459,144	60,846,820	4.37%	0.74%
2007	22,368,313	61,322,463	4.24%	0.78%
2008	23,287,877	61,806,995	4.11%	0.79%
2009	24,217,654	62,276,270	3.99%	0.76%
2010	23,978,487	62,766,365	-0.99%	0.79%
2011	25,091,867	63,258,810	4.64%	0.78%
2012	26,168,861	63,711,000	4.29%	0.71%
2013	27,624,004	64,139,000	5.56%	0.67%
2014	28,309,273	64,620,000	2.48%	0.75%
2015	29,816,382	65,088,000	5.32%	0.72%
2016	30,954,198	65,607,000	3.82%	0.8%
2017	30,977,355	65,966,000	0.07%	0.55%
2018	30,196,281	66,289,000	-2.52%	0.49%
2019	30,063,799	66,631,000	-0.44%	0.52%
2020	31,552,510	66,744,000	4.95%	0.17%
2021	30,784,383	66,984,000	-2.43%	0.36%
2022	32,175,224	67,604,000	4.52%	0.93%
2023	33,702,731	68,492,000	4.75%	1.31%
2024	35,300,280	69,226,000	4.74%	1.07%
2025	35,927,625	69,639,673	1.78%	0.6%
2026	36,550,694	70,020,350	1.73%	0.55%
2027	37,167,513	70,382,853	1.69%	0.52%
2028	37,775,810	70,732,699	1.64%	0.5%
2029	38,364,377	71,061,482	1.56%	0.46%
2030	38,918,375	71,377,535	1.44%	0.44%
2031	39,450,880	71,678,351	1.37%	0.42%
2032	39,983,934	71,959,934	1.35%	0.39%
2033	40,517,599	72,234,509	1.33%	0.38%
2034	41,052,423	72,497,650	1.32%	0.36%
2035	41,588,429	72,749,096	1.31%	0.35%
2036	42,125,184	72,990,847	1.29%	0.33%
2037	42,661,908	73,218,850	1.27%	0.31%
2038	43,198,420	73,441,349	1.26%	0.3%
2039	43,734,316	73,658,392	1.24%	0.3%
2040	44,269,571	73,868,334	1.22%	0.29%
2041	44,804,338	74,074,316	1.21%	0.28%
2042	45,338,111	74,275,779	1.19%	0.27%
2043	45,870,896	74,475,035	1.18%	0.27%
2044	46,403,116	74,667,284	1.16%	0.26%
2045	46,934,822	74,848,605	1.15%	0.24%
2046	47,465,267	75,020,949	1.13%	0.23%
2047	47,993,976	75,184,478	1.11%	0.22%
2048	48,521,364	75,337,543	1.1%	0.2%
2049	49,047,461	75,476,141	1.08%	0.18%
2050	49,572,202	75,600,588	1.07%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.