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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	United States	Saudi Arabia	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	2,435,403	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	2,526,347	183,691,481	3.73%	1.67%
1962	2,620,910	186,537,737	3.74%	1.55%
1963	2,719,341	189,241,798	3.76%	1.45%
1964	2,821,968	191,888,791	3.77%	1.4%
1965	2,928,771	194,302,963	3.78%	1.26%
1966	3,039,887	196,560,338	3.79%	1.16%
1967	3,157,242	198,712,056	3.86%	1.09%
1968	3,282,711	200,706,052	3.97%	1%
1969	3,417,114	202,676,946	4.09%	0.98%
1970	3,562,470	205,052,174	4.25%	1.17%
1971	3,724,031	207,660,677	4.54%	1.27%
1972	3,905,722	209,896,021	4.88%	1.08%
1973	4,106,344	211,908,788	5.14%	0.96%
1974	4,323,632	213,853,928	5.29%	0.92%
1975	4,556,287	215,973,199	5.38%	0.99%
1976	4,807,933	218,035,164	5.52%	0.95%
1977	5,083,048	220,239,425	5.72%	1.01%
1978	5,381,902	222,584,545	5.88%	1.06%
1979	5,703,698	225,055,487	5.98%	1.11%
1980	6,047,997	226,542,250	6.04%	0.66%
1981	6,420,551	229,465,744	6.16%	1.29%
1982	6,824,486	231,664,432	6.29%	0.96%
1983	7,252,941	233,792,014	6.28%	0.92%
1984	7,697,307	235,824,908	6.13%	0.87%
1985	8,151,779	237,923,734	5.9%	0.89%
1986	8,628,639	240,132,831	5.85%	0.93%
1987	9,130,194	242,288,936	5.81%	0.9%
1988	9,629,165	244,499,004	5.47%	0.91%
1989	10,128,394	246,819,222	5.18%	0.95%
1990	10,640,691	250,131,894	5.06%	1.34%
1991	11,160,744	253,492,503	4.89%	1.34%
1992	11,686,676	256,894,189	4.71%	1.34%
1993	12,215,862	260,255,352	4.53%	1.31%
1994	12,750,040	263,435,673	4.37%	1.22%
1995	13,289,245	266,557,091	4.23%	1.18%
1996	13,831,009	269,667,391	4.08%	1.17%
1997	14,374,943	272,911,760	3.93%	1.2%
1998	14,922,185	276,115,288	3.81%	1.17%
1999	15,472,075	279,294,713	3.69%	1.15%
2000	16,177,722	282,162,411	4.56%	1.03%
2001	17,041,397	284,968,955	5.34%	0.99%
2002	17,910,910	287,625,193	5.1%	0.93%
2003	18,786,767	290,107,933	4.89%	0.86%
2004	19,669,480	292,805,298	4.7%	0.93%
2005	20,559,890	295,516,599	4.53%	0.93%
2006	21,459,144	298,379,912	4.37%	0.97%
2007	22,368,313	301,231,207	4.24%	0.96%
2008	23,287,877	304,093,966	4.11%	0.95%
2009	24,217,654	306,771,529	3.99%	0.88%
2010	23,978,487	309,327,143	-0.99%	0.83%
2011	25,091,867	311,583,481	4.64%	0.73%
2012	26,168,861	313,877,662	4.29%	0.74%
2013	27,624,004	316,059,947	5.56%	0.7%
2014	28,309,273	318,386,329	2.48%	0.74%
2015	29,816,382	320,738,994	5.32%	0.74%
2016	30,954,198	323,071,755	3.82%	0.73%
2017	30,977,355	325,122,128	0.07%	0.63%
2018	30,196,281	326,838,199	-2.52%	0.53%
2019	30,063,799	328,329,953	-0.44%	0.46%
2020	31,552,510	331,526,933	4.95%	0.97%
2021	30,784,383	331,893,745	-2.43%	0.11%
2022	32,175,224	333,271,411	4.52%	0.42%
2023	33,702,731	334,914,895	4.75%	0.49%
2024	35,300,280	340,110,988	4.74%	1.55%
2025	35,927,625	341,931,772	1.78%	0.54%
2026	36,550,694	343,664,369	1.73%	0.51%
2027	37,167,513	345,331,185	1.69%	0.49%
2028	37,775,810	346,981,137	1.64%	0.48%
2029	38,364,377	348,601,982	1.56%	0.47%
2030	38,918,375	350,176,974	1.44%	0.45%
2031	39,450,880	351,725,612	1.37%	0.44%
2032	39,983,934	353,249,060	1.35%	0.43%
2033	40,517,599	354,749,644	1.33%	0.42%
2034	41,052,423	356,234,239	1.32%	0.42%
2035	41,588,429	357,694,316	1.31%	0.41%
2036	42,125,184	359,119,002	1.29%	0.4%
2037	42,661,908	360,517,853	1.27%	0.39%
2038	43,198,420	361,895,407	1.26%	0.38%
2039	43,734,316	363,229,908	1.24%	0.37%
2040	44,269,571	364,512,364	1.22%	0.35%
2041	44,804,338	365,753,139	1.21%	0.34%
2042	45,338,111	366,969,419	1.19%	0.33%
2043	45,870,896	368,146,925	1.18%	0.32%
2044	46,403,116	369,258,123	1.16%	0.3%
2045	46,934,822	370,318,770	1.15%	0.29%
2046	47,465,267	371,328,255	1.13%	0.27%
2047	47,993,976	372,299,116	1.11%	0.26%
2048	48,521,364	373,230,539	1.1%	0.25%
2049	49,047,461	374,119,803	1.08%	0.24%
2050	49,572,202	374,986,259	1.07%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.