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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Vanuatu	Saudi Arabia	Vanuatu
1960	2,435,403	64,431	-	-
1961	2,526,347	66,264	3.73%	2.84%
1962	2,620,910	68,174	3.74%	2.88%
1963	2,719,341	70,159	3.76%	2.91%
1964	2,821,968	72,219	3.77%	2.94%
1965	2,928,771	74,358	3.78%	2.96%
1966	3,039,887	76,590	3.79%	3%
1967	3,157,242	78,921	3.86%	3.04%
1968	3,282,711	81,314	3.97%	3.03%
1969	3,417,114	83,755	4.09%	3%
1970	3,562,470	86,266	4.25%	3%
1971	3,724,031	88,862	4.54%	3.01%
1972	3,905,722	91,562	4.88%	3.04%
1973	4,106,344	94,362	5.14%	3.06%
1974	4,323,632	97,260	5.29%	3.07%
1975	4,556,287	100,269	5.38%	3.09%
1976	4,807,933	103,388	5.52%	3.11%
1977	5,083,048	106,618	5.72%	3.12%
1978	5,381,902	109,963	5.88%	3.14%
1979	5,703,698	113,040	5.98%	2.8%
1980	6,047,997	115,660	6.04%	2.32%
1981	6,420,551	118,249	6.16%	2.24%
1982	6,824,486	121,035	6.29%	2.36%
1983	7,252,941	123,998	6.28%	2.45%
1984	7,697,307	127,109	6.13%	2.51%
1985	8,151,779	130,356	5.9%	2.55%
1986	8,628,639	133,720	5.85%	2.58%
1987	9,130,194	137,187	5.81%	2.59%
1988	9,629,165	140,756	5.47%	2.6%
1989	10,128,394	144,393	5.18%	2.58%
1990	10,640,691	148,063	5.06%	2.54%
1991	11,160,744	151,793	4.89%	2.52%
1992	11,686,676	155,608	4.71%	2.51%
1993	12,215,862	159,463	4.53%	2.48%
1994	12,750,040	163,314	4.37%	2.41%
1995	13,289,245	167,137	4.23%	2.34%
1996	13,831,009	170,911	4.08%	2.26%
1997	14,374,943	174,626	3.93%	2.17%
1998	14,922,185	178,313	3.81%	2.11%
1999	15,472,075	182,048	3.69%	2.09%
2000	16,177,722	186,281	4.56%	2.33%
2001	17,041,397	191,031	5.34%	2.55%
2002	17,910,910	195,863	5.1%	2.53%
2003	18,786,767	200,746	4.89%	2.49%
2004	19,669,480	205,711	4.7%	2.47%
2005	20,559,890	210,760	4.53%	2.45%
2006	21,459,144	215,923	4.37%	2.45%
2007	22,368,313	221,276	4.24%	2.48%
2008	23,287,877	226,896	4.11%	2.54%
2009	24,217,654	232,731	3.99%	2.57%
2010	23,978,487	238,248	-0.99%	2.37%
2011	25,091,867	243,474	4.64%	2.19%
2012	26,168,861	248,883	4.29%	2.22%
2013	27,624,004	254,482	5.56%	2.25%
2014	28,309,273	260,240	2.48%	2.26%
2015	29,816,382	266,101	5.32%	2.25%
2016	30,954,198	272,087	3.82%	2.25%
2017	30,977,355	278,507	0.07%	2.36%
2018	30,196,281	285,259	-2.52%	2.42%
2019	30,063,799	291,985	-0.44%	2.36%
2020	31,552,510	298,858	4.95%	2.35%
2021	30,784,383	305,868	-2.43%	2.35%
2022	32,175,224	313,046	4.52%	2.35%
2023	33,702,731	320,409	4.75%	2.35%
2024	35,300,280	327,777	4.74%	2.3%
2025	35,927,625	335,169	1.78%	2.26%
2026	36,550,694	342,565	1.73%	2.21%
2027	37,167,513	349,970	1.69%	2.16%
2028	37,775,810	357,397	1.64%	2.12%
2029	38,364,377	364,883	1.56%	2.09%
2030	38,918,375	372,429	1.44%	2.07%
2031	39,450,880	380,015	1.37%	2.04%
2032	39,983,934	387,657	1.35%	2.01%
2033	40,517,599	395,366	1.33%	1.99%
2034	41,052,423	403,188	1.32%	1.98%
2035	41,588,429	411,061	1.31%	1.95%
2036	42,125,184	419,006	1.29%	1.93%
2037	42,661,908	427,031	1.27%	1.92%
2038	43,198,420	435,150	1.26%	1.9%
2039	43,734,316	443,311	1.24%	1.88%
2040	44,269,571	451,509	1.22%	1.85%
2041	44,804,338	459,733	1.21%	1.82%
2042	45,338,111	468,003	1.19%	1.8%
2043	45,870,896	476,308	1.18%	1.77%
2044	46,403,116	484,636	1.16%	1.75%
2045	46,934,822	492,989	1.15%	1.72%
2046	47,465,267	501,316	1.13%	1.69%
2047	47,993,976	509,621	1.11%	1.66%
2048	48,521,364	517,889	1.1%	1.62%
2049	49,047,461	526,138	1.08%	1.59%
2050	49,572,202	534,374	1.07%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.