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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Vatican	Saudi Arabia	Vatican
1960	2,435,403	-	-	-
1961	2,526,347	-	3.73%	-
1962	2,620,910	-	3.74%	-
1963	2,719,341	-	3.76%	-
1964	2,821,968	-	3.77%	-
1965	2,928,771	-	3.78%	-
1966	3,039,887	-	3.79%	-
1967	3,157,242	-	3.86%	-
1968	3,282,711	-	3.97%	-
1969	3,417,114	-	4.09%	-
1970	3,562,470	-	4.25%	-
1971	3,724,031	-	4.54%	-
1972	3,905,722	-	4.88%	-
1973	4,106,344	-	5.14%	-
1974	4,323,632	-	5.29%	-
1975	4,556,287	-	5.38%	-
1976	4,807,933	-	5.52%	-
1977	5,083,048	-	5.72%	-
1978	5,381,902	-	5.88%	-
1979	5,703,698	-	5.98%	-
1980	6,047,997	-	6.04%	-
1981	6,420,551	-	6.16%	-
1982	6,824,486	-	6.29%	-
1983	7,252,941	-	6.28%	-
1984	7,697,307	-	6.13%	-
1985	8,151,779	-	5.9%	-
1986	8,628,639	-	5.85%	-
1987	9,130,194	-	5.81%	-
1988	9,629,165	-	5.47%	-
1989	10,128,394	-	5.18%	-
1990	10,640,691	-	5.06%	-
1991	11,160,744	-	4.89%	-
1992	11,686,676	-	4.71%	-
1993	12,215,862	-	4.53%	-
1994	12,750,040	-	4.37%	-
1995	13,289,245	-	4.23%	-
1996	13,831,009	-	4.08%	-
1997	14,374,943	-	3.93%	-
1998	14,922,185	-	3.81%	-
1999	15,472,075	-	3.69%	-
2000	16,177,722	880	4.56%	-
2001	17,041,397	890	5.34%	1.14%
2002	17,910,910	900	5.1%	1.12%
2003	18,786,767	911	4.89%	1.22%
2004	19,669,480	921	4.7%	1.1%
2005	20,559,890	921	4.53%	0%
2006	21,459,144	932	4.37%	1.19%
2007	22,368,313	821	4.24%	-11.9%
2008	23,287,877	824	4.11%	0.37%
2009	24,217,654	826	3.99%	0.24%
2010	23,978,487	829	-0.99%	0.36%
2011	25,091,867	832	4.64%	0.36%
2012	26,168,861	836	4.29%	0.48%
2013	27,624,004	839	5.56%	0.36%
2014	28,309,273	842	2.48%	0.36%
2015	29,816,382	1,000	5.32%	18.8%
2016	30,954,198	-	3.82%	0%
2017	30,977,355	1,000	0.07%	0%
2018	30,196,281	-	-2.52%	0%
2019	30,063,799	1,000	-0.44%	0%
2020	31,552,510	987	4.95%	-1.29%
2021	30,784,383	970	-2.43%	-1.68%
2022	32,175,224	944	4.52%	-2.66%
2023	33,702,731	922	4.75%	-2.34%
2024	35,300,280	933	4.74%	1.2%
2025	35,927,625	939	1.78%	0.59%
2026	36,550,694	952	1.73%	1.37%
2027	37,167,513	974	1.69%	2.32%
2028	37,775,810	985	1.64%	1.13%
2029	38,364,377	983	1.56%	-0.19%
2030	38,918,375	976	1.44%	-0.75%
2031	39,450,880	968	1.37%	-0.75%
2032	39,983,934	968	1.35%	0%
2033	40,517,599	988	1.33%	2.09%
2034	41,052,423	992	1.32%	0.37%
2035	41,588,429	1,000	1.31%	0.74%
2036	42,125,184	998	1.29%	-0.18%
2037	42,661,908	1,003	1.27%	0.55%
2038	43,198,420	1,022	1.26%	1.83%
2039	43,734,316	1,060	1.24%	3.78%
2040	44,269,571	1,095	1.22%	3.3%
2041	44,804,338	1,127	1.21%	2.86%
2042	45,338,111	1,149	1.19%	1.96%
2043	45,870,896	1,169	1.18%	1.76%
2044	46,403,116	1,186	1.16%	1.42%
2045	46,934,822	1,209	1.15%	2.02%
2046	47,465,267	1,224	1.13%	1.22%
2047	47,993,976	1,248	1.11%	1.95%
2048	48,521,364	1,272	1.1%	1.92%
2049	49,047,461	1,296	1.08%	1.88%
2050	49,572,202	1,325	1.07%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.