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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Venezuela	Saudi Arabia	Venezuela
1960	2,435,403	8,160,090	-	-
1961	2,526,347	8,455,915	3.73%	3.63%
1962	2,620,910	8,756,870	3.74%	3.56%
1963	2,719,341	9,064,021	3.76%	3.51%
1964	2,821,968	9,377,712	3.77%	3.46%
1965	2,928,771	9,697,790	3.78%	3.41%
1966	3,039,887	10,024,854	3.79%	3.37%
1967	3,157,242	10,358,513	3.86%	3.33%
1968	3,282,711	10,697,530	3.97%	3.27%
1969	3,417,114	11,040,280	4.09%	3.2%
1970	3,562,470	11,387,790	4.25%	3.15%
1971	3,724,031	11,741,008	4.54%	3.1%
1972	3,905,722	12,099,180	4.88%	3.05%
1973	4,106,344	12,463,537	5.14%	3.01%
1974	4,323,632	12,835,351	5.29%	2.98%
1975	4,556,287	13,215,892	5.38%	2.96%
1976	4,807,933	13,606,284	5.52%	2.95%
1977	5,083,048	14,006,812	5.72%	2.94%
1978	5,381,902	14,416,684	5.88%	2.93%
1979	5,703,698	14,834,552	5.98%	2.9%
1980	6,047,997	15,258,218	6.04%	2.86%
1981	6,420,551	15,687,297	6.16%	2.81%
1982	6,824,486	16,121,874	6.29%	2.77%
1983	7,252,941	16,562,205	6.28%	2.73%
1984	7,697,307	17,008,841	6.13%	2.7%
1985	8,151,779	17,461,434	5.9%	2.66%
1986	8,628,639	17,923,536	5.85%	2.65%
1987	9,130,194	18,394,963	5.81%	2.63%
1988	9,629,165	18,871,020	5.47%	2.59%
1989	10,128,394	19,348,921	5.18%	2.53%
1990	10,640,691	19,827,010	5.06%	2.47%
1991	11,160,744	20,304,896	4.89%	2.41%
1992	11,686,676	20,780,948	4.71%	2.34%
1993	12,215,862	21,254,520	4.53%	2.28%
1994	12,750,040	21,725,188	4.37%	2.21%
1995	13,289,245	22,193,821	4.23%	2.16%
1996	13,831,009	22,662,113	4.08%	2.11%
1997	14,374,943	23,131,685	3.93%	2.07%
1998	14,922,185	23,601,337	3.81%	2.03%
1999	15,472,075	24,066,593	3.69%	1.97%
2000	16,177,722	24,526,708	4.56%	1.91%
2001	17,041,397	24,979,922	5.34%	1.85%
2002	17,910,910	25,435,671	5.1%	1.82%
2003	18,786,767	25,892,703	4.89%	1.8%
2004	19,669,480	26,340,838	4.7%	1.73%
2005	20,559,890	26,785,804	4.53%	1.69%
2006	21,459,144	27,224,686	4.37%	1.64%
2007	22,368,313	27,649,363	4.24%	1.56%
2008	23,287,877	28,053,696	4.11%	1.46%
2009	24,217,654	28,438,298	3.99%	1.37%
2010	23,978,487	28,813,101	-0.99%	1.32%
2011	25,091,867	29,185,212	4.64%	1.29%
2012	26,168,861	29,553,826	4.29%	1.26%
2013	27,624,004	29,912,198	5.56%	1.21%
2014	28,309,273	30,254,079	2.48%	1.14%
2015	29,816,382	30,573,972	5.32%	1.06%
2016	30,954,198	30,765,720	3.82%	0.63%
2017	30,977,355	30,565,323	0.07%	-0.65%
2018	30,196,281	29,807,592	-2.52%	-2.48%
2019	30,063,799	28,938,098	-0.44%	-2.92%
2020	31,552,510	28,444,077	4.95%	-1.71%
2021	30,784,383	28,237,826	-2.43%	-0.73%
2022	32,175,224	28,213,017	4.52%	-0.09%
2023	33,702,731	28,300,854	4.75%	0.31%
2024	35,300,280	28,405,543	4.74%	0.37%
2025	35,927,625	28,516,898	1.78%	0.39%
2026	36,550,694	28,633,718	1.73%	0.41%
2027	37,167,513	28,758,565	1.69%	0.44%
2028	37,775,810	28,885,166	1.64%	0.44%
2029	38,364,377	29,014,444	1.56%	0.45%
2030	38,918,375	29,151,809	1.44%	0.47%
2031	39,450,880	29,295,744	1.37%	0.49%
2032	39,983,934	29,442,534	1.35%	0.5%
2033	40,517,599	29,587,099	1.33%	0.49%
2034	41,052,423	29,735,159	1.32%	0.5%
2035	41,588,429	29,883,329	1.31%	0.5%
2036	42,125,184	30,020,167	1.29%	0.46%
2037	42,661,908	30,146,546	1.27%	0.42%
2038	43,198,420	30,268,328	1.26%	0.4%
2039	43,734,316	30,386,284	1.24%	0.39%
2040	44,269,571	30,495,445	1.22%	0.36%
2041	44,804,338	30,590,207	1.21%	0.31%
2042	45,338,111	30,674,532	1.19%	0.28%
2043	45,870,896	30,749,671	1.18%	0.24%
2044	46,403,116	30,813,805	1.16%	0.21%
2045	46,934,822	30,871,490	1.15%	0.19%
2046	47,465,267	30,923,463	1.13%	0.17%
2047	47,993,976	30,974,366	1.11%	0.16%
2048	48,521,364	31,021,600	1.1%	0.15%
2049	49,047,461	31,059,954	1.08%	0.12%
2050	49,572,202	31,094,884	1.07%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.