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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Vietnam	Saudi Arabia	Vietnam
1960	2,435,403	32,531,933	-	-
1961	2,526,347	33,409,059	3.73%	2.7%
1962	2,620,910	34,288,560	3.74%	2.63%
1963	2,719,341	35,249,101	3.76%	2.8%
1964	2,821,968	36,201,563	3.77%	2.7%
1965	2,928,771	37,129,656	3.78%	2.56%
1966	3,039,887	38,024,836	3.79%	2.41%
1967	3,157,242	38,895,080	3.86%	2.29%
1968	3,282,711	39,734,609	3.97%	2.16%
1969	3,417,114	40,582,096	4.09%	2.13%
1970	3,562,470	41,475,230	4.25%	2.2%
1971	3,724,031	42,449,276	4.54%	2.35%
1972	3,905,722	43,429,168	4.88%	2.31%
1973	4,106,344	44,409,861	5.14%	2.26%
1974	4,323,632	45,413,537	5.29%	2.26%
1975	4,556,287	46,482,903	5.38%	2.35%
1976	4,807,933	47,684,931	5.52%	2.59%
1977	5,083,048	48,954,872	5.72%	2.66%
1978	5,381,902	50,249,552	5.88%	2.64%
1979	5,703,698	51,378,211	5.98%	2.25%
1980	6,047,997	52,490,101	6.04%	2.16%
1981	6,420,551	53,738,141	6.16%	2.38%
1982	6,824,486	55,011,289	6.29%	2.37%
1983	7,252,941	56,337,921	6.28%	2.41%
1984	7,697,307	57,706,067	6.13%	2.43%
1985	8,151,779	59,060,622	5.9%	2.35%
1986	8,628,639	60,347,048	5.85%	2.18%
1987	9,130,194	61,584,651	5.81%	2.05%
1988	9,629,165	62,843,228	5.47%	2.04%
1989	10,128,394	64,147,348	5.18%	2.08%
1990	10,640,691	65,504,552	5.06%	2.12%
1991	11,160,744	66,891,775	4.89%	2.12%
1992	11,686,676	68,260,337	4.71%	2.05%
1993	12,215,862	69,586,384	4.53%	1.94%
1994	12,750,040	70,854,391	4.37%	1.82%
1995	13,289,245	72,049,940	4.23%	1.69%
1996	13,831,009	73,156,447	4.08%	1.54%
1997	14,374,943	74,226,889	3.93%	1.46%
1998	14,922,185	75,299,660	3.81%	1.45%
1999	15,472,075	76,287,452	3.69%	1.31%
2000	16,177,722	77,154,011	4.56%	1.14%
2001	17,041,397	77,969,361	5.34%	1.06%
2002	17,910,910	78,772,224	5.1%	1.03%
2003	18,786,767	79,563,777	4.89%	1%
2004	19,669,480	80,338,971	4.7%	0.97%
2005	20,559,890	81,088,313	4.53%	0.93%
2006	21,459,144	82,167,897	4.37%	1.33%
2007	22,368,313	83,633,375	4.24%	1.78%
2008	23,287,877	85,175,788	4.11%	1.84%
2009	24,217,654	86,460,018	3.99%	1.51%
2010	23,978,487	87,455,152	-0.99%	1.15%
2011	25,091,867	88,468,314	4.64%	1.16%
2012	26,168,861	89,510,356	4.29%	1.18%
2013	27,624,004	90,573,104	5.56%	1.19%
2014	28,309,273	91,679,578	2.48%	1.22%
2015	29,816,382	92,823,254	5.32%	1.25%
2016	30,954,198	94,000,117	3.82%	1.27%
2017	30,977,355	95,176,977	0.07%	1.25%
2018	30,196,281	96,237,319	-2.52%	1.11%
2019	30,063,799	97,173,776	-0.44%	0.97%
2020	31,552,510	98,079,191	4.95%	0.93%
2021	30,784,383	98,935,098	-2.43%	0.87%
2022	32,175,224	99,680,655	4.52%	0.75%
2023	33,702,731	100,352,192	4.75%	0.67%
2024	35,300,280	100,987,686	4.74%	0.63%
2025	35,927,625	101,598,531	1.78%	0.6%
2026	36,550,694	102,177,434	1.73%	0.57%
2027	37,167,513	102,727,392	1.69%	0.54%
2028	37,775,810	103,255,746	1.64%	0.51%
2029	38,364,377	103,761,151	1.56%	0.49%
2030	38,918,375	104,254,900	1.44%	0.48%
2031	39,450,880	104,737,913	1.37%	0.46%
2032	39,983,934	105,204,401	1.35%	0.45%
2033	40,517,599	105,656,307	1.33%	0.43%
2034	41,052,423	106,097,515	1.32%	0.42%
2035	41,588,429	106,530,671	1.31%	0.41%
2036	42,125,184	106,945,842	1.29%	0.39%
2037	42,661,908	107,346,046	1.27%	0.37%
2038	43,198,420	107,732,019	1.26%	0.36%
2039	43,734,316	108,097,653	1.24%	0.34%
2040	44,269,571	108,437,634	1.22%	0.31%
2041	44,804,338	108,752,199	1.21%	0.29%
2042	45,338,111	109,040,314	1.19%	0.26%
2043	45,870,896	109,292,559	1.18%	0.23%
2044	46,403,116	109,506,274	1.16%	0.2%
2045	46,934,822	109,685,396	1.15%	0.16%
2046	47,465,267	109,827,664	1.13%	0.13%
2047	47,993,976	109,930,243	1.11%	0.09%
2048	48,521,364	109,994,024	1.1%	0.06%
2049	49,047,461	110,018,017	1.08%	0.02%
2050	49,572,202	110,008,910	1.07%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.