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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Yemen	Saudi Arabia	Yemen
1960	2,435,403	5,532,301	-	-
1961	2,526,347	5,655,232	3.73%	2.22%
1962	2,620,910	5,782,221	3.74%	2.25%
1963	2,719,341	5,911,135	3.76%	2.23%
1964	2,821,968	6,048,006	3.77%	2.32%
1965	2,928,771	6,195,593	3.78%	2.44%
1966	3,039,887	6,351,494	3.79%	2.52%
1967	3,157,242	6,516,444	3.86%	2.6%
1968	3,282,711	6,690,524	3.97%	2.67%
1969	3,417,114	6,875,859	4.09%	2.77%
1970	3,562,470	7,065,279	4.25%	2.75%
1971	3,724,031	7,257,462	4.54%	2.72%
1972	3,905,722	7,460,068	4.88%	2.79%
1973	4,106,344	7,672,796	5.14%	2.85%
1974	4,323,632	7,896,783	5.29%	2.92%
1975	4,556,287	8,133,598	5.38%	3%
1976	4,807,933	8,384,113	5.52%	3.08%
1977	5,083,048	8,648,222	5.72%	3.15%
1978	5,381,902	8,926,586	5.88%	3.22%
1979	5,703,698	9,224,194	5.98%	3.33%
1980	6,047,997	9,543,358	6.04%	3.46%
1981	6,420,551	9,882,362	6.16%	3.55%
1982	6,824,486	10,241,006	6.29%	3.63%
1983	7,252,941	10,621,499	6.28%	3.72%
1984	7,697,307	11,025,597	6.13%	3.8%
1985	8,151,779	11,453,825	5.9%	3.88%
1986	8,628,639	11,901,040	5.85%	3.9%
1987	9,130,194	12,369,912	5.81%	3.94%
1988	9,629,165	12,859,708	5.47%	3.96%
1989	10,128,394	13,364,174	5.18%	3.92%
1990	10,640,691	13,887,862	5.06%	3.92%
1991	11,160,744	14,430,201	4.89%	3.91%
1992	11,686,676	14,989,494	4.71%	3.88%
1993	12,215,862	15,563,914	4.53%	3.83%
1994	12,750,040	16,149,147	4.37%	3.76%
1995	13,289,245	16,740,058	4.23%	3.66%
1996	13,831,009	17,313,177	4.08%	3.42%
1997	14,374,943	17,873,936	3.93%	3.24%
1998	14,922,185	18,446,013	3.81%	3.2%
1999	15,472,075	19,029,420	3.69%	3.16%
2000	16,177,722	19,624,141	4.56%	3.13%
2001	17,041,397	20,226,147	5.34%	3.07%
2002	17,910,910	20,835,086	5.1%	3.01%
2003	18,786,767	21,456,379	4.89%	2.98%
2004	19,669,480	22,095,167	4.7%	2.98%
2005	20,559,890	22,790,085	4.53%	3.15%
2006	21,459,144	23,543,083	4.37%	3.3%
2007	22,368,313	24,318,082	4.24%	3.29%
2008	23,287,877	25,111,941	4.11%	3.26%
2009	24,217,654	25,927,724	3.99%	3.25%
2010	23,978,487	26,754,387	-0.99%	3.19%
2011	25,091,867	27,582,897	4.64%	3.1%
2012	26,168,861	28,433,647	4.29%	3.08%
2013	27,624,004	29,312,952	5.56%	3.09%
2014	28,309,273	30,226,309	2.48%	3.12%
2015	29,816,382	31,159,379	5.32%	3.09%
2016	30,954,198	32,109,010	3.82%	3.05%
2017	30,977,355	33,090,921	0.07%	3.06%
2018	30,196,281	34,085,182	-2.52%	3%
2019	30,063,799	35,111,408	-0.44%	3.01%
2020	31,552,510	36,134,863	4.95%	2.91%
2021	30,784,383	37,140,230	-2.43%	2.78%
2022	32,175,224	38,222,876	4.52%	2.92%
2023	33,702,731	39,390,799	4.75%	3.06%
2024	35,300,280	40,583,164	4.74%	3.03%
2025	35,927,625	41,773,871	1.78%	2.93%
2026	36,550,694	42,961,650	1.73%	2.84%
2027	37,167,513	44,145,620	1.69%	2.76%
2028	37,775,810	45,323,685	1.64%	2.67%
2029	38,364,377	46,497,573	1.56%	2.59%
2030	38,918,375	47,667,649	1.44%	2.52%
2031	39,450,880	48,827,503	1.37%	2.43%
2032	39,983,934	49,979,089	1.35%	2.36%
2033	40,517,599	51,129,867	1.33%	2.3%
2034	41,052,423	52,279,989	1.32%	2.25%
2035	41,588,429	53,429,308	1.31%	2.2%
2036	42,125,184	54,578,046	1.29%	2.15%
2037	42,661,908	55,724,259	1.27%	2.1%
2038	43,198,420	56,872,152	1.26%	2.06%
2039	43,734,316	58,024,713	1.24%	2.03%
2040	44,269,571	59,181,514	1.22%	1.99%
2041	44,804,338	60,345,667	1.21%	1.97%
2042	45,338,111	61,517,965	1.19%	1.94%
2043	45,870,896	62,696,517	1.18%	1.92%
2044	46,403,116	63,880,172	1.16%	1.89%
2045	46,934,822	65,066,344	1.15%	1.86%
2046	47,465,267	66,253,578	1.13%	1.82%
2047	47,993,976	67,438,796	1.11%	1.79%
2048	48,521,364	68,620,844	1.1%	1.75%
2049	49,047,461	69,799,794	1.08%	1.72%
2050	49,572,202	70,976,389	1.07%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.