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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saudi Arabia	Zimbabwe	Saudi Arabia	Zimbabwe
1960	2,435,403	3,809,389	-	-
1961	2,526,347	3,930,401	3.73%	3.18%
1962	2,620,910	4,055,959	3.74%	3.19%
1963	2,719,341	4,185,877	3.76%	3.2%
1964	2,821,968	4,320,006	3.77%	3.2%
1965	2,928,771	4,458,462	3.78%	3.2%
1966	3,039,887	4,601,217	3.79%	3.2%
1967	3,157,242	4,748,307	3.86%	3.2%
1968	3,282,711	4,900,440	3.97%	3.2%
1969	3,417,114	5,058,181	4.09%	3.22%
1970	3,562,470	5,215,918	4.25%	3.12%
1971	3,724,031	5,374,712	4.54%	3.04%
1972	3,905,722	5,542,445	4.88%	3.12%
1973	4,106,344	5,720,404	5.14%	3.21%
1974	4,323,632	5,908,328	5.29%	3.29%
1975	4,556,287	6,098,658	5.38%	3.22%
1976	4,807,933	6,287,105	5.52%	3.09%
1977	5,083,048	6,449,512	5.72%	2.58%
1978	5,381,902	6,543,575	5.88%	1.46%
1979	5,703,698	6,647,556	5.98%	1.59%
1980	6,047,997	7,041,303	6.04%	5.92%
1981	6,420,551	7,498,635	6.16%	6.49%
1982	6,824,486	7,796,496	6.29%	3.97%
1983	7,252,941	8,098,404	6.28%	3.87%
1984	7,697,307	8,391,488	6.13%	3.62%
1985	8,151,779	8,686,813	5.9%	3.52%
1986	8,628,639	8,982,578	5.85%	3.4%
1987	9,130,194	9,284,644	5.81%	3.36%
1988	9,629,165	9,583,094	5.47%	3.21%
1989	10,128,394	9,864,798	5.18%	2.94%
1990	10,640,691	10,137,281	5.06%	2.76%
1991	11,160,744	10,404,816	4.89%	2.64%
1992	11,686,676	10,702,700	4.71%	2.86%
1993	12,215,862	10,860,288	4.53%	1.47%
1994	12,750,040	10,873,148	4.37%	0.12%
1995	13,289,245	10,974,599	4.23%	0.93%
1996	13,831,009	11,158,360	4.08%	1.67%
1997	14,374,943	11,369,827	3.93%	1.9%
1998	14,922,185	11,594,297	3.81%	1.97%
1999	15,472,075	11,783,458	3.69%	1.63%
2000	16,177,722	11,892,055	4.56%	0.92%
2001	17,041,397	11,971,901	5.34%	0.67%
2002	17,910,910	12,087,653	5.1%	0.97%
2003	18,786,767	12,232,323	4.89%	1.2%
2004	19,669,480	12,365,896	4.7%	1.09%
2005	20,559,890	12,483,432	4.53%	0.95%
2006	21,459,144	12,636,445	4.37%	1.23%
2007	22,368,313	12,804,058	4.24%	1.33%
2008	23,287,877	12,959,149	4.11%	1.21%
2009	24,217,654	13,142,790	3.99%	1.42%
2010	23,978,487	13,356,548	-0.99%	1.63%
2011	25,091,867	13,595,424	4.64%	1.79%
2012	26,168,861	13,817,887	4.29%	1.64%
2013	27,624,004	14,013,808	5.56%	1.42%
2014	28,309,273	14,207,359	2.48%	1.38%
2015	29,816,382	14,399,013	5.32%	1.35%
2016	30,954,198	14,600,294	3.82%	1.4%
2017	30,977,355	14,812,482	0.07%	1.45%
2018	30,196,281	15,034,452	-2.52%	1.5%
2019	30,063,799	15,271,368	-0.44%	1.58%
2020	31,552,510	15,526,888	4.95%	1.67%
2021	30,784,383	15,797,210	-2.43%	1.74%
2022	32,175,224	16,069,056	4.52%	1.72%
2023	33,702,731	16,340,822	4.75%	1.69%
2024	35,300,280	16,634,373	4.74%	1.8%
2025	35,927,625	16,950,805	1.78%	1.9%
2026	36,550,694	17,273,591	1.73%	1.9%
2027	37,167,513	17,600,621	1.69%	1.89%
2028	37,775,810	17,932,015	1.64%	1.88%
2029	38,364,377	18,268,967	1.56%	1.88%
2030	38,918,375	18,610,356	1.44%	1.87%
2031	39,450,880	18,956,207	1.37%	1.86%
2032	39,983,934	19,311,368	1.35%	1.87%
2033	40,517,599	19,675,929	1.33%	1.89%
2034	41,052,423	20,041,125	1.32%	1.86%
2035	41,588,429	20,409,159	1.31%	1.84%
2036	42,125,184	20,778,662	1.29%	1.81%
2037	42,661,908	21,144,748	1.27%	1.76%
2038	43,198,420	21,512,919	1.26%	1.74%
2039	43,734,316	21,881,123	1.24%	1.71%
2040	44,269,571	22,250,123	1.22%	1.69%
2041	44,804,338	22,627,428	1.21%	1.7%
2042	45,338,111	23,000,906	1.19%	1.65%
2043	45,870,896	23,371,301	1.18%	1.61%
2044	46,403,116	23,740,630	1.16%	1.58%
2045	46,934,822	24,102,391	1.15%	1.52%
2046	47,465,267	24,462,491	1.13%	1.49%
2047	47,993,976	24,816,449	1.11%	1.45%
2048	48,521,364	25,168,419	1.1%	1.42%
2049	49,047,461	25,518,513	1.08%	1.39%
2050	49,572,202	25,866,397	1.07%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Saudi Arabia gained 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th most populous country in 2006 and is 44th in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Saudi Arabia's population will grow by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people with a rank change from 44th to 43rd. The population of Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.