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Saudi Arabia: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
37 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+4.7%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.2%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203140.8Forecast
203040.0Forecast
202939.4Forecast
202838.8Forecast
202738.3Forecast
202637.6Forecast
202537.0
202435.3
202333.7
202232.2
202130.8
202031.6
201930.1
201830.2
201731.0
201631.0

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1919–1938
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Penn World Table1970–2019
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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