Country or area · Western Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Saudi Arabia population

Saudi Arabia population now

35,311,636

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 33.7–36.8 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 33,264,292

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 35.1658 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 33.7–36.8 million
Median age: 30.7
Aged 65+: 3.2%

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male female projection · one cell = 20,000 people

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SAU · 1950–2100 · in brief

Saudi Arabia in numbers

The UN counts 33,264,292 people in Saudi Arabia in mid-2023, which makes it the 48th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.41% of the world's people. That is 19.5 times its 1950 population of 1.7 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 71.0 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 38.0 million to 111 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 19.0 in 1950 and 30.2 in 2023; the projection has 36.8 in 2100. 2.8% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 16.8% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Among countries it ranks 48th in 2023, 44th in 2050 and 35th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Peru in 2026, Poland in 2030 and Ukraine in 2032. It is overtaken by Côte d’Ivoire in 2033, Madagascar in 2033 and Niger in 2041.

Population, mid-2023: 33,264,292
Rank by population, 2023: 48 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.41%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +3.38% · +1,088,940 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 15
Land area, 2023: 2,149,690 km²
Births, 2023: 546,038
Deaths, 2023: 77,837
Net migration, 2023: +325,691
Children per woman, 2023: 2.28
Median age, 2023: 30.2 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 78.7 years
In a city, 2025: 67 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 1,703,270
Projected, mid-2050: 47,693,909
Projected, mid-2100: 71,006,690

SAU · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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Show the numbers: Saudi Arabia, 1950–2100

Saudi Arabia: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	1,673,726		86,682	42,599	7.58	40.0
1951	estimate	1,732,815		90,143	43,561	7.58	40.5
1952	estimate	1,794,398		93,725	44,506	7.58	41.1
1953	estimate	1,858,621		97,546	45,469	7.59	41.6
1954	estimate	1,925,703		101,266	46,413	7.59	42.1
1955	estimate	1,995,544		105,152	47,335	7.59	42.6
1956	estimate	2,068,366		108,930	48,206	7.59	43.1
1957	estimate	2,144,087		112,965	49,050	7.59	43.7
1958	estimate	2,222,998		117,046	49,860	7.60	44.2
1959	estimate	2,305,193		121,276	50,639	7.62	44.8
1960	estimate	2,390,829		125,515	51,371	7.63	45.3
1961	estimate	2,479,978		129,787	52,045	7.63	45.9
1962	estimate	2,572,715		134,028	52,636	7.64	46.5
1963	estimate	2,669,106		138,640	53,161	7.65	47.1
1964	estimate	2,769,577		143,388	53,611	7.67	47.7
1965	estimate	2,874,358		147,676	53,858	7.66	48.4
1966	estimate	2,983,184		152,323	53,962	7.66	49.2
1967	estimate	3,096,591		157,264	53,920	7.66	50.0
1968	estimate	3,217,893		161,981	53,703	7.63	50.9
1969	estimate	3,347,528		167,212	53,353	7.60	51.8
1970	estimate	3,486,700		173,388	52,951	7.58	52.7
1971	estimate	3,638,239		180,081	52,483	7.56	53.7
1972	estimate	3,809,823		188,462	52,103	7.54	54.7
1973	estimate	4,001,620		197,196	51,744	7.48	55.8
1974	estimate	4,211,068		206,883	51,402	7.43	56.8
1975	estimate	4,436,197		217,321	51,101	7.37	57.8
1976	estimate	4,676,377		228,795	50,770	7.33	58.8
1977	estimate	4,939,489		241,652	50,549	7.29	59.8
1978	estimate	5,226,607		255,738	50,408	7.26	60.7
1979	estimate	5,537,197		270,661	50,479	7.23	61.5
1980	estimate	5,870,199		284,567	50,195	7.14	62.4
1981	estimate	6,225,795		299,240	50,084	7.07	63.3
1982	estimate	6,615,307		314,893	50,062	6.98	64.0
1983	estimate	7,033,666		330,691	50,077	6.88	64.7
1984	estimate	7,472,216		346,708	50,090	6.78	65.4
1985	estimate	7,922,398		360,570	50,012	6.65	66.0
1986	estimate	8,381,161		372,096	49,750	6.52	66.7
1987	estimate	8,876,117		382,572	49,487	6.34	67.2
1988	estimate	9,384,271		392,069	49,200	6.15	67.8
1989	estimate	9,874,058		398,210	48,805	5.97	68.4
1990	estimate	10,382,729		403,996	48,496	5.80	68.9
1991	estimate	10,898,652		409,699	48,369	5.64	69.3
1992	estimate	11,422,836		415,046	48,276	5.49	69.8
1993	estimate	11,950,517		421,048	48,429	5.33	70.2
1994	estimate	12,481,207		426,074	48,720	5.16	70.6
1995	estimate	13,018,872		429,350	49,114	4.99	70.9
1996	estimate	13,559,618		431,846	49,600	4.81	71.3
1997	estimate	14,102,400		435,210	50,181	4.66	71.6
1998	estimate	14,647,487		440,344	50,844	4.52	72.0
1999	estimate	15,196,884		441,607	51,492	4.35	72.3
2000	estimate	15,747,265		444,729	52,325	4.21	72.6
2001	estimate	16,608,179		435,041	52,873	3.96	73.0
2002	estimate	17,474,615		425,680	53,586	3.71	73.3
2003	estimate	18,347,204		418,984	54,470	3.46	73.7
2004	estimate	19,226,329		418,448	55,612	3.26	74.0
2005	estimate	20,112,631		433,035	57,089	3.16	74.4
2006	estimate	21,007,149		458,153	58,820	3.18	74.8
2007	estimate	21,911,139		486,064	60,855	3.19	75.1
2008	estimate	22,825,486		496,355	62,911	3.07	75.3
2009	estimate	23,750,269		503,768	65,220	2.95	75.5
2010	estimate	24,685,038		506,348	67,126	2.81	75.6
2011	estimate	25,629,219		530,576	68,975	2.80	75.8
2012	estimate	26,582,071		551,709	70,165	2.78	76.1
2013	estimate	27,542,814		552,465	70,241	2.67	76.5
2014	estimate	28,510,837		574,801	69,364	2.68	77.1
2015	estimate	29,485,420		581,656	67,914	2.63	77.8
2016	estimate	30,464,456		600,614	66,911	2.65	78.3
2017	estimate	30,971,161		610,217	66,924	2.67	78.7
2018	estimate	30,593,643		599,367	67,662	2.67	78.8
2019	estimate	30,136,598		550,793	69,950	2.49	78.3
2020	estimate	30,809,025		515,334	76,244	2.27	77.6
2021	estimate	31,173,389		498,172	81,908	2.17	77.1
2022	estimate	31,483,360		489,608	82,701	2.14	77.3
2023	estimate	32,867,343		546,038	77,837	2.28	78.7
2024	estimate	33,661,241		560,224	79,357	2.31	79.0
2025	projection	34,264,272	33.6–34.7 million	564,878	80,503	2.29	79.2
2026	projection	34,868,384	33.7–35.8 million	567,889	81,748	2.27	79.4
2027	projection	35,463,190	33.7–36.8 million	570,465	82,951	2.25	79.6
2028	projection	36,055,292	33.8–37.9 million	573,041	84,195	2.22	79.8
2029	projection	36,633,674	33.9–39.1 million	574,843	85,523	2.20	80.0
2030	projection	37,187,825	34.0–40.2 million	576,693	86,890	2.17	80.3
2031	projection	37,699,678	34.2–41.1 million	578,521	88,194	2.15	80.5
2032	projection	38,212,495	34.3–41.9 million	579,871	89,745	2.13	80.7
2033	projection	38,725,398	34.4–42.8 million	582,185	91,306	2.10	80.9
2034	projection	39,239,379	34.5–43.8 million	584,755	93,027	2.09	81.1
2035	projection	39,754,512	34.7–44.7 million	587,485	94,852	2.07	81.3
2036	projection	40,270,768	34.8–45.6 million	589,387	96,819	2.05	81.5
2037	projection	40,787,351	35.0–46.7 million	590,815	98,872	2.03	81.7
2038	projection	41,303,548	35.2–47.7 million	592,507	101,058	2.01	81.9
2039	projection	41,819,714	35.1–48.5 million	593,743	103,447	2.00	82.1
2040	projection	42,334,724	35.3–49.3 million	595,804	105,980	1.98	82.3
2041	projection	42,849,687	35.3–50.1 million	597,081	108,673	1.97	82.5
2042	projection	43,363,726	35.5–51.0 million	598,720	111,658	1.95	82.6
2043	projection	43,876,777	35.6–52.0 million	600,664	114,731	1.94	82.8
2044	projection	44,388,914	35.7–53.1 million	603,096	117,971	1.93	83.0
2045	projection	44,900,893	35.9–54.1 million	605,606	121,413	1.93	83.2
2046	projection	45,412,036	36.1–55.0 million	607,239	125,020	1.91	83.3
2047	projection	45,921,584	36.3–55.7 million	609,026	128,634	1.90	83.5
2048	projection	46,429,395	36.6–56.8 million	611,625	132,608	1.89	83.7
2049	projection	46,936,393	36.9–57.7 million	614,245	136,758	1.89	83.8
2050	projection	47,441,700	37.2–58.7 million	616,864	140,959	1.88	84.0
2051	projection	47,946,119	37.2–59.4 million	620,657	145,271	1.87	84.2
2052	projection	48,449,966	37.2–60.4 million	623,634	149,574	1.86	84.3
2053	projection	48,952,721	37.5–61.4 million	626,898	154,167	1.85	84.5
2054	projection	49,454,276	37.8–62.6 million	630,094	158,881	1.84	84.6
2055	projection	49,954,193	38.1–63.4 million	632,820	163,568	1.84	84.8
2056	projection	50,452,423	38.3–64.3 million	636,848	168,314	1.83	84.9
2057	projection	50,949,784	38.6–65.2 million	639,583	173,459	1.82	85.1
2058	projection	51,445,477	38.7–66.2 million	643,618	178,611	1.82	85.2
2059	projection	51,940,704	38.8–67.1 million	647,125	183,919	1.82	85.4
2060	projection	52,433,786	38.9–68.0 million	650,260	189,232	1.81	85.5
2061	projection	52,924,460	39.0–68.9 million	653,996	194,671	1.81	85.7
2062	projection	53,413,719	39.1–70.3 million	656,399	200,241	1.80	85.8
2063	projection	53,899,832	39.3–71.2 million	659,992	205,918	1.80	86.0
2064	projection	54,384,093	39.2–72.1 million	663,168	211,569	1.79	86.1
2065	projection	54,865,582	39.5–72.8 million	667,136	217,478	1.79	86.2
2066	projection	55,344,828	39.5–74.2 million	669,620	223,417	1.78	86.4
2067	projection	55,821,421	39.6–75.2 million	672,794	229,427	1.78	86.5
2068	projection	56,294,962	39.7–76.2 million	675,500	235,231	1.78	86.6
2069	projection	56,765,425	39.8–77.3 million	677,297	241,185	1.77	86.8
2070	projection	57,231,491	40.0–78.3 million	679,497	247,089	1.77	86.9
2071	projection	57,693,566	40.1–79.2 million	681,625	252,778	1.76	87.0
2072	projection	58,152,625	40.2–80.2 million	684,605	258,463	1.76	87.2
2073	projection	58,608,869	40.4–81.4 million	686,987	263,918	1.76	87.3
2074	projection	59,061,782	39.9–82.7 million	689,872	269,142	1.76	87.4
2075	projection	59,512,024	40.2–84.0 million	692,843	274,144	1.75	87.5
2076	projection	59,960,513	40.0–85.3 million	695,909	278,814	1.75	87.7
2077	projection	60,407,347	39.8–86.5 million	699,168	282,945	1.75	87.8
2078	projection	60,852,860	39.5–87.5 million	702,303	286,923	1.75	87.9
2079	projection	61,297,676	39.5–88.2 million	706,571	290,623	1.75	88.0
2080	projection	61,742,740	39.5–89.7 million	710,224	293,900	1.75	88.1
2081	projection	62,188,032	39.4–90.7 million	714,571	296,941	1.75	88.3
2082	projection	62,634,511	39.2–91.5 million	717,493	299,631	1.74	88.4
2083	projection	63,081,098	39.1–92.5 million	720,326	302,176	1.74	88.5
2084	projection	63,528,335	39.0–93.5 million	723,962	304,561	1.73	88.6
2085	projection	63,976,462	38.9–94.6 million	728,031	307,349	1.73	88.7
2086	projection	64,425,504	38.7–95.4 million	732,575	309,612	1.73	88.8
2087	projection	64,876,565	38.6–96.9 million	736,448	312,122	1.73	89.0
2088	projection	65,329,254	38.7–97.8 million	740,186	315,020	1.73	89.0
2089	projection	65,782,866	38.5–98.7 million	744,248	318,023	1.73	89.2
2090	projection	66,236,991	38.5–100.0 million	749,922	321,427	1.73	89.3
2091	projection	66,693,307	38.2–101.2 million	754,905	325,220	1.73	89.4
2092	projection	67,150,749	38.3–102.6 million	759,649	329,669	1.73	89.5
2093	projection	67,608,458	37.9–103.3 million	763,979	334,277	1.73	89.6
2094	projection	68,065,663	38.1–104.0 million	767,960	339,388	1.72	89.7
2095	projection	68,521,734	38.1–105.4 million	772,714	344,512	1.72	89.8
2096	projection	68,977,381	38.1–106.2 million	777,676	350,178	1.72	89.9
2097	projection	69,432,315	38.2–107.3 million	781,604	356,514	1.72	90.0
2098	projection	69,884,689	38.2–108.5 million	786,520	362,955	1.72	90.1
2099	projection	70,335,268	38.1–109.4 million	790,620	369,207	1.72	90.2
2100	projection	70,783,515	38.0–111.4 million	795,137	375,437	1.72	90.3

Show the numbers: Saudi Arabia, mid-2026, by single year of age

Saudi Arabia: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	290,730	277,166
1	293,320	280,293
2	292,758	280,166
3	278,720	267,128
4	266,975	257,018
5	270,711	261,904
6	276,130	267,306
7	280,266	270,736
8	283,142	272,785
9	284,721	273,502
10	284,780	272,892
11	282,466	271,189
12	277,680	268,411
13	270,994	264,428
14	262,996	259,306
15	255,145	253,634
16	252,688	248,462
17	256,424	244,076
18	263,450	240,161
19	271,664	236,476
20	282,614	233,528
21	298,284	232,674
22	319,200	234,043
23	345,105	236,883
24	375,846	240,756
25	409,037	245,652
26	434,483	249,866
27	451,130	253,529
28	465,238	258,208
29	480,951	264,654
30	495,817	271,231
31	510,350	276,121
32	523,516	278,433
33	532,342	277,941
34	535,002	274,804
35	532,906	269,654
36	527,670	263,193
37	519,540	255,652
38	508,201	246,951
39	493,339	236,926
40	475,220	225,870
41	454,827	215,099
42	432,486	204,973
43	407,910	194,957
44	381,012	184,677
45	353,178	174,353
46	327,858	164,026
47	305,974	153,695
48	286,342	143,474
49	268,170	133,612
50	251,672	124,464
51	235,372	116,280
52	219,172	109,226
53	203,610	103,071
54	188,029	97,088
55	174,579	92,080
56	164,104	88,190
57	153,894	84,220
58	143,461	80,100
59	132,552	75,860
60	121,529	71,615
61	110,838	67,321
62	100,698	63,022
63	91,161	58,848
64	82,176	54,829
65	73,618	50,830
66	65,508	46,834
67	57,793	42,792
68	50,376	38,628
69	43,382	34,422
70	37,207	30,498
71	31,934	27,084
72	27,705	24,295
73	24,728	22,180
74	22,934	20,651
75	21,729	19,414
76	20,516	18,208
77	19,059	16,924
78	17,350	15,542
79	15,480	14,090
80	13,613	12,644
81	11,898	11,272
82	10,393	10,004
83	9,099	8,843
84	7,998	7,788
85	5,026	5,826
86	3,936	4,947
87	3,658	4,508
88	3,416	4,071
89	2,664	3,346
90	2,031	2,706
91	1,514	2,155
92	1,107	1,688
93	795	1,300
94	562	983
95	388	728
96	260	527
97	169	372
98	108	259
99	68	176
100+	86	292

SAU · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Saudi Arabia, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

SAU · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Saudi Arabia

In Saudi Arabia the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 24,310,600 of them.

100 aged 15–64

33 children

4 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 88 years: 2007–2094.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

SAU · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Saudi Arabia, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Saudi Arabia gains 268,230 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 199,850 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 20,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 977,072 (2022) and the most it lost was 988,751 (2018).

In 2024, 13,683,841 people living in Saudi Arabia had been born in another country, 40 of every 100 people there, against 42 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

SAU · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Saudi Arabia

Of every 100 babies born in Saudi Arabia in 2023, 2 had a mother under 20, 78 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 20 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 13 under 20 and 20 aged 35 or older.

1950
13 · 67 · 20

2023
2 · 78 · 20

2050 · projected
2 · 72 · 26

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 546,038
Average age when women have a baby: 30.1 years; 30.0 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 11; 115 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Saudi Arabia by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	1,339	3,543	340	32	10	9
15–19	9,417	23,513	23,125	12,811	9,030	8,415
20–24	22,006	55,183	96,386	98,969	83,313	72,348
25–29	21,008	52,394	115,027	175,310	184,854	228,881
30–34	15,396	39,044	100,401	148,469	178,590	274,175
35–39	11,653	29,736	68,835	80,161	113,295	161,173
40–44	4,351	10,623	30,551	26,716	44,487	47,559
45–49	1,431	3,122	9,559	3,419	3,197	2,541
50–54	81	163	505	151	88	36
All babies	86,682	217,321	444,729	546,038	616,864	795,137

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

SAU · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Saudi Arabia

Of the 76.4 years a baby born in Saudi Arabia in 2021 could expect, about 65.6 would be lived in full health (95% range 64.8–66.5). The years in less than full health come to 10.8, above the world's 9.5.

Women

65.1 in full health, 12.3 not: 77.4 years

Men

65.8 in full health, 9.9 not: 75.7 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 65.1 healthy years of 77.4. Men: 65.8 of 75.7. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 66.2.

SAU · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Saudi Arabia

At the end of 2025, Saudi Arabia was hosting 4,355 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.1 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad4,355
Saudi Arabia nationals abroad2,753

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 100 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Saudi Arabia living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 298 people from Saudi Arabia asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Saudi Arabia whose claims were decided that year, 70 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

SAU · of every 100 people

How people live in Saudi Arabia

Of every 100 people in Saudi Arabia in 2025, 67 lived in a city, 18 in a town or suburb and 15 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). Nearly everyone uses the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

SAU · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Saudi Arabia went in school

Of every 100 adults in Saudi Arabia in 2020, 9 never went to school and 53 finished upper secondary or went further.

9 never went to school 10 some primary 12 finished primary 16 finished lower secondary 25 finished upper secondary 28 studied after school

Among women, 2.6 of every 100 aged 25–29 never went to school, against 39.6 of every 100 aged 60–64; among men, 1.1 against 13.8.

Its people aged 15 to 64 are projected to be most numerous in 2040; the ones who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2070.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

SAU · cities · 2025

Cities in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia had 44 cities in 2025, home to 23.1 million people. The largest, Riyadh, holds 20 of every 100 people in Saudi Arabia.

Riyadh6,916,417
Jeddah4,284,080
Dammam2,335,647
Mecca1,692,152
Medina1,432,287
Al Ahsa725,760
Tabuk553,389
Khamis Mushayt497,246
At Ta'if481,818
Hafar Al-Batin302,534

All 16 cities in Saudi Arabia that reach 300,000 people

Riyadh 6,916,417
Jeddah 4,284,080
Dammam 2,335,647
Mecca 1,692,152
Medina 1,432,287
Al Ahsa 725,760
Tabuk 553,389
Khamis Mushayt 497,246
At Ta'if 481,818
Hafar Al-Batin 302,534
Zahrat Laban 257,467
Ash Sharai 244,064
Ha'il 236,744
`Ar`ar 208,320
Unaizah 197,665
Buraydah 195,152

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Saudi Arabia are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.