Demographics of Saudi Arabia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	12 Apr 2026

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As of 2026, the population of Saudi Arabia is projected at 35.17 million, compared to 34.57 million in 2025. It ranks 47th in the world by population and 19th in Asia, accounting for 0.72% of Asia’s population and 0.42% of the world’s population. The population growth rate for 2026 is projected at 1.69%, placing Saudi Arabia 58th among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 21.21 million males and 13.96 million females in Saudi Arabia. The male population accounts for 60.32%, compared to 39.68% for females. Saudi Arabia has 7.25 million more males than females, the third-highest in the world after India and China. The sex ratio in 2026 is projected at 151.99 males per 100 females. Saudi Arabia ranks seventh-lowest globally in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Population
Growth
Gender

Saudi Arabia population
Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	865,696	837,574	1,703,271	3.47	103.358
1955	1,037,406	994,549	2,031,955	3.58	104.309
1960	1,246,996	1,188,407	2,435,403	3.66	104.930
1965	1,502,401	1,426,370	2,928,771	3.72	105.330
1970	1,834,034	1,728,436	3,562,470	4.25	106.109
1975	2,374,941	2,181,346	4,556,287	5.27	108.875
1980	3,197,694	2,850,303	6,047,997	5.88	112.188
1985	4,364,764	3,787,015	8,151,779	5.63	115.256
1990	5,736,144	4,904,547	10,640,691	4.85	116.956
1995	7,186,234	6,103,011	13,289,245	4.07	117.749
2000	8,842,645	7,335,077	16,177,722	5.32	120.553
2005	12,050,112	8,509,778	20,559,890	4.35	141.603
2010	15,372,356	9,784,772	25,157,128	3.75	157.105
2015	18,815,810	11,159,128	29,974,938	3.27	168.614
2020	18,870,229	12,120,978	30,991,207	1.18	155.682
2021	19,026,952	12,301,423	31,328,375	0.99	154.673
2022	19,541,493	12,633,859	32,175,352	4.30	154.676
2023	20,176,188	13,088,104	33,264,292	2.39	154.157
2024	20,559,490	13,403,266	33,962,757	1.78	153.392
2025	20,886,821	13,679,507	34,566,328	1.75	152.687
2026	21,210,268	13,955,519	35,165,787	1.69	151.985

Demographics Indicators
Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	40.017	17.953	7.577
1955	42.603	18.005	7.592
1960	45.310	17.564	7.626
1965	48.436	16.799	7.658
1970	52.729	16.246	7.583
1975	57.780	16.613	7.370
1980	62.444	17.139	7.145
1985	66.027	17.633	6.649
1990	68.874	17.998	5.804
1995	70.944	18.726	4.986
2000	72.607	19.731	4.206
2005	74.400	20.752	3.161
2010	75.616	23.546	2.810
2015	77.776	26.967	2.630
2020	77.596	28.489	2.270
2021	77.089	28.508	2.170
2022	77.310	28.731	2.140
2023	78.732	29.247	2.280
2024	78.982	29.563	2.308
2025	79.195	29.626	2.292
2026	79.400	29.666	2.270

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Saudi Arabia death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude (per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	42,599	86,682	25.010	50.891
1955	47,335	105,152	23.295	51.749
1960	51,371	125,515	21.094	51.538
1965	53,858	147,676	18.389	50.423
1970	52,951	173,388	14.863	48.671
1975	51,101	217,321	11.215	47.697
1980	50,195	284,567	8.299	47.051
1985	50,012	360,570	6.135	44.232
1990	48,496	403,996	4.558	37.967
1995	49,114	429,350	3.696	32.308
2000	52,325	444,729	3.234	27.490
2005	57,089	433,035	2.777	21.062
2010	67,126	506,348	2.668	20.127
2015	67,914	581,656	2.266	19.405
2020	76,244	515,334	2.460	16.628
2021	81,908	498,172	2.615	15.902
2022	82,701	489,608	2.570	15.217
2023	77,837	546,038	2.340	16.415
2024	79,357	560,224	2.337	16.495
2025	80,503	564,878	2.329	16.342
2026	81,748	567,889	2.325	16.149

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Saudi Arabia
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	362,797	1,340,474	21.300
1955	519,834	1,512,121	25.583
1960	765,786	1,669,618	31.444
1965	1,142,579	1,786,192	39.012
1970	1,751,807	1,810,663	49.174
1975	2,661,556	1,894,731	58.415
1980	4,017,951	2,030,046	66.434
1985	5,945,867	2,205,912	72.939
1990	8,194,261	2,446,429	77.009
1995	10,487,904	2,801,341	78.920
2000	12,937,403	3,240,319	79.970
2005	16,648,895	3,910,995	80.978
2010	20,648,761	4,508,367	82.079
2015	24,866,093	5,108,845	82.956
2020	25,972,626	5,018,581	83.806
2021	26,306,949	5,021,426	83.972
2022	27,070,714	5,104,638	84.135
2023	28,040,547	5,223,745	84.296
2024	28,683,383	5,279,374	84.455
2025	29,247,369	5,318,959	84.612
2026	29,808,929	5,356,858	84.767

Population
Urbanization

Saudi Arabia population by Age Group (2026)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,422,504	1,361,771	2,784,275	7.92	104.460
05-09	1,394,970	1,346,233	2,741,203	7.80	103.620
10-14	1,378,915	1,336,226	2,715,141	7.72	103.195
15-19	1,299,370	1,222,809	2,522,180	7.17	106.261
20-24	1,621,049	1,177,883	2,798,932	7.96	137.624
25-29	2,240,839	1,271,909	3,512,748	9.99	176.179
30-34	2,597,028	1,378,530	3,975,557	11.31	188.391
35-39	2,581,657	1,272,377	3,854,034	10.96	202.900
40-44	2,151,456	1,025,576	3,177,032	9.03	209.780
45-49	1,541,522	769,160	2,310,682	6.57	200.416
50-54	1,097,856	550,130	1,647,986	4.69	199.563
55-59	768,590	420,450	1,189,039	3.38	182.802
60-64	506,402	315,634	822,036	2.34	160.440
65-69	290,678	213,505	504,183	1.43	136.146
70-74	144,508	124,709	269,217	0.77	115.876
75-79	94,134	84,178	178,312	0.51	111.827
80-84	53,001	50,552	103,552	0.29	104.845
85-89	18,701	22,699	41,400	0.12	82.387
90-94	6,010	8,832	14,842	0.04	68.048
95-99	995	2,063	3,058	0.01	48.231
100+	86	292	379	0.00	29.452
Total	21,210,271	13,955,518	35,165,788		151.985

Population pyramid
Gender ratio