Saudi Arabia - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Saudi Arabia was 27,448,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27,448,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 4,041,422 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4,041,422
1961 4,170,636
1962 4,311,990
1963 4,463,589
1964 4,622,460
1965 4,787,033
1966 4,957,637
1967 5,137,042
1968 5,329,207
1969 5,539,331
1970 5,771,846
1971 6,028,687
1972 6,311,207
1973 6,622,572
1974 6,966,138
1975 7,344,638
1976 7,756,072
1977 8,200,523
1978 8,684,651
1979 9,217,019
1980 9,801,475
1981 10,440,850
1982 11,126,570
1983 11,836,760
1984 12,542,100
1985 13,220,480
1986 13,862,210
1987 14,469,300
1988 15,045,710
1989 15,600,310
1990 16,139,050
1991 16,669,760
1992 17,189,080
1993 17,679,720
1994 18,117,970
1995 18,491,840
1996 18,786,470
1997 19,020,640
1998 19,256,650
1999 19,578,920
2000 20,045,280
2001 20,681,580
2002 21,463,070
2003 22,334,370
2004 23,213,770
2005 24,041,120
2006 24,799,440
2007 25,504,180
2008 26,166,640
2009 26,809,100
2010 27,448,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Saudi Arabia was 44.64 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 49.57 in 1960, while its lowest value was 43.73 in 1993.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 49.57
1961 49.55
1962 49.51
1963 49.45
1964 49.39
1965 49.33
1966 49.27
1967 49.21
1968 49.13
1969 49.03
1970 48.90
1971 48.74
1972 48.55
1973 48.33
1974 48.09
1975 47.82
1976 47.54
1977 47.24
1978 46.93
1979 46.63
1980 46.34
1981 46.07
1982 45.82
1983 45.58
1984 45.34
1985 45.09
1986 44.83
1987 44.58
1988 44.34
1989 44.14
1990 43.98
1991 43.85
1992 43.76
1993 43.73
1994 43.83
1995 44.09
1996 44.54
1997 45.13
1998 45.73
1999 46.14
2000 46.22
2001 45.94
2002 45.40
2003 44.77
2004 44.24
2005 43.93
2006 43.87
2007 43.98
2008 44.20
2009 44.44
2010 44.64

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population