Saudi Arabia - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Saudi Arabia was 16,959,710 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,959,710 in 2021 and a minimum value of 546,611 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 546,611
1961 558,064
1962 569,886
1963 605,719
1964 670,408
1965 742,060
1966 821,769
1967 910,354
1968 1,008,969
1969 1,118,319
1970 1,240,098
1971 1,375,577
1972 1,526,553
1973 1,694,133
1974 1,880,944
1975 2,031,386
1976 2,179,032
1977 2,337,161
1978 2,507,220
1979 2,689,884
1980 2,886,378
1981 3,096,885
1982 3,323,345
1983 3,566,659
1984 3,828,473
1985 4,109,039
1986 4,410,951
1987 4,735,425
1988 5,084,671
1989 5,459,032
1990 5,861,986
1991 6,295,171
1992 6,761,550
1993 7,036,293
1994 7,249,834
1995 7,469,970
1996 7,697,225
1997 7,930,858
1998 8,172,046
1999 8,420,694
2000 8,677,397
2001 8,941,321
2002 9,213,793
2003 9,494,713
2004 9,784,748
2005 10,178,760
2006 10,616,150
2007 11,072,980
2008 11,445,750
2009 11,830,040
2010 12,227,830
2011 12,639,040
2012 13,064,130
2013 13,503,560
2014 13,957,820
2015 14,427,420
2016 14,912,870
2017 15,414,710
2018 15,933,490
2019 16,282,470
2020 16,625,030
2021 16,959,710

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Saudi Arabia was 47.99 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 47.99 in 2021, while its lowest value was 13.06 in 1962.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 13.38
1961 13.23
1962 13.06
1963 13.41
1964 14.33
1965 15.32
1966 16.39
1967 17.52
1968 18.73
1969 19.97
1970 21.25
1971 22.55
1972 23.88
1973 25.24
1974 26.66
1975 27.38
1976 27.93
1977 28.48
1978 29.00
1979 29.44
1980 29.78
1981 30.03
1982 30.24
1983 30.48
1984 30.83
1985 31.32
1986 31.98
1987 32.78
1988 33.74
1989 34.85
1990 36.11
1991 37.53
1992 39.12
1993 39.61
1994 39.80
1995 40.08
1996 40.44
1997 40.87
1998 41.31
1999 41.70
2000 41.99
2001 42.17
2002 42.25
2003 42.28
2004 42.30
2005 42.74
2006 43.33
2007 43.97
2008 44.21
2009 44.42
2010 44.59
2011 44.71
2012 44.81
2013 44.93
2014 45.15
2015 45.49
2016 45.97
2017 46.57
2018 47.28
2019 47.51
2020 47.75
2021 47.99

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization