Saudi Arabia's population rose from 13.8M in 1996 to 37M in 2025.
Saudi Arabia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Saudi Arabia's population growth rose from 4.0 % in 1996 to 4.6 % in 2025.
Saudi Arabia's population density rose from 5.9 in 1994 to 15.7 in 2023.
Saudi Arabia's population, female (% of total) fell from 45.9 % in 1996 to 39.6 % in 2025.
Saudi Arabia's urbanisation rose from 79.2 % in 1996 to 84.6 % in 2025.
Saudi Arabia's urban population rose from 10.9M in 1996 to 31.3M in 2025.
Saudi Arabia's rural population rose from 2.88M in 1996 to 5.69M in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +1.2 %84th of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +0.5 %91st of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.1 %212th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.3 %67th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.5 yrs118th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts105th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts9th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts195th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.2 pts209th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts210th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −2.0 %13th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −1.9 pts26th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −6.1 %132nd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs57th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs67th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs53rd of 217