# Population in Saudi Arabia

Population in Saudi Arabia was 36.97 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `sa`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/saudi-arabia
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/saudi-arabia.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=sa

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 36,973,555 |
| 2024 | 35,300,280 |
| 2023 | 33,702,731 |
| 2022 | 32,175,224 |
| 2021 | 30,784,383 |
| 2020 | 31,552,510 |
| 2019 | 30,063,799 |
| 2018 | 30,196,281 |
| 2017 | 30,977,355 |
| 2016 | 30,954,198 |
| 2015 | 29,816,382 |
| 2014 | 28,309,273 |
| 2013 | 27,624,004 |
| 2012 | 26,168,861 |
| 2011 | 25,091,867 |
| 2010 | 23,978,487 |
| 2009 | 24,217,654 |
| 2008 | 23,287,877 |
| 2007 | 22,368,313 |
| 2006 | 21,459,144 |
| 2005 | 20,559,890 |
| 2004 | 19,669,480 |
| 2003 | 18,786,767 |
| 2002 | 17,910,910 |
| 2001 | 17,041,397 |
| 2000 | 16,177,722 |
| 1999 | 15,472,075 |
| 1998 | 14,922,185 |
| 1997 | 14,374,943 |
| 1996 | 13,831,009 |
| 1995 | 13,289,245 |
| 1994 | 12,750,040 |
| 1993 | 12,215,862 |
| 1992 | 11,686,676 |
| 1991 | 11,160,744 |
| 1990 | 10,640,691 |
| 1989 | 10,128,394 |
| 1988 | 9,629,165 |
| 1987 | 9,130,194 |
| 1986 | 8,628,639 |
| 1985 | 8,151,779 |
| 1984 | 7,697,307 |
| 1983 | 7,252,941 |
| 1982 | 6,824,486 |
| 1981 | 6,420,551 |
| 1980 | 6,047,997 |
| 1979 | 5,703,698 |
| 1978 | 5,381,902 |
| 1977 | 5,083,048 |
| 1976 | 4,807,933 |
| 1975 | 4,556,287 |
| 1974 | 4,323,632 |
| 1973 | 4,106,344 |
| 1972 | 3,905,722 |
| 1971 | 3,724,031 |
| 1970 | 3,562,470 |
| 1969 | 3,417,114 |
| 1968 | 3,282,711 |
| 1967 | 3,157,242 |
| 1966 | 3,039,887 |
| 1965 | 2,928,771 |
| 1964 | 2,821,968 |
| 1963 | 2,719,341 |
| 1962 | 2,620,910 |
| 1961 | 2,526,347 |
| 1960 | 2,435,403 |