headcount.earth -6,544,849

Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · SAU

Saudi Arabia

Asia · Western Asia

Saudi Arabia is recorded at 33.96m people in 2024, with total annual change of +603,031 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 682 · SAU

Saudi Arabia

SAU · SA
HOLDING
population 33.96m
annual change +603,031
natural change +480,867
fertility 2.31
migrant share 40.3%

The Slowing · peak 2100 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign citizens · stock 13.68m

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Saudi Arabia in 2024
Births 560,224
Deaths -79,357
Natural change +480,867
Net migration +122,170
Total change +603,031
time anchors

+37,043,933

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Saudi Arabia
This year +603,031
Since peak -37,043,933 since 2100
Projected 2100 71.01m
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

40.3%

foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 33.26m

Saudi Arabia 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 8.02m, ages 15-64 24.31m, ages 65+ 937.9k.

0-14
8.02m
15-64
24.31m
65+
937.9k
2050 2050 47.69m

Saudi Arabia 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 9.58m, ages 15-64 34.21m, ages 65+ 3.91m.

0-14
9.58m
15-64
34.21m
65+
3.91m
2100 2100 71.01m

Saudi Arabia 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 12.28m, ages 15-64 46.83m, ages 65+ 11.89m.

0-14
12.28m
15-64
46.83m
65+
11.89m
stage

The Slowing

Stage since 2024.

crossover

not reached

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

24.82

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2100.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 33.96m 603,031 560.2k 79.4k 2.31
2030 37.44m 511,853 576.7k 86.9k 2.17
2050 47.69m 504,419 616.9k 141.0k 1.88
2080 61.97m 445,292 710.2k 293.9k 1.75
2100 71.01m 446,351 795.1k 375.4k 1.72