🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

Middle East & North Africa

High income

Compare

Population

37M

4.7%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

2.31

births/woman

Life Expectancy

79.0y

GDP / capita

$34.5K

Pop. Growth

4.63%

Net Migration

119.7K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Saudi Arabia by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇧🇩Bangladesh2.4M(17.6%)

+138%

🇾🇪Yemen, Rep.2M(14.9%)

+123%

🇮🇳

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male22.3MTotal 37M14.6MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.9

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Religious composition (2020)

Share of population by religion

Source: Pew Research / census

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇵🇰Pakistan1.9M(14.5%)

+62%

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.1.5M(11.2%)

+14%

🇸🇩Sudan895.6K(6.7%)

+97%

🇵🇭Philippines755.4K(5.6%)

+31%

🇳🇵Nepal297.6K(2.2%)

+303%

🇯🇴Jordan209.1K(1.6%)

+17%

🇪🇹Ethiopia180.7K(1.3%)

+169%

🇮🇩Indonesia169.8K(1.3%)

−31%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Saudi Arabia diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Saudi Arabia who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇹🇷Turkiye61.2K(25.9%)

+511%

🇱🇾Libya40K(16.9%)

+27%

🇨🇦Canada36K(15.2%)

+72%

🇵🇸West Bank and Gaza24.9K(10.5%)

+4%

🇦🇺Australia14.4K(6.1%)

+16%

🇮🇳India10.4K(4.4%)

−15%

🇮🇩Indonesia8.9K(3.8%)

+187%

🇸🇪Sweden8.6K(3.6%)

+438%

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates6.2K(2.6%)

+50%

🇩🇿Algeria4K(1.7%)

+17%

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.3.5K(1.5%)

−45%

🇰🇼Kuwait2.4K(1.0%)

+40%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024