Male population — all countries

Male population — Saudi Arabia

Male population in Saudi Arabia in 2025 — 22,341,396 people. Ranked 36 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,691.6%.

2025 22.34M people +4.55% vs 2024
World rank 36of 217
Period maximum 22.34M people2025
Period minimum 1.25M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Saudi Arabia, 1960–2025010M20M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,246,996 people1962: 1,343,110 people1964: 1,447,155 people1966: 1,559,890 people1968: 1,686,368 people1970: 1,834,034 people1972: 2,019,102 people1974: 2,247,531 people1976: 2,513,053 people1978: 2,829,615 people1980: 3,197,694 people1982: 3,629,020 people1984: 4,113,870 people1986: 4,628,316 people1988: 5,181,027 people1990: 5,736,144 people1992: 6,309,991 people1994: 6,891,631 people1996: 7,482,008 people1998: 8,076,957 people2000: 8,842,645 people2002: 10,114,466 people2004: 11,400,810 people2006: 12,704,109 people2008: 14,027,759 people2010: 14,652,143 people2012: 16,183,785 people2014: 17,688,178 people2016: 19,444,523 people2018: 18,609,580 people2020: 19,212,001 people2022: 19,541,415 people2024: 21,369,165 people2025: 22,341,396 people
Change over the period: +21.09M (+1,691.62%) Average annual rate: 4.54 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia 22.34M people
World 4.13B people
Western Asia computed 165M people
High-income countries computed 690M people
Male population — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 22.34M +972,231 +4.55%
2024 21.37M +927,045 +4.53%
2023 20.44M +900,705 +4.61%
2022 19.54M +844,851 +4.52%
2021 18.7M −515,437 −2.68%
2020 19.21M +822,467 +4.47%
2019 18.39M −220,046 −1.18%
2018 18.61M −705,753 −3.65%
2017 19.32M −129,190 −0.66%
2016 19.44M +728,241 +3.89%
2015 18.72M +1.03M +5.81%
2014 17.69M +513,348 +2.99%
2013 17.17M +991,045 +6.12%
2012 16.18M +755,087 +4.89%
2011 15.43M +776,555 +5.3%
2010 14.65M −45,379 −0.31%
2009 14.7M +669,763 +4.77%
2008 14.03M +664,498 +4.97%
2007 13.36M +659,152 +5.19%
2006 12.7M +653,997 +5.43%
2005 12.05M +649,302 +5.7%
2004 11.4M +645,102 +6%
2003 10.76M +641,242 +6.34%
2002 10.11M +637,594 +6.73%
2001 9.48M +634,227 +7.17%
2000 8.84M +466,185 +5.57%
1999 8.38M +299,503 +3.71%
1998 8.08M +298,238 +3.83%
1997 7.78M +296,711 +3.97%
1996 7.48M +295,774 +4.12%
1995 7.19M +294,603 +4.27%
1994 6.89M +292,013 +4.42%
1993 6.6M +289,627 +4.59%
1992 6.31M +288,395 +4.79%
1991 6.02M +285,452 +4.98%
1990 5.74M +281,323 +5.16%
1989 5.45M +273,794 +5.28%
1988 5.18M +274,794 +5.6%
1987 4.91M +277,917 +6%
1986 4.63M +263,552 +6.04%
1985 4.36M +250,894 +6.1%
1984 4.11M +246,457 +6.37%
1983 3.87M +238,393 +6.57%
1982 3.63M +224,742 +6.6%
1981 3.4M +206,584 +6.46%
1980 3.2M +190,303 +6.33%
1979 3.01M +177,776 +6.28%
1978 2.83M +165,003 +6.19%
1977 2.66M +151,559 +6.03%
1976 2.51M +138,112 +5.82%
1975 2.37M +127,410 +5.67%
1974 2.25M +118,932 +5.59%
1973 2.13M +109,497 +5.42%
1972 2.02M +98,505 +5.13%
1971 1.92M +86,563 +4.72%
1970 1.83M +76,986 +4.38%
1969 1.76M +70,680 +4.19%
1968 1.69M +65,555 +4.04%
1967 1.62M +60,923 +3.91%
1966 1.56M +57,489 +3.83%
1965 1.5M +55,246 +3.82%
1964 1.45M +53,096 +3.81%
1963 1.39M +50,949 +3.79%
1962 1.34M +48,979 +3.78%
1961 1.29M +47,135 +3.78%
1960 1.25M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.