Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Saudi Arabia

Population aged 15–64 in Saudi Arabia in 2025 — 27,109,801 people. Ranked 36 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,985.7%.

2025 27.11M people +4.87% vs 2024
World rank 36of 217
Period maximum 27.11M people2025
Period minimum 1.3M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Saudi Arabia, 1960–2025010M20M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,299,820 people1962: 1,385,858 people1964: 1,475,130 people1966: 1,576,932 people1968: 1,695,140 people1970: 1,839,309 people1972: 2,028,637 people1974: 2,267,712 people1976: 2,544,302 people1978: 2,872,714 people1980: 3,250,108 people1982: 3,692,868 people1984: 4,186,696 people1986: 4,704,039 people1988: 5,272,760 people1990: 5,857,478 people1992: 6,493,687 people1994: 7,175,658 people1996: 7,912,841 people1998: 8,703,572 people2000: 9,623,122 people2002: 10,917,727 people2004: 12,442,428 people2006: 14,122,979 people2008: 15,865,810 people2010: 16,779,841 people2012: 18,669,330 people2014: 20,472,192 people2016: 22,556,583 people2018: 21,728,276 people2020: 22,713,541 people2022: 23,376,260 people2024: 25,850,598 people2025: 27,109,801 people
Change over the period: +25.81M (+1,985.66%) Average annual rate: 4.78 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Saudi Arabia 27.11M people
World 5.36B people
Western Asia computed 209M people
High-income countries computed 895M people
Population aged 15–64 — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 27.11M +1.26M +4.87%
2024 25.85M +1.22M +4.95%
2023 24.63M +1.25M +5.37%
2022 23.38M +1.16M +5.21%
2021 22.22M −494,925 −2.18%
2020 22.71M +1.13M +5.23%
2019 21.59M −142,848 −0.66%
2018 21.73M −747,008 −3.32%
2017 22.48M −81,299 −0.36%
2016 22.56M +879,102 +4.06%
2015 21.68M +1.21M +5.89%
2014 20.47M +618,908 +3.12%
2013 19.85M +1.18M +6.34%
2012 18.67M +925,144 +5.21%
2011 17.74M +964,345 +5.75%
2010 16.78M +41,367 +0.25%
2009 16.74M +872,664 +5.5%
2008 15.87M +874,067 +5.83%
2007 14.99M +868,764 +6.15%
2006 14.12M +853,880 +6.44%
2005 13.27M +826,671 +6.64%
2004 12.44M +787,379 +6.76%
2003 11.66M +737,322 +6.75%
2002 10.92M +678,952 +6.63%
2001 10.24M +615,653 +6.4%
2000 9.62M +503,291 +5.52%
1999 9.12M +416,259 +4.78%
1998 8.7M +402,170 +4.84%
1997 8.3M +388,561 +4.91%
1996 7.91M +375,178 +4.98%
1995 7.54M +362,005 +5.04%
1994 7.18M +347,569 +5.09%
1993 6.83M +334,402 +5.15%
1992 6.49M +323,969 +5.25%
1991 6.17M +312,240 +5.33%
1990 5.86M +300,182 +5.4%
1989 5.56M +284,536 +5.4%
1988 5.27M +282,804 +5.67%
1987 4.99M +285,917 +6.08%
1986 4.7M +266,231 +6%
1985 4.44M +251,112 +6%
1984 4.19M +249,583 +6.34%
1983 3.94M +244,245 +6.61%
1982 3.69M +231,161 +6.68%
1981 3.46M +211,599 +6.51%
1980 3.25M +194,538 +6.37%
1979 3.06M +182,856 +6.37%
1978 2.87M +170,851 +6.32%
1977 2.7M +157,561 +6.19%
1976 2.54M +143,680 +5.99%
1975 2.4M +132,910 +5.86%
1974 2.27M +124,620 +5.81%
1973 2.14M +114,455 +5.64%
1972 2.03M +101,841 +5.29%
1971 1.93M +87,487 +4.76%
1970 1.84M +75,842 +4.3%
1969 1.76M +68,327 +4.03%
1968 1.7M +61,978 +3.79%
1967 1.63M +56,230 +3.57%
1966 1.58M +52,195 +3.42%
1965 1.52M +49,607 +3.36%
1964 1.48M +45,713 +3.2%
1963 1.43M +43,559 +3.14%
1962 1.39M +43,571 +3.25%
1961 1.34M +42,467 +3.27%
1960 1.3M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

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