Saudi Arabia’s population surges 4.7% to 35.3M in H1 2024

06/02/2025 Argaam
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's flag

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's flag


Saudi Arabia's population grew at an annual rate of 4.7% to stand at 35.3 million by the end of the first half of 2024.

 

In 2024, Saudi residents exceeded a tally of 19.6 million, while non-Saudi residents totaled approximately 15.7 million, a recent bulletin from the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) reported.

 

According to the GASTAT’s estimates, the Saudi population growth reached about 1.6 million people compared to mid-2023, when the growth rate amounted to about 33.7 million people.

 

Saudis accounted for 24.4% of this increase, while males made up roughly 70.8% of the total population growth.

 

The number of Saudis grew by approximately 389,300 people compared to 2023, while the non-Saudi population added around 1.21 million.

 

The following table shows the development of Saudi Arabia’s population since 2010:

 

Population since 2010 (‘000 people)​

Year

Saudis

Non-Saudis

Total

2010

14046.16

9932.32

23978.49

2011

14342.13

10749.74

25091.87

2012

14683.55

11485.32

26168.86

2013

15079.40

12544.60

27624.00

2014

15535.04

12774.24

28309.27

2015

15968.07

13848.31

29816.38

2016

16355.31

14598.89

30954.20

2017

16696.98

14280.38

30977.36

2018

17085.64

13110.65

30196.28

2019

17507.17

12556.63

30063.80

2020

17978.59

13573.92

31552.51

2021

18380.67

12403.71

30784.38

2022

18792.26

13382.96

32175.22

2023

19245.93

14456.80

33702.73

2024

19635.26

15665.02

35300.28

Comments {{getCommentCount()}}

Be the first to comment

loader Train
Sorry: the validity period has ended to comment on this news
Opinions expressed in the comments section do not reflect the views of Argaam. Abusive comments of any kind will be removed. Political or religious commentary will not be tolerated.