Mozambique vs Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has 4% more people than Mozambique: 36,973,555 vs 35,631,653, a gap of 1.3 million. Saudi Arabia is growing faster (+4.63% vs +2.85% a year), adding about 1,712,320 people a year against +1,014,184. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Mozambique is 2.7× as densely populated (42.8 vs 15.7 people per km²). People in Saudi Arabia live 15.2 years longer on average (79.0 vs 63.8). GDP per capita is 55.1× higher in Saudi Arabia ($34,537 vs $627).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Mozambique) and 2025 (Saudi Arabia); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Mozambique vs Saudi Arabia — side by side
 Mozambique |  Saudi Arabia | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 35,631,6532025 | 36,973,5552025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +2.85%2025 | +4.63%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 37.02024 | 16.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.92024 | 2.32024 |
| Children per woman | 4.692024 | 2.312024 |
| Life expectancy | 63.8 yrs2024 | 79.0 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 44.2%2025 | 23.6%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 2.7%2025 | 3.1%2025 |
| Density | 42.8 /km²2023 | 15.7 /km²2023 |
| Area | 799,380 km²2023 | 2,149,690 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 37.2%2025 | 84.6%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -65,5732025 | +119,7382025 |
| GDP per capita | $6272025 | $34,5372025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #46 | #43 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.43% | 0.45% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Mozambique: 5.3× from 1960 to 2025; Saudi Arabia: 15.2× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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