Saudi Arabia vs Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan has about the same population as Saudi Arabia: 37,053,428 vs 36,973,555, a gap of 79,873. Saudi Arabia is growing faster (+4.63% vs +1.88% a year), adding about 1,712,320 people a year against +698,104. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Saudi Arabia would overtake Uzbekistan in about 0 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2025) — a projection, not a forecast. Uzbekistan is the older society: 6.1% aged 65+ against 3.1% in Saudi Arabia. Uzbekistan is 5.2× as densely populated (80.9 vs 15.7 people per km²). People in Saudi Arabia live 6.5 years longer on average (79.0 vs 72.5). GDP per capita is 8.7× higher in Saudi Arabia ($34,537 vs $3,968).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Saudi Arabia) and 2025 (Uzbekistan); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Saudi Arabia vs Uzbekistan — side by side
 Saudi Arabia |  Uzbekistan | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 36,973,5552025 | 37,053,4282025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +4.63%2025 | +1.88%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 16.52024 | 25.62024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 2.32024 | 6.02024 |
| Children per woman | 2.312024 | 3.492024 |
| Life expectancy | 79.0 yrs2024 | 72.5 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 23.6%2025 | 31.3%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 3.1%2025 | 6.1%2025 |
| Density | 15.7 /km²2023 | 80.9 /km²2023 |
| Area | 2,149,690 km²2023 | 448,920 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 84.6%2025 | 51.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +119,7382025 | -6,9872025 |
| GDP per capita | $34,5372025 | $3,9682025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #43 | #42 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.45% | 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). Saudi Arabia: 15.2× from 1960 to 2025; Uzbekistan: 4.5× 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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