Saudi Arabia – Population Growth 1970

Annual population growth rate. Reflects the balance of births, deaths, and net migration over the year. · World Bank
4.17% +0.15pp from 1969 Global rank: 205th

Saudi Arabia's population growth was 4.17% in 1970, increased +0.15pp from 4.01% in 1969. This was the 205th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1970
Population Growth by Country – 1970
RankCountryValueYoY
1st St. Kitts and Nevis -2.49% 23.5%
2nd Portugal -0.89% 1.2%
3rd Malta -0.54% 53.8%
4th Equatorial Guinea -0.53% -146.6%
5th Czechia -0.39% -290.5%
6th Finland -0.38% -552.6%
7th Montenegro -0.18% 77.4%
8th Aruba -0.17% -500.6%
9th Barbados -0.02% -106.3%
10th Belgium 0.10% -65.2%
11th Grenada 0.21% 66.4%
12th Greece 0.23% -37.6%
13th Turks and Caicos Islands 0.27% 474.6%
14th Liechtenstein 0.27% -77.7%
15th Germany 0.33% -58.0%
16th Austria 0.35% 1.1%
17th Poland 0.36% -54.5%
18th Hungary 0.38% -9.0%
19th United Kingdom 0.40% -4.1%
20th Slovak Republic 0.43% -43.8%
21st Croatia 0.47% -20.1%
22nd Guinea-Bissau 0.48% -19.2%
23rd Luxembourg 0.49% 0.8%
24th Cambodia 0.52% -75.2%
25th Iceland 0.52% -43.6%
26th Italy 0.53% -6.6%
27th Botswana 0.56% 4.8%
28th European Union 0.57% -18.1%
29th Tuvalu 0.57% 355.6%
30th Russian Federation 0.57% 0.0%
31st Serbia 0.58% -64.3%
32nd Ukraine 0.60% -21.8%
33rd Uruguay 0.60% -13.7%
34th Slovenia 0.64% 17.4%
35th Bulgaria 0.65% -14.8%
36th Latvia 0.68% -18.8%
37th Switzerland 0.72% -35.8%
38th Norway 0.73% -10.8%
39th Denmark 0.75% 35.9%
40th San Marino 0.78% -14.7%
41st Macao SAR, China 0.82% 179.6%
42nd Ireland 0.84% 42.8%
43rd Belarus 0.89% -7.9%
44th France 0.91% 10.4%
45th Sweden 0.93% 32.8%
46th Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.94% -9.9%
47th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.95% -4.0%
48th Faroe Islands 0.95% 3.4%
49th Georgia 0.97% 3.2%
50th Cyprus 0.97% 2.7%
51st Channel Islands 1.02% -0.8%
52nd Lithuania 1.04% 12.6%
53rd Bahrain 1.05% -26.2%
54th Trinidad and Tobago 1.09% -9.0%
55th Estonia 1.10% 4.5%
56th Antigua and Barbuda 1.10% -30.7%
57th Spain 1.11% 12.7%
58th Japan 1.15% -3.1%
59th United States 1.17% 19.2%
60th Romania 1.20% 14.0%
61st Moldova 1.20% -18.8%
62nd Jamaica 1.24% 6.7%
63rd Netherlands 1.24% 7.0%
64th Puerto Rico (US) 1.25% 51.7%
65th St. Lucia 1.25% 5.5%
66th South Sudan 1.30% -1.1%
67th New Zealand 1.36% 51.7%
68th Canada 1.40% 2.8%
69th Dominica 1.42% -20.3%
70th Kosovo 1.46% 3.4%
71st Curaçao 1.50% -6.9%
72nd Angola 1.53% 44.2%
73rd Singapore 1.55% 3.3%
74th Samoa 1.56% -3.6%
75th Argentina 1.56% 1.6%
76th Bermuda 1.58% -10.8%
77th Mali 1.59% 2.6%
78th Monaco 1.66% -0.6%
79th Mauritius 1.66% -4.5%
80th North Macedonia 1.69% -0.1%
81st Chile 1.69% -2.0%
82nd Burkina Faso 1.75% 1.0%
83rd Timor-Leste 1.77% 0.7%
84th Guyana 1.79% -12.9%
85th Northern Mariana Islands 1.80% 138.3%
86th Cuba 1.80% -1.4%
87th Tonga 1.81% -2.8%
88th Palau 1.86% 161.2%
89th Haiti 1.87% 0.2%
90th Guinea 1.87% -2.5%
91st Sierra Leone 1.90% 0.3%
92nd Nauru 1.94% -50.5%
93rd Gibraltar 1.95% -7.1%
94th Australia 1.97% -5.9%
95th Fiji 1.98% -5.7%
96th São Tomé and Principe 2.01% 14.9%
97th Kiribati 2.02% 36.0%
98th Chad 2.08% 3.1%
99th Armenia 2.11% -11.0%
100th Azerbaijan 2.13% -7.3%
101st Gabon 2.13% 11.8%
102nd Kazakhstan 2.14% -7.2%
103rd Burundi 2.17% 0.0%
104th Viet Nam 2.18% 3.2%
105th Korea 2.18% -3.5%
106th Nepal 2.19% 1.0%
107th Benin 2.20% 2.2%
108th Central African Republic 2.22% -3.1%
109th India 2.22% 5.0%
110th Kyrgyz Republic 2.22% -17.0%
111th Isle of Man 2.24% 1.4%
112th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.24% 0.2%
113th Guam 2.24% 4.2%
114th Paraguay 2.25% -1.4%
115th Sri Lanka 2.25% -3.9%
116th Mozambique 2.25% 3.0%
117th Algeria 2.26% -0.8%
118th Belize 2.26% -21.0%
119th Myanmar 2.26% -0.2%
120th Nigeria 2.28% 2.9%
121st Malaysia 2.30% 1.7%
122nd Seychelles 2.33% -2.0%
123rd Türkiye 2.35% -4.1%
124th Solomon Islands 2.35% -4.5%
125th Papua New Guinea 2.37% 2.2%
126th Egypt, Arab Republic of 2.37% -2.5%
127th Lao PDR 2.38% 1.1%
128th Hong Kong SAR, China 2.43% 52.3%
129th American Samoa 2.44% -16.7%
130th Afghanistan 2.45% 2.2%
131st Lebanon 2.46% -8.6%
132nd Malawi 2.46% -0.1%
133rd Brazil 2.47% -1.4%
134th Tunisia 2.50% -1.0%
135th Peru 2.51% -10.2%
136th Colombia 2.53% -3.5%
137th El Salvador 2.55% -6.1%
138th Albania 2.55% -11.9%
139th Liberia 2.56% 0.2%
140th Eritrea 2.56% 1.3%
141st Mongolia 2.58% -0.6%
142nd Philippines 2.59% -8.5%
143rd Bangladesh 2.59% -8.9%
144th Eswatini 2.60% 3.0%
145th Turkmenistan 2.61% -1.5%
146th Cameroon 2.61% 2.9%
147th Guatemala 2.63% -2.0%
148th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 2.64% 0.5%
149th Morocco 2.65% -0.4%
150th Oman 2.66% 3.1%
151st Ghana 2.67% 6.9%
152nd Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 2.71% -1.9%
153rd Niger 2.71% -0.7%
154th Yemen, Republic of 2.72% -0.5%
155th Costa Rica 2.74% -2.5%
156th Indonesia 2.75% -0.4%
157th China 2.76% 0.8%
158th Thailand 2.77% -1.8%
159th Brunei Darussalam 2.77% -31.7%
160th Dominican Republic 2.82% -0.8%
161st Panama 2.83% -1.1%
162nd Gambia, The 2.84% 0.6%
163rd Madagascar 2.85% 2.2%
164th Congo, Democratic Republic of 2.86% -1.3%
165th Pakistan 2.88% 0.4%
166th Namibia 2.91% 2.7%
167th Zambia 2.93% -8.1%
168th Vanuatu 2.95% -0.1%
169th Honduras 2.97% 1.1%
170th Ecuador 2.97% -0.4%
171st Senegal 2.99% 0.1%
172nd Comoros 2.99% 3.2%
173rd St. Martin (French part) 3.00% -0.8%
174th Congo, Republic of 3.01% 1.4%
175th Maldives 3.01% 1.7%
176th Uganda 3.02% -2.9%
177th South Africa 3.03% -1.8%
178th Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.04% 1.1%
179th Rwanda 3.05% -1.3%
180th Cabo Verde 3.05% -7.9%
181st Mauritania 3.05% 0.1%
182nd Micronesia, Federated States of 3.06% 2.1%
183rd Zimbabwe 3.07% -3.1%
184th Uzbekistan 3.10% -6.2%
185th Nicaragua 3.13% -0.3%
186th Mexico 3.16% -2.1%
187th Tajikistan 3.17% -3.1%
188th Syrian Arab Republic 3.27% 1.2%
189th Greenland 3.29% -3.3%
190th Israel 3.32% 27.3%
191st Libya 3.33% 7.5%
192nd Suriname 3.36% -1.4%
193rd Bhutan 3.40% 0.7%
194th Cayman Islands 3.40% 76.7%
195th Tanzania 3.44% 1.4%
196th Sudan 3.45% 0.6%
197th Iraq 3.47% 0.8%
198th French Polynesia 3.48% 0.2%
199th Lesotho 3.60% -0.9%
200th Togo 3.63% -9.0%
201st Kenya 3.85% -1.9%
202nd Bahamas, The 3.86% -14.9%
203rd British Virgin Islands 4.11% -28.6%
204th Côte d'Ivoire 4.14% 4.2%
205th Saudi Arabia 4.17% 3.8%
206th New Caledonia 4.19% 26.9%
207th Virgin Islands (US) 5.13% -35.3%
208th Marshall Islands 5.59% -20.3%
209th Jordan 6.06% -14.3%
210th Djibouti 6.47% 9.2%
211th Andorra 7.38% -4.4%
212th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 7.54% -3.7%
213th Kuwait 7.66% -10.9%
214th Qatar 12.16% 4.9%
215th United Arab Emirates 17.86% -2.8%