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Saudi Arabia - Population Growth 1972

Name: Saudi Arabia Population Growth 1972
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Annual population growth rate · World Bank

4.76% +0.33pp from 1971 Global rank: 205th

Saudi Arabia's population growth was 4.76% in 1972, increased +0.33pp from 4.44% in 1971. This was the 205th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1972▾

Population Growth by Country - 1972
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Equatorial Guinea	-2.07%	-35.5%
2nd	Aruba	-1.26%	-337.7%
3rd	Macao SAR, China	-0.95%	75.9%
4th	St. Kitts and Nevis	-0.39%	56.5%
5th	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.18%	-156.7%
6th	Portugal	-0.15%	63.6%
7th	Malta	-0.08%	-600.2%
8th	Burundi	0.00%	-100.2%
9th	Guinea-Bissau	0.07%	-78.1%
10th	Tuvalu	0.12%	-68.3%
11th	Grenada	0.13%	-45.0%
12th	Barbados	0.20%	323.6%
13th	Curaçao	0.22%	-88.0%
14th	Sweden	0.30%	-57.1%
15th	Hungary	0.30%	4.2%
16th	United Kingdom	0.34%	-18.8%
17th	Bermuda	0.37%	-59.7%
18th	Belgium	0.39%	114.9%
19th	Czechia	0.41%	230.5%
20th	Croatia	0.43%	1.0%
21st	Bulgaria	0.47%	-15.4%
22nd	Germany	0.48%	160.8%
23rd	Uruguay	0.54%	-3.6%
24th	Serbia	0.56%	-14.3%
25th	Italy	0.57%	21.7%
26th	Denmark	0.57%	-17.7%
27th	Russian Federation	0.57%	-0.2%
28th	Austria	0.58%	30.2%
29th	Finland	0.60%	371.6%
30th	Greece	0.65%	49.8%
31st	European Union	0.68%	22.4%
32nd	Nauru	0.74%	-4.6%
33rd	Dominica	0.76%	-16.1%
34th	Switzerland	0.76%	45.3%
35th	Norway	0.76%	9.1%
36th	Ukraine	0.78%	18.9%
37th	Slovenia	0.80%	2.6%
38th	Cambodia	0.80%	388.9%
39th	Belarus	0.80%	-3.7%
40th	Latvia	0.81%	11.1%
41st	Poland	0.83%	127.0%
42nd	Slovak Republic	0.86%	102.5%
43rd	France	0.88%	-6.9%
44th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.94%	0.2%
45th	Romania	0.96%	-7.9%
46th	Channel Islands	0.97%	-5.5%
47th	Moldova	0.98%	3.8%
48th	Gibraltar	0.99%	-30.9%
49th	Georgia	1.01%	-2.9%
50th	Netherlands	1.01%	-15.0%
51st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.02%	6.6%
52nd	Cyprus	1.07%	5.1%
53rd	United States	1.07%	-15.3%
54th	Lithuania	1.08%	-13.1%
55th	Spain	1.10%	-8.4%
56th	Estonia	1.12%	-8.9%
57th	Cabo Verde	1.13%	-46.7%
58th	Monaco	1.16%	-18.6%
59th	Canada	1.16%	-60.6%
60th	Faroe Islands	1.20%	6.8%
61st	Luxembourg	1.21%	27.2%
62nd	Montenegro	1.22%	106.4%
63rd	Trinidad and Tobago	1.22%	9.7%
64th	Guyana	1.25%	-11.2%
65th	St. Lucia	1.37%	1.4%
66th	British Virgin Islands	1.38%	-14.9%
67th	Suriname	1.39%	-57.1%
68th	Japan	1.40%	-36.2%
69th	Samoa	1.42%	-4.6%
70th	Jamaica	1.45%	7.4%
71st	Iceland	1.46%	81.0%
72nd	Ireland	1.49%	27.0%
73rd	Belize	1.51%	-11.0%
74th	Mauritius	1.52%	-4.6%
75th	North Macedonia	1.54%	-4.6%
76th	Argentina	1.58%	0.6%
77th	Cuba	1.60%	-7.9%
78th	Chile	1.63%	-1.3%
79th	Mali	1.64%	2.6%
80th	Isle of Man	1.65%	-18.1%
81st	American Samoa	1.66%	-10.5%
82nd	Tonga	1.69%	-4.0%
83rd	Fiji	1.72%	-7.3%
84th	Burkina Faso	1.72%	-0.2%
85th	Guinea	1.73%	-3.7%
86th	Timor-Leste	1.76%	-0.8%
87th	New Zealand	1.77%	18.4%
88th	Sierra Leone	1.83%	-1.4%
89th	Australia	1.84%	-45.6%
90th	Singapore	1.85%	1.0%
91st	Korea	1.88%	-4.8%
92nd	Haiti	1.90%	0.9%
93rd	Kiribati	1.90%	-3.3%
94th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.92%	-11.1%
95th	Bangladesh	1.92%	10.0%
96th	Central African Republic	1.96%	-5.6%
97th	Puerto Rico (US)	1.97%	22.4%
98th	San Marino	1.98%	44.2%
99th	Armenia	2.03%	2.0%
100th	Sri Lanka	2.03%	-4.8%
101st	Azerbaijan	2.03%	-4.2%
102nd	Gabon	2.05%	-1.2%
103rd	Kazakhstan	2.08%	-1.6%
104th	South Sudan	2.11%	22.7%
105th	São Tomé and Principe	2.13%	-1.7%
106th	Kyrgyz Republic	2.16%	3.4%
107th	Nepal	2.17%	-0.3%
108th	India	2.20%	-1.0%
109th	Myanmar	2.21%	-1.1%
110th	Kosovo	2.22%	19.2%
111th	Chad	2.23%	5.8%
112th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.25%	-0.1%
113th	Viet Nam	2.28%	-1.7%
114th	Philippines	2.28%	-3.0%
115th	Benin	2.30%	2.1%
116th	Algeria	2.30%	1.8%
117th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	2.30%	-0.4%
118th	Greenland	2.30%	34.8%
119th	Colombia	2.32%	-3.7%
120th	Paraguay	2.32%	2.8%
121st	El Salvador	2.35%	-1.7%
122nd	Guam	2.35%	0.1%
123rd	Solomon Islands	2.38%	4.9%
124th	Papua New Guinea	2.39%	-0.4%
125th	Nigeria	2.40%	2.6%
126th	Türkiye	2.40%	1.1%
127th	Malaysia	2.40%	1.1%
128th	Seychelles	2.41%	19.2%
129th	Lao PDR	2.42%	0.8%
130th	Liechtenstein	2.43%	13.0%
131st	Brazil	2.43%	-0.6%
132nd	Afghanistan	2.44%	0.6%
133rd	China	2.46%	-10.5%
134th	Uganda	2.49%	-12.2%
135th	Albania	2.49%	3.0%
136th	Morocco	2.53%	-2.6%
137th	Tunisia	2.53%	1.0%
138th	Liberia	2.53%	0.6%
139th	Israel	2.54%	-19.2%
140th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	2.55%	-1.8%
141st	Turkmenistan	2.56%	-1.2%
142nd	Malawi	2.56%	2.1%
143rd	Eritrea	2.56%	-1.4%
144th	Lebanon	2.56%	2.7%
145th	Guatemala	2.58%	-0.4%
146th	Costa Rica	2.60%	-2.4%
147th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	2.62%	-0.1%
148th	Marshall Islands	2.64%	-27.4%
149th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	2.65%	-3.1%
150th	Peru	2.65%	7.7%
151st	Niger	2.66%	-0.6%
152nd	Thailand	2.66%	-1.3%
153rd	Indonesia	2.66%	-1.7%
154th	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.67%	-6.8%
155th	Bahamas, The	2.69%	-14.1%
156th	Cameroon	2.72%	1.7%
157th	Mongolia	2.73%	2.8%
158th	Eswatini	2.74%	2.5%
159th	Yemen, Republic of	2.75%	2.6%
160th	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.76%	81.1%
161st	Mozambique	2.76%	12.0%
162nd	Panama	2.77%	-1.3%
163rd	Pakistan	2.77%	0.4%
164th	Dominican Republic	2.78%	-0.6%
165th	Zambia	2.81%	2.1%
166th	Ghana	2.81%	1.7%
167th	Oman	2.82%	2.7%
168th	Togo	2.85%	-11.2%
169th	St. Martin (French part)	2.86%	-2.9%
170th	South Africa	2.87%	-2.1%
171st	Uzbekistan	2.88%	-1.5%
172nd	Rwanda	2.89%	-2.1%
173rd	Nicaragua	2.91%	-6.8%
174th	Gambia, The	2.92%	1.6%
175th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	2.93%	-2.0%
176th	Ecuador	2.94%	-0.6%
177th	Madagascar	2.95%	1.4%
178th	Senegal	2.99%	0.1%
179th	Vanuatu	2.99%	1.0%
180th	Namibia	3.01%	1.8%
181st	Mauritania	3.01%	-0.8%
182nd	Angola	3.01%	28.9%
183rd	Honduras	3.04%	1.1%
184th	Mexico	3.04%	-1.8%
185th	Brunei Darussalam	3.05%	49.5%
186th	Maldives	3.05%	0.0%
187th	Zimbabwe	3.07%	2.5%
188th	Tajikistan	3.08%	-0.1%
189th	Congo, Republic of	3.10%	1.5%
190th	Comoros	3.21%	3.6%
191st	French Polynesia	3.29%	-3.1%
192nd	Libya	3.31%	-1.1%
193rd	Syrian Arab Republic	3.40%	1.3%
194th	Bhutan	3.40%	0.0%
195th	Sudan	3.43%	-0.4%
196th	Iraq	3.44%	-0.5%
197th	Kenya	3.48%	-4.2%
198th	Lesotho	3.52%	-1.3%
199th	Tanzania	3.57%	2.4%
200th	Botswana	3.59%	110.4%
201st	Palau	3.63%	7.4%
202nd	Jordan	4.13%	-17.1%
203rd	Côte d'Ivoire	4.48%	3.5%
204th	New Caledonia	4.62%	-0.1%
205th	Saudi Arabia	4.76%	7.4%
206th	Bahrain	4.81%	85.1%
207th	Cayman Islands	5.83%	8.4%
208th	Kuwait	6.19%	-7.4%
209th	Andorra	6.83%	-3.5%
210th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	6.90%	-3.2%
211th	Djibouti	6.92%	4.3%
212th	Virgin Islands (US)	7.31%	-34.2%
213th	Qatar	10.92%	-9.9%
214th	Northern Mariana Islands	11.43%	11.2%
215th	United Arab Emirates	13.91%	-11.1%

FAQ

What was Saudi Arabia's population growth in 1972?▾

Saudi Arabia's population growth in 1972 was 4.76%. This ranked 205th globally.

How did Saudi Arabia's population growth change in 1972?▾

Saudi Arabia's population growth increased by 7.4% in 1972 compared to 1971.

Which country had the highest population growth in 1972?▾

United Arab Emirates had the highest population growth in 1972 at 13.91%.

What is the population growth of Saudi Arabia in 1972?▾

The population growth of Saudi Arabia in 1972 was 4.76%. This ranked 205th globally.

How does 1972 compare to 1971 for Saudi Arabia's population growth?▾

Saudi Arabia's population growth went from 4.44% in 1971 to 4.76% in 1972, a 7.4% increase.

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