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Mozambique vs Saudi Arabia: Population

Mozambique
33.64 million people
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
33.26 million people
in 2023
Mozambique rank
47th
Saudi Arabia rank
48th

Population over time

  • Mozambique
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 33.64 million people against 33.26 million people in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 370,900 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Mozambique ranks 47th and Saudi Arabia ranks 48th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Mozambique averaged higher in 21 and Saudi Arabia in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mozambique Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1000s 300,000 people 2.00 million people 1.70 million people Saudi Arabia
1100s 440,000 people 2.07 million people 1.63 million people Saudi Arabia
1200s 580,000 people 2.15 million people 1.57 million people Saudi Arabia
1300s 720,000 people 2.22 million people 1.50 million people Saudi Arabia
1400s 860,000 people 1.95 million people 1.09 million people Saudi Arabia
1500s 1.00 million people 2.00 million people 1.00 million people Saudi Arabia
1600s 1.25 million people 2.25 million people 1.00 million people Saudi Arabia
1700s 1.50 million people 2.00 million people 500,000 people Saudi Arabia
1710s 1.55 million people 2.01 million people 457,910 people Saudi Arabia
1720s 1.60 million people 2.02 million people 415,840 people Saudi Arabia
1730s 1.65 million people 2.02 million people 373,750 people Saudi Arabia
1740s 1.70 million people 2.03 million people 331,660 people Saudi Arabia
1750s 1.75 million people 2.04 million people 289,590 people Saudi Arabia
1760s 1.80 million people 2.05 million people 247,500 people Saudi Arabia
1770s 1.85 million people 2.05 million people 205,410 people Saudi Arabia
1780s 1.90 million people 2.06 million people 163,340 people Saudi Arabia
1790s 1.95 million people 2.07 million people 121,250 people Saudi Arabia
1800s 2.02 million people 2.02 million people 1,090 people Mozambique
1810s 2.07 million people 2.07 million people 4,648 people Mozambique
1820s 2.38 million people 2.11 million people 270,813 people Mozambique
1830s 3.13 million people 2.16 million people 965,360 people Mozambique
1840s 4.10 million people 2.21 million people 1.89 million people Mozambique
1850s 4.72 million people 2.23 million people 2.49 million people Mozambique
1860s 4.67 million people 2.21 million people 2.46 million people Mozambique
1870s 4.55 million people 2.18 million people 2.37 million people Mozambique
1880s 4.48 million people 2.16 million people 2.32 million people Mozambique
1890s 4.38 million people 2.13 million people 2.25 million people Mozambique
1900s 4.09 million people 2.15 million people 1.94 million people Mozambique
1910s 3.81 million people 2.24 million people 1.57 million people Mozambique
1920s 3.98 million people 2.43 million people 1.55 million people Mozambique
1930s 4.59 million people 2.66 million people 1.93 million people Mozambique
1940s 5.38 million people 2.92 million people 2.46 million people Mozambique
1950s 6.25 million people 2.01 million people 4.24 million people Mozambique
1960s 7.35 million people 2.89 million people 4.46 million people Mozambique
1970s 9.49 million people 4.52 million people 4.97 million people Mozambique
1980s 12.30 million people 7.99 million people 4.31 million people Mozambique
1990s 15.36 million people 13.03 million people 2.33 million people Mozambique
2000s 20.14 million people 20.15 million people 3,060 people Saudi Arabia
2010s 26.28 million people 28.77 million people 2.49 million people Saudi Arabia
2020s 32.20 million people 31.94 million people 255,900 people Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Mozambique or Saudi Arabia?
Mozambique, at 33.64 million people against 33.26 million people in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Mozambique and Saudi Arabia?
370,900 people, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Saudi Arabia?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Mozambique and Saudi Arabia rank globally for population?
Mozambique ranks 47th and Saudi Arabia ranks 48th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.