What is the difference in population between Nepal and Saudi Arabia?

3.57 million people, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Saudi Arabia?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

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.

Nepal vs Saudi Arabia: Population

Nepal

29.69 million people

in 2023

Saudi Arabia

33.26 million people

in 2023

Nepal rank

51st

Saudi Arabia rank

48th

Population over time

Nepal
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 33.26 million people against 29.69 million people in Nepal, a difference of 3.57 million people.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Nepal ranks 51st and Saudi Arabia ranks 48th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 32 and Saudi Arabia in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.50 million people	2.00 million people	500,000 people	Saudi Arabia
1100s	1.60 million people	2.07 million people	473,330 people	Saudi Arabia
1200s	1.70 million people	2.15 million people	446,670 people	Saudi Arabia
1300s	1.80 million people	2.22 million people	420,000 people	Saudi Arabia
1400s	1.90 million people	1.95 million people	50,000 people	Saudi Arabia
1500s	2.00 million people	2.00 million people	0 people	—
1600s	2.50 million people	2.25 million people	250,000 people	Nepal
1700s	3.00 million people	2.00 million people	1.00 million people	Nepal
1710s	3.07 million people	2.01 million people	1.07 million people	Nepal
1720s	3.15 million people	2.02 million people	1.13 million people	Nepal
1730s	3.22 million people	2.02 million people	1.20 million people	Nepal
1740s	3.29 million people	2.03 million people	1.26 million people	Nepal
1750s	3.37 million people	2.04 million people	1.33 million people	Nepal
1760s	3.44 million people	2.05 million people	1.40 million people	Nepal
1770s	3.51 million people	2.05 million people	1.46 million people	Nepal
1780s	3.59 million people	2.06 million people	1.53 million people	Nepal
1790s	3.66 million people	2.07 million people	1.59 million people	Nepal
1800s	3.97 million people	2.02 million people	1.95 million people	Nepal
1810s	3.91 million people	2.07 million people	1.85 million people	Nepal
1820s	3.95 million people	2.11 million people	1.84 million people	Nepal
1830s	4.10 million people	2.16 million people	1.94 million people	Nepal
1840s	4.26 million people	2.21 million people	2.05 million people	Nepal
1850s	4.41 million people	2.23 million people	2.19 million people	Nepal
1860s	4.55 million people	2.21 million people	2.35 million people	Nepal
1870s	4.72 million people	2.18 million people	2.54 million people	Nepal
1880s	4.93 million people	2.16 million people	2.77 million people	Nepal
1890s	5.07 million people	2.13 million people	2.94 million people	Nepal
1900s	5.24 million people	2.15 million people	3.09 million people	Nepal
1910s	5.38 million people	2.24 million people	3.14 million people	Nepal
1920s	5.35 million people	2.43 million people	2.92 million people	Nepal
1930s	5.35 million people	2.66 million people	2.68 million people	Nepal
1940s	6.70 million people	2.92 million people	3.78 million people	Nepal
1950s	9.17 million people	2.01 million people	7.16 million people	Nepal
1960s	11.09 million people	2.89 million people	8.20 million people	Nepal
1970s	13.76 million people	4.52 million people	9.24 million people	Nepal
1980s	17.28 million people	7.99 million people	9.29 million people	Nepal
1990s	21.91 million people	13.03 million people	8.87 million people	Nepal
2000s	26.04 million people	20.15 million people	5.89 million people	Nepal
2010s	27.79 million people	28.77 million people	977,500 people	Saudi Arabia
2020s	29.46 million people	31.94 million people	2.48 million people	Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Nepal or Saudi Arabia?: Saudi Arabia, at 33.26 million people against 29.69 million people in Nepal as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Nepal and Saudi Arabia?: 3.57 million people, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Saudi Arabia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Nepal and Saudi Arabia rank globally for population?: Nepal ranks 51st 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: 07 August 2026

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