Saudi Arabia
Urban population in Saudi Arabia
Urban population in Saudi Arabia: 21.3% in 1950 and 84.6% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 84.6%
- Since 1950
- +63.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 51 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 87.5%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 87.5% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 84.6 |
| 2024 | 84.5 |
| 2023 | 84.3 |
| 2022 | 84.1 |
| 2021 | 84 |
| 2020 | 83.8 |
| 2019 | 83.6 |
| 2018 | 83.5 |
| 2017 | 83.3 |
| 2016 | 83.1 |
| 2015 | 83 |
| 2014 | 82.8 |
| 2013 | 82.6 |
| 2012 | 82.4 |
| 2011 | 82.3 |
| 2010 | 82.1 |
| 2009 | 81.9 |
| 2008 | 81.6 |
| 2007 | 81.4 |
| 2006 | 81.2 |
| 2005 | 81 |
| 2004 | 80.8 |
| 2003 | 80.5 |
| 2002 | 80.3 |
| 2001 | 80.2 |
| 2000 | 80 |
| 1999 | 79.8 |
| 1998 | 79.6 |
| 1997 | 79.4 |
| 1996 | 79.2 |
| 1995 | 78.9 |
| 1994 | 78.7 |
| 1993 | 78.3 |
| 1992 | 78 |
| 1991 | 77.6 |
| 1990 | 77 |
| 1989 | 76.3 |
| 1988 | 75.6 |
| 1987 | 74.8 |
| 1986 | 73.9 |
| 1985 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 71.9 |
| 1983 | 70.6 |
| 1982 | 69.3 |
| 1981 | 67.9 |
| 1980 | 66.4 |
| 1979 | 64.9 |
| 1978 | 63.3 |
| 1977 | 61.7 |
| 1976 | 60.1 |
| 1975 | 58.4 |
| 1974 | 56.8 |
| 1973 | 55.1 |
| 1972 | 53.2 |
| 1971 | 51.2 |
| 1970 | 49.2 |
| 1969 | 47.1 |
| 1968 | 45 |
| 1967 | 42.9 |
| 1966 | 40.9 |
| 1965 | 39 |
| 1964 | 37.2 |
| 1963 | 35.6 |
| 1962 | 34.1 |
| 1961 | 32.8 |
| 1960 | 31.4 |
| 1959 | 30.2 |
| 1958 | 29 |
| 1957 | 27.8 |
| 1956 | 26.7 |
| 1955 | 25.6 |
| 1954 | 24.6 |
| 1953 | 23.7 |
| 1952 | 22.8 |
| 1951 | 22 |
| 1950 | 21.3 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 84.8 |
| 2027 | 84.9 |
| 2028 | 85.1 |
| 2029 | 85.2 |
| 2030 | 85.4 |
| 2031 | 85.5 |
| 2032 | 85.6 |
| 2033 | 85.8 |
| 2034 | 85.9 |
| 2035 | 86 |
| 2036 | 86.2 |
| 2037 | 86.3 |
| 2038 | 86.4 |
| 2039 | 86.5 |
| 2040 | 86.6 |
| 2041 | 86.7 |
| 2042 | 86.8 |
| 2043 | 86.9 |
| 2044 | 87 |
| 2045 | 87.1 |
| 2046 | 87.2 |
| 2047 | 87.3 |
| 2048 | 87.3 |
| 2049 | 87.4 |
| 2050 | 87.5 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spending23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel282,000 people in 2020
- National power1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports3 million TIV in 2023