Share of the population that is female in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Share of the population that is female was 39.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of the population that is female in Saudi Arabia, 1960–2025
Source: United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2025, share of the population that is female in Saudi Arabia stood at 39.6%.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population that is female in Saudi Arabia peaked at 48.8% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 37.2%, in 2016.
That places Saudi Arabia 209th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48.7% | 48.6% | 48.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 47.9% | 47.3% | 48.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 46.6% | 46.1% | 47.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 46.0% | 45.9% | 46.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 42.0% | 39.3% | 45.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.0% | 37.2% | 38.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.3% | 39.1% | 39.6% | 6 |
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More gender data for Saudi Arabia
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 275,243 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 288,722 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 275,525 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 288,548 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 263,011 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 275,073 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 253,491 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 263,958 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 259,002 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 268,301 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that is female in Saudi Arabia?
- Share of the population that is female in Saudi Arabia was 39.6% in 2025, according to United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population that is female recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 48.8% in 1960.
- What is the lowest share of the population that is female recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.2% in 2016.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for share of the population that is female?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 209th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of the population that is female rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population that is female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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