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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uzbekistan fits inside Saudi Arabia 4.8 times

Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 1,643 m above Saudi Arabia’s

Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 59% of Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia are nearly identical here

Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uzbekistan is 4.9 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Uzbekistan are 1.4 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Saudi Arabia is 2.3 years older than in Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 1.2 more children on average than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

6.1% of people in Uzbekistan are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Saudi Arabia hosts 90 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan are practically level

Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Saudi Arabia 1

Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

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Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 8.7 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Saudi Arabia produces 5.4 times as much per person as Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Saudi Arabia: no data · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Saudi Arabia: no data · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.6% in Uzbekistan, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Uzbekistan 2.5%

Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Uzbekistan’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Uzbekistan’s

Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Saudi Arabia spends 9.5 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Saudi Arabia live 6.5 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Saudi Arabia has 21% more doctors per person than Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 2 times as many hospital beds per person as Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 3.5 times that in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 31% in Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

16% of adults in Uzbekistan smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.53 points higher than in Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Saudi Arabia: no data · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Saudi Arabia has 23% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Saudi Arabia has 363 kcal more food per person per day than Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 26 more hours a year than in Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 0.3 years longer than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Saudi Arabia welcomed 3.8 times as many tourists per resident as Uzbekistan (2019)

Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan are practically level

Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 90% in Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 10% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan are practically level

Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 61% longer than Saudi Arabia’s

Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 9.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 8.8% of Uzbekistan, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 5.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

19% of Uzbekistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 68% more fine dust than in Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 50% more likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 65% deadlier than in Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Saudi Arabia is on average 12.5 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Uzbekistan gets 3.6 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Saudi Arabia bigger than Uzbekistan?

Saudi Arabia is larger. Uzbekistan fits inside Saudi Arabia 4.8 times.

Which has more people, Saudi Arabia or Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia are nearly identical here (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Saudi Arabia or Uzbekistan?

People in Saudi Arabia live 6.5 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 79.0 years in Saudi Arabia and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Saudi Arabia or Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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