Statistical table shows the number of population of Riyadh since (1235 AH)
| 1235 |
1819 |
2.000 Family |
Sadler |
| 1279 |
1862 |
7.500 People |
W.G Palgrave |
| 1319 |
1902 |
8.000 |
Lorimer |
| 1330 |
1912 |
12.000 |
Leishman |
| 1336 |
1918 |
18.000 |
Philippi |
| 1337 |
1919 |
19.000 |
Philippi |
| 1340 |
1922 |
30.000 |
Rihani |
| 1342 |
1924 |
30.000 |
Yusuf Yasin |
| 1349 |
1930 |
27.000 |
William Rowe |
| 1357 |
1938 |
47.000 |
William Rowe |
| 1359 |
1940 |
50.000 |
Office of City Planning |
| 1364 |
1944 |
50.000 |
Van der Njuln |
| 1365 |
1945 |
80.000 |
Philippi |
| 1372 |
1952 |
80.000 |
Carl Toitchel |
| 1374 |
1954 |
106.000 |
Office of City Planning |
| 1380 |
1960 |
160.000 |
Office of City Planning dimensions Doxiades amended (the supreme body for the development of the city of Riyadh) |
| 1382 |
1962 |
169.000 |
Office of City Planning |
| 1382 |
1962 |
185.000 |
Doxiades |
| 1385 |
1965 |
231.000 |
High Commission for the Development of Riyadh (Kingdom of the book Introduction to Economics) |
| 1388 |
1968 |
300.000 |
Doxiades survey on the number of families |
| 1392 |
1972 |
420.000 |
Doxiades |
| 1394 |
1974 |
662.000 |
Population of the country (in 1394 AH / 1974 AD) |
| 1397 |
1977 |
690.000 |
International survey six |
| 1398 |
1978 |
760.000 |
High Commission for the Development of Riyadh |
| 1407 |
1987 |
1.389.000 |
High Commission for the Development of Riyadh |
| 1411 |
1990 |
2.100.000 |
High Commission for the Development of Riyadh |
| 1413 |
1992 |
2.776.096 |
Census (1413/1992 m) |
| 1417 |
1997 |
3.100.000 |
High Commission for the Development of Riyadh |
| 1422 |
2001 |
3.829.000 |
High Commission for the Development of Riyadh |
| 1425 |
2004 |
4.260.000 |
High Commission for the Development of Riyadh |
| 1427 |
2006 |
4.600.000 |
High Commission for the Development of Riyadh |
* Source: Statistics from the King Abdul-Aziz Foundation and the High Commission for the Development of Riyadh