Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 1959

Saudi Arabia
1959
Total fertility rate: 7.62
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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The total fertility rate of Saudi Arabia was 7.62 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (352 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 121,276 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.62
Births
121,276
Births per 1,000 people
51.7
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
2,348,011
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-1414.20.9%1,760
15-19115.97.6%12,261
20-24315.020.7%30,164
25-29351.923.1%30,450
30-34302.119.8%22,526
35-39266.017.4%16,471
40-44114.47.5%5,792
45-4942.92.8%1,758
50-542.80.2%96