Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 1970

Saudi Arabia
1970
Total fertility rate: 7.58
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Saudi Arabia was 7.58 children per woman in 1970 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (350 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 173,388 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.58
Births
173,388
Births per 1,000 people
48.7
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
3,562,470
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
10-1413.90.9%2,857
15-19114.37.5%18,794
20-24312.820.6%41,770
25-29350.423.1%41,388
30-34300.719.8%31,983
35-39264.417.4%24,883
40-44113.97.5%8,925
45-4942.92.8%2,650
50-542.90.2%137