Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 1974

Saudi Arabia
1974
Total fertility rate: 7.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Saudi Arabia was 7.43 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (343 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 206,883 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.43
Births
206,883
Births per 1,000 people
47.8
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
4,323,632
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%3,430
15-19112.47.6%22,642
20-24306.020.6%52,061
25-29342.923.1%49,358
30-34294.519.8%37,135
35-39258.917.4%28,684
40-44111.77.5%10,353
45-4942.02.8%3,063
50-542.80.2%159