Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 1990

Saudi Arabia
1990
Total fertility rate: 5.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
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 5.80 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 403,996 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.80
Births
403,996
Births per 1,000 people
38.0
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
10,640,690
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
10-144.00.3%2,298
15-1964.35.5%28,301
20-24228.719.7%90,036
25-29291.625.1%111,247
30-34235.320.2%82,893
35-39198.317.0%59,375
40-44103.88.9%23,796
45-4935.33.0%5,776
50-542.30.2%273