Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 1996

Saudi Arabia
1996
Total fertility rate: 4.81
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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Saudi Arabia was 4.81 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (244 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.1 years old. In total, 431,846 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.81
Births
431,846
Births per 1,000 people
31.2
Mean age of mothers
31.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
13,831,009
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
10-140.80.1%613
15-1936.33.8%22,731
20-24170.717.7%88,439
25-29243.525.3%115,588
30-34225.423.4%101,094
35-39162.016.8%65,422
40-4488.89.2%29,468
45-4933.53.5%8,073
50-542.50.3%419