Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 1998

Saudi Arabia
1998
Total fertility rate: 4.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Saudi Arabia was 4.52 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (234 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.2 years old. In total, 440,344 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.52
Births
440,344
Births per 1,000 people
29.5
Mean age of mothers
31.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
14,922,186
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
10-140.50.1%475
15-1928.43.1%19,907
20-24157.917.5%90,923
25-29234.025.9%119,834
30-34220.724.4%105,710
35-39149.716.5%65,318
40-4477.58.6%28,440
45-4933.63.7%9,236
50-542.60.3%501