Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 1999

Saudi Arabia
1999
Total fertility rate: 4.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Saudi Arabia was 4.35 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (219 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.3 years old. In total, 441,607 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.35
Births
441,607
Births per 1,000 people
28.5
Mean age of mothers
31.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
15,472,074
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
10-140.40.1%398
15-1928.83.3%21,330
20-24153.017.6%92,992
25-29219.125.2%116,893
30-34208.423.9%102,948
35-39148.917.1%67,341
40-4477.28.9%29,665
45-4932.63.7%9,533
50-542.40.3%507