Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 2000

Saudi Arabia
2000
Total fertility rate: 4.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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 4.21 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (206 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.3 years old. In total, 444,729 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.21
Births
444,729
Births per 1,000 people
27.5
Mean age of mothers
31.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
16,177,722
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
10-140.40.0%336
15-1929.33.5%22,842
20-24148.817.7%95,554
25-29206.024.5%114,731
30-34197.523.5%100,685
35-39148.417.6%69,424
40-4477.19.2%30,936
45-4931.33.7%9,705
50-542.30.3%513