Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 2008

Saudi Arabia
2008
Total fertility rate: 3.07
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Saudi Arabia was 3.07 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (189 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 496,355 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.07
Births
496,355
Births per 1,000 people
21.3
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
23,287,877
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
10-140.10.0%110
15-1920.43.3%22,777
20-24144.123.4%153,273
25-29189.030.6%163,540
30-34141.322.9%94,861
35-3979.913.0%43,557
40-4430.85.0%14,066
45-4910.51.7%3,924
50-540.90.1%247