Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 2009

Saudi Arabia
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.95
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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 2.95 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (183 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 503,768 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.95
Births
503,768
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
24,217,654
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%100
15-1919.33.3%21,670
20-24137.123.1%152,939
25-29182.530.8%169,399
30-34136.923.1%98,033
35-3977.413.1%43,922
40-4430.05.1%14,089
45-498.91.5%3,403
50-540.70.1%212