Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 2015

Saudi Arabia
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.63
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 2.63 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 581,656 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.63
Births
581,656
Births per 1,000 people
19.4
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
29,974,938
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
10-140.00.0%42
15-1915.22.9%15,486
20-24115.921.8%135,356
25-29164.130.9%209,360
30-34126.223.8%138,867
35-3973.913.9%61,358
40-4430.25.7%18,518
45-495.41.0%2,543
50-540.40.1%127