Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 2016

Saudi Arabia
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.65
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 2.65 children per woman in 2016 — 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 29.8 years old. In total, 600,614 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.65
Births
600,614
Births per 1,000 people
19.6
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
30,717,808
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%38
15-1915.02.8%15,072
20-24115.821.6%131,690
25-29164.330.7%213,456
30-34127.023.7%148,893
35-3975.714.2%68,013
40-4431.75.9%20,695
45-495.31.0%2,635
50-540.30.1%125