Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 2018

Saudi Arabia
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.67
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 2.67 children per woman in 2018 — 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 29.9 years old. In total, 599,367 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
599,367
Births per 1,000 people
19.7
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
30,365,121
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%34
15-1914.22.6%14,216
20-24113.821.2%119,315
25-29164.130.5%203,566
30-34128.023.8%157,410
35-3978.314.6%77,505
40-4433.86.3%24,300
45-495.31.0%2,896
50-540.30.1%128