Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 2019

Saudi Arabia
2019
Total fertility rate: 2.49
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 2.49 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 550,793 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.49
Births
550,793
Births per 1,000 people
18.1
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
30,472,811
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%33
15-1912.82.6%12,824
20-24104.020.7%104,984
25-29153.630.6%186,218
30-34120.424.0%147,440
35-3973.414.6%73,150
40-4431.66.3%23,083
45-495.31.1%2,924
50-540.30.1%134