Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 2020

Saudi Arabia
2020
Total fertility rate: 2.27
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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 2.27 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 515,334 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.27
Births
515,334
Births per 1,000 people
16.6
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
30,991,207
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
15-1911.32.5%11,569
20-2492.220.2%93,630
25-29140.330.7%174,434
30-34111.924.5%141,275
35-3967.414.7%69,468
40-4428.36.2%21,747
45-495.41.2%3,033
50-540.30.1%146