Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 2021

Saudi Arabia
2021
Total fertility rate: 2.17
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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 2.17 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 498,172 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.17
Births
498,172
Births per 1,000 people
15.9
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
31,328,375
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%32
15-1910.52.4%11,069
20-2486.219.7%87,822
25-29133.530.6%166,185
30-34108.024.7%137,974
35-3965.515.0%69,620
40-4427.46.3%22,222
45-495.31.2%3,103
50-540.30.1%146