Fertility in Saudi Arabia, 2023

Saudi Arabia
2023
Total fertility rate: 2.28
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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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-5 -1   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Saudi Arabia was 2.28 children per woman in 2023 — 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, 546,038 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.28
Births
546,038
Births per 1,000 people
16.4
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
33,264,292
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
15-1911.12.4%12,808
20-2490.619.8%98,632
25-29140.530.7%175,078
30-34112.524.6%148,681
35-3968.414.9%80,405
40-4429.36.4%26,819
45-495.21.1%3,433
50-540.30.1%151