Fertility rate: births per woman in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Fertility rate: births per woman was 2.28 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Saudi Arabia, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fertility rate: births per woman in Saudi Arabia is 2.28 live births per woman, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.5% on the previous year and down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Saudi Arabia peaked at 7.67 live births per woman in 1964 and was at its lowest, 2.14 live births per woman, in 2022.
Saudi Arabia ranks 92nd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.59 live births per woman | 7.58 live births per woman | 7.62 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.64 live births per woman | 7.6 live births per woman | 7.67 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.41 live births per woman | 7.23 live births per woman | 7.58 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.65 live births per woman | 5.97 live births per woman | 7.14 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.08 live births per woman | 4.35 live births per woman | 5.8 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.42 live births per woman | 2.95 live births per woman | 4.21 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.69 live births per woman | 2.49 live births per woman | 2.81 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.21 live births per woman | 2.14 live births per woman | 2.28 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 89 Guatemala 2.31 live births per woman compare
- 90 American Samoa 2.29 live births per woman compare
- 91 Fiji 2.28 live births per woman compare
- 93 Suriname 2.25 live births per woman compare
- 94 Dominican Republic 2.24 live births per woman compare
- 95 Faroe Islands 2.24 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Saudi Arabia
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0133 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.28 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.28 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.9 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.2104 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 60.59 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.55 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 29.77 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.0482 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 65.07 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Saudi Arabia?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Saudi Arabia was 2.28 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.67 live births per woman in 1964.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.14 live births per woman in 2022.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 92nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.