Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Algeria was 2.77 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.28 in Saudi Arabia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs Saudi Arabia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	Saudi Arabia
1960	7.5	7.63
1961	7.56	7.63
1962	7.61	7.64
1963	7.65	7.65
1964	7.67	7.67
1965	7.71	7.66
1966	7.71	7.66
1967	7.71	7.66
1968	7.71	7.63
1969	7.71	7.6
1970	7.7	7.58
1971	7.67	7.56
1972	7.63	7.54
1973	7.59	7.48
1974	7.55	7.43
1975	7.49	7.37
1976	7.41	7.33
1977	7.31	7.3
1978	7.21	7.26
1979	7.12	7.23
1980	6.99	7.15
1981	6.85	7.07
1982	6.68	6.98
1983	6.5	6.88
1984	6.28	6.78
1985	6.04	6.65
1986	5.65	6.52
1987	5.3	6.34
1988	5.02	6.15
1989	4.76	5.98
1990	4.51	5.8
1991	4.37	5.64
1992	4.27	5.49
1993	4.08	5.33
1994	3.91	5.16
1995	3.49	4.99
1996	3.14	4.81
1997	2.89	4.66
1998	2.69	4.52
1999	2.62	4.35
2000	2.59	4.21
2001	2.52	3.96
2002	2.43	3.71
2003	2.45	3.47
2004	2.5	3.26
2005	2.56	3.16
2006	2.63	3.18
2007	2.7	3.19
2008	2.79	3.07
2009	2.83	2.95
2010	2.88	2.81
2011	2.9	2.8
2012	3	2.78
2013	3	2.67
2014	3.08	2.68
2015	3.09	2.63
2016	3.09	2.65
2017	3.09	2.67
2018	3.02	2.67
2019	3	2.49
2020	2.94	2.27
2021	2.87	2.17
2022	2.82	2.14
2023	2.77	2.28
2024	2.72	2.31
2025	2.67	2.29
2026	2.62	2.27
2027	2.58	2.25
2028	2.53	2.22
2029	2.49	2.2
2030	2.45	2.17
2031	2.41	2.15
2032	2.38	2.13
2033	2.34	2.11
2034	2.32	2.09
2035	2.29	2.07
2036	2.26	2.05
2037	2.23	2.03
2038	2.21	2.01
2039	2.18	1.99
2040	2.16	1.98
2041	2.14	1.97
2042	2.12	1.95
2043	2.1	1.94
2044	2.08	1.93
2045	2.07	1.92
2046	2.05	1.91
2047	2.04	1.9
2048	2.03	1.89
2049	2.01	1.88
2050	2	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	Saudi Arabia
1960	45.5%	43.4%
1961	45.9%	43.6%
1962	46.2%	43.9%
1963	46.6%	44.3%
1964	46.9%	44.6%
1965	47%	44.8%
1966	47.1%	45.1%
1967	47.2%	45.3%
1968	47.1%	45.4%
1969	47%	45.5%
1970	47%	45.5%
1971	46.9%	45.5%
1972	46.8%	45.3%
1973	46.7%	45.2%
1974	46.6%	45%
1975	46.7%	44.8%
1976	47.2%	44.6%
1977	47.3%	44.5%
1978	47%	44.3%
1979	46.8%	44.2%
1980	46.5%	44.1%
1981	46.1%	43.9%
1982	45.8%	43.8%
1983	45.4%	43.7%
1984	45%	43.6%
1985	44.6%	43.6%
1986	44.2%	43.5%
1987	43.7%	43.4%
1988	43.1%	43.3%
1989	42.6%	43.2%
1990	42%	43%
1991	41.4%	42.7%
1992	41%	42.4%
1993	40.5%	42.1%
1994	39.9%	41.7%
1995	39.1%	41.2%
1996	38.2%	40.7%
1997	37.2%	40.1%
1998	36.1%	39.5%
1999	34.9%	38.9%
2000	33.7%	38.3%
2001	32.6%	37.7%
2002	31.5%	36.8%
2003	30.6%	35.7%
2004	29.7%	34.5%
2005	29%	33.2%
2006	28.4%	31.9%
2007	28%	30.6%
2008	27.7%	29.5%
2009	27.5%	28.5%
2010	27.5%	27.6%
2011	27.5%	26.9%
2012	27.7%	26.3%
2013	28.1%	25.8%
2014	28.6%	25.4%
2015	29%	25.1%
2016	29.5%	24.9%
2017	29.9%	25.2%
2018	30.3%	25.7%
2019	30.6%	25.8%
2020	30.8%	25.5%
2021	30.9%	25.2%
2022	30.8%	24.6%
2023	30.6%	24.1%
2024	30.3%	23.8%
2025	29.9%	23.6%
2026	29.4%	23.4%
2027	28.9%	23.3%
2028	28.2%	23.1%
2029	27.5%	22.9%
2030	26.8%	22.8%
2031	26%	22.6%
2032	25.2%	22.5%
2033	24.5%	22.4%
2034	23.8%	22.3%
2035	23.2%	22.2%
2036	22.6%	22.2%
2037	22.2%	22.1%
2038	21.8%	22%
2039	21.5%	21.9%
2040	21.2%	21.7%
2041	21%	21.5%
2042	20.9%	21.3%
2043	20.8%	21.2%
2044	20.8%	21%
2045	20.8%	20.8%
2046	20.9%	20.7%
2047	20.9%	20.5%
2048	20.9%	20.4%
2049	21%	20.2%
2050	21%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 42% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +1.57% in Saudi Arabia. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Algeria	Saudi Arabia
1960	290,582	74,143
1961	296,467	77,743
1962	283,903	81,393
1963	315,645	85,480
1964	312,729	89,776
1965	311,190	93,820
1966	309,628	98,361
1967	316,289	103,343
1968	324,560	108,281
1969	334,541	113,859
1970	346,564	120,440
1971	356,069	127,600
1972	368,179	136,360
1973	382,736	145,450
1974	399,509	155,478
1975	417,803	166,223
1976	440,192	178,024
1977	465,405	191,103
1978	491,876	205,331
1979	523,875	220,186
1980	559,983	234,372
1981	595,150	249,156
1982	620,415	264,831
1983	641,167	280,616
1984	656,475	296,615
1985	672,185	310,558
1986	661,644	322,340
1987	645,309	333,088
1988	637,215	342,865
1989	628,542	349,399
1990	612,369	355,495
1991	616,850	361,329
1992	627,289	366,763
1993	611,306	372,621
1994	594,445	377,351
1995	533,104	380,231
1996	483,632	382,248
1997	450,138	385,033
1998	425,928	389,499
1999	434,198	390,112
2000	447,025	392,407
2001	450,637	382,153
2002	451,369	372,099
2003	474,272	364,520
2004	508,773	362,843
2005	543,158	375,938
2006	580,812	399,333
2007	620,196	425,199
2008	662,044	433,457
2009	691,496	438,557
2010	719,350	418,641
2011	741,832	443,675
2012	790,645	465,649
2013	802,203	475,299
2014	839,654	493,431
2015	847,054	511,023
2016	849,368	537,829
2017	848,585	546,751
2018	824,428	528,767
2019	809,522	474,407
2020	724,140	447,036
2021	735,514	409,032
2022	722,591	406,920
2023	691,724	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 62 deaths per 100,000 live births in Algeria, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	Saudi Arabia
1985	292	40
1986	265	38
1987	243	36
1988	227	34
1989	215	32
1990	202	30
1991	198	29
1992	193	27
1993	195	26
1994	196	25
1995	187	24
1996	173	23
1997	155	23
1998	143	22
1999	132	21
2000	123	20
2001	113	19
2002	102	18
2003	101	16
2004	91	16
2005	87	15
2006	84	14
2007	83	13
2008	83	12
2009	83	11
2010	82	11
2011	81	10
2012	81	9
2013	81	9
2014	80	8
2015	79	8
2016	79	8
2017	77	8
2018	75	8
2019	73	8
2020	97	11
2021	79	12
2022	64	9
2023	62	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 0.62% in Saudi Arabia. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Algeria	Saudi Arabia
1960	24%	-
1961	24%	-
1962	24.1%	-
1963	24.2%	-
1964	24.3%	-
1965	24.5%	-
1966	24.6%	-
1967	24.6%	-
1968	24.6%	-
1969	24.4%	-
1970	24.1%	-
1971	23.7%	-
1972	23.1%	16%
1973	22.4%	14.9%
1974	21.7%	14%
1975	20.9%	13.1%
1976	20%	12.2%
1977	19%	11.4%
1978	18%	10.7%
1979	16.9%	9.99%
1980	15.6%	9.34%
1981	14%	8.71%
1982	12.3%	8.12%
1983	10.5%	7.56%
1984	8.91%	7.04%
1985	7.61%	6.55%
1986	6.63%	6.07%
1987	5.96%	5.62%
1988	5.55%	5.19%
1989	5.3%	4.8%
1990	5.17%	4.44%
1991	5.09%	4.11%
1992	5.04%	3.81%
1993	4.98%	3.54%
1994	4.9%	3.29%
1995	4.81%	3.06%
1996	4.7%	2.86%
1997	4.58%	2.67%
1998	4.45%	2.5%
1999	4.31%	2.35%
2000	4.16%	2.21%
2001	4.01%	2.08%
2002	3.85%	1.96%
2003	3.7%	1.85%
2004	3.54%	1.75%
2005	3.4%	1.65%
2006	3.26%	1.56%
2007	3.13%	1.47%
2008	3.01%	1.38%
2009	2.9%	1.3%
2010	2.81%	1.22%
2011	2.73%	1.15%
2012	2.66%	1.08%
2013	2.6%	1.02%
2014	2.54%	0.96%
2015	2.49%	0.9%
2016	2.45%	0.85%
2017	2.4%	0.8%
2018	2.37%	0.76%
2019	2.33%	0.72%
2020	2.29%	0.69%
2021	2.26%	0.66%
2022	2.23%	0.64%
2023	2.2%	0.62%