Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belgium was 1.47 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 Belgium 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
	Belgium	Saudi Arabia
1960	2.54	7.63
1961	2.63	7.63
1962	2.59	7.64
1963	2.68	7.65
1964	2.71	7.67
1965	2.61	7.66
1966	2.52	7.66
1967	2.41	7.66
1968	2.31	7.63
1969	2.27	7.6
1970	2.25	7.58
1971	2.21	7.56
1972	2.09	7.54
1973	1.95	7.48
1974	1.83	7.43
1975	1.74	7.37
1976	1.73	7.33
1977	1.71	7.3
1978	1.69	7.26
1979	1.69	7.23
1980	1.68	7.15
1981	1.66	7.07
1982	1.61	6.98
1983	1.57	6.88
1984	1.54	6.78
1985	1.51	6.65
1986	1.54	6.52
1987	1.54	6.34
1988	1.57	6.15
1989	1.58	5.98
1990	1.62	5.8
1991	1.66	5.64
1992	1.65	5.49
1993	1.61	5.33
1994	1.56	5.16
1995	1.56	4.99
1996	1.59	4.81
1997	1.6	4.66
1998	1.6	4.52
1999	1.62	4.35
2000	1.67	4.21
2001	1.67	3.96
2002	1.65	3.71
2003	1.67	3.47
2004	1.72	3.26
2005	1.76	3.16
2006	1.8	3.18
2007	1.82	3.19
2008	1.85	3.07
2009	1.84	2.95
2010	1.86	2.81
2011	1.81	2.8
2012	1.8	2.78
2013	1.76	2.67
2014	1.74	2.68
2015	1.7	2.63
2016	1.68	2.65
2017	1.65	2.67
2018	1.62	2.67
2019	1.6	2.49
2020	1.55	2.27
2021	1.6	2.17
2022	1.53	2.14
2023	1.47	2.28
2024	1.47	2.31
2025	1.48	2.29
2026	1.49	2.27
2027	1.49	2.25
2028	1.5	2.22
2029	1.51	2.2
2030	1.51	2.17
2031	1.52	2.15
2032	1.52	2.13
2033	1.53	2.11
2034	1.53	2.09
2035	1.54	2.07
2036	1.54	2.05
2037	1.54	2.03
2038	1.55	2.01
2039	1.55	1.99
2040	1.56	1.98
2041	1.56	1.97
2042	1.56	1.95
2043	1.57	1.94
2044	1.57	1.93
2045	1.57	1.92
2046	1.57	1.91
2047	1.58	1.9
2048	1.58	1.89
2049	1.59	1.88
2050	1.59	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Saudi Arabia
1960	23.7%	43.4%
1961	23.8%	43.6%
1962	23.8%	43.9%
1963	23.9%	44.3%
1964	23.9%	44.6%
1965	24%	44.8%
1966	24%	45.1%
1967	23.9%	45.3%
1968	23.9%	45.4%
1969	23.8%	45.5%
1970	23.6%	45.5%
1971	23.5%	45.5%
1972	23.3%	45.3%
1973	23%	45.2%
1974	22.6%	45%
1975	22.2%	44.8%
1976	21.8%	44.6%
1977	21.4%	44.5%
1978	21%	44.3%
1979	20.6%	44.2%
1980	20.3%	44.1%
1981	19.9%	43.9%
1982	19.6%	43.8%
1983	19.4%	43.7%
1984	19.1%	43.6%
1985	18.8%	43.6%
1986	18.6%	43.5%
1987	18.3%	43.4%
1988	18.2%	43.3%
1989	18.1%	43.2%
1990	18.1%	43%
1991	18.2%	42.7%
1992	18.2%	42.4%
1993	18.1%	42.1%
1994	18.1%	41.7%
1995	18%	41.2%
1996	17.9%	40.7%
1997	17.8%	40.1%
1998	17.7%	39.5%
1999	17.7%	38.9%
2000	17.6%	38.3%
2001	17.5%	37.7%
2002	17.5%	36.8%
2003	17.3%	35.7%
2004	17.2%	34.5%
2005	17.1%	33.2%
2006	17%	31.9%
2007	16.9%	30.6%
2008	16.9%	29.5%
2009	16.9%	28.5%
2010	16.9%	27.6%
2011	17%	26.9%
2012	17%	26.3%
2013	17%	25.8%
2014	17%	25.4%
2015	17%	25.1%
2016	17%	24.9%
2017	17%	25.2%
2018	16.9%	25.7%
2019	16.9%	25.8%
2020	16.8%	25.5%
2021	16.7%	25.2%
2022	16.5%	24.6%
2023	16.3%	24.1%
2024	16%	23.8%
2025	15.7%	23.6%
2026	15.4%	23.4%
2027	15.1%	23.3%
2028	14.9%	23.1%
2029	14.6%	22.9%
2030	14.4%	22.8%
2031	14.2%	22.6%
2032	14%	22.5%
2033	13.8%	22.4%
2034	13.6%	22.3%
2035	13.5%	22.2%
2036	13.4%	22.2%
2037	13.3%	22.1%
2038	13.3%	22%
2039	13.3%	21.9%
2040	13.4%	21.7%
2041	13.4%	21.5%
2042	13.5%	21.3%
2043	13.5%	21.2%
2044	13.6%	21%
2045	13.7%	20.8%
2046	13.8%	20.7%
2047	13.8%	20.5%
2048	13.9%	20.4%
2049	13.9%	20.2%
2050	13.9%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Saudi Arabia
1960	40,275	74,143
1961	52,349	77,743
1962	42,414	81,393
1963	41,804	85,480
1964	51,580	89,776
1965	39,748	93,820
1966	36,206	98,361
1967	31,618	103,343
1968	20,199	108,281
1969	21,221	113,859
1970	23,173	120,440
1971	21,281	127,600
1972	18,451	136,360
1973	11,690	145,450
1974	7,818	155,478
1975	0	166,223
1976	1,964	178,024
1977	8,847	191,103
1978	7,872	205,331
1979	11,818	220,186
1980	10,845	234,372
1981	11,831	249,156
1982	7,885	264,831
1983	2,956	280,616
1984	4,927	296,615
1985	2,958	310,558
1986	5,917	322,340
1987	11,844	333,088
1988	14,853	342,865
1989	13,912	349,399
1990	19,935	355,495
1991	22,010	361,329
1992	20,090	366,763
1993	14,118	372,621
1994	12,139	377,351
1995	11,150	380,231
1996	12,188	382,248
1997	12,218	385,033
1998	9,183	389,499
1999	9,203	390,112
2000	12,302	392,407
2001	11,315	382,153
2002	7,233	372,099
2003	7,263	364,520
2004	16,673	362,843
2005	15,718	375,938
2006	21,096	399,333
2007	23,376	425,199
2008	22,491	433,457
2009	23,752	438,557
2010	23,970	418,641
2011	25,388	443,675
2012	18,882	465,649
2013	16,739	475,299
2014	21,297	493,431
2015	11,274	511,023
2016	14,731	537,829
2017	10,238	546,751
2018	7,999	528,767
2019	8,042	474,407
2020	-12,692	447,036
2021	5,793	409,032
2022	-2,336	406,920
2023	0	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belgium, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Saudi Arabia
1985	9	40
1986	9	38
1987	9	36
1988	9	34
1989	9	32
1990	9	30
1991	9	29
1992	9	27
1993	9	26
1994	9	25
1995	9	24
1996	9	23
1997	8	23
1998	8	22
1999	8	21
2000	8	20
2001	8	19
2002	7	18
2003	7	16
2004	7	16
2005	7	15
2006	6	14
2007	7	13
2008	6	12
2009	6	11
2010	6	11
2011	6	10
2012	5	9
2013	6	9
2014	5	8
2015	5	8
2016	5	8
2017	5	8
2018	5	8
2019	4	8
2020	4	11
2021	7	12
2022	11	9
2023	4	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Saudi Arabia
1960	3.39%	-
1961	3.25%	-
1962	3.12%	-
1963	3%	-
1964	2.89%	-
1965	2.79%	-
1966	2.7%	-
1967	2.62%	-
1968	2.55%	-
1969	2.48%	-
1970	2.39%	-
1971	2.3%	-
1972	2.19%	16%
1973	2.08%	14.9%
1974	1.97%	14%
1975	1.86%	13.1%
1976	1.76%	12.2%
1977	1.67%	11.4%
1978	1.59%	10.7%
1979	1.52%	9.99%
1980	1.45%	9.34%
1981	1.39%	8.71%
1982	1.33%	8.12%
1983	1.27%	7.56%
1984	1.22%	7.04%
1985	1.18%	6.55%
1986	1.14%	6.07%
1987	1.1%	5.62%
1988	1.07%	5.19%
1989	1.03%	4.8%
1990	1%	4.44%
1991	0.96%	4.11%
1992	0.92%	3.81%
1993	0.87%	3.54%
1994	0.82%	3.29%
1995	0.77%	3.06%
1996	0.72%	2.86%
1997	0.67%	2.67%
1998	0.64%	2.5%
1999	0.61%	2.35%
2000	0.59%	2.21%
2001	0.57%	2.08%
2002	0.55%	1.96%
2003	0.53%	1.85%
2004	0.52%	1.75%
2005	0.5%	1.65%
2006	0.49%	1.56%
2007	0.48%	1.47%
2008	0.47%	1.38%
2009	0.46%	1.3%
2010	0.45%	1.22%
2011	0.44%	1.15%
2012	0.43%	1.08%
2013	0.42%	1.02%
2014	0.42%	0.96%
2015	0.41%	0.9%
2016	0.41%	0.85%
2017	0.4%	0.8%
2018	0.4%	0.76%
2019	0.39%	0.72%
2020	0.39%	0.69%
2021	0.38%	0.66%
2022	0.37%	0.64%
2023	0.36%	0.62%