Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Colombia was 1.65 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 Colombia 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
	Colombia	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.74	7.63
1961	6.71	7.63
1962	6.66	7.64
1963	6.58	7.65
1964	6.48	7.67
1965	6.33	7.66
1966	6.16	7.66
1967	5.96	7.66
1968	5.74	7.63
1969	5.51	7.6
1970	5.28	7.58
1971	5.06	7.56
1972	4.86	7.54
1973	4.68	7.48
1974	4.53	7.43
1975	4.4	7.37
1976	4.29	7.33
1977	4.16	7.3
1978	4	7.26
1979	3.89	7.23
1980	3.8	7.15
1981	3.71	7.07
1982	3.62	6.98
1983	3.5	6.88
1984	3.35	6.78
1985	3.23	6.65
1986	3.15	6.52
1987	3.09	6.34
1988	3.04	6.15
1989	3.01	5.98
1990	3	5.8
1991	2.98	5.64
1992	2.98	5.49
1993	2.98	5.33
1994	2.94	5.16
1995	2.85	4.99
1996	2.77	4.81
1997	2.74	4.66
1998	2.72	4.52
1999	2.64	4.35
2000	2.57	4.21
2001	2.52	3.96
2002	2.49	3.71
2003	2.45	3.47
2004	2.38	3.26
2005	2.31	3.16
2006	2.24	3.18
2007	2.19	3.19
2008	2.15	3.07
2009	2.1	2.95
2010	2.01	2.81
2011	1.94	2.8
2012	1.9	2.78
2013	1.86	2.67
2014	1.82	2.68
2015	1.77	2.63
2016	1.72	2.65
2017	1.72	2.67
2018	1.72	2.67
2019	1.71	2.49
2020	1.69	2.27
2021	1.68	2.17
2022	1.66	2.14
2023	1.65	2.28
2024	1.63	2.31
2025	1.62	2.29
2026	1.6	2.27
2027	1.6	2.25
2028	1.59	2.22
2029	1.59	2.2
2030	1.58	2.17
2031	1.58	2.15
2032	1.57	2.13
2033	1.57	2.11
2034	1.57	2.09
2035	1.57	2.07
2036	1.57	2.05
2037	1.57	2.03
2038	1.57	2.01
2039	1.57	1.99
2040	1.57	1.98
2041	1.57	1.97
2042	1.57	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	1.58	1.88
2050	1.58	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Saudi Arabia
1960	46.8%	43.4%
1961	47%	43.6%
1962	47.1%	43.9%
1963	47.2%	44.3%
1964	47.3%	44.6%
1965	47.2%	44.8%
1966	47.1%	45.1%
1967	46.9%	45.3%
1968	46.7%	45.4%
1969	46.4%	45.5%
1970	46%	45.5%
1971	45.6%	45.5%
1972	45.1%	45.3%
1973	44.6%	45.2%
1974	44%	45%
1975	43.4%	44.8%
1976	42.8%	44.6%
1977	42.2%	44.5%
1978	41.5%	44.3%
1979	40.9%	44.2%
1980	40.3%	44.1%
1981	39.7%	43.9%
1982	39.1%	43.8%
1983	38.6%	43.7%
1984	38.1%	43.6%
1985	37.6%	43.6%
1986	37.2%	43.5%
1987	36.9%	43.4%
1988	36.5%	43.3%
1989	36.2%	43.2%
1990	35.9%	43%
1991	35.6%	42.7%
1992	35.3%	42.4%
1993	35%	42.1%
1994	34.7%	41.7%
1995	34.4%	41.2%
1996	34%	40.7%
1997	33.7%	40.1%
1998	33.3%	39.5%
1999	32.9%	38.9%
2000	32.5%	38.3%
2001	32.1%	37.7%
2002	31.7%	36.8%
2003	31.3%	35.7%
2004	30.9%	34.5%
2005	30.4%	33.2%
2006	29.9%	31.9%
2007	29.3%	30.6%
2008	28.7%	29.5%
2009	28.1%	28.5%
2010	27.5%	27.6%
2011	26.9%	26.9%
2012	26.3%	26.3%
2013	25.7%	25.8%
2014	25.1%	25.4%
2015	24.5%	25.1%
2016	23.9%	24.9%
2017	23.3%	25.2%
2018	22.7%	25.7%
2019	22.1%	25.8%
2020	21.7%	25.5%
2021	21.3%	25.2%
2022	21%	24.6%
2023	20.6%	24.1%
2024	20.3%	23.8%
2025	20%	23.6%
2026	19.7%	23.4%
2027	19.5%	23.3%
2028	19.3%	23.1%
2029	19.1%	22.9%
2030	18.8%	22.8%
2031	18.6%	22.6%
2032	18.4%	22.5%
2033	18.2%	22.4%
2034	18%	22.3%
2035	17.7%	22.2%
2036	17.4%	22.2%
2037	17.2%	22.1%
2038	16.9%	22%
2039	16.7%	21.9%
2040	16.4%	21.7%
2041	16.2%	21.5%
2042	16%	21.3%
2043	15.7%	21.2%
2044	15.5%	21%
2045	15.4%	20.8%
2046	15.2%	20.7%
2047	15%	20.5%
2048	14.8%	20.4%
2049	14.7%	20.2%
2050	14.6%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Saudi Arabia
1960	529,316	74,143
1961	545,627	77,743
1962	559,985	81,393
1963	572,355	85,480
1964	581,435	89,776
1965	587,677	93,820
1966	590,855	98,361
1967	591,649	103,343
1968	589,407	108,281
1969	586,559	113,859
1970	583,396	120,440
1971	582,011	127,600
1972	581,361	136,360
1973	583,608	145,450
1974	589,035	155,478
1975	598,580	166,223
1976	612,265	178,024
1977	622,814	191,103
1978	626,378	205,331
1979	635,747	220,186
1980	649,872	234,372
1981	662,195	249,156
1982	675,339	264,831
1983	674,767	280,616
1984	666,315	296,615
1985	625,379	310,558
1986	659,701	322,340
1987	659,429	333,088
1988	663,796	342,865
1989	674,102	349,399
1990	682,409	355,495
1991	690,266	361,329
1992	697,763	366,763
1993	709,287	372,621
1994	708,660	377,351
1995	694,968	380,231
1996	682,547	382,248
1997	686,073	385,033
1998	687,704	389,499
1999	668,576	390,112
2000	652,176	392,407
2001	642,933	382,153
2002	640,840	372,099
2003	642,144	364,520
2004	628,424	362,843
2005	610,618	375,938
2006	594,388	399,333
2007	583,115	425,199
2008	576,654	433,457
2009	559,017	438,557
2010	533,657	418,641
2011	511,524	443,675
2012	503,285	465,649
2013	489,069	475,299
2014	470,916	493,431
2015	446,778	511,023
2016	425,087	537,829
2017	426,538	546,751
2018	433,622	528,767
2019	441,087	474,407
2020	378,965	447,036
2021	311,122	409,032
2022	406,143	406,920
2023	422,598	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Colombia, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Saudi Arabia
1985	143	40
1986	123	38
1987	120	36
1988	113	34
1989	106	32
1990	102	30
1991	99	29
1992	97	27
1993	94	26
1994	93	25
1995	91	24
1996	89	23
1997	90	23
1998	92	22
1999	96	21
2000	95	20
2001	94	19
2002	91	18
2003	87	16
2004	84	16
2005	82	15
2006	81	14
2007	80	13
2008	78	12
2009	77	11
2010	76	11
2011	75	10
2012	73	9
2013	72	9
2014	71	8
2015	70	8
2016	69	8
2017	68	8
2018	67	8
2019	66	8
2020	94	11
2021	147	12
2022	74	9
2023	59	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Saudi Arabia
1960	13.4%	-
1961	13%	-
1962	12.6%	-
1963	12.2%	-
1964	11.8%	-
1965	11.5%	-
1966	11.1%	-
1967	10.8%	-
1968	10.4%	-
1969	10.1%	-
1970	9.72%	-
1971	9.36%	-
1972	8.99%	16%
1973	8.6%	14.9%
1974	8.2%	14%
1975	7.8%	13.1%
1976	7.39%	12.2%
1977	6.98%	11.4%
1978	6.58%	10.7%
1979	6.2%	9.99%
1980	5.84%	9.34%
1981	5.5%	8.71%
1982	5.17%	8.12%
1983	4.88%	7.56%
1984	4.62%	7.04%
1985	4.89%	6.55%
1986	4.17%	6.07%
1987	3.99%	5.62%
1988	3.84%	5.19%
1989	3.7%	4.8%
1990	3.57%	4.44%
1991	3.45%	4.11%
1992	3.33%	3.81%
1993	3.21%	3.54%
1994	3.1%	3.29%
1995	2.99%	3.06%
1996	2.88%	2.86%
1997	2.78%	2.67%
1998	2.68%	2.5%
1999	2.59%	2.35%
2000	2.51%	2.21%
2001	2.43%	2.08%
2002	2.35%	1.96%
2003	2.28%	1.85%
2004	2.22%	1.75%
2005	2.15%	1.65%
2006	2.09%	1.56%
2007	2.02%	1.47%
2008	1.96%	1.38%
2009	1.89%	1.3%
2010	1.83%	1.22%
2011	1.77%	1.15%
2012	1.72%	1.08%
2013	1.66%	1.02%
2014	1.61%	0.96%
2015	1.56%	0.9%
2016	1.51%	0.85%
2017	1.46%	0.8%
2018	1.41%	0.76%
2019	1.37%	0.72%
2020	1.32%	0.69%
2021	1.28%	0.66%
2022	1.24%	0.64%
2023	1.2%	0.62%