Fertility & birth rates in Eritrea and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Eritrea vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Eritrea was 3.71 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 Eritrea 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
	Eritrea	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.48	7.63
1961	6.47	7.63
1962	6.5	7.64
1963	6.48	7.65
1964	6.49	7.67
1965	6.49	7.66
1966	6.5	7.66
1967	6.5	7.66
1968	6.5	7.63
1969	6.5	7.6
1970	6.54	7.58
1971	6.54	7.56
1972	6.54	7.54
1973	6.55	7.48
1974	6.57	7.43
1975	6.59	7.37
1976	6.6	7.33
1977	6.61	7.3
1978	6.61	7.26
1979	6.62	7.23
1980	6.61	7.15
1981	6.62	7.07
1982	6.63	6.98
1983	6.65	6.88
1984	6.62	6.78
1985	6.59	6.65
1986	6.56	6.52
1987	6.52	6.34
1988	6.47	6.15
1989	6.41	5.98
1990	6.34	5.8
1991	6.24	5.64
1992	6.16	5.49
1993	6.07	5.33
1994	6.01	5.16
1995	5.94	4.99
1996	5.84	4.81
1997	5.74	4.66
1998	5.63	4.52
1999	5.52	4.35
2000	5.4	4.21
2001	5.31	3.96
2002	5.23	3.71
2003	5.14	3.47
2004	5.04	3.26
2005	4.93	3.16
2006	4.88	3.18
2007	4.81	3.19
2008	4.74	3.07
2009	4.66	2.95
2010	4.57	2.81
2011	4.49	2.8
2012	4.41	2.78
2013	4.34	2.67
2014	4.27	2.68
2015	4.22	2.63
2016	4.16	2.65
2017	4.11	2.67
2018	4.06	2.67
2019	4	2.49
2020	3.93	2.27
2021	3.87	2.17
2022	3.79	2.14
2023	3.71	2.28
2024	3.68	2.31
2025	3.61	2.29
2026	3.55	2.27
2027	3.49	2.25
2028	3.43	2.22
2029	3.38	2.2
2030	3.32	2.17
2031	3.27	2.15
2032	3.22	2.13
2033	3.18	2.11
2034	3.13	2.09
2035	3.09	2.07
2036	3.04	2.05
2037	3.01	2.03
2038	2.97	2.01
2039	2.93	1.99
2040	2.9	1.98
2041	2.86	1.97
2042	2.83	1.95
2043	2.8	1.94
2044	2.77	1.93
2045	2.74	1.92
2046	2.71	1.91
2047	2.68	1.9
2048	2.65	1.89
2049	2.63	1.88
2050	2.6	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eritrea	Saudi Arabia
1960	41.5%	43.4%
1961	41.4%	43.6%
1962	41.4%	43.9%
1963	41.5%	44.3%
1964	41.6%	44.6%
1965	41.8%	44.8%
1966	42.1%	45.1%
1967	42.4%	45.3%
1968	42.8%	45.4%
1969	43%	45.5%
1970	43.3%	45.5%
1971	43.6%	45.5%
1972	43.8%	45.3%
1973	44%	45.2%
1974	44.1%	45%
1975	44.1%	44.8%
1976	44.2%	44.6%
1977	44.3%	44.5%
1978	44.3%	44.3%
1979	44.4%	44.2%
1980	44.4%	44.1%
1981	44.4%	43.9%
1982	44.4%	43.8%
1983	44.4%	43.7%
1984	44.2%	43.6%
1985	44.1%	43.6%
1986	44%	43.5%
1987	44%	43.4%
1988	44.2%	43.3%
1989	44.3%	43.2%
1990	44.5%	43%
1991	44.6%	42.7%
1992	44.7%	42.4%
1993	44.5%	42.1%
1994	44.4%	41.7%
1995	43.5%	41.2%
1996	42.9%	40.7%
1997	43.7%	40.1%
1998	44.4%	39.5%
1999	44.9%	38.9%
2000	45.2%	38.3%
2001	45%	37.7%
2002	44.4%	36.8%
2003	43.7%	35.7%
2004	43%	34.5%
2005	42.9%	33.2%
2006	43.1%	31.9%
2007	43.3%	30.6%
2008	43%	29.5%
2009	42.7%	28.5%
2010	42.6%	27.6%
2011	42.3%	26.9%
2012	42.1%	26.3%
2013	42%	25.8%
2014	42%	25.4%
2015	42.1%	25.1%
2016	42.1%	24.9%
2017	41.9%	25.2%
2018	41.5%	25.7%
2019	41%	25.8%
2020	40.4%	25.5%
2021	39.8%	25.2%
2022	39.2%	24.6%
2023	38.7%	24.1%
2024	38.1%	23.8%
2025	37.6%	23.6%
2026	37.1%	23.4%
2027	36.6%	23.3%
2028	36.3%	23.1%
2029	35.9%	22.9%
2030	35.7%	22.8%
2031	35.5%	22.6%
2032	35.3%	22.5%
2033	35.2%	22.4%
2034	35%	22.3%
2035	34.8%	22.2%
2036	34.7%	22.2%
2037	34.4%	22.1%
2038	34.2%	22%
2039	34%	21.9%
2040	33.7%	21.7%
2041	33.4%	21.5%
2042	33.1%	21.3%
2043	32.7%	21.2%
2044	32.3%	21%
2045	31.9%	20.8%
2046	31.5%	20.7%
2047	31.1%	20.5%
2048	30.7%	20.4%
2049	30.3%	20.2%
2050	29.9%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.1% of the population in Eritrea and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eritrea and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Eritrea vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.29% in Eritrea 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
	Eritrea	Saudi Arabia
1960	21,424	74,143
1961	22,351	77,743
1962	23,478	81,393
1963	24,393	85,480
1964	25,327	89,776
1965	26,285	93,820
1966	24,713	98,361
1967	27,992	103,343
1968	28,777	108,281
1969	29,535	113,859
1970	30,686	120,440
1971	31,490	127,600
1972	30,951	136,360
1973	31,969	145,450
1974	30,111	155,478
1975	30,971	166,223
1976	36,250	178,024
1977	37,295	191,103
1978	38,353	205,331
1979	39,577	220,186
1980	41,392	234,372
1981	42,924	249,156
1982	44,146	264,831
1983	33,420	280,616
1984	35,101	296,615
1985	37,362	310,558
1986	39,470	322,340
1987	52,229	333,088
1988	54,163	342,865
1989	54,299	349,399
1990	56,903	355,495
1991	57,741	361,329
1992	51,443	366,763
1993	51,679	372,621
1994	56,288	377,351
1995	56,157	380,231
1996	66,557	382,248
1997	63,953	385,033
1998	55,332	389,499
1999	45,120	390,112
2000	60,274	392,407
2001	61,180	382,153
2002	65,436	372,099
2003	66,291	364,520
2004	72,147	362,843
2005	72,930	375,938
2006	74,470	399,333
2007	73,101	425,199
2008	73,391	433,457
2009	76,206	438,557
2010	76,098	418,641
2011	76,806	443,675
2012	76,416	465,649
2013	75,562	475,299
2014	75,729	493,431
2015	73,682	511,023
2016	73,002	537,829
2017	72,291	546,751
2018	72,511	528,767
2019	73,572	474,407
2020	73,362	447,036
2021	74,394	409,032
2022	76,221	406,920
2023	78,073	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Eritrea vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 291 deaths per 100,000 live births in Eritrea, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eritrea	Saudi Arabia
1985	1,678	40
1986	1,625	38
1987	1,555	36
1988	1,499	34
1989	1,473	32
1990	1,352	30
1991	1,384	29
1992	1,149	27
1993	1,040	26
1994	998	25
1995	854	24
1996	878	23
1997	817	23
1998	865	22
1999	734	21
2000	741	20
2001	651	19
2002	636	18
2003	588	16
2004	588	16
2005	567	15
2006	555	14
2007	541	13
2008	530	12
2009	515	11
2010	498	11
2011	478	10
2012	458	9
2013	443	9
2014	430	8
2015	413	8
2016	395	8
2017	379	8
2018	363	8
2019	351	8
2020	334	11
2021	338	12
2022	301	9
2023	291	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.54% in Eritrea 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
	Eritrea	Saudi Arabia
1972	-	16%
1973	-	14.9%
1974	25.6%	14%
1975	25%	13.1%
1976	20.8%	12.2%
1977	20.4%	11.4%
1978	20%	10.7%
1979	19.7%	9.99%
1980	19.4%	9.34%
1981	19.1%	8.71%
1982	18.8%	8.12%
1983	27.8%	7.56%
1984	27.2%	7.04%
1985	26.2%	6.55%
1986	25.6%	6.07%
1987	17.1%	5.62%
1988	16.6%	5.19%
1989	16%	4.8%
1990	15.4%	4.44%
1991	14.7%	4.11%
1992	13.9%	3.81%
1993	13.1%	3.54%
1994	12.3%	3.29%
1995	11.5%	3.06%
1996	10.8%	2.86%
1997	10.1%	2.67%
1998	9.51%	2.5%
1999	10.9%	2.35%
2000	8.53%	2.21%
2001	8.11%	2.08%
2002	7.73%	1.96%
2003	7.38%	1.85%
2004	7.05%	1.75%
2005	6.75%	1.65%
2006	6.46%	1.56%
2007	6.19%	1.47%
2008	5.94%	1.38%
2009	5.71%	1.3%
2010	5.5%	1.22%
2011	5.31%	1.15%
2012	5.12%	1.08%
2013	4.94%	1.02%
2014	4.78%	0.96%
2015	4.61%	0.9%
2016	4.46%	0.85%
2017	4.32%	0.8%
2018	4.17%	0.76%
2019	4.03%	0.72%
2020	3.91%	0.69%
2021	3.79%	0.66%
2022	3.66%	0.64%
2023	3.54%	0.62%