Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ireland was 1.5 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 Ireland 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
	Ireland	Saudi Arabia
1960	3.78	7.63
1961	3.78	7.63
1962	3.92	7.64
1963	4.01	7.65
1964	4.07	7.67
1965	4.04	7.66
1966	3.94	7.66
1967	3.84	7.66
1968	3.77	7.63
1969	3.83	7.6
1970	3.85	7.58
1971	3.93	7.56
1972	3.84	7.54
1973	3.71	7.48
1974	3.59	7.43
1975	3.37	7.37
1976	3.29	7.33
1977	3.24	7.3
1978	3.21	7.26
1979	3.21	7.23
1980	3.21	7.15
1981	3.05	7.07
1982	2.94	6.98
1983	2.74	6.88
1984	2.58	6.78
1985	2.48	6.65
1986	2.44	6.52
1987	2.32	6.34
1988	2.17	6.15
1989	2.08	5.98
1990	2.11	5.8
1991	2.08	5.64
1992	1.99	5.49
1993	1.9	5.33
1994	1.85	5.16
1995	1.84	4.99
1996	1.88	4.81
1997	1.93	4.66
1998	1.94	4.52
1999	1.9	4.35
2000	1.89	4.21
2001	1.94	3.96
2002	1.97	3.71
2003	1.96	3.47
2004	1.93	3.26
2005	1.86	3.16
2006	1.91	3.18
2007	2.01	3.19
2008	2.06	3.07
2009	2.06	2.95
2010	2.05	2.81
2011	2.03	2.8
2012	1.98	2.78
2013	1.93	2.67
2014	1.89	2.68
2015	1.85	2.63
2016	1.81	2.65
2017	1.77	2.67
2018	1.75	2.67
2019	1.71	2.49
2020	1.63	2.27
2021	1.78	2.17
2022	1.54	2.14
2023	1.5	2.28
2024	1.5	2.31
2025	1.5	2.29
2026	1.5	2.27
2027	1.5	2.25
2028	1.5	2.22
2029	1.5	2.2
2030	1.5	2.17
2031	1.5	2.15
2032	1.5	2.13
2033	1.5	2.11
2034	1.5	2.09
2035	1.5	2.07
2036	1.5	2.05
2037	1.5	2.03
2038	1.5	2.01
2039	1.51	1.99
2040	1.51	1.98
2041	1.5	1.97
2042	1.5	1.95
2043	1.5	1.94
2044	1.51	1.93
2045	1.51	1.92
2046	1.5	1.91
2047	1.5	1.9
2048	1.5	1.89
2049	1.5	1.88
2050	1.5	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Saudi Arabia
1960	30.9%	43.4%
1961	31%	43.6%
1962	30.9%	43.9%
1963	30.9%	44.3%
1964	30.9%	44.6%
1965	31.1%	44.8%
1966	31.1%	45.1%
1967	31.1%	45.3%
1968	31.1%	45.4%
1969	31.1%	45.5%
1970	31.1%	45.5%
1971	31.2%	45.5%
1972	31.2%	45.3%
1973	31.2%	45.2%
1974	31.2%	45%
1975	31.1%	44.8%
1976	31%	44.6%
1977	30.9%	44.5%
1978	30.7%	44.3%
1979	30.5%	44.2%
1980	30.4%	44.1%
1981	30.3%	43.9%
1982	30.1%	43.8%
1983	29.9%	43.7%
1984	29.6%	43.6%
1985	29.3%	43.6%
1986	28.9%	43.5%
1987	28.5%	43.4%
1988	28.1%	43.3%
1989	27.6%	43.2%
1990	27.1%	43%
1991	26.6%	42.7%
1992	26%	42.4%
1993	25.5%	42.1%
1994	24.9%	41.7%
1995	24.2%	41.2%
1996	23.6%	40.7%
1997	23%	40.1%
1998	22.5%	39.5%
1999	22.1%	38.9%
2000	21.8%	38.3%
2001	21.4%	37.7%
2002	21.1%	36.8%
2003	21%	35.7%
2004	20.8%	34.5%
2005	20.6%	33.2%
2006	20.4%	31.9%
2007	20.3%	30.6%
2008	20.5%	29.5%
2009	20.7%	28.5%
2010	21.1%	27.6%
2011	21.4%	26.9%
2012	21.5%	26.3%
2013	21.5%	25.8%
2014	21.4%	25.4%
2015	21.3%	25.1%
2016	21.2%	24.9%
2017	20.9%	25.2%
2018	20.7%	25.7%
2019	20.4%	25.8%
2020	20.1%	25.5%
2021	19.8%	25.2%
2022	19.5%	24.6%
2023	19%	24.1%
2024	18.6%	23.8%
2025	18.1%	23.6%
2026	17.6%	23.4%
2027	17.2%	23.3%
2028	16.9%	23.1%
2029	16.6%	22.9%
2030	16.3%	22.8%
2031	16%	22.6%
2032	15.8%	22.5%
2033	15.6%	22.4%
2034	15.4%	22.3%
2035	15.3%	22.2%
2036	15.2%	22.2%
2037	15.1%	22.1%
2038	15.1%	22%
2039	15.2%	21.9%
2040	15.2%	21.7%
2041	15.3%	21.5%
2042	15.4%	21.3%
2043	15.4%	21.2%
2044	15.5%	21%
2045	15.6%	20.8%
2046	15.6%	20.7%
2047	15.7%	20.5%
2048	15.7%	20.4%
2049	15.7%	20.2%
2050	15.6%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	Saudi Arabia
1960	28,286	74,143
1961	25,137	77,743
1962	28,077	81,393
1963	29,667	85,480
1964	31,532	89,776
1965	30,500	93,820
1966	26,866	98,361
1967	29,895	103,343
1968	27,697	108,281
1969	29,326	113,859
1970	30,756	120,440
1971	35,606	127,600
1972	34,316	136,360
1973	34,562	145,450
1974	34,199	155,478
1975	34,128	166,223
1976	33,676	178,024
1977	35,448	191,103
1978	36,288	205,331
1979	38,798	220,186
1980	40,612	234,372
1981	39,364	249,156
1982	38,344	264,831
1983	34,053	280,616
1984	31,791	296,615
1985	29,013	310,558
1986	27,963	322,340
1987	26,904	333,088
1988	22,912	342,865
1989	20,012	349,399
1990	21,787	355,495
1991	21,206	361,329
1992	20,283	366,763
1993	17,166	372,621
1994	17,234	377,351
1995	16,601	380,231
1996	18,915	382,248
1997	21,311	385,033
1998	22,277	389,499
1999	21,402	390,112
2000	23,592	392,407
2001	27,837	382,153
2002	31,062	372,099
2003	32,372	364,520
2004	33,376	362,843
2005	33,279	375,938
2006	36,752	399,333
2007	43,109	425,199
2008	46,691	433,457
2009	47,168	438,557
2010	47,426	418,641
2011	45,801	443,675
2012	42,775	465,649
2013	39,302	475,299
2014	37,728	493,431
2015	35,265	511,023
2016	33,339	537,829
2017	31,379	546,751
2018	29,878	528,767
2019	28,365	474,407
2020	23,687	447,036
2021	26,064	409,032
2022	19,287	406,920
2023	19,638	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland 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 Ireland, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	Saudi Arabia
1960	3.53%	-
1961	3.38%	-
1962	3.25%	-
1963	3.13%	-
1964	3.01%	-
1965	2.87%	-
1966	2.71%	-
1967	2.55%	-
1968	2.41%	-
1969	2.3%	-
1970	2.22%	-
1971	2.17%	-
1972	2.14%	16%
1973	2.11%	14.9%
1974	2.06%	14%
1975	2%	13.1%
1976	1.91%	12.2%
1977	1.81%	11.4%
1978	1.69%	10.7%
1979	1.56%	9.99%
1980	1.43%	9.34%
1981	1.32%	8.71%
1982	1.23%	8.12%
1983	1.17%	7.56%
1984	1.11%	7.04%
1985	1.07%	6.55%
1986	1.04%	6.07%
1987	1.02%	5.62%
1988	0.99%	5.19%
1989	0.96%	4.8%
1990	0.92%	4.44%
1991	0.87%	4.11%
1992	0.81%	3.81%
1993	0.77%	3.54%
1994	0.74%	3.29%
1995	0.73%	3.06%
1996	0.73%	2.86%
1997	0.73%	2.67%
1998	0.73%	2.5%
1999	0.73%	2.35%
2000	0.72%	2.21%
2001	0.69%	2.08%
2002	0.65%	1.96%
2003	0.6%	1.85%
2004	0.56%	1.75%
2005	0.52%	1.65%
2006	0.49%	1.56%
2007	0.46%	1.47%
2008	0.44%	1.38%
2009	0.43%	1.3%
2010	0.42%	1.22%
2011	0.41%	1.15%
2012	0.4%	1.08%
2013	0.39%	1.02%
2014	0.38%	0.96%
2015	0.37%	0.9%
2016	0.36%	0.85%
2017	0.35%	0.8%
2018	0.34%	0.76%
2019	0.34%	0.72%
2020	0.35%	0.69%
2021	0.36%	0.66%
2022	0.37%	0.64%
2023	0.38%	0.62%