Fertility & birth rates in Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Kazakhstan vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Kazakhstan was 3.01 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 Kazakhstan 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
	Kazakhstan	Saudi Arabia
1960	4.5	7.63
1961	4.42	7.63
1962	4.36	7.64
1963	4.26	7.65
1964	4.07	7.67
1965	3.88	7.66
1966	3.82	7.66
1967	3.77	7.66
1968	3.63	7.63
1969	3.51	7.6
1970	3.51	7.58
1971	3.53	7.56
1972	3.55	7.54
1973	3.51	7.48
1974	3.45	7.43
1975	3.4	7.37
1976	3.33	7.33
1977	3.26	7.3
1978	3.16	7.26
1979	3.14	7.23
1980	3.09	7.15
1981	3.05	7.07
1982	3.02	6.98
1983	3.07	6.88
1984	3.15	6.78
1985	3.21	6.65
1986	3.19	6.52
1987	3.12	6.34
1988	3	6.15
1989	2.87	5.98
1990	2.75	5.8
1991	2.68	5.64
1992	2.58	5.49
1993	2.48	5.33
1994	2.38	5.16
1995	2.25	4.99
1996	2.08	4.81
1997	1.97	4.66
1998	1.94	4.52
1999	1.9	4.35
2000	1.9	4.21
2001	1.91	3.96
2002	1.96	3.71
2003	2.08	3.47
2004	2.2	3.26
2005	2.27	3.16
2006	2.38	3.18
2007	2.49	3.19
2008	2.62	3.07
2009	2.58	2.95
2010	2.61	2.81
2011	2.61	2.8
2012	2.64	2.78
2013	2.67	2.67
2014	2.76	2.68
2015	2.76	2.63
2016	2.8	2.65
2017	2.75	2.67
2018	2.85	2.67
2019	2.89	2.49
2020	3.13	2.27
2021	3.32	2.17
2022	3.05	2.14
2023	3.01	2.28
2024	2.98	2.31
2025	2.95	2.29
2026	2.92	2.27
2027	2.9	2.25
2028	2.87	2.22
2029	2.84	2.2
2030	2.81	2.17
2031	2.78	2.15
2032	2.76	2.13
2033	2.74	2.11
2034	2.71	2.09
2035	2.69	2.07
2036	2.66	2.05
2037	2.64	2.03
2038	2.62	2.01
2039	2.6	1.99
2040	2.58	1.98
2041	2.56	1.97
2042	2.54	1.95
2043	2.52	1.94
2044	2.5	1.93
2045	2.48	1.92
2046	2.47	1.91
2047	2.44	1.9
2048	2.43	1.89
2049	2.41	1.88
2050	2.39	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kazakhstan	Saudi Arabia
1960	37.2%	43.4%
1961	38%	43.6%
1962	38.4%	43.9%
1963	38.5%	44.3%
1964	38.4%	44.6%
1965	38.1%	44.8%
1966	37.8%	45.1%
1967	37.4%	45.3%
1968	37%	45.4%
1969	36.5%	45.5%
1970	36.1%	45.5%
1971	35.6%	45.5%
1972	35.2%	45.3%
1973	34.7%	45.2%
1974	34.1%	45%
1975	33.6%	44.8%
1976	33.3%	44.6%
1977	33.1%	44.5%
1978	32.8%	44.3%
1979	32.9%	44.2%
1980	33%	44.1%
1981	32.8%	43.9%
1982	32.7%	43.8%
1983	32.6%	43.7%
1984	32.6%	43.6%
1985	32.6%	43.6%
1986	32.6%	43.5%
1987	32.4%	43.4%
1988	32.1%	43.3%
1989	31.9%	43.2%
1990	31.7%	43%
1991	31.6%	42.7%
1992	31.4%	42.4%
1993	31.1%	42.1%
1994	30.8%	41.7%
1995	30.5%	41.2%
1996	30.1%	40.7%
1997	29.6%	40.1%
1998	29%	39.5%
1999	28.3%	38.9%
2000	27.6%	38.3%
2001	26.9%	37.7%
2002	26.2%	36.8%
2003	25.6%	35.7%
2004	25.1%	34.5%
2005	24.8%	33.2%
2006	24.7%	31.9%
2007	24.7%	30.6%
2008	24.9%	29.5%
2009	25.1%	28.5%
2010	25.4%	27.6%
2011	25.7%	26.9%
2012	26.2%	26.3%
2013	26.7%	25.8%
2014	27.2%	25.4%
2015	27.7%	25.1%
2016	28.1%	24.9%
2017	28.5%	25.2%
2018	28.8%	25.7%
2019	29%	25.8%
2020	29.2%	25.5%
2021	29.5%	25.2%
2022	29.6%	24.6%
2023	29.5%	24.1%
2024	29.4%	23.8%
2025	29.1%	23.6%
2026	28.9%	23.4%
2027	28.5%	23.3%
2028	28.2%	23.1%
2029	27.9%	22.9%
2030	27.5%	22.8%
2031	27.1%	22.6%
2032	26.8%	22.5%
2033	26.5%	22.4%
2034	26.1%	22.3%
2035	25.8%	22.2%
2036	25.4%	22.2%
2037	25%	22.1%
2038	24.8%	22%
2039	24.7%	21.9%
2040	24.6%	21.7%
2041	24.5%	21.5%
2042	24.5%	21.3%
2043	24.6%	21.2%
2044	24.6%	21%
2045	24.6%	20.8%
2046	24.7%	20.7%
2047	24.7%	20.5%
2048	24.7%	20.4%
2049	24.7%	20.2%
2050	24.7%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.4% of the population in Kazakhstan and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 31.7% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Kazakhstan vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.44% in Kazakhstan 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
	Kazakhstan	Saudi Arabia
1960	226,027	74,143
1961	228,686	77,743
1962	228,177	81,393
1963	223,105	85,480
1964	208,899	89,776
1965	194,470	93,820
1966	191,506	98,361
1967	191,536	103,343
1968	186,254	108,281
1969	184,118	113,859
1970	191,775	120,440
1971	202,450	127,600
1972	212,319	136,360
1973	215,940	145,450
1974	217,668	155,478
1975	219,748	166,223
1976	221,992	178,024
1977	224,284	191,103
1978	225,895	205,331
1979	237,442	220,186
1980	238,977	234,372
1981	243,652	249,156
1982	246,983	264,831
1983	260,471	280,616
1984	278,485	296,615
1985	293,834	310,558
1986	295,818	322,340
1987	290,227	333,088
1988	275,278	342,865
1989	254,394	349,399
1990	235,113	355,495
1991	221,581	361,329
1992	204,785	366,763
1993	185,649	372,621
1994	165,631	377,351
1995	140,721	380,231
1996	112,384	382,248
1997	92,778	385,033
1998	85,735	389,499
1999	79,536	390,112
2000	80,699	392,407
2001	84,279	382,153
2002	93,564	372,099
2003	112,137	364,520
2004	132,286	362,843
2005	146,619	375,938
2006	166,480	399,333
2007	188,486	425,199
2008	214,169	433,457
2009	218,036	438,557
2010	230,479	418,641
2011	237,883	443,675
2012	249,987	465,649
2013	259,239	475,299
2014	274,406	493,431
2015	273,523	511,023
2016	277,878	537,829
2017	268,066	546,751
2018	278,917	528,767
2019	278,788	474,407
2020	272,458	447,036
2021	269,026	409,032
2022	277,019	406,920
2023	273,013	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Kazakhstan vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Kazakhstan, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kazakhstan	Saudi Arabia
1985	68	40
1986	67	38
1987	66	36
1988	65	34
1989	64	32
1990	64	30
1991	64	29
1992	65	27
1993	67	26
1994	70	25
1995	72	24
1996	72	23
1997	71	23
1998	68	22
1999	63	21
2000	58	20
2001	53	19
2002	48	18
2003	45	16
2004	41	16
2005	38	15
2006	35	14
2007	32	13
2008	28	12
2009	25	11
2010	22	11
2011	19	10
2012	17	9
2013	15	9
2014	14	8
2015	13	8
2016	12	8
2017	12	8
2018	11	8
2019	11	8
2020	18	11
2021	23	12
2022	14	9
2023	10	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Kazakhstan 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
	Kazakhstan	Saudi Arabia
1971	8.54%	-
1972	8.33%	16%
1973	8.14%	14.9%
1974	7.96%	14%
1975	7.8%	13.1%
1976	7.66%	12.2%
1977	7.53%	11.4%
1978	7.39%	10.7%
1979	7.24%	9.99%
1980	7.05%	9.34%
1981	6.83%	8.71%
1982	6.6%	8.12%
1983	6.38%	7.56%
1984	6.16%	7.04%
1985	5.94%	6.55%
1986	5.73%	6.07%
1987	5.54%	5.62%
1988	5.37%	5.19%
1989	5.23%	4.8%
1990	5.16%	4.44%
1991	5.13%	4.11%
1992	5.16%	3.81%
1993	5.23%	3.54%
1994	5.28%	3.29%
1995	5.26%	3.06%
1996	5.16%	2.86%
1997	4.99%	2.67%
1998	4.76%	2.5%
1999	4.51%	2.35%
2000	4.25%	2.21%
2001	3.99%	2.08%
2002	3.76%	1.96%
2003	3.54%	1.85%
2004	3.33%	1.75%
2005	3.12%	1.65%
2006	2.9%	1.56%
2007	2.69%	1.47%
2008	2.47%	1.38%
2009	2.25%	1.3%
2010	2.04%	1.22%
2011	1.83%	1.15%
2012	1.63%	1.08%
2013	1.46%	1.02%
2014	1.3%	0.96%
2015	1.19%	0.9%
2016	1.1%	0.85%
2017	1.05%	0.8%
2018	1.03%	0.76%
2019	1.02%	0.72%
2020	1.01%	0.69%
2021	1%	0.66%
2022	0.98%	0.64%
2023	0.96%	0.62%