Fertility & birth rates in Latvia and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Latvia vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Latvia was 1.36 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 Latvia 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
	Latvia	Saudi Arabia
1960	1.94	7.63
1961	1.94	7.63
1962	1.91	7.64
1963	1.85	7.65
1964	1.79	7.67
1965	1.74	7.66
1966	1.76	7.66
1967	1.8	7.66
1968	1.83	7.63
1969	1.88	7.6
1970	1.96	7.58
1971	2	7.56
1972	2	7.54
1973	1.98	7.48
1974	1.97	7.43
1975	1.96	7.37
1976	1.93	7.33
1977	1.89	7.3
1978	1.87	7.26
1979	1.87	7.23
1980	1.86	7.15
1981	1.88	7.07
1982	1.97	6.98
1983	2.07	6.88
1984	2.09	6.78
1985	2.08	6.65
1986	2.12	6.52
1987	2.15	6.34
1988	2.11	6.15
1989	2.05	5.98
1990	2.02	5.8
1991	1.86	5.64
1992	1.73	5.49
1993	1.51	5.33
1994	1.39	5.16
1995	1.25	4.99
1996	1.16	4.81
1997	1.11	4.66
1998	1.09	4.52
1999	1.16	4.35
2000	1.25	4.21
2001	1.22	3.96
2002	1.26	3.71
2003	1.32	3.47
2004	1.29	3.26
2005	1.39	3.16
2006	1.46	3.18
2007	1.54	3.19
2008	1.58	3.07
2009	1.46	2.95
2010	1.36	2.81
2011	1.33	2.8
2012	1.44	2.78
2013	1.52	2.67
2014	1.65	2.68
2015	1.7	2.63
2016	1.74	2.65
2017	1.69	2.67
2018	1.6	2.67
2019	1.61	2.49
2020	1.55	2.27
2021	1.57	2.17
2022	1.47	2.14
2023	1.36	2.28
2024	1.36	2.31
2025	1.37	2.29
2026	1.38	2.27
2027	1.38	2.25
2028	1.39	2.22
2029	1.39	2.2
2030	1.4	2.17
2031	1.4	2.15
2032	1.41	2.13
2033	1.41	2.11
2034	1.41	2.09
2035	1.42	2.07
2036	1.42	2.05
2037	1.42	2.03
2038	1.43	2.01
2039	1.43	1.99
2040	1.43	1.98
2041	1.44	1.97
2042	1.44	1.95
2043	1.44	1.94
2044	1.45	1.93
2045	1.45	1.92
2046	1.45	1.91
2047	1.46	1.9
2048	1.46	1.89
2049	1.46	1.88
2050	1.47	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Latvia	Saudi Arabia
1960	22.2%	43.4%
1961	22.4%	43.6%
1962	22.6%	43.9%
1963	22.5%	44.3%
1964	22.4%	44.6%
1965	22.2%	44.8%
1966	22%	45.1%
1967	21.8%	45.3%
1968	21.7%	45.4%
1969	21.6%	45.5%
1970	21.6%	45.5%
1971	21.5%	45.5%
1972	21.5%	45.3%
1973	21.3%	45.2%
1974	21.2%	45%
1975	21%	44.8%
1976	20.8%	44.6%
1977	20.6%	44.5%
1978	20.5%	44.3%
1979	20.4%	44.2%
1980	20.5%	44.1%
1981	20.6%	43.9%
1982	20.8%	43.8%
1983	20.9%	43.7%
1984	21.1%	43.6%
1985	21.2%	43.6%
1986	21.3%	43.5%
1987	21.3%	43.4%
1988	21.4%	43.3%
1989	21.4%	43.2%
1990	21.5%	43%
1991	21.5%	42.7%
1992	21.4%	42.4%
1993	21.2%	42.1%
1994	21%	41.7%
1995	20.7%	41.2%
1996	20.2%	40.7%
1997	19.7%	40.1%
1998	19%	39.5%
1999	18.3%	38.9%
2000	17.7%	38.3%
2001	17%	37.7%
2002	16.4%	36.8%
2003	15.8%	35.7%
2004	15.2%	34.5%
2005	14.7%	33.2%
2006	14.4%	31.9%
2007	14.1%	30.6%
2008	14%	29.5%
2009	14.1%	28.5%
2010	14.2%	27.6%
2011	14.2%	26.9%
2012	14.4%	26.3%
2013	14.6%	25.8%
2014	14.8%	25.4%
2015	15.1%	25.1%
2016	15.4%	24.9%
2017	15.7%	25.2%
2018	15.8%	25.7%
2019	15.9%	25.8%
2020	16%	25.5%
2021	16%	25.2%
2022	15.9%	24.6%
2023	15.7%	24.1%
2024	15.4%	23.8%
2025	15.2%	23.6%
2026	15%	23.4%
2027	14.8%	23.3%
2028	14.5%	23.1%
2029	14.1%	22.9%
2030	13.7%	22.8%
2031	13.2%	22.6%
2032	12.8%	22.5%
2033	12.4%	22.4%
2034	12.2%	22.3%
2035	11.9%	22.2%
2036	11.7%	22.2%
2037	11.6%	22.1%
2038	11.6%	22%
2039	11.6%	21.9%
2040	11.7%	21.7%
2041	11.7%	21.5%
2042	11.8%	21.3%
2043	12%	21.2%
2044	12.1%	21%
2045	12.2%	20.8%
2046	12.4%	20.7%
2047	12.5%	20.5%
2048	12.6%	20.4%
2049	12.7%	20.2%
2050	12.8%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in Latvia and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 21.5% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Latvia and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Latvia vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Latvia 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
	Latvia	Saudi Arabia
1960	14,211	74,143
1961	14,207	77,743
1962	11,562	81,393
1963	11,055	85,480
1964	12,100	89,776
1965	8,384	93,820
1966	8,677	98,361
1967	7,825	103,343
1968	7,668	108,281
1969	6,561	113,859
1970	7,785	120,440
1971	8,793	127,600
1972	7,666	136,360
1973	6,040	145,450
1974	6,824	155,478
1975	4,913	166,223
1976	4,200	178,024
1977	3,480	191,103
1978	2,997	205,331
1979	2,506	220,186
1980	3,265	234,372
1981	3,779	249,156
1982	6,327	264,831
1983	8,147	280,616
1984	7,430	296,615
1985	5,673	310,558
1986	10,660	322,340
1987	9,981	333,088
1988	9,022	342,865
1989	6,401	349,399
1990	2,929	355,495
1991	0	361,329
1992	-3,660	366,763
1993	-12,560	372,621
1994	-17,645	377,351
1995	-17,396	380,231
1996	-14,498	382,248
1997	-14,841	385,033
1998	-15,906	389,499
1999	-13,387	390,112
2000	-11,838	392,407
2001	-13,322	382,153
2002	-12,475	372,099
2003	-11,439	364,520
2004	-11,542	362,843
2005	-10,746	375,938
2006	-10,204	399,333
2007	-9,021	425,199
2008	-6,531	433,457
2009	-7,924	438,557
2010	-10,278	418,641
2011	-9,886	443,675
2012	-9,154	465,649
2013	-8,252	475,299
2014	-6,779	493,431
2015	-6,526	511,023
2016	-6,663	537,829
2017	-7,963	546,751
2018	-9,636	528,767
2019	-8,995	474,407
2020	-11,402	447,036
2021	-17,337	409,032
2022	-14,847	406,920
2023	-13,517	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Latvia vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Latvia, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Latvia	Saudi Arabia
1985	51	40
1986	43	38
1987	44	36
1988	42	34
1989	46	32
1990	47	30
1991	46	29
1992	48	27
1993	57	26
1994	65	25
1995	59	24
1996	45	23
1997	41	23
1998	40	22
1999	40	21
2000	34	20
2001	32	19
2002	29	18
2003	30	16
2004	28	16
2005	27	15
2006	28	14
2007	27	13
2008	25	12
2009	24	11
2010	22	11
2011	22	10
2012	20	9
2013	24	9
2014	22	8
2015	22	8
2016	23	8
2017	23	8
2018	23	8
2019	22	8
2020	21	11
2021	42	12
2022	29	9
2023	19	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.3% in Latvia 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
	Latvia	Saudi Arabia
1972	-	16%
1973	-	14.9%
1974	-	14%
1975	-	13.1%
1976	-	12.2%
1977	-	11.4%
1978	-	10.7%
1979	2.08%	9.99%
1980	2.07%	9.34%
1981	2.06%	8.71%
1982	2.03%	8.12%
1983	1.96%	7.56%
1984	1.87%	7.04%
1985	1.75%	6.55%
1986	1.64%	6.07%
1987	1.55%	5.62%
1988	1.53%	5.19%
1989	1.58%	4.8%
1990	1.7%	4.44%
1991	1.83%	4.11%
1992	1.93%	3.81%
1993	1.99%	3.54%
1994	2%	3.29%
1995	1.98%	3.06%
1996	1.9%	2.86%
1997	1.79%	2.67%
1998	1.67%	2.5%
1999	1.54%	2.35%
2000	1.42%	2.21%
2001	1.33%	2.08%
2002	1.26%	1.96%
2003	1.19%	1.85%
2004	1.12%	1.75%
2005	1.05%	1.65%
2006	0.99%	1.56%
2007	0.93%	1.47%
2008	0.88%	1.38%
2009	0.83%	1.3%
2010	0.78%	1.22%
2011	0.72%	1.15%
2012	0.66%	1.08%
2013	0.6%	1.02%
2014	0.55%	0.96%
2015	0.51%	0.9%
2016	0.47%	0.85%
2017	0.45%	0.8%
2018	0.42%	0.76%
2019	0.4%	0.72%
2020	0.37%	0.69%
2021	0.35%	0.66%
2022	0.32%	0.64%
2023	0.3%	0.62%