Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Luxembourg was 1.25 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 Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Saudi Arabia
1960	2.29	7.63
1961	-	7.63
1962	2.37	7.64
1963	-	7.65
1964	2.34	7.67
1965	2.42	7.66
1966	2.34	7.66
1967	2.24	7.66
1968	2.12	7.63
1969	2.02	7.6
1970	1.97	7.58
1971	1.95	7.56
1972	1.75	7.54
1973	1.58	7.48
1974	1.58	7.43
1975	1.55	7.37
1976	1.48	7.33
1977	1.5	7.3
1978	1.48	7.26
1979	1.48	7.23
1980	1.5	7.15
1981	1.55	7.07
1982	1.49	6.98
1983	1.43	6.88
1984	1.42	6.78
1985	1.38	6.65
1986	1.43	6.52
1987	1.4	6.34
1988	1.51	6.15
1989	1.52	5.98
1990	1.6	5.8
1991	1.6	5.64
1992	1.64	5.49
1993	1.7	5.33
1994	1.72	5.16
1995	1.7	4.99
1996	1.77	4.81
1997	1.71	4.66
1998	1.68	4.52
1999	1.74	4.35
2000	1.76	4.21
2001	1.66	3.96
2002	1.63	3.71
2003	1.62	3.47
2004	1.66	3.26
2005	1.63	3.16
2006	1.65	3.18
2007	1.61	3.19
2008	1.61	3.07
2009	1.59	2.95
2010	1.63	2.81
2011	1.52	2.8
2012	1.57	2.78
2013	1.55	2.67
2014	1.5	2.68
2015	1.47	2.63
2016	1.41	2.65
2017	1.39	2.67
2018	1.38	2.67
2019	1.34	2.49
2020	1.36	2.27
2021	1.38	2.17
2022	1.31	2.14
2023	1.25	2.28
2024	1.25	2.31
2025	1.26	2.29
2026	1.26	2.27
2027	1.27	2.25
2028	1.27	2.22
2029	1.28	2.2
2030	1.28	2.17
2031	1.29	2.15
2032	1.29	2.13
2033	1.29	2.11
2034	1.29	2.09
2035	1.3	2.07
2036	1.3	2.05
2037	1.3	2.03
2038	1.3	2.01
2039	1.3	1.99
2040	1.31	1.98
2041	1.31	1.97
2042	1.31	1.95
2043	1.31	1.94
2044	1.32	1.93
2045	1.32	1.92
2046	1.32	1.91
2047	1.32	1.9
2048	1.32	1.89
2049	1.33	1.88
2050	1.33	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Saudi Arabia
1960	21.2%	43.4%
1961	21.5%	43.6%
1962	21.7%	43.9%
1963	21.9%	44.3%
1964	22.1%	44.6%
1965	22.3%	44.8%
1966	22.5%	45.1%
1967	22.6%	45.3%
1968	22.5%	45.4%
1969	22.4%	45.5%
1970	22.2%	45.5%
1971	22%	45.5%
1972	21.6%	45.3%
1973	21.2%	45.2%
1974	20.9%	45%
1975	20.5%	44.8%
1976	20.2%	44.6%
1977	19.9%	44.5%
1978	19.5%	44.3%
1979	19.2%	44.2%
1980	18.8%	44.1%
1981	18.4%	43.9%
1982	18.1%	43.8%
1983	17.8%	43.7%
1984	17.5%	43.6%
1985	17.2%	43.6%
1986	17%	43.5%
1987	16.9%	43.4%
1988	17%	43.3%
1989	17.2%	43.2%
1990	17.4%	43%
1991	17.6%	42.7%
1992	17.8%	42.4%
1993	18%	42.1%
1994	18.3%	41.7%
1995	18.4%	41.2%
1996	18.6%	40.7%
1997	18.7%	40.1%
1998	18.8%	39.5%
1999	18.9%	38.9%
2000	18.9%	38.3%
2001	18.9%	37.7%
2002	18.9%	36.8%
2003	18.8%	35.7%
2004	18.7%	34.5%
2005	18.5%	33.2%
2006	18.4%	31.9%
2007	18.2%	30.6%
2008	18%	29.5%
2009	17.8%	28.5%
2010	17.7%	27.6%
2011	17.4%	26.9%
2012	17.1%	26.3%
2013	16.9%	25.8%
2014	16.7%	25.4%
2015	16.6%	25.1%
2016	16.4%	24.9%
2017	16.2%	25.2%
2018	16.1%	25.7%
2019	16%	25.8%
2020	16%	25.5%
2021	15.9%	25.2%
2022	15.9%	24.6%
2023	15.8%	24.1%
2024	15.8%	23.8%
2025	15.7%	23.6%
2026	15.7%	23.4%
2027	15.7%	23.3%
2028	15.6%	23.1%
2029	15.5%	22.9%
2030	15.4%	22.8%
2031	15.3%	22.6%
2032	15.2%	22.5%
2033	15.1%	22.4%
2034	15%	22.3%
2035	14.9%	22.2%
2036	14.7%	22.2%
2037	14.6%	22.1%
2038	14.5%	22%
2039	14.3%	21.9%
2040	14.2%	21.7%
2041	14%	21.5%
2042	13.9%	21.3%
2043	13.8%	21.2%
2044	13.7%	21%
2045	13.6%	20.8%
2046	13.5%	20.7%
2047	13.5%	20.5%
2048	13.5%	20.4%
2049	13.5%	20.2%
2050	13.5%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Saudi Arabia
1960	1,319	74,143
1961	1,489	77,743
1962	1,091	81,393
1963	1,199	85,480
1964	1,377	89,776
1965	1,260	93,820
1966	1,168	98,361
1967	837	103,343
1968	604	108,281
1969	303	113,859
1970	272	120,440
1971	69	127,600
1972	-35	136,360
1973	-421	145,450
1974	-390	155,478
1975	-395	166,223
1976	-578	178,024
1977	-36	191,103
1978	-145	205,331
1979	72	220,186
1980	37	234,372
1981	329	249,156
1982	183	264,831
1983	37	280,616
1984	146	296,615
1985	74	310,558
1986	331	322,340
1987	222	333,088
1988	747	342,865
1989	679	349,399
1990	1,145	355,495
1991	1,239	361,329
1992	1,098	366,763
1993	1,470	372,621
1994	1,652	377,351
1995	1,634	380,231
1996	1,781	382,248
1997	1,552	385,033
1998	1,486	389,499
1999	1,808	390,112
2000	1,963	392,407
2001	1,766	382,153
2002	1,607	372,099
2003	1,220	364,520
2004	1,878	362,843
2005	1,721	375,938
2006	1,748	399,333
2007	1,584	425,199
2008	2,003	433,457
2009	1,991	438,557
2010	2,129	418,641
2011	1,814	443,675
2012	2,124	465,649
2013	2,336	475,299
2014	2,225	493,431
2015	2,107	511,023
2016	2,095	537,829
2017	1,968	546,751
2018	1,945	528,767
2019	1,922	474,407
2020	1,828	447,036
2021	2,240	409,032
2022	2,024	406,920
2023	1,933	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Luxembourg, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Saudi Arabia
1985	24	40
1986	24	38
1987	23	36
1988	24	34
1989	21	32
1990	24	30
1991	25	29
1992	26	27
1993	20	26
1994	20	25
1995	22	24
1996	23	23
1997	22	23
1998	18	22
1999	21	21
2000	18	20
2001	19	19
2002	17	18
2003	15	16
2004	17	16
2005	17	15
2006	16	14
2007	14	13
2008	13	12
2009	15	11
2010	17	11
2011	13	10
2012	13	9
2013	15	9
2014	13	8
2015	13	8
2016	13	8
2017	15	8
2018	9	8
2019	12	8
2020	6	11
2021	6	12
2022	6	9
2023	11	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Saudi Arabia
1960	3.72%	-
1961	3.54%	-
1962	3.36%	-
1963	3.2%	-
1964	3.04%	-
1965	2.89%	-
1966	2.75%	-
1967	2.61%	-
1968	2.48%	-
1969	2.36%	-
1970	2.24%	-
1971	2.11%	-
1972	1.99%	16%
1973	1.88%	14.9%
1974	1.77%	14%
1975	1.67%	13.1%
1976	1.58%	12.2%
1977	1.51%	11.4%
1978	1.44%	10.7%
1979	1.39%	9.99%
1980	1.34%	9.34%
1981	1.29%	8.71%
1982	1.25%	8.12%
1983	1.21%	7.56%
1984	1.16%	7.04%
1985	1.12%	6.55%
1986	1.07%	6.07%
1987	1.02%	5.62%
1988	0.97%	5.19%
1989	0.93%	4.8%
1990	0.88%	4.44%
1991	0.83%	4.11%
1992	0.78%	3.81%
1993	0.73%	3.54%
1994	0.68%	3.29%
1995	0.64%	3.06%
1996	0.6%	2.86%
1997	0.56%	2.67%
1998	0.53%	2.5%
1999	0.5%	2.35%
2000	0.47%	2.21%
2001	0.44%	2.08%
2002	0.42%	1.96%
2003	0.39%	1.85%
2004	0.37%	1.75%
2005	0.35%	1.65%
2006	0.33%	1.56%
2007	0.31%	1.47%
2008	0.3%	1.38%
2009	0.29%	1.3%
2010	0.28%	1.22%
2011	0.27%	1.15%
2012	0.27%	1.08%
2013	0.26%	1.02%
2014	0.26%	0.96%
2015	0.26%	0.9%
2016	0.25%	0.85%
2017	0.25%	0.8%
2018	0.25%	0.76%
2019	0.25%	0.72%
2020	0.25%	0.69%
2021	0.24%	0.66%
2022	0.24%	0.64%
2023	0.23%	0.62%