Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malaysia was 1.55 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 Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.41	7.63
1961	6.37	7.63
1962	6.3	7.64
1963	6.19	7.65
1964	6.03	7.67
1965	5.84	7.66
1966	5.64	7.66
1967	5.43	7.66
1968	5.29	7.63
1969	5.16	7.6
1970	5.04	7.58
1971	4.92	7.56
1972	4.82	7.54
1973	4.73	7.48
1974	4.62	7.43
1975	4.5	7.37
1976	4.4	7.33
1977	4.28	7.3
1978	4.18	7.26
1979	4.09	7.23
1980	4.04	7.15
1981	4	7.07
1982	3.97	6.98
1983	3.93	6.88
1984	3.89	6.78
1985	3.8	6.65
1986	3.7	6.52
1987	3.57	6.34
1988	3.5	6.15
1989	3.31	5.98
1990	3.3	5.8
1991	3.34	5.64
1992	3.37	5.49
1993	3.36	5.33
1994	3.35	5.16
1995	3.32	4.99
1996	3.3	4.81
1997	3.23	4.66
1998	3.12	4.52
1999	3.07	4.35
2000	2.94	4.21
2001	2.81	3.96
2002	2.66	3.71
2003	2.6	3.47
2004	2.49	3.26
2005	2.39	3.16
2006	2.31	3.18
2007	2.25	3.19
2008	2.26	3.07
2009	2.22	2.95
2010	2.14	2.81
2011	2.15	2.8
2012	2.12	2.78
2013	2.07	2.67
2014	2.06	2.68
2015	2.01	2.63
2016	1.94	2.65
2017	1.89	2.67
2018	1.84	2.67
2019	1.78	2.49
2020	1.68	2.27
2021	1.56	2.17
2022	1.55	2.14
2023	1.55	2.28
2024	1.54	2.31
2025	1.53	2.29
2026	1.52	2.27
2027	1.51	2.25
2028	1.51	2.22
2029	1.51	2.2
2030	1.51	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	1.51	2.05
2037	1.51	2.03
2038	1.51	2.01
2039	1.51	1.99
2040	1.51	1.98
2041	1.51	1.97
2042	1.51	1.95
2043	1.52	1.94
2044	1.52	1.93
2045	1.52	1.92
2046	1.52	1.91
2047	1.52	1.9
2048	1.53	1.89
2049	1.53	1.88
2050	1.53	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Saudi Arabia
1960	45.4%	43.4%
1961	45.9%	43.6%
1962	46.3%	43.9%
1963	46.5%	44.3%
1964	46.6%	44.6%
1965	46.5%	44.8%
1966	46.2%	45.1%
1967	45.9%	45.3%
1968	45.5%	45.4%
1969	45%	45.5%
1970	44.5%	45.5%
1971	44%	45.5%
1972	43.4%	45.3%
1973	42.8%	45.2%
1974	42.2%	45%
1975	41.7%	44.8%
1976	41.1%	44.6%
1977	40.6%	44.5%
1978	40.1%	44.3%
1979	39.6%	44.2%
1980	39.2%	44.1%
1981	38.8%	43.9%
1982	38.6%	43.8%
1983	38.4%	43.7%
1984	38.2%	43.6%
1985	38.1%	43.6%
1986	38%	43.5%
1987	37.9%	43.4%
1988	37.7%	43.3%
1989	37.5%	43.2%
1990	37.2%	43%
1991	36.9%	42.7%
1992	36.6%	42.4%
1993	36.3%	42.1%
1994	36%	41.7%
1995	35.7%	41.2%
1996	35.5%	40.7%
1997	35.3%	40.1%
1998	35%	39.5%
1999	34.6%	38.9%
2000	34.2%	38.3%
2001	33.7%	37.7%
2002	33.2%	36.8%
2003	32.6%	35.7%
2004	32%	34.5%
2005	31.4%	33.2%
2006	30.7%	31.9%
2007	30%	30.6%
2008	29.4%	29.5%
2009	28.6%	28.5%
2010	27.9%	27.6%
2011	27.4%	26.9%
2012	27%	26.3%
2013	26.6%	25.8%
2014	26.2%	25.4%
2015	25.8%	25.1%
2016	25.5%	24.9%
2017	25.2%	25.2%
2018	24.9%	25.7%
2019	24.5%	25.8%
2020	24%	25.5%
2021	23.4%	25.2%
2022	22.8%	24.6%
2023	22.3%	24.1%
2024	21.8%	23.8%
2025	21.3%	23.6%
2026	20.8%	23.4%
2027	20.4%	23.3%
2028	19.9%	23.1%
2029	19.4%	22.9%
2030	19%	22.8%
2031	18.5%	22.6%
2032	18.1%	22.5%
2033	17.8%	22.4%
2034	17.6%	22.3%
2035	17.4%	22.2%
2036	17.3%	22.2%
2037	17.3%	22.1%
2038	17.2%	22%
2039	17.1%	21.9%
2040	17%	21.7%
2041	17%	21.5%
2042	16.9%	21.3%
2043	16.8%	21.2%
2044	16.7%	21%
2045	16.7%	20.8%
2046	16.6%	20.7%
2047	16.5%	20.5%
2048	16.4%	20.4%
2049	16.3%	20.2%
2050	16.2%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	Saudi Arabia
1960	251,090	74,143
1961	257,270	77,743
1962	262,140	81,393
1963	265,815	85,480
1964	266,406	89,776
1965	264,836	93,820
1966	262,162	98,361
1967	258,764	103,343
1968	260,705	108,281
1969	264,327	113,859
1970	269,341	120,440
1971	272,323	127,600
1972	276,263	136,360
1973	284,611	145,450
1974	289,880	155,478
1975	294,541	166,223
1976	300,615	178,024
1977	305,515	191,103
1978	311,027	205,331
1979	317,439	220,186
1980	326,947	234,372
1981	339,991	249,156
1982	353,138	264,831
1983	365,290	280,616
1984	376,797	296,615
1985	383,243	310,558
1986	385,799	322,340
1987	381,999	333,088
1988	386,507	342,865
1989	373,277	349,399
1990	384,518	355,495
1991	401,938	361,329
1992	418,900	366,763
1993	429,910	372,621
1994	437,873	377,351
1995	443,349	380,231
1996	450,174	382,248
1997	447,768	385,033
1998	436,316	389,499
1999	432,355	390,112
2000	417,371	392,407
2001	400,939	382,153
2002	381,084	372,099
2003	377,425	364,520
2004	365,138	362,843
2005	355,324	375,938
2006	349,509	399,333
2007	348,711	425,199
2008	362,380	433,457
2009	366,157	438,557
2010	360,260	418,641
2011	372,836	443,675
2012	371,497	465,649
2013	366,738	475,299
2014	367,587	493,431
2015	358,302	511,023
2016	345,681	537,829
2017	336,434	546,751
2018	324,568	528,767
2019	309,426	474,407
2020	283,282	447,036
2021	212,002	409,032
2022	237,560	406,920
2023	254,806	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 26 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malaysia, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Saudi Arabia
1985	63	40
1986	59	38
1987	56	36
1988	55	34
1989	52	32
1990	51	30
1991	49	29
1992	48	27
1993	46	26
1994	44	25
1995	43	24
1996	42	23
1997	40	23
1998	39	22
1999	38	21
2000	37	20
2001	36	19
2002	34	18
2003	34	16
2004	33	16
2005	31	15
2006	30	14
2007	30	13
2008	29	12
2009	29	11
2010	29	11
2011	29	10
2012	29	9
2013	29	9
2014	30	8
2015	30	8
2016	30	8
2017	29	8
2018	29	8
2019	28	8
2020	29	11
2021	52	12
2022	38	9
2023	26	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	Saudi Arabia
1960	9.46%	-
1961	8.83%	-
1962	8.25%	-
1963	7.74%	-
1964	7.28%	-
1965	6.89%	-
1966	6.56%	-
1967	6.27%	-
1968	6.02%	-
1969	5.79%	-
1970	5.56%	-
1971	5.32%	-
1972	5.06%	16%
1973	4.79%	14.9%
1974	4.5%	14%
1975	4.23%	13.1%
1976	3.97%	12.2%
1977	3.71%	11.4%
1978	3.48%	10.7%
1979	3.25%	9.99%
1980	3.04%	9.34%
1981	2.84%	8.71%
1982	2.65%	8.12%
1983	2.47%	7.56%
1984	2.32%	7.04%
1985	2.18%	6.55%
1986	2.05%	6.07%
1987	1.93%	5.62%
1988	1.83%	5.19%
1989	1.74%	4.8%
1990	1.66%	4.44%
1991	1.58%	4.11%
1992	1.51%	3.81%
1993	1.45%	3.54%
1994	1.39%	3.29%
1995	1.34%	3.06%
1996	1.29%	2.86%
1997	1.23%	2.67%
1998	1.15%	2.5%
1999	1.07%	2.35%
2000	1%	2.21%
2001	0.93%	2.08%
2002	0.88%	1.96%
2003	0.85%	1.85%
2004	0.84%	1.75%
2005	0.83%	1.65%
2006	0.83%	1.56%
2007	0.82%	1.47%
2008	0.82%	1.38%
2009	0.82%	1.3%
2010	0.81%	1.22%
2011	0.81%	1.15%
2012	0.8%	1.08%
2013	0.81%	1.02%
2014	0.81%	0.96%
2015	0.81%	0.9%
2016	0.82%	0.85%
2017	0.82%	0.8%
2018	0.82%	0.76%
2019	0.82%	0.72%
2020	0.81%	0.69%
2021	0.81%	0.66%
2022	0.81%	0.64%
2023	0.81%	0.62%