Fertility & birth rates in Morocco and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Morocco vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Morocco was 2.23 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 Morocco 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
	Morocco	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.89	7.63
1961	6.97	7.63
1962	7.05	7.64
1963	7.01	7.65
1964	6.97	7.67
1965	6.93	7.66
1966	6.89	7.66
1967	6.85	7.66
1968	6.79	7.63
1969	6.73	7.6
1970	6.68	7.58
1971	6.62	7.56
1972	6.55	7.54
1973	6.48	7.48
1974	6.4	7.43
1975	6.3	7.37
1976	6.18	7.33
1977	6.04	7.3
1978	5.91	7.26
1979	5.85	7.23
1980	5.78	7.15
1981	5.71	7.07
1982	5.6	6.98
1983	5.41	6.88
1984	5.2	6.78
1985	4.99	6.65
1986	4.77	6.52
1987	4.58	6.34
1988	4.39	6.15
1989	4.22	5.98
1990	4.06	5.8
1991	3.95	5.64
1992	3.76	5.49
1993	3.55	5.33
1994	3.41	5.16
1995	3.3	4.99
1996	3.23	4.81
1997	3.15	4.66
1998	3.04	4.52
1999	2.88	4.35
2000	2.77	4.21
2001	2.69	3.96
2002	2.62	3.71
2003	2.61	3.47
2004	2.61	3.26
2005	2.61	3.16
2006	2.61	3.18
2007	2.62	3.19
2008	2.61	3.07
2009	2.62	2.95
2010	2.63	2.81
2011	2.6	2.8
2012	2.54	2.78
2013	2.48	2.67
2014	2.42	2.68
2015	2.41	2.63
2016	2.4	2.65
2017	2.38	2.67
2018	2.35	2.67
2019	2.34	2.49
2020	2.32	2.27
2021	2.29	2.17
2022	2.26	2.14
2023	2.23	2.28
2024	2.21	2.31
2025	2.18	2.29
2026	2.16	2.27
2027	2.14	2.25
2028	2.12	2.22
2029	2.1	2.2
2030	2.08	2.17
2031	2.06	2.15
2032	2.05	2.13
2033	2.03	2.11
2034	2.02	2.09
2035	2	2.07
2036	1.99	2.05
2037	1.98	2.03
2038	1.96	2.01
2039	1.95	1.99
2040	1.94	1.98
2041	1.93	1.97
2042	1.92	1.95
2043	1.91	1.94
2044	1.9	1.93
2045	1.89	1.92
2046	1.89	1.91
2047	1.88	1.9
2048	1.88	1.89
2049	1.87	1.88
2050	1.86	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Morocco	Saudi Arabia
1960	44.9%	43.4%
1961	45.4%	43.6%
1962	45.9%	43.9%
1963	46.3%	44.3%
1964	46.5%	44.6%
1965	46.6%	44.8%
1966	46.8%	45.1%
1967	46.8%	45.3%
1968	46.9%	45.4%
1969	46.8%	45.5%
1970	46.7%	45.5%
1971	46.6%	45.5%
1972	46.4%	45.3%
1973	46.3%	45.2%
1974	46.1%	45%
1975	45.8%	44.8%
1976	45.6%	44.6%
1977	45.3%	44.5%
1978	44.9%	44.3%
1979	44.6%	44.2%
1980	44.3%	44.1%
1981	44%	43.9%
1982	43.7%	43.8%
1983	43.4%	43.7%
1984	43.1%	43.6%
1985	42.7%	43.6%
1986	42.3%	43.5%
1987	41.8%	43.4%
1988	41.3%	43.3%
1989	40.8%	43.2%
1990	40.2%	43%
1991	39.6%	42.7%
1992	39%	42.4%
1993	38.4%	42.1%
1994	37.7%	41.7%
1995	37%	41.2%
1996	36.4%	40.7%
1997	35.8%	40.1%
1998	35.2%	39.5%
1999	34.6%	38.9%
2000	34%	38.3%
2001	33.5%	37.7%
2002	32.9%	36.8%
2003	32.4%	35.7%
2004	31.8%	34.5%
2005	31.2%	33.2%
2006	30.7%	31.9%
2007	30.2%	30.6%
2008	29.8%	29.5%
2009	29.5%	28.5%
2010	29.2%	27.6%
2011	29%	26.9%
2012	28.7%	26.3%
2013	28.5%	25.8%
2014	28.3%	25.4%
2015	28.1%	25.1%
2016	27.8%	24.9%
2017	27.6%	25.2%
2018	27.4%	25.7%
2019	27.2%	25.8%
2020	27%	25.5%
2021	26.7%	25.2%
2022	26.4%	24.6%
2023	26%	24.1%
2024	25.6%	23.8%
2025	25.2%	23.6%
2026	24.8%	23.4%
2027	24.3%	23.3%
2028	23.9%	23.1%
2029	23.6%	22.9%
2030	23.2%	22.8%
2031	22.9%	22.6%
2032	22.5%	22.5%
2033	22.2%	22.4%
2034	21.9%	22.3%
2035	21.6%	22.2%
2036	21.3%	22.2%
2037	21.1%	22.1%
2038	20.8%	22%
2039	20.6%	21.9%
2040	20.4%	21.7%
2041	20.2%	21.5%
2042	20.1%	21.3%
2043	19.9%	21.2%
2044	19.7%	21%
2045	19.6%	20.8%
2046	19.4%	20.7%
2047	19.3%	20.5%
2048	19.1%	20.4%
2049	19%	20.2%
2050	18.8%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Morocco and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Morocco and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Morocco vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.25% in Morocco 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
	Morocco	Saudi Arabia
1960	323,499	74,143
1961	348,650	77,743
1962	363,843	81,393
1963	369,250	85,480
1964	375,835	89,776
1965	383,989	93,820
1966	391,881	98,361
1967	400,594	103,343
1968	407,437	108,281
1969	414,931	113,859
1970	426,015	120,440
1971	435,104	127,600
1972	446,449	136,360
1973	455,699	145,450
1974	464,147	155,478
1975	474,631	166,223
1976	482,130	178,024
1977	489,173	191,103
1978	498,834	205,331
1979	515,554	220,186
1980	534,448	234,372
1981	552,936	249,156
1982	564,904	264,831
1983	566,301	280,616
1984	564,159	296,615
1985	560,810	310,558
1986	558,105	322,340
1987	553,005	333,088
1988	545,800	342,865
1989	538,996	349,399
1990	535,506	355,495
1991	539,850	361,329
1992	525,680	366,763
1993	507,707	372,621
1994	501,426	377,351
1995	496,573	380,231
1996	501,499	382,248
1997	500,807	385,033
1998	492,604	389,499
1999	473,071	390,112
2000	461,341	392,407
2001	452,621	382,153
2002	446,147	372,099
2003	452,650	364,520
2004	461,756	362,843
2005	474,285	375,938
2006	483,200	399,333
2007	493,526	425,199
2008	499,766	433,457
2009	509,386	438,557
2010	515,804	418,641
2011	513,305	443,675
2012	504,698	465,649
2013	492,284	475,299
2014	481,295	493,431
2015	477,654	511,023
2016	474,637	537,829
2017	471,011	546,751
2018	464,375	528,767
2019	457,307	474,407
2020	415,999	447,036
2021	407,829	409,032
2022	427,903	406,920
2023	417,213	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Morocco vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 70 deaths per 100,000 live births in Morocco, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Morocco	Saudi Arabia
1985	752	40
1986	697	38
1987	650	36
1988	602	34
1989	559	32
1990	522	30
1991	490	29
1992	458	27
1993	428	26
1994	401	25
1995	378	24
1996	354	23
1997	333	23
1998	313	22
1999	291	21
2000	271	20
2001	254	19
2002	238	18
2003	224	16
2004	213	16
2005	196	15
2006	182	14
2007	169	13
2008	158	12
2009	148	11
2010	140	11
2011	130	10
2012	121	9
2013	113	9
2014	106	8
2015	100	8
2016	94	8
2017	88	8
2018	83	8
2019	79	8
2020	81	11
2021	92	12
2022	71	9
2023	70	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.66% in Morocco 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
	Morocco	Saudi Arabia
1960	24.4%	-
1961	23.9%	-
1962	23.4%	-
1963	22.9%	-
1964	22.3%	-
1965	21.8%	-
1966	21.2%	-
1967	20.6%	-
1968	20.1%	-
1969	19.6%	-
1970	19.1%	-
1971	18.7%	-
1972	18.3%	16%
1973	17.8%	14.9%
1974	17.4%	14%
1975	16.8%	13.1%
1976	16.2%	12.2%
1977	15.6%	11.4%
1978	14.9%	10.7%
1979	14.2%	9.99%
1980	13.5%	9.34%
1981	12.8%	8.71%
1982	12.1%	8.12%
1983	11.5%	7.56%
1984	10.9%	7.04%
1985	10.3%	6.55%
1986	9.79%	6.07%
1987	9.3%	5.62%
1988	8.86%	5.19%
1989	8.45%	4.8%
1990	8.08%	4.44%
1991	7.73%	4.11%
1992	7.4%	3.81%
1993	7.09%	3.54%
1994	6.78%	3.29%
1995	6.49%	3.06%
1996	6.21%	2.86%
1997	5.94%	2.67%
1998	5.69%	2.5%
1999	5.45%	2.35%
2000	5.22%	2.21%
2001	5.01%	2.08%
2002	4.79%	1.96%
2003	4.57%	1.85%
2004	4.36%	1.75%
2005	4.13%	1.65%
2006	3.91%	1.56%
2007	3.7%	1.47%
2008	3.49%	1.38%
2009	3.29%	1.3%
2010	3.11%	1.22%
2011	2.93%	1.15%
2012	2.77%	1.08%
2013	2.62%	1.02%
2014	2.47%	0.96%
2015	2.34%	0.9%
2016	2.22%	0.85%
2017	2.11%	0.8%
2018	2.02%	0.76%
2019	1.94%	0.72%
2020	1.86%	0.69%
2021	1.79%	0.66%
2022	1.72%	0.64%
2023	1.66%	0.62%