Fertility & birth rates in Nepal and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Nepal vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nepal was 1.98 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 Nepal 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
	Nepal	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.07	7.63
1961	6.09	7.63
1962	6.08	7.64
1963	6.06	7.65
1964	6.04	7.67
1965	6.01	7.66
1966	5.98	7.66
1967	5.95	7.66
1968	5.94	7.63
1969	5.89	7.6
1970	5.87	7.58
1971	5.85	7.56
1972	5.8	7.54
1973	5.7	7.48
1974	5.75	7.43
1975	5.73	7.37
1976	5.72	7.33
1977	5.69	7.3
1978	5.68	7.26
1979	5.64	7.23
1980	5.6	7.15
1981	5.58	7.07
1982	5.55	6.98
1983	5.54	6.88
1984	5.51	6.78
1985	5.46	6.65
1986	5.4	6.52
1987	5.35	6.34
1988	5.31	6.15
1989	5.26	5.98
1990	5.21	5.8
1991	5.15	5.64
1992	5.07	5.49
1993	5.04	5.33
1994	4.96	5.16
1995	4.87	4.99
1996	4.67	4.81
1997	4.44	4.66
1998	4.28	4.52
1999	4.13	4.35
2000	3.98	4.21
2001	3.79	3.96
2002	3.6	3.71
2003	3.44	3.47
2004	3.28	3.26
2005	3.12	3.16
2006	2.97	3.18
2007	2.86	3.19
2008	2.74	3.07
2009	2.63	2.95
2010	2.54	2.81
2011	2.46	2.8
2012	2.42	2.78
2013	2.36	2.67
2014	2.32	2.68
2015	2.27	2.63
2016	2.23	2.65
2017	2.17	2.67
2018	2.12	2.67
2019	2.08	2.49
2020	2.05	2.27
2021	2.03	2.17
2022	2	2.14
2023	1.98	2.28
2024	1.96	2.31
2025	1.94	2.29
2026	1.92	2.27
2027	1.9	2.25
2028	1.89	2.22
2029	1.88	2.2
2030	1.86	2.17
2031	1.85	2.15
2032	1.84	2.13
2033	1.83	2.11
2034	1.82	2.09
2035	1.81	2.07
2036	1.8	2.05
2037	1.79	2.03
2038	1.79	2.01
2039	1.78	1.99
2040	1.78	1.98
2041	1.77	1.97
2042	1.77	1.95
2043	1.76	1.94
2044	1.76	1.93
2045	1.75	1.92
2046	1.75	1.91
2047	1.74	1.9
2048	1.74	1.89
2049	1.74	1.88
2050	1.73	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nepal	Saudi Arabia
1960	40.7%	43.4%
1961	40.7%	43.6%
1962	40.6%	43.9%
1963	40.5%	44.3%
1964	40.4%	44.6%
1965	40.4%	44.8%
1966	40.4%	45.1%
1967	40.3%	45.3%
1968	40.3%	45.4%
1969	40.3%	45.5%
1970	40.3%	45.5%
1971	40.4%	45.5%
1972	40.4%	45.3%
1973	40.5%	45.2%
1974	40.5%	45%
1975	40.6%	44.8%
1976	40.7%	44.6%
1977	40.7%	44.5%
1978	40.8%	44.3%
1979	40.8%	44.2%
1980	40.9%	44.1%
1981	40.9%	43.9%
1982	40.9%	43.8%
1983	41%	43.7%
1984	41%	43.6%
1985	41.1%	43.6%
1986	41.2%	43.5%
1987	41.3%	43.4%
1988	41.4%	43.3%
1989	41.5%	43.2%
1990	41.5%	43%
1991	41.5%	42.7%
1992	41.4%	42.4%
1993	41.3%	42.1%
1994	41.4%	41.7%
1995	41.4%	41.2%
1996	41.5%	40.7%
1997	41.4%	40.1%
1998	41.3%	39.5%
1999	41.1%	38.9%
2000	40.9%	38.3%
2001	40.7%	37.7%
2002	40.4%	36.8%
2003	40%	35.7%
2004	39.6%	34.5%
2005	39.2%	33.2%
2006	38.7%	31.9%
2007	38.1%	30.6%
2008	37.5%	29.5%
2009	36.7%	28.5%
2010	36%	27.6%
2011	35.3%	26.9%
2012	34.7%	26.3%
2013	34.2%	25.8%
2014	33.6%	25.4%
2015	33%	25.1%
2016	32.5%	24.9%
2017	32.1%	25.2%
2018	31.6%	25.7%
2019	30.9%	25.8%
2020	30.1%	25.5%
2021	29.4%	25.2%
2022	28.9%	24.6%
2023	28.7%	24.1%
2024	28.4%	23.8%
2025	28.1%	23.6%
2026	27.7%	23.4%
2027	27.3%	23.3%
2028	26.8%	23.1%
2029	26.4%	22.9%
2030	26%	22.8%
2031	25.6%	22.6%
2032	25.2%	22.5%
2033	24.8%	22.4%
2034	24.5%	22.3%
2035	24.1%	22.2%
2036	23.8%	22.2%
2037	23.4%	22.1%
2038	23%	22%
2039	22.7%	21.9%
2040	22.4%	21.7%
2041	22.1%	21.5%
2042	21.7%	21.3%
2043	21.4%	21.2%
2044	21.1%	21%
2045	20.8%	20.8%
2046	20.5%	20.7%
2047	20.3%	20.5%
2048	20%	20.4%
2049	19.7%	20.2%
2050	19.5%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.4% of the population in Nepal and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nepal and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Nepal vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.37% in Nepal 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
	Nepal	Saudi Arabia
1960	203,374	74,143
1961	209,917	77,743
1962	215,368	81,393
1963	219,586	85,480
1964	227,948	89,776
1965	233,726	93,820
1966	241,716	98,361
1967	249,240	103,343
1968	258,259	108,281
1969	264,560	113,859
1970	272,439	120,440
1971	280,752	127,600
1972	286,708	136,360
1973	288,750	145,450
1974	303,078	155,478
1975	312,479	166,223
1976	323,222	178,024
1977	332,843	191,103
1978	345,765	205,331
1979	355,597	220,186
1980	364,254	234,372
1981	374,145	249,156
1982	385,741	264,831
1983	399,103	280,616
1984	411,122	296,615
1985	423,240	310,558
1986	434,802	322,340
1987	449,400	333,088
1988	463,581	342,865
1989	478,771	349,399
1990	495,202	355,495
1991	512,233	361,329
1992	533,029	366,763
1993	561,549	372,621
1994	578,293	377,351
1995	591,283	380,231
1996	580,099	382,248
1997	565,882	385,033
1998	562,787	389,499
1999	557,847	390,112
2000	554,506	392,407
2001	542,118	382,153
2002	525,045	372,099
2003	516,575	364,520
2004	504,853	362,843
2005	489,093	375,938
2006	475,335	399,333
2007	464,780	425,199
2008	452,353	433,457
2009	441,290	438,557
2010	432,631	418,641
2011	429,957	443,675
2012	430,151	465,649
2013	424,804	475,299
2014	423,166	493,431
2015	410,565	511,023
2016	415,921	537,829
2017	406,219	546,751
2018	394,576	528,767
2019	387,113	474,407
2020	373,553	447,036
2021	351,165	409,032
2022	379,021	406,920
2023	368,450	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Nepal vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 142 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nepal, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nepal	Saudi Arabia
1985	1,186	40
1986	1,143	38
1987	1,088	36
1988	1,038	34
1989	973	32
1990	920	30
1991	850	29
1992	768	27
1993	703	26
1994	657	25
1995	625	24
1996	584	23
1997	550	23
1998	522	22
1999	512	21
2000	480	20
2001	443	19
2002	414	18
2003	387	16
2004	364	16
2005	344	15
2006	318	14
2007	309	13
2008	302	12
2009	299	11
2010	297	11
2011	286	10
2012	272	9
2013	258	9
2014	245	8
2015	236	8
2016	214	8
2017	197	8
2018	183	8
2019	170	8
2020	153	11
2021	173	12
2022	139	9
2023	142	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.65% in Nepal 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
	Nepal	Saudi Arabia
1960	32.8%	-
1961	32.4%	-
1962	31.9%	-
1963	31.3%	-
1964	30.7%	-
1965	30%	-
1966	29.4%	-
1967	28.7%	-
1968	28%	-
1969	27.3%	-
1970	26.7%	-
1971	26.2%	-
1972	25.6%	16%
1973	25%	14.9%
1974	24.5%	14%
1975	23.9%	13.1%
1976	23.3%	12.2%
1977	22.7%	11.4%
1978	22.1%	10.7%
1979	21.5%	9.99%
1980	20.8%	9.34%
1981	20.2%	8.71%
1982	19.5%	8.12%
1983	18.8%	7.56%
1984	18.2%	7.04%
1985	17.5%	6.55%
1986	16.8%	6.07%
1987	16.1%	5.62%
1988	15.3%	5.19%
1989	14.6%	4.8%
1990	13.9%	4.44%
1991	13.2%	4.11%
1992	12.5%	3.81%
1993	11.8%	3.54%
1994	11.2%	3.29%
1995	10.6%	3.06%
1996	10%	2.86%
1997	9.44%	2.67%
1998	8.91%	2.5%
1999	8.4%	2.35%
2000	7.92%	2.21%
2001	7.48%	2.08%
2002	7.06%	1.96%
2003	6.69%	1.85%
2004	6.35%	1.75%
2005	6.04%	1.65%
2006	5.76%	1.56%
2007	5.51%	1.47%
2008	5.27%	1.38%
2009	5.05%	1.3%
2010	4.83%	1.22%
2011	4.62%	1.15%
2012	4.41%	1.08%
2013	4.21%	1.02%
2014	4.01%	0.96%
2015	3.82%	0.9%
2016	3.64%	0.85%
2017	3.46%	0.8%
2018	3.3%	0.76%
2019	3.14%	0.72%
2020	2.99%	0.69%
2021	2.86%	0.66%
2022	2.75%	0.64%
2023	2.65%	0.62%