Fertility & birth rates in Niger and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Niger vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Niger was 6.06 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 Niger 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
	Niger	Saudi Arabia
1960	7.53	7.63
1961	7.51	7.63
1962	7.5	7.64
1963	7.49	7.65
1964	7.48	7.67
1965	7.47	7.66
1966	7.48	7.66
1967	7.49	7.66
1968	7.5	7.63
1969	7.51	7.6
1970	7.51	7.58
1971	7.52	7.56
1972	7.52	7.54
1973	7.53	7.48
1974	7.54	7.43
1975	7.54	7.37
1976	7.56	7.33
1977	7.6	7.3
1978	7.66	7.26
1979	7.72	7.23
1980	7.78	7.15
1981	7.82	7.07
1982	7.86	6.98
1983	7.9	6.88
1984	7.92	6.78
1985	7.93	6.65
1986	7.9	6.52
1987	7.87	6.34
1988	7.84	6.15
1989	7.82	5.98
1990	7.81	5.8
1991	7.8	5.64
1992	7.8	5.49
1993	7.79	5.33
1994	7.79	5.16
1995	7.78	4.99
1996	7.78	4.81
1997	7.8	4.66
1998	7.84	4.52
1999	7.84	4.35
2000	7.83	4.21
2001	7.81	3.96
2002	7.8	3.71
2003	7.79	3.47
2004	7.78	3.26
2005	7.77	3.16
2006	7.74	3.18
2007	7.73	3.19
2008	7.7	3.07
2009	7.68	2.95
2010	7.64	2.81
2011	7.59	2.8
2012	7.53	2.78
2013	7.45	2.67
2014	7.34	2.68
2015	7.22	2.63
2016	7.04	2.65
2017	6.87	2.67
2018	6.71	2.67
2019	6.54	2.49
2020	6.37	2.27
2021	6.2	2.17
2022	6.14	2.14
2023	6.06	2.28
2024	5.93	2.31
2025	5.79	2.29
2026	5.64	2.27
2027	5.49	2.25
2028	5.35	2.22
2029	5.22	2.2
2030	5.08	2.17
2031	4.93	2.15
2032	4.8	2.13
2033	4.69	2.11
2034	4.55	2.09
2035	4.44	2.07
2036	4.32	2.05
2037	4.21	2.03
2038	4.1	2.01
2039	4	1.99
2040	3.91	1.98
2041	3.82	1.97
2042	3.74	1.95
2043	3.66	1.94
2044	3.59	1.93
2045	3.53	1.92
2046	3.46	1.91
2047	3.39	1.9
2048	3.34	1.89
2049	3.28	1.88
2050	3.22	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Niger	Saudi Arabia
1960	49%	43.4%
1961	48.9%	43.6%
1962	48.8%	43.9%
1963	48.8%	44.3%
1964	48.8%	44.6%
1965	48.7%	44.8%
1966	48.6%	45.1%
1967	48.5%	45.3%
1968	48.4%	45.4%
1969	48.3%	45.5%
1970	48.1%	45.5%
1971	48%	45.5%
1972	47.9%	45.3%
1973	47.7%	45.2%
1974	47.6%	45%
1975	47.4%	44.8%
1976	47.3%	44.6%
1977	47.1%	44.5%
1978	47%	44.3%
1979	47%	44.2%
1980	47%	44.1%
1981	47%	43.9%
1982	47%	43.8%
1983	47%	43.7%
1984	47%	43.6%
1985	47%	43.6%
1986	47%	43.5%
1987	47%	43.4%
1988	47%	43.3%
1989	46.9%	43.2%
1990	46.8%	43%
1991	46.8%	42.7%
1992	46.7%	42.4%
1993	46.7%	42.1%
1994	46.7%	41.7%
1995	46.7%	41.2%
1996	46.7%	40.7%
1997	46.8%	40.1%
1998	46.9%	39.5%
1999	47.1%	38.9%
2000	47.3%	38.3%
2001	47.5%	37.7%
2002	47.8%	36.8%
2003	48%	35.7%
2004	48.2%	34.5%
2005	48.5%	33.2%
2006	48.7%	31.9%
2007	48.9%	30.6%
2008	49.1%	29.5%
2009	49.3%	28.5%
2010	49.4%	27.6%
2011	49.5%	26.9%
2012	49.5%	26.3%
2013	49.4%	25.8%
2014	49.3%	25.4%
2015	49.2%	25.1%
2016	49%	24.9%
2017	48.8%	25.2%
2018	48.6%	25.7%
2019	48.3%	25.8%
2020	48%	25.5%
2021	47.7%	25.2%
2022	47.3%	24.6%
2023	47%	24.1%
2024	46.6%	23.8%
2025	46.2%	23.6%
2026	45.8%	23.4%
2027	45.5%	23.3%
2028	45%	23.1%
2029	44.6%	22.9%
2030	44.2%	22.8%
2031	43.8%	22.6%
2032	43.4%	22.5%
2033	43%	22.4%
2034	42.6%	22.3%
2035	42.2%	22.2%
2036	41.8%	22.2%
2037	41.3%	22.1%
2038	40.9%	22%
2039	40.4%	21.9%
2040	39.9%	21.7%
2041	39.4%	21.5%
2042	38.9%	21.3%
2043	38.4%	21.2%
2044	37.9%	21%
2045	37.4%	20.8%
2046	36.9%	20.7%
2047	36.4%	20.5%
2048	35.9%	20.4%
2049	35.5%	20.2%
2050	35%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.6% of the population in Niger and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 46.8% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Niger and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Niger vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.43% in Niger 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
	Niger	Saudi Arabia
1960	105,081	74,143
1961	107,693	77,743
1962	110,280	81,393
1963	113,072	85,480
1964	115,386	89,776
1965	116,963	93,820
1966	119,314	98,361
1967	121,358	103,343
1968	123,301	108,281
1969	125,389	113,859
1970	128,184	120,440
1971	128,223	127,600
1972	133,813	136,360
1973	137,695	145,450
1974	142,606	155,478
1975	147,962	166,223
1976	154,489	178,024
1977	161,792	191,103
1978	171,614	205,331
1979	180,632	220,186
1980	189,251	234,372
1981	195,938	249,156
1982	202,012	264,831
1983	207,962	280,616
1984	213,111	296,615
1985	219,206	310,558
1986	224,365	322,340
1987	231,371	333,088
1988	237,296	342,865
1989	245,278	349,399
1990	256,594	355,495
1991	266,527	361,329
1992	278,690	366,763
1993	292,135	372,621
1994	306,026	377,351
1995	323,630	380,231
1996	341,223	382,248
1997	358,745	385,033
1998	377,120	389,499
1999	394,212	390,112
2000	410,779	392,407
2001	428,417	382,153
2002	446,767	372,099
2003	467,295	364,520
2004	488,328	362,843
2005	511,167	375,938
2006	533,374	399,333
2007	556,808	425,199
2008	579,727	433,457
2009	602,671	438,557
2010	624,685	418,641
2011	645,175	443,675
2012	664,009	465,649
2013	686,070	475,299
2014	704,609	493,431
2015	721,630	511,023
2016	738,999	537,829
2017	752,384	546,751
2018	763,536	528,767
2019	775,474	474,407
2020	784,437	447,036
2021	793,428	409,032
2022	829,651	406,920
2023	864,139	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Niger vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 350 deaths per 100,000 live births in Niger, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Niger	Saudi Arabia
1985	1,137	40
1986	1,107	38
1987	1,074	36
1988	1,040	34
1989	1,010	32
1990	983	30
1991	957	29
1992	926	27
1993	903	26
1994	883	25
1995	865	24
1996	854	23
1997	841	23
1998	839	22
1999	841	21
2000	845	20
2001	843	19
2002	835	18
2003	813	16
2004	790	16
2005	764	15
2006	737	14
2007	704	13
2008	669	12
2009	647	11
2010	621	11
2011	585	10
2012	554	9
2013	526	9
2014	497	8
2015	473	8
2016	450	8
2017	433	8
2018	420	8
2019	406	8
2020	388	11
2021	396	12
2022	361	9
2023	350	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 11.5% in Niger 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
	Niger	Saudi Arabia
1967	31.9%	-
1968	32.3%	-
1969	32.7%	-
1970	33.2%	-
1971	33.6%	-
1972	34%	16%
1973	34.2%	14.9%
1974	34.3%	14%
1975	34.2%	13.1%
1976	33.9%	12.2%
1977	33.5%	11.4%
1978	33%	10.7%
1979	32.6%	9.99%
1980	32.3%	9.34%
1981	32.3%	8.71%
1982	32.5%	8.12%
1983	32.9%	7.56%
1984	33.3%	7.04%
1985	33.7%	6.55%
1986	34%	6.07%
1987	34.1%	5.62%
1988	34%	5.19%
1989	33.7%	4.8%
1990	33.2%	4.44%
1991	32.5%	4.11%
1992	31.7%	3.81%
1993	30.6%	3.54%
1994	29.4%	3.29%
1995	28.1%	3.06%
1996	26.9%	2.86%
1997	25.7%	2.67%
1998	24.7%	2.5%
1999	23.7%	2.35%
2000	22.8%	2.21%
2001	21.8%	2.08%
2002	20.6%	1.96%
2003	19.4%	1.85%
2004	18.3%	1.75%
2005	17.2%	1.65%
2006	16.2%	1.56%
2007	15.4%	1.47%
2008	14.7%	1.38%
2009	14.1%	1.3%
2010	13.7%	1.22%
2011	13.3%	1.15%
2012	13.1%	1.08%
2013	12.9%	1.02%
2014	12.7%	0.96%
2015	12.6%	0.9%
2016	12.5%	0.85%
2017	12.4%	0.8%
2018	12.3%	0.76%
2019	12.2%	0.72%
2020	12.1%	0.69%
2021	11.9%	0.66%
2022	11.7%	0.64%
2023	11.5%	0.62%