Fertility & birth rates in Panama and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Panama vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Panama was 2.12 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 Panama 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
	Panama	Saudi Arabia
1960	5.83	7.63
1961	5.87	7.63
1962	5.87	7.64
1963	5.87	7.65
1964	5.81	7.67
1965	5.73	7.66
1966	5.65	7.66
1967	5.53	7.66
1968	5.41	7.63
1969	5.29	7.6
1970	5.18	7.58
1971	5.05	7.56
1972	4.91	7.54
1973	4.74	7.48
1974	4.58	7.43
1975	4.41	7.37
1976	4.26	7.33
1977	4.12	7.3
1978	3.98	7.26
1979	3.88	7.23
1980	3.8	7.15
1981	3.72	7.07
1982	3.66	6.98
1983	3.6	6.88
1984	3.52	6.78
1985	3.43	6.65
1986	3.34	6.52
1987	3.25	6.34
1988	3.17	6.15
1989	3.12	5.98
1990	3.07	5.8
1991	3	5.64
1992	2.95	5.49
1993	2.91	5.33
1994	2.88	5.16
1995	2.85	4.99
1996	2.83	4.81
1997	2.81	4.66
1998	2.79	4.52
1999	2.77	4.35
2000	2.74	4.21
2001	2.72	3.96
2002	2.7	3.71
2003	2.68	3.47
2004	2.68	3.26
2005	2.64	3.16
2006	2.62	3.18
2007	2.61	3.19
2008	2.61	3.07
2009	2.59	2.95
2010	2.59	2.81
2011	2.6	2.8
2012	2.59	2.78
2013	2.57	2.67
2014	2.55	2.68
2015	2.53	2.63
2016	2.5	2.65
2017	2.46	2.67
2018	2.4	2.67
2019	2.29	2.49
2020	2.18	2.27
2021	2.15	2.17
2022	2.14	2.14
2023	2.12	2.28
2024	2.11	2.31
2025	2.09	2.29
2026	2.07	2.27
2027	2.06	2.25
2028	2.04	2.22
2029	2.02	2.2
2030	2.01	2.17
2031	2	2.15
2032	1.99	2.13
2033	1.97	2.11
2034	1.96	2.09
2035	1.95	2.07
2036	1.95	2.05
2037	1.94	2.03
2038	1.93	2.01
2039	1.92	1.99
2040	1.91	1.98
2041	1.91	1.97
2042	1.9	1.95
2043	1.89	1.94
2044	1.89	1.93
2045	1.88	1.92
2046	1.88	1.91
2047	1.87	1.9
2048	1.87	1.89
2049	1.86	1.88
2050	1.86	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Panama	Saudi Arabia
1960	44.2%	43.4%
1961	44.3%	43.6%
1962	44.5%	43.9%
1963	44.6%	44.3%
1964	44.7%	44.6%
1965	44.8%	44.8%
1966	44.8%	45.1%
1967	44.8%	45.3%
1968	44.7%	45.4%
1969	44.6%	45.5%
1970	44.5%	45.5%
1971	44.3%	45.5%
1972	44.1%	45.3%
1973	43.9%	45.2%
1974	43.6%	45%
1975	43.3%	44.8%
1976	42.9%	44.6%
1977	42.4%	44.5%
1978	41.9%	44.3%
1979	41.4%	44.2%
1980	40.8%	44.1%
1981	40.3%	43.9%
1982	39.8%	43.8%
1983	39.3%	43.7%
1984	38.8%	43.6%
1985	38.3%	43.6%
1986	37.8%	43.5%
1987	37.4%	43.4%
1988	36.9%	43.3%
1989	36.5%	43.2%
1990	36.1%	43%
1991	35.7%	42.7%
1992	35.3%	42.4%
1993	34.9%	42.1%
1994	34.6%	41.7%
1995	34.2%	41.2%
1996	33.9%	40.7%
1997	33.5%	40.1%
1998	33.1%	39.5%
1999	32.8%	38.9%
2000	32.4%	38.3%
2001	32%	37.7%
2002	31.6%	36.8%
2003	31.3%	35.7%
2004	31%	34.5%
2005	30.6%	33.2%
2006	30.3%	31.9%
2007	30%	30.6%
2008	29.7%	29.5%
2009	29.5%	28.5%
2010	29.2%	27.6%
2011	28.9%	26.9%
2012	28.7%	26.3%
2013	28.4%	25.8%
2014	28.2%	25.4%
2015	27.9%	25.1%
2016	27.6%	24.9%
2017	27.4%	25.2%
2018	27.1%	25.7%
2019	26.7%	25.8%
2020	26.4%	25.5%
2021	26%	25.2%
2022	25.7%	24.6%
2023	25.3%	24.1%
2024	24.9%	23.8%
2025	24.5%	23.6%
2026	24.1%	23.4%
2027	23.8%	23.3%
2028	23.4%	23.1%
2029	23%	22.9%
2030	22.6%	22.8%
2031	22.2%	22.6%
2032	21.9%	22.5%
2033	21.6%	22.4%
2034	21.3%	22.3%
2035	21%	22.2%
2036	20.9%	22.2%
2037	20.7%	22.1%
2038	20.5%	22%
2039	20.3%	21.9%
2040	20.1%	21.7%
2041	20%	21.5%
2042	19.8%	21.3%
2043	19.6%	21.2%
2044	19.4%	21%
2045	19.3%	20.8%
2046	19.1%	20.7%
2047	18.9%	20.5%
2048	18.8%	20.4%
2049	18.6%	20.2%
2050	18.4%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.9% of the population in Panama and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 36.1% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Panama and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Panama vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in Panama 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
	Panama	Saudi Arabia
1960	35,431	74,143
1961	37,100	77,743
1962	38,537	81,393
1963	39,872	85,480
1964	40,806	89,776
1965	41,604	93,820
1966	42,457	98,361
1967	43,054	103,343
1968	43,641	108,281
1969	44,278	113,859
1970	45,075	120,440
1971	45,867	127,600
1972	46,311	136,360
1973	46,540	145,450
1974	46,932	155,478
1975	47,149	166,223
1976	47,307	178,024
1977	47,438	191,103
1978	47,694	205,331
1979	48,362	220,186
1980	49,077	234,372
1981	50,018	249,156
1982	50,858	264,831
1983	51,880	280,616
1984	52,436	296,615
1985	52,573	310,558
1986	52,681	322,340
1987	52,690	333,088
1988	52,767	342,865
1989	52,295	349,399
1990	53,451	355,495
1991	53,079	361,329
1992	53,186	366,763
1993	53,591	372,621
1994	53,845	377,351
1995	54,069	380,231
1996	54,512	382,248
1997	55,060	385,033
1998	55,482	389,499
1999	55,911	390,112
2000	56,236	392,407
2001	56,654	382,153
2002	57,011	372,099
2003	57,458	364,520
2004	58,281	362,843
2005	58,014	375,938
2006	58,067	399,333
2007	58,454	425,199
2008	58,961	433,457
2009	59,168	438,557
2010	59,418	418,641
2011	60,411	443,675
2012	60,471	465,649
2013	60,295	475,299
2014	60,227	493,431
2015	59,896	511,023
2016	59,454	537,829
2017	58,607	546,751
2018	57,508	528,767
2019	54,420	474,407
2020	46,599	447,036
2021	46,747	409,032
2022	50,556	406,920
2023	50,197	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Panama vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 37 deaths per 100,000 live births in Panama, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Panama	Saudi Arabia
1985	95	40
1986	94	38
1987	93	36
1988	93	34
1989	96	32
1990	89	30
1991	87	29
1992	85	27
1993	81	26
1994	78	25
1995	77	24
1996	73	23
1997	70	23
1998	68	22
1999	65	21
2000	64	20
2001	62	19
2002	59	18
2003	58	16
2004	57	16
2005	57	15
2006	56	14
2007	55	13
2008	55	12
2009	55	11
2010	56	11
2011	55	10
2012	53	9
2013	52	9
2014	49	8
2015	48	8
2016	47	8
2017	47	8
2018	43	8
2019	41	8
2020	74	11
2021	59	12
2022	40	9
2023	37	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Panama 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
	Panama	Saudi Arabia
1960	9.31%	-
1961	9.04%	-
1962	8.78%	-
1963	8.52%	-
1964	8.28%	-
1965	8.05%	-
1966	7.83%	-
1967	7.62%	-
1968	7.38%	-
1969	7.1%	-
1970	6.78%	-
1971	6.43%	-
1972	6.07%	16%
1973	5.72%	14.9%
1974	5.41%	14%
1975	5.15%	13.1%
1976	4.93%	12.2%
1977	4.76%	11.4%
1978	4.61%	10.7%
1979	4.47%	9.99%
1980	4.34%	9.34%
1981	4.19%	8.71%
1982	4.05%	8.12%
1983	3.9%	7.56%
1984	3.75%	7.04%
1985	3.61%	6.55%
1986	3.47%	6.07%
1987	3.35%	5.62%
1988	3.24%	5.19%
1989	3.14%	4.8%
1990	3.05%	4.44%
1991	2.97%	4.11%
1992	2.91%	3.81%
1993	2.87%	3.54%
1994	2.83%	3.29%
1995	2.8%	3.06%
1996	2.77%	2.86%
1997	2.73%	2.67%
1998	2.68%	2.5%
1999	2.63%	2.35%
2000	2.56%	2.21%
2001	2.49%	2.08%
2002	2.41%	1.96%
2003	2.33%	1.85%
2004	2.25%	1.75%
2005	2.17%	1.65%
2006	2.1%	1.56%
2007	2.03%	1.47%
2008	1.97%	1.38%
2009	1.91%	1.3%
2010	1.86%	1.22%
2011	1.81%	1.15%
2012	1.77%	1.08%
2013	1.75%	1.02%
2014	1.73%	0.96%
2015	1.72%	0.9%
2016	1.7%	0.85%
2017	1.68%	0.8%
2018	1.65%	0.76%
2019	1.59%	0.72%
2020	1.52%	0.69%
2021	1.45%	0.66%
2022	1.39%	0.64%
2023	1.33%	0.62%