Fertility & birth rates in Poland and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Poland vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Poland was 1.16 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 Poland 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
	Poland	Saudi Arabia
1960	2.98	7.63
1961	2.83	7.63
1962	2.72	7.64
1963	2.7	7.65
1964	2.57	7.67
1965	2.52	7.66
1966	2.34	7.66
1967	2.33	7.66
1968	2.24	7.63
1969	2.2	7.6
1970	2.2	7.58
1971	2.25	7.56
1972	2.24	7.54
1973	2.26	7.48
1974	2.26	7.43
1975	2.27	7.37
1976	2.3	7.33
1977	2.23	7.3
1978	2.21	7.26
1979	2.28	7.23
1980	2.28	7.15
1981	2.24	7.07
1982	2.34	6.98
1983	2.42	6.88
1984	2.37	6.78
1985	2.33	6.65
1986	2.22	6.52
1987	2.15	6.34
1988	2.13	6.15
1989	2.08	5.98
1990	2.06	5.8
1991	2.07	5.64
1992	1.95	5.49
1993	1.87	5.33
1994	1.81	5.16
1995	1.62	4.99
1996	1.59	4.81
1997	1.51	4.66
1998	1.44	4.52
1999	1.37	4.35
2000	1.37	4.21
2001	1.31	3.96
2002	1.25	3.71
2003	1.22	3.47
2004	1.23	3.26
2005	1.24	3.16
2006	1.27	3.18
2007	1.31	3.19
2008	1.39	3.07
2009	1.4	2.95
2010	1.41	2.81
2011	1.33	2.8
2012	1.33	2.78
2013	1.29	2.67
2014	1.32	2.68
2015	1.32	2.63
2016	1.39	2.65
2017	1.48	2.67
2018	1.46	2.67
2019	1.44	2.49
2020	1.39	2.27
2021	1.33	2.17
2022	1.29	2.14
2023	1.16	2.28
2024	1.16	2.31
2025	1.17	2.29
2026	1.17	2.27
2027	1.17	2.25
2028	1.18	2.22
2029	1.18	2.2
2030	1.19	2.17
2031	1.19	2.15
2032	1.19	2.13
2033	1.2	2.11
2034	1.2	2.09
2035	1.21	2.07
2036	1.21	2.05
2037	1.21	2.03
2038	1.21	2.01
2039	1.22	1.99
2040	1.22	1.98
2041	1.22	1.97
2042	1.22	1.95
2043	1.23	1.94
2044	1.23	1.93
2045	1.24	1.92
2046	1.24	1.91
2047	1.24	1.9
2048	1.24	1.89
2049	1.24	1.88
2050	1.25	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Poland	Saudi Arabia
1960	33.4%	43.4%
1961	33.4%	43.6%
1962	33%	43.9%
1963	32.5%	44.3%
1964	31.9%	44.6%
1965	31.1%	44.8%
1966	30.3%	45.1%
1967	29.5%	45.3%
1968	28.6%	45.4%
1969	27.8%	45.5%
1970	26.9%	45.5%
1971	26.1%	45.5%
1972	25.4%	45.3%
1973	24.8%	45.2%
1974	24.3%	45%
1975	24%	44.8%
1976	24%	44.6%
1977	24%	44.5%
1978	24%	44.3%
1979	24.1%	44.2%
1980	24.3%	44.1%
1981	24.5%	43.9%
1982	24.7%	43.8%
1983	25%	43.7%
1984	25.3%	43.6%
1985	25.5%	43.6%
1986	25.6%	43.5%
1987	25.6%	43.4%
1988	25.5%	43.3%
1989	25.3%	43.2%
1990	25%	43%
1991	24.6%	42.7%
1992	24.3%	42.4%
1993	23.9%	42.1%
1994	23.4%	41.7%
1995	22.8%	41.2%
1996	22.2%	40.7%
1997	21.6%	40.1%
1998	20.9%	39.5%
1999	20.2%	38.9%
2000	19.4%	38.3%
2001	18.7%	37.7%
2002	18.1%	36.8%
2003	17.5%	35.7%
2004	17%	34.5%
2005	16.5%	33.2%
2006	16%	31.9%
2007	15.7%	30.6%
2008	15.4%	29.5%
2009	15.2%	28.5%
2010	15.1%	27.6%
2011	15.2%	26.9%
2012	15.1%	26.3%
2013	15.1%	25.8%
2014	15.1%	25.4%
2015	15.1%	25.1%
2016	15.1%	24.9%
2017	15.2%	25.2%
2018	15.3%	25.7%
2019	15.4%	25.8%
2020	15.5%	25.5%
2021	15.5%	25.2%
2022	15.3%	24.6%
2023	15.1%	24.1%
2024	14.8%	23.8%
2025	14.5%	23.6%
2026	14.1%	23.4%
2027	13.8%	23.3%
2028	13.5%	23.1%
2029	13.2%	22.9%
2030	13%	22.8%
2031	12.7%	22.6%
2032	12.4%	22.5%
2033	12.1%	22.4%
2034	11.8%	22.3%
2035	11.5%	22.2%
2036	11.3%	22.2%
2037	11.2%	22.1%
2038	11.1%	22%
2039	11.1%	21.9%
2040	11.1%	21.7%
2041	11%	21.5%
2042	11.1%	21.3%
2043	11.1%	21.2%
2044	11.1%	21%
2045	11.2%	20.8%
2046	11.3%	20.7%
2047	11.3%	20.5%
2048	11.4%	20.4%
2049	11.5%	20.2%
2050	11.5%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Poland and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 25% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Poland and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Poland vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.18% in Poland 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
	Poland	Saudi Arabia
1960	444,562	74,143
1961	398,521	77,743
1962	360,671	81,393
1963	359,330	85,480
1964	326,965	89,776
1965	314,450	93,820
1966	297,801	98,361
1967	275,089	103,343
1968	280,963	108,281
1969	270,151	113,859
1970	280,913	120,440
1971	278,660	127,600
1972	314,028	136,360
1973	320,229	145,450
1974	346,893	155,478
1975	350,356	166,223
1976	367,612	178,024
1977	353,828	191,103
1978	339,166	205,331
1979	366,571	220,186
1980	348,627	234,372
1981	351,806	249,156
1982	369,551	264,831
1983	373,032	280,616
1984	332,137	296,615
1985	297,615	310,558
1986	258,448	322,340
1987	226,008	333,088
1988	215,599	342,865
1989	182,215	349,399
1990	160,066	355,495
1991	141,511	361,329
1992	118,928	366,763
1993	103,846	372,621
1994	96,357	377,351
1995	46,314	380,231
1996	42,487	382,248
1997	34,785	385,033
1998	19,332	389,499
1999	0	390,112
2000	11,478	392,407
2001	3,825	382,153
2002	-3,823	372,099
2003	-15,281	364,520
2004	-7,637	362,843
2005	-3,817	375,938
2006	3,814	399,333
2007	11,436	425,199
2008	34,313	433,457
2009	30,521	438,557
2010	38,043	418,641
2011	11,419	443,675
2012	0	465,649
2013	-19,020	475,299
2014	0	493,431
2015	-26,590	511,023
2016	-3,797	537,829
2017	0	546,751
2018	-26,582	528,767
2019	-34,169	474,407
2020	-120,050	447,036
2021	-184,907	409,032
2022	-143,605	406,920
2023	-135,743	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Poland vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Poland, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Poland	Saudi Arabia
1985	19	40
1986	19	38
1987	18	36
1988	18	34
1989	18	32
1990	18	30
1991	18	29
1992	16	27
1993	15	26
1994	14	25
1995	12	24
1996	11	23
1997	10	23
1998	9	22
1999	8	21
2000	7	20
2001	6	19
2002	5	18
2003	5	16
2004	4	16
2005	4	15
2006	4	14
2007	3	13
2008	3	12
2009	3	11
2010	3	11
2011	2	10
2012	2	9
2013	2	9
2014	2	8
2015	2	8
2016	2	8
2017	2	8
2018	2	8
2019	2	8
2020	3	11
2021	2	12
2022	2	9
2023	2	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.44% in Poland 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
	Poland	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.51%	-
1961	6.02%	-
1962	5.6%	-
1963	5.23%	-
1964	4.89%	-
1965	4.57%	-
1966	4.29%	-
1967	4.06%	-
1968	3.89%	-
1969	3.75%	-
1970	3.59%	-
1971	3.42%	-
1972	3.24%	16%
1973	3.06%	14.9%
1974	2.9%	14%
1975	2.79%	13.1%
1976	2.7%	12.2%
1977	2.62%	11.4%
1978	2.54%	10.7%
1979	2.47%	9.99%
1980	2.4%	9.34%
1981	2.33%	8.71%
1982	2.26%	8.12%
1983	2.19%	7.56%
1984	2.11%	7.04%
1985	2.03%	6.55%
1986	1.96%	6.07%
1987	1.89%	5.62%
1988	1.84%	5.19%
1989	1.79%	4.8%
1990	1.74%	4.44%
1991	1.69%	4.11%
1992	1.65%	3.81%
1993	1.6%	3.54%
1994	1.53%	3.29%
1995	1.43%	3.06%
1996	1.32%	2.86%
1997	1.2%	2.67%
1998	1.09%	2.5%
1999	1%	2.35%
2000	0.93%	2.21%
2001	0.88%	2.08%
2002	0.84%	1.96%
2003	0.81%	1.85%
2004	0.78%	1.75%
2005	0.76%	1.65%
2006	0.73%	1.56%
2007	0.7%	1.47%
2008	0.67%	1.38%
2009	0.63%	1.3%
2010	0.6%	1.22%
2011	0.57%	1.15%
2012	0.54%	1.08%
2013	0.52%	1.02%
2014	0.5%	0.96%
2015	0.49%	0.9%
2016	0.48%	0.85%
2017	0.46%	0.8%
2018	0.45%	0.76%
2019	0.44%	0.72%
2020	0.44%	0.69%
2021	0.44%	0.66%
2022	0.44%	0.64%
2023	0.44%	0.62%