Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Qatar vs Saudi Arabia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Qatar was 1.73 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 Qatar 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
	Qatar	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.53	7.63
1961	6.53	7.63
1962	6.53	7.64
1963	6.53	7.65
1964	6.53	7.67
1965	6.53	7.66
1966	6.52	7.66
1967	6.46	7.66
1968	6.39	7.63
1969	6.31	7.6
1970	6.23	7.58
1971	6.15	7.56
1972	6.07	7.54
1973	6.01	7.48
1974	5.94	7.43
1975	5.86	7.37
1976	5.78	7.33
1977	5.69	7.3
1978	5.58	7.26
1979	5.46	7.23
1980	5.33	7.15
1981	5.2	7.07
1982	5.04	6.98
1983	4.9	6.88
1984	4.76	6.78
1985	4.64	6.65
1986	4.57	6.52
1987	4.54	6.34
1988	4.51	6.15
1989	4.41	5.98
1990	4.23	5.8
1991	3.99	5.64
1992	3.85	5.49
1993	3.77	5.33
1994	3.67	5.16
1995	3.56	4.99
1996	3.44	4.81
1997	3.33	4.66
1998	3.21	4.52
1999	3.12	4.35
2000	3.07	4.21
2001	3.08	3.96
2002	3.01	3.71
2003	2.93	3.47
2004	2.79	3.26
2005	2.64	3.16
2006	2.51	3.18
2007	2.44	3.19
2008	2.37	3.07
2009	2.25	2.95
2010	2.14	2.81
2011	2.07	2.8
2012	2.04	2.78
2013	2.03	2.67
2014	2.03	2.68
2015	1.98	2.63
2016	1.86	2.65
2017	1.83	2.67
2018	1.76	2.67
2019	1.73	2.49
2020	1.68	2.27
2021	1.61	2.17
2022	1.74	2.14
2023	1.73	2.28
2024	1.72	2.31
2025	1.7	2.29
2026	1.69	2.27
2027	1.68	2.25
2028	1.67	2.22
2029	1.66	2.2
2030	1.66	2.17
2031	1.65	2.15
2032	1.64	2.13
2033	1.64	2.11
2034	1.64	2.09
2035	1.63	2.07
2036	1.63	2.05
2037	1.63	2.03
2038	1.63	2.01
2039	1.63	1.99
2040	1.63	1.98
2041	1.63	1.97
2042	1.63	1.95
2043	1.63	1.94
2044	1.63	1.93
2045	1.63	1.92
2046	1.63	1.91
2047	1.63	1.9
2048	1.63	1.89
2049	1.62	1.88
2050	1.62	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	Saudi Arabia
1960	44.2%	43.4%
1961	42.5%	43.6%
1962	40.5%	43.9%
1963	38.7%	44.3%
1964	37.2%	44.6%
1965	36.2%	44.8%
1966	35.3%	45.1%
1967	34.7%	45.3%
1968	34.2%	45.4%
1969	33.9%	45.5%
1970	35.1%	45.5%
1971	36.9%	45.5%
1972	37.5%	45.3%
1973	37.4%	45.2%
1974	36.7%	45%
1975	35.7%	44.8%
1976	34.6%	44.6%
1977	33.3%	44.5%
1978	32.1%	44.3%
1979	31%	44.2%
1980	30%	44.1%
1981	29.2%	43.9%
1982	28.6%	43.8%
1983	28.1%	43.7%
1984	27.6%	43.6%
1985	27.2%	43.6%
1986	27%	43.5%
1987	27.2%	43.4%
1988	27.2%	43.3%
1989	27.1%	43.2%
1990	27%	43%
1991	26.8%	42.7%
1992	26.6%	42.4%
1993	26.4%	42.1%
1994	26.2%	41.7%
1995	26.1%	41.2%
1996	25.9%	40.7%
1997	25.5%	40.1%
1998	24.8%	39.5%
1999	24.1%	38.9%
2000	23.5%	38.3%
2001	23%	37.7%
2002	22.5%	36.8%
2003	22.2%	35.7%
2004	22.2%	34.5%
2005	22.5%	33.2%
2006	20.2%	31.9%
2007	16.4%	30.6%
2008	14.6%	29.5%
2009	14%	28.5%
2010	13.9%	27.6%
2011	14.2%	26.9%
2012	14.5%	26.3%
2013	14.6%	25.8%
2014	14.4%	25.4%
2015	13.9%	25.1%
2016	13.7%	24.9%
2017	13.7%	25.2%
2018	14%	25.7%
2019	14.6%	25.8%
2020	15.4%	25.5%
2021	15.5%	25.2%
2022	15.2%	24.6%
2023	15.2%	24.1%
2024	15.1%	23.8%
2025	15%	23.6%
2026	15%	23.4%
2027	15%	23.3%
2028	15.1%	23.1%
2029	15.2%	22.9%
2030	15.3%	22.8%
2031	15.4%	22.6%
2032	15.5%	22.5%
2033	15.6%	22.4%
2034	15.7%	22.3%
2035	15.9%	22.2%
2036	16.1%	22.2%
2037	16.2%	22.1%
2038	16.4%	22%
2039	16.5%	21.9%
2040	16.7%	21.7%
2041	16.8%	21.5%
2042	17%	21.3%
2043	17.1%	21.2%
2044	17.3%	21%
2045	17.4%	20.8%
2046	17.5%	20.7%
2047	17.6%	20.5%
2048	17.7%	20.4%
2049	17.7%	20.2%
2050	17.8%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 27% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	Saudi Arabia
1960	1,220	74,143
1961	1,357	77,743
1962	1,589	81,393
1963	1,854	85,480
1964	2,150	89,776
1965	2,472	93,820
1966	2,811	98,361
1967	3,167	103,343
1968	3,547	108,281
1969	3,941	113,859
1970	4,346	120,440
1971	4,433	127,600
1972	4,581	136,360
1973	4,780	145,450
1974	5,015	155,478
1975	5,289	166,223
1976	5,598	178,024
1977	5,925	191,103
1978	6,246	205,331
1979	6,579	220,186
1980	6,894	234,372
1981	7,202	249,156
1982	7,489	264,831
1983	7,765	280,616
1984	7,997	296,615
1985	8,212	310,558
1986	8,439	322,340
1987	8,806	333,088
1988	9,198	342,865
1989	9,407	349,399
1990	9,388	355,495
1991	9,182	361,329
1992	9,189	366,763
1993	9,250	372,621
1994	9,257	377,351
1995	9,186	380,231
1996	9,049	382,248
1997	8,846	385,033
1998	9,055	389,499
1999	9,431	390,112
2000	9,974	392,407
2001	10,683	382,153
2002	11,062	372,099
2003	11,291	364,520
2004	11,242	362,843
2005	11,392	375,938
2006	10,225	399,333
2007	11,351	425,199
2008	14,062	433,457
2009	15,595	438,557
2010	16,225	418,641
2011	16,543	443,675
2012	17,681	465,649
2013	19,669	475,299
2014	21,699	493,431
2015	22,568	511,023
2016	22,416	537,829
2017	23,244	546,751
2018	23,340	528,767
2019	24,112	474,407
2020	25,128	447,036
2021	21,297	409,032
2022	24,360	406,920
2023	23,845	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs Saudi Arabia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Qatar, compared to 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Qatar	Saudi Arabia
1985	17	40
1986	16	38
1987	15	36
1988	15	34
1989	14	32
1990	13	30
1991	13	29
1992	13	27
1993	13	26
1994	13	25
1995	13	24
1996	13	23
1997	13	23
1998	12	22
1999	12	21
2000	11	20
2001	12	19
2002	11	18
2003	11	16
2004	11	16
2005	11	15
2006	10	14
2007	9	13
2008	9	12
2009	8	11
2010	8	11
2011	7	10
2012	7	9
2013	6	9
2014	6	8
2015	6	8
2016	5	8
2017	5	8
2018	5	8
2019	5	8
2020	6	11
2021	7	12
2022	8	9
2023	4	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	Saudi Arabia
1969	7.07%	-
1970	6.6%	-
1971	6.16%	-
1972	5.77%	16%
1973	5.4%	14.9%
1974	5.06%	14%
1975	4.75%	13.1%
1976	4.48%	12.2%
1977	4.24%	11.4%
1978	4.02%	10.7%
1979	3.81%	9.99%
1980	3.62%	9.34%
1981	3.45%	8.71%
1982	3.29%	8.12%
1983	3.13%	7.56%
1984	2.98%	7.04%
1985	2.82%	6.55%
1986	2.68%	6.07%
1987	2.52%	5.62%
1988	2.37%	5.19%
1989	2.23%	4.8%
1990	2.08%	4.44%
1991	1.94%	4.11%
1992	1.82%	3.81%
1993	1.71%	3.54%
1994	1.61%	3.29%
1995	1.53%	3.06%
1996	1.46%	2.86%
1997	1.4%	2.67%
1998	1.34%	2.5%
1999	1.29%	2.35%
2000	1.25%	2.21%
2001	1.2%	2.08%
2002	1.16%	1.96%
2003	1.12%	1.85%
2004	1.08%	1.75%
2005	1.04%	1.65%
2006	1.01%	1.56%
2007	0.98%	1.47%
2008	0.96%	1.38%
2009	0.93%	1.3%
2010	0.91%	1.22%
2011	0.89%	1.15%
2012	0.87%	1.08%
2013	0.84%	1.02%
2014	0.82%	0.96%
2015	0.79%	0.9%
2016	0.75%	0.85%
2017	0.72%	0.8%
2018	0.69%	0.76%
2019	0.67%	0.72%
2020	0.64%	0.69%
2021	0.63%	0.66%
2022	0.61%	0.64%
2023	0.6%	0.62%