Fertility & birth rates in Saudi Arabia and Senegal

Fertility rate in Saudi Arabia vs Senegal chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Saudi Arabia was 2.28 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.82 in Senegal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saudi Arabia vs Senegal population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Saudi Arabia	Senegal
1960	7.63	7
1961	7.63	7.04
1962	7.64	7.08
1963	7.65	7.12
1964	7.67	7.16
1965	7.66	7.19
1966	7.66	7.22
1967	7.66	7.24
1968	7.63	7.25
1969	7.6	7.26
1970	7.58	7.26
1971	7.56	7.26
1972	7.54	7.26
1973	7.48	7.26
1974	7.43	7.25
1975	7.37	7.25
1976	7.33	7.26
1977	7.3	7.27
1978	7.26	7.28
1979	7.23	7.29
1980	7.15	7.29
1981	7.07	7.28
1982	6.98	7.25
1983	6.88	7.19
1984	6.78	7.11
1985	6.65	7.01
1986	6.52	6.9
1987	6.34	6.79
1988	6.15	6.58
1989	5.98	6.48
1990	5.8	6.4
1991	5.64	6.27
1992	5.49	6.15
1993	5.33	6.05
1994	5.16	5.92
1995	4.99	5.82
1996	4.81	5.72
1997	4.66	5.64
1998	4.52	5.58
1999	4.35	5.57
2000	4.21	5.5
2001	3.96	5.4
2002	3.71	5.3
2003	3.47	5.25
2004	3.26	5.19
2005	3.16	5.13
2006	3.18	5.06
2007	3.19	5.02
2008	3.07	5.02
2009	2.95	5.03
2010	2.81	5.06
2011	2.8	5.1
2012	2.78	5.13
2013	2.67	5.05
2014	2.68	4.88
2015	2.63	4.75
2016	2.65	4.65
2017	2.67	4.49
2018	2.67	4.29
2019	2.49	4.1
2020	2.27	4
2021	2.17	3.94
2022	2.14	3.86
2023	2.28	3.82
2024	2.31	3.76
2025	2.29	3.71
2026	2.27	3.66
2027	2.25	3.61
2028	2.22	3.57
2029	2.2	3.53
2030	2.17	3.49
2031	2.15	3.44
2032	2.13	3.4
2033	2.11	3.35
2034	2.09	3.32
2035	2.07	3.28
2036	2.05	3.24
2037	2.03	3.22
2038	2.01	3.17
2039	1.99	3.15
2040	1.98	3.11
2041	1.97	3.08
2042	1.95	3.05
2043	1.94	3.02
2044	1.93	2.99
2045	1.92	2.96
2046	1.91	2.93
2047	1.9	2.9
2048	1.89	2.87
2049	1.88	2.85
2050	1.87	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saudi Arabia	Senegal
1960	43.4%	44.2%
1961	43.6%	44.3%
1962	43.9%	44.3%
1963	44.3%	44.3%
1964	44.6%	44.3%
1965	44.8%	44.3%
1966	45.1%	44.3%
1967	45.3%	44.3%
1968	45.4%	44.2%
1969	45.5%	44.2%
1970	45.5%	44.2%
1971	45.5%	44.2%
1972	45.3%	44.2%
1973	45.2%	44.3%
1974	45%	44.4%
1975	44.8%	44.6%
1976	44.6%	44.8%
1977	44.5%	45.2%
1978	44.3%	45.6%
1979	44.2%	46%
1980	44.1%	46.4%
1981	43.9%	46.7%
1982	43.8%	46.9%
1983	43.7%	47.1%
1984	43.6%	47.2%
1985	43.6%	47.3%
1986	43.5%	47.3%
1987	43.4%	47.2%
1988	43.3%	47%
1989	43.2%	46.9%
1990	43%	46.6%
1991	42.7%	46.4%
1992	42.4%	46.1%
1993	42.1%	45.8%
1994	41.7%	45.4%
1995	41.2%	45.1%
1996	40.7%	44.9%
1997	40.1%	44.6%
1998	39.5%	44.4%
1999	38.9%	44.2%
2000	38.3%	43.9%
2001	37.7%	43.7%
2002	36.8%	43.5%
2003	35.7%	43.2%
2004	34.5%	43.1%
2005	33.2%	42.9%
2006	31.9%	42.8%
2007	30.6%	42.7%
2008	29.5%	42.7%
2009	28.5%	42.7%
2010	27.6%	42.7%
2011	26.9%	42.7%
2012	26.3%	42.7%
2013	25.8%	42.7%
2014	25.4%	42.6%
2015	25.1%	42.4%
2016	24.9%	42.1%
2017	25.2%	41.8%
2018	25.7%	41.3%
2019	25.8%	40.9%
2020	25.5%	40.3%
2021	25.2%	39.8%
2022	24.6%	39.2%
2023	24.1%	38.6%
2024	23.8%	38.2%
2025	23.6%	37.7%
2026	23.4%	37.3%
2027	23.3%	36.9%
2028	23.1%	36.6%
2029	22.9%	36.2%
2030	22.8%	35.9%
2031	22.6%	35.6%
2032	22.5%	35.4%
2033	22.4%	35.1%
2034	22.3%	34.9%
2035	22.2%	34.6%
2036	22.2%	34.4%
2037	22.1%	34.1%
2038	22%	33.9%
2039	21.9%	33.5%
2040	21.7%	33.2%
2041	21.5%	32.9%
2042	21.3%	32.6%
2043	21.2%	32.2%
2044	21%	31.9%
2045	20.8%	31.5%
2046	20.7%	31.2%
2047	20.5%	30.8%
2048	20.4%	30.5%
2049	20.2%	30.2%
2050	20.1%	29.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 23.8% of the population in Saudi Arabia and 38.2% in Senegal in 2024, compared to 43% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saudi Arabia and Senegal compared.

Natural population change in Saudi Arabia vs Senegal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.57% in Saudi Arabia and +2.55% in Senegal. 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
	Saudi Arabia	Senegal
1960	74,143	84,735
1961	77,743	87,322
1962	81,393	89,937
1963	85,480	92,264
1964	89,776	94,797
1965	93,820	97,912
1966	98,361	101,359
1967	103,343	104,824
1968	108,281	108,240
1969	113,859	112,393
1970	120,440	117,264
1971	127,600	122,511
1972	136,360	128,024
1973	145,450	133,834
1974	155,478	139,974
1975	166,223	147,311
1976	178,024	154,776
1977	191,103	161,636
1978	205,331	167,744
1979	220,186	173,425
1980	234,372	179,707
1981	249,156	185,917
1982	264,831	191,309
1983	280,616	197,673
1984	296,615	203,125
1985	310,558	208,218
1986	322,340	212,887
1987	333,088	218,522
1988	342,865	221,772
1989	349,399	227,797
1990	355,495	234,155
1991	361,329	237,713
1992	366,763	241,482
1993	372,621	245,742
1994	377,351	249,115
1995	380,231	252,552
1996	382,248	255,418
1997	385,033	261,200
1998	389,499	267,404
1999	390,112	277,944
2000	392,407	283,946
2001	382,153	289,690
2002	372,099	298,842
2003	364,520	308,856
2004	362,843	317,286
2005	375,938	323,908
2006	399,333	331,364
2007	425,199	339,963
2008	433,457	351,661
2009	438,557	362,238
2010	418,641	372,934
2011	443,675	387,290
2012	465,649	402,243
2013	475,299	406,582
2014	493,431	405,019
2015	511,023	407,008
2016	537,829	411,480
2017	546,751	410,366
2018	528,767	405,454
2019	474,407	399,436
2020	447,036	400,910
2021	409,032	403,019
2022	406,920	415,507
2023	474,366	431,006

Maternal mortality chart: Saudi Arabia vs Senegal

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in Saudi Arabia, compared to 237 deaths in Senegal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saudi Arabia	Senegal
1985	40	899
1986	38	820
1987	36	760
1988	34	709
1989	32	662
1990	30	640
1991	29	616
1992	27	598
1993	26	589
1994	25	579
1995	24	586
1996	23	601
1997	23	599
1998	22	605
1999	21	602
2000	20	581
2001	19	560
2002	18	531
2003	16	520
2004	16	501
2005	15	488
2006	14	462
2007	13	457
2008	12	463
2009	11	441
2010	11	436
2011	10	415
2012	9	405
2013	9	385
2014	8	373
2015	8	357
2016	8	345
2017	8	325
2018	8	305
2019	8	286
2020	11	252
2021	12	263
2022	9	228
2023	7	237

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in Saudi Arabia and 3.85% in Senegal. 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
	Saudi Arabia	Senegal
1960	-	29.3%
1961	-	29.4%
1962	-	29.5%
1963	-	29.6%
1964	-	29.7%
1965	-	29.7%
1966	-	29.7%
1967	-	29.6%
1968	-	29.4%
1969	-	29.2%
1970	-	28.8%
1971	-	28.4%
1972	16%	27.8%
1973	14.9%	27%
1974	14%	26.2%
1975	13.1%	25.3%
1976	12.2%	24.2%
1977	11.4%	23.1%
1978	10.7%	22.1%
1979	9.99%	21.2%
1980	9.34%	20.4%
1981	8.71%	19.7%
1982	8.12%	19.1%
1983	7.56%	18.5%
1984	7.04%	17.9%
1985	6.55%	17.1%
1986	6.07%	16.3%
1987	5.62%	15.4%
1988	5.19%	14.7%
1989	4.8%	14.1%
1990	4.44%	13.7%
1991	4.11%	13.6%
1992	3.81%	13.5%
1993	3.54%	13.6%
1994	3.29%	13.7%
1995	3.06%	13.8%
1996	2.86%	13.8%
1997	2.67%	13.9%
1998	2.5%	13.7%
1999	2.35%	13.4%
2000	2.21%	12.9%
2001	2.08%	12.2%
2002	1.96%	11.4%
2003	1.85%	10.5%
2004	1.75%	9.59%
2005	1.65%	8.8%
2006	1.56%	8.11%
2007	1.47%	7.52%
2008	1.38%	7.03%
2009	1.3%	6.63%
2010	1.22%	6.3%
2011	1.15%	6.01%
2012	1.08%	5.77%
2013	1.02%	5.57%
2014	0.96%	5.39%
2015	0.9%	5.24%
2016	0.85%	5.11%
2017	0.8%	4.97%
2018	0.76%	4.82%
2019	0.72%	4.65%
2020	0.69%	4.46%
2021	0.66%	4.25%
2022	0.64%	4.04%
2023	0.62%	3.85%