Fertility & birth rates in Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Saudi Arabia vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saudi Arabia vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	7.63	5.35
1961	7.63	5.24
1962	7.64	5.18
1963	7.65	5.12
1964	7.67	5.06
1965	7.66	4.93
1966	7.66	4.83
1967	7.66	4.79
1968	7.63	4.66
1969	7.6	4.5
1970	7.58	4.39
1971	7.56	4.27
1972	7.54	4.16
1973	7.48	4
1974	7.43	3.86
1975	7.37	3.82
1976	7.33	3.78
1977	7.3	3.74
1978	7.26	3.81
1979	7.23	3.82
1980	7.15	3.73
1981	7.07	3.65
1982	6.98	3.32
1983	6.88	3.11
1984	6.78	3.01
1985	6.65	2.9
1986	6.52	2.74
1987	6.34	2.64
1988	6.15	2.57
1989	5.98	2.58
1990	5.8	2.54
1991	5.64	2.51
1992	5.49	2.49
1993	5.33	2.44
1994	5.16	2.4
1995	4.99	2.35
1996	4.81	2.29
1997	4.66	2.22
1998	4.52	2.14
1999	4.35	2.14
2000	4.21	2.21
2001	3.96	2.28
2002	3.71	2.31
2003	3.47	2.3
2004	3.26	2.27
2005	3.16	2.26
2006	3.18	2.29
2007	3.19	2.3
2008	3.07	2.23
2009	2.95	2.18
2010	2.81	2.13
2011	2.8	2.14
2012	2.78	2.17
2013	2.67	2.18
2014	2.68	2.13
2015	2.63	2.09
2016	2.65	2.06
2017	2.67	2.04
2018	2.67	2.03
2019	2.49	2.02
2020	2.27	2.01
2021	2.17	2
2022	2.14	1.98
2023	2.28	1.97
2024	2.31	1.95
2025	2.29	1.94
2026	2.27	1.93
2027	2.25	1.91
2028	2.22	1.9
2029	2.2	1.89
2030	2.17	1.88
2031	2.15	1.87
2032	2.13	1.86
2033	2.11	1.85
2034	2.09	1.85
2035	2.07	1.84
2036	2.05	1.83
2037	2.03	1.83
2038	2.01	1.82
2039	1.99	1.81
2040	1.98	1.81
2041	1.97	1.8
2042	1.95	1.8
2043	1.94	1.8
2044	1.93	1.79
2045	1.92	1.79
2046	1.91	1.79
2047	1.9	1.78
2048	1.89	1.78
2049	1.88	1.77
2050	1.87	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saudi Arabia	Sri Lanka
1960	43.4%	41%
1961	43.6%	40.9%
1962	43.9%	40.8%
1963	44.3%	40.7%
1964	44.6%	40.6%
1965	44.8%	40.5%
1966	45.1%	40.4%
1967	45.3%	40.3%
1968	45.4%	40.1%
1969	45.5%	39.9%
1970	45.5%	39.7%
1971	45.5%	39.5%
1972	45.3%	39.2%
1973	45.2%	38.8%
1974	45%	38.4%
1975	44.8%	38%
1976	44.6%	37.6%
1977	44.5%	37.2%
1978	44.3%	36.9%
1979	44.2%	36.7%
1980	44.1%	36.4%
1981	43.9%	36.2%
1982	43.8%	36%
1983	43.7%	35.8%
1984	43.6%	35.5%
1985	43.6%	35.2%
1986	43.5%	34.6%
1987	43.4%	34%
1988	43.3%	33.5%
1989	43.2%	33%
1990	43%	32.5%
1991	42.7%	32.1%
1992	42.4%	31.4%
1993	42.1%	30.6%
1994	41.7%	29.9%
1995	41.2%	29.2%
1996	40.7%	28.6%
1997	40.1%	28.2%
1998	39.5%	27.8%
1999	38.9%	27.4%
2000	38.3%	27%
2001	37.7%	26.6%
2002	36.8%	26.3%
2003	35.7%	26.1%
2004	34.5%	26%
2005	33.2%	25.8%
2006	31.9%	25.7%
2007	30.6%	25.7%
2008	29.5%	25.6%
2009	28.5%	25.5%
2010	27.6%	25.4%
2011	26.9%	25.3%
2012	26.3%	25.2%
2013	25.8%	25%
2014	25.4%	24.9%
2015	25.1%	24.7%
2016	24.9%	24.5%
2017	25.2%	24.2%
2018	25.7%	24%
2019	25.8%	23.7%
2020	25.5%	23.3%
2021	25.2%	23%
2022	24.6%	22.7%
2023	24.1%	22.4%
2024	23.8%	22%
2025	23.6%	21.7%
2026	23.4%	21.4%
2027	23.3%	21.1%
2028	23.1%	20.8%
2029	22.9%	20.5%
2030	22.8%	20.2%
2031	22.6%	20%
2032	22.5%	19.8%
2033	22.4%	19.6%
2034	22.3%	19.4%
2035	22.2%	19.2%
2036	22.2%	19.1%
2037	22.1%	18.9%
2038	22%	18.8%
2039	21.9%	18.7%
2040	21.7%	18.6%
2041	21.5%	18.4%
2042	21.3%	18.3%
2043	21.2%	18.2%
2044	21%	18.1%
2045	20.8%	18%
2046	20.7%	17.9%
2047	20.5%	17.7%
2048	20.4%	17.6%
2049	20.2%	17.5%
2050	20.1%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 23.8% of the population in Saudi Arabia and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 43% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Saudi Arabia vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.57% in Saudi Arabia and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	74,143	247,631
1961	77,743	251,087
1962	81,393	256,719
1963	85,480	262,880
1964	89,776	269,584
1965	93,820	272,422
1966	98,361	275,549
1967	103,343	284,738
1968	108,281	286,642
1969	113,859	286,218
1970	120,440	286,719
1971	127,600	281,200
1972	136,360	282,494
1973	145,450	278,577
1974	155,478	275,521
1975	166,223	282,496
1976	178,024	291,816
1977	191,103	300,038
1978	205,331	317,055
1979	220,186	329,791
1980	234,372	328,155
1981	249,156	328,096
1982	264,831	300,030
1983	280,616	277,768
1984	296,615	263,175
1985	310,558	247,836
1986	322,340	233,782
1987	333,088	226,414
1988	342,865	219,184
1989	349,399	212,401
1990	355,495	224,454
1991	361,329	218,117
1992	366,763	222,230
1993	372,621	226,257
1994	377,351	228,904
1995	380,231	221,957
1996	382,248	215,290
1997	385,033	208,193
1998	389,499	201,059
1999	390,112	206,876
2000	392,407	227,060
2001	382,153	244,377
2002	372,099	252,840
2003	364,520	252,008
2004	362,843	212,527
2005	375,938	248,683
2006	399,333	248,706
2007	425,199	248,287
2008	433,457	232,225
2009	438,557	200,175
2010	418,641	224,325
2011	443,675	224,461
2012	465,649	229,138
2013	475,299	221,021
2014	493,431	211,541
2015	511,023	201,815
2016	537,829	194,232
2017	546,751	187,993
2018	528,767	183,610
2019	474,407	172,243
2020	447,036	170,968
2021	409,032	121,858
2022	406,920	95,378
2023	474,366	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Saudi Arabia vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saudi Arabia	Sri Lanka
1985	40	68
1986	38	66
1987	36	64
1988	34	62
1989	32	61
1990	30	59
1991	29	57
1992	27	54
1993	26	51
1994	25	49
1995	24	48
1996	23	47
1997	23	45
1998	22	43
1999	21	41
2000	20	39
2001	19	37
2002	18	36
2003	16	35
2004	16	37
2005	15	32
2006	14	32
2007	13	31
2008	12	30
2009	11	28
2010	11	26
2011	10	25
2012	9	24
2013	9	23
2014	8	23
2015	8	22
2016	8	22
2017	8	21
2018	8	21
2019	8	20
2020	11	23
2021	12	34
2022	9	22
2023	7	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in Saudi Arabia and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	-	9.41%
1961	-	8.95%
1962	-	8.66%
1963	-	8.48%
1964	-	8.3%
1965	-	8.07%
1966	-	7.81%
1967	-	7.55%
1968	-	7.32%
1969	-	7.14%
1970	-	7.02%
1971	-	6.94%
1972	16%	6.86%
1973	14.9%	6.77%
1974	14%	6.62%
1975	13.1%	6.41%
1976	12.2%	6.12%
1977	11.4%	5.77%
1978	10.7%	5.38%
1979	9.99%	4.99%
1980	9.34%	4.63%
1981	8.71%	4.29%
1982	8.12%	3.98%
1983	7.56%	3.67%
1984	7.04%	3.35%
1985	6.55%	3.02%
1986	6.07%	2.74%
1987	5.62%	2.54%
1988	5.19%	2.41%
1989	4.8%	2.74%
1990	4.44%	2.33%
1991	4.11%	2.32%
1992	3.81%	2.29%
1993	3.54%	2.22%
1994	3.29%	2.14%
1995	3.06%	2.05%
1996	2.86%	1.95%
1997	2.67%	1.86%
1998	2.5%	1.76%
1999	2.35%	1.69%
2000	2.21%	1.63%
2001	2.08%	1.58%
2002	1.96%	1.55%
2003	1.85%	1.52%
2004	1.75%	2.88%
2005	1.65%	1.4%
2006	1.56%	1.33%
2007	1.47%	1.26%
2008	1.38%	1.2%
2009	1.3%	2.08%
2010	1.22%	1.12%
2011	1.15%	1.08%
2012	1.08%	1.03%
2013	1.02%	0.98%
2014	0.96%	0.92%
2015	0.9%	0.87%
2016	0.85%	0.83%
2017	0.8%	0.79%
2018	0.76%	0.76%
2019	0.72%	0.72%
2020	0.69%	0.69%
2021	0.66%	0.66%
2022	0.64%	0.64%
2023	0.62%	0.61%