Fertility & birth rates in Saudi Arabia and Sudan

Fertility rate in Saudi Arabia vs Sudan 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 4.32 in Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Saudi Arabia	Sudan
1960	7.63	6.66
1961	7.63	6.66
1962	7.64	6.7
1963	7.65	6.76
1964	7.67	6.8
1965	7.66	6.84
1966	7.66	6.88
1967	7.66	6.91
1968	7.63	6.95
1969	7.6	6.97
1970	7.58	6.99
1971	7.56	7.02
1972	7.54	6.98
1973	7.48	6.94
1974	7.43	6.91
1975	7.37	6.87
1976	7.33	6.82
1977	7.3	6.78
1978	7.26	6.72
1979	7.23	6.65
1980	7.15	6.59
1981	7.07	6.53
1982	6.98	6.47
1983	6.88	6.41
1984	6.78	6.34
1985	6.65	6.28
1986	6.52	6.23
1987	6.34	6.18
1988	6.15	6.13
1989	5.98	6.11
1990	5.8	6.07
1991	5.64	6.05
1992	5.49	6.02
1993	5.33	5.97
1994	5.16	5.91
1995	4.99	5.86
1996	4.81	5.79
1997	4.66	5.72
1998	4.52	5.65
1999	4.35	5.62
2000	4.21	5.6
2001	3.96	5.56
2002	3.71	5.53
2003	3.47	5.49
2004	3.26	5.46
2005	3.16	5.4
2006	3.18	5.33
2007	3.19	5.27
2008	3.07	5.21
2009	2.95	5.17
2010	2.81	5.14
2011	2.8	5.09
2012	2.78	5.03
2013	2.67	4.97
2014	2.68	4.91
2015	2.63	4.9
2016	2.65	4.83
2017	2.67	4.76
2018	2.67	4.68
2019	2.49	4.62
2020	2.27	4.54
2021	2.17	4.46
2022	2.14	4.38
2023	2.28	4.32
2024	2.31	4.26
2025	2.29	4.19
2026	2.27	4.13
2027	2.25	4.06
2028	2.22	4
2029	2.2	3.95
2030	2.17	3.88
2031	2.15	3.82
2032	2.13	3.77
2033	2.11	3.7
2034	2.09	3.66
2035	2.07	3.6
2036	2.05	3.54
2037	2.03	3.49
2038	2.01	3.45
2039	1.99	3.4
2040	1.98	3.36
2041	1.97	3.32
2042	1.95	3.28
2043	1.94	3.24
2044	1.93	3.2
2045	1.92	3.17
2046	1.91	3.13
2047	1.9	3.1
2048	1.89	3.07
2049	1.88	3.03
2050	1.87	3

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saudi Arabia	Sudan
1960	43.4%	46.5%
1961	43.6%	46.6%
1962	43.9%	46.6%
1963	44.3%	46.7%
1964	44.6%	46.9%
1965	44.8%	47%
1966	45.1%	47.1%
1967	45.3%	47.2%
1968	45.4%	47.3%
1969	45.5%	47.4%
1970	45.5%	47.5%
1971	45.5%	47.6%
1972	45.3%	47.7%
1973	45.2%	47.9%
1974	45%	48.1%
1975	44.8%	48%
1976	44.6%	47.8%
1977	44.5%	47.7%
1978	44.3%	47.4%
1979	44.2%	47.1%
1980	44.1%	46.8%
1981	43.9%	46.6%
1982	43.8%	46.4%
1983	43.7%	46.3%
1984	43.6%	46.2%
1985	43.6%	46.1%
1986	43.5%	46.1%
1987	43.4%	46%
1988	43.3%	46%
1989	43.2%	46.1%
1990	43%	46.1%
1991	42.7%	46.2%
1992	42.4%	46.3%
1993	42.1%	46.3%
1994	41.7%	46.3%
1995	41.2%	46.3%
1996	40.7%	46.2%
1997	40.1%	46.2%
1998	39.5%	46.1%
1999	38.9%	45.9%
2000	38.3%	45.8%
2001	37.7%	45.7%
2002	36.8%	45.6%
2003	35.7%	45.6%
2004	34.5%	45.5%
2005	33.2%	45.4%
2006	31.9%	45.3%
2007	30.6%	45.1%
2008	29.5%	44.9%
2009	28.5%	44.7%
2010	27.6%	44.6%
2011	26.9%	44.6%
2012	26.3%	44.5%
2013	25.8%	44.4%
2014	25.4%	44%
2015	25.1%	43.6%
2016	24.9%	43.1%
2017	25.2%	42.6%
2018	25.7%	42%
2019	25.8%	41.7%
2020	25.5%	41.4%
2021	25.2%	41.2%
2022	24.6%	40.9%
2023	24.1%	40.6%
2024	23.8%	40.5%
2025	23.6%	40.2%
2026	23.4%	39.8%
2027	23.3%	39.5%
2028	23.1%	39.3%
2029	22.9%	39.1%
2030	22.8%	38.9%
2031	22.6%	38.6%
2032	22.5%	38.3%
2033	22.4%	37.9%
2034	22.3%	37.5%
2035	22.2%	37.1%
2036	22.2%	36.7%
2037	22.1%	36.3%
2038	22%	35.9%
2039	21.9%	35.5%
2040	21.7%	35.1%
2041	21.5%	34.7%
2042	21.3%	34.3%
2043	21.2%	33.9%
2044	21%	33.6%
2045	20.8%	33.2%
2046	20.7%	32.8%
2047	20.5%	32.5%
2048	20.4%	32.2%
2049	20.2%	31.9%
2050	20.1%	31.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 23.8% of the population in Saudi Arabia and 40.5% in Sudan in 2024, compared to 43% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saudi Arabia and Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Saudi Arabia vs Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.57% in Saudi Arabia and +2.79% in Sudan. 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	Sudan
1960	74,143	262,235
1961	77,743	272,562
1962	81,393	287,317
1963	85,480	302,132
1964	89,776	315,166
1965	93,820	327,799
1966	98,361	342,118
1967	103,343	356,599
1968	108,281	370,917
1969	113,859	385,712
1970	120,440	401,013
1971	127,600	417,641
1972	136,360	428,340
1973	145,450	439,201
1974	155,478	444,456
1975	166,223	454,813
1976	178,024	470,019
1977	191,103	483,089
1978	205,331	497,987
1979	220,186	524,942
1980	234,372	552,930
1981	249,156	585,087
1982	264,831	606,362
1983	280,616	570,198
1984	296,615	577,405
1985	310,558	583,382
1986	322,340	649,649
1987	333,088	658,416
1988	342,865	672,604
1989	349,399	683,743
1990	355,495	699,953
1991	361,329	714,612
1992	366,763	731,177
1993	372,621	743,249
1994	377,351	764,645
1995	380,231	780,700
1996	382,248	792,926
1997	385,033	802,245
1998	389,499	814,752
1999	390,112	835,840
2000	392,407	858,536
2001	382,153	880,284
2002	372,099	897,965
2003	364,520	898,226
2004	362,843	889,382
2005	375,938	907,017
2006	399,333	963,740
2007	425,199	992,819
2008	433,457	1,001,826
2009	438,557	1,041,810
2010	418,641	1,068,381
2011	443,675	1,070,888
2012	465,649	1,073,062
2013	475,299	1,078,446
2014	493,431	1,097,962
2015	511,023	1,145,259
2016	537,829	1,174,422
2017	546,751	1,208,046
2018	528,767	1,257,387
2019	474,407	1,291,747
2020	447,036	1,295,781
2021	409,032	1,293,817
2022	406,920	1,333,992
2023	474,366	1,361,564

Maternal mortality chart: Saudi Arabia vs Sudan

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 256 deaths in Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saudi Arabia	Sudan
1985	40	980
1986	38	938
1987	36	914
1988	34	877
1989	32	881
1990	30	840
1991	29	873
1992	27	863
1993	26	839
1994	25	775
1995	24	730
1996	23	712
1997	23	681
1998	22	669
1999	21	662
2000	20	645
2001	19	616
2002	18	588
2003	16	593
2004	16	536
2005	15	506
2006	14	485
2007	13	445
2008	12	426
2009	11	382
2010	11	370
2011	10	357
2012	9	340
2013	9	327
2014	8	309
2015	8	298
2016	8	288
2017	8	277
2018	8	268
2019	8	262
2020	11	273
2021	12	305
2022	9	263
2023	7	256

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in Saudi Arabia and 5.01% in Sudan. 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	Sudan
1960	-	17.8%
1961	-	17.5%
1962	-	17.2%
1963	-	17%
1964	-	16.7%
1965	-	16.5%
1966	-	16.3%
1967	-	16.2%
1968	-	16%
1969	-	15.9%
1970	-	15.8%
1971	-	15.7%
1972	16%	15.6%
1973	14.9%	15.5%
1974	14%	15.4%
1975	13.1%	15.3%
1976	12.2%	15.2%
1977	11.4%	15.1%
1978	10.7%	15%
1979	9.99%	14.9%
1980	9.34%	14.8%
1981	8.71%	14.6%
1982	8.12%	14.5%
1983	7.56%	18.2%
1984	7.04%	18%
1985	6.55%	17.8%
1986	6.07%	14%
1987	5.62%	13.8%
1988	5.19%	13.6%
1989	4.8%	13.4%
1990	4.44%	13.2%
1991	4.11%	13%
1992	3.81%	12.7%
1993	3.54%	12.5%
1994	3.29%	12.2%
1995	3.06%	11.9%
1996	2.86%	11.6%
1997	2.67%	11.3%
1998	2.5%	11%
1999	2.35%	10.7%
2000	2.21%	10.3%
2001	2.08%	9.99%
2002	1.96%	9.65%
2003	1.85%	9.31%
2004	1.75%	10.3%
2005	1.65%	10%
2006	1.56%	8.4%
2007	1.47%	8.13%
2008	1.38%	7.88%
2009	1.3%	7.64%
2010	1.22%	7.42%
2011	1.15%	7.22%
2012	1.08%	7.02%
2013	1.02%	6.83%
2014	0.96%	6.64%
2015	0.9%	6.45%
2016	0.85%	6.26%
2017	0.8%	6.07%
2018	0.76%	5.89%
2019	0.72%	5.71%
2020	0.69%	5.53%
2021	0.66%	5.36%
2022	0.64%	5.18%
2023	0.62%	5.01%