Fertility & birth rates in Saudi Arabia and Suriname

Fertility rate in Saudi Arabia vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saudi Arabia vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	7.63	6.59
1961	7.63	6.58
1962	7.64	6.57
1963	7.65	6.51
1964	7.67	6.43
1965	7.66	6.32
1966	7.66	6.2
1967	7.66	6.04
1968	7.63	5.86
1969	7.6	5.7
1970	7.58	5.53
1971	7.56	5.36
1972	7.54	5.18
1973	7.48	5.01
1974	7.43	4.81
1975	7.37	4.63
1976	7.33	4.45
1977	7.3	4.26
1978	7.26	4.08
1979	7.23	3.93
1980	7.15	3.79
1981	7.07	3.75
1982	6.98	3.82
1983	6.88	3.87
1984	6.78	3.8
1985	6.65	3.71
1986	6.52	3.61
1987	6.34	3.53
1988	6.15	3.46
1989	5.98	3.39
1990	5.8	3.23
1991	5.64	3.09
1992	5.49	3.01
1993	5.33	2.94
1994	5.16	2.9
1995	4.99	2.9
1996	4.81	2.92
1997	4.66	2.95
1998	4.52	2.99
1999	4.35	3.02
2000	4.21	3.05
2001	3.96	3.06
2002	3.71	2.96
2003	3.47	2.84
2004	3.26	2.74
2005	3.16	2.71
2006	3.18	2.73
2007	3.19	2.74
2008	3.07	2.73
2009	2.95	2.71
2010	2.81	2.69
2011	2.8	2.67
2012	2.78	2.67
2013	2.67	2.65
2014	2.68	2.62
2015	2.63	2.57
2016	2.65	2.5
2017	2.67	2.43
2018	2.67	2.38
2019	2.49	2.35
2020	2.27	2.31
2021	2.17	2.3
2022	2.14	2.27
2023	2.28	2.25
2024	2.31	2.23
2025	2.29	2.21
2026	2.27	2.19
2027	2.25	2.16
2028	2.22	2.14
2029	2.2	2.13
2030	2.17	2.11
2031	2.15	2.09
2032	2.13	2.08
2033	2.11	2.06
2034	2.09	2.05
2035	2.07	2.04
2036	2.05	2.02
2037	2.03	2.01
2038	2.01	2
2039	1.99	1.99
2040	1.98	1.98
2041	1.97	1.97
2042	1.95	1.96
2043	1.94	1.95
2044	1.93	1.94
2045	1.92	1.93
2046	1.91	1.92
2047	1.9	1.91
2048	1.89	1.9
2049	1.88	1.9
2050	1.87	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saudi Arabia	Suriname
1960	43.4%	44.5%
1961	43.6%	44.6%
1962	43.9%	45.1%
1963	44.3%	46.1%
1964	44.6%	46.8%
1965	44.8%	47.4%
1966	45.1%	48%
1967	45.3%	48.5%
1968	45.4%	48.8%
1969	45.5%	48.9%
1970	45.5%	48.8%
1971	45.5%	48.5%
1972	45.3%	47.8%
1973	45.2%	46.8%
1974	45%	46%
1975	44.8%	45.1%
1976	44.6%	44.3%
1977	44.5%	43.4%
1978	44.3%	42.6%
1979	44.2%	41.8%
1980	44.1%	41%
1981	43.9%	40.1%
1982	43.8%	39.5%
1983	43.7%	39%
1984	43.6%	38.6%
1985	43.6%	38.3%
1986	43.5%	38%
1987	43.4%	37.8%
1988	43.3%	37.7%
1989	43.2%	37.5%
1990	43%	37.4%
1991	42.7%	37.3%
1992	42.4%	37.2%
1993	42.1%	37.1%
1994	41.7%	37%
1995	41.2%	36.7%
1996	40.7%	36.1%
1997	40.1%	35.3%
1998	39.5%	34.5%
1999	38.9%	33.7%
2000	38.3%	33%
2001	37.7%	32.3%
2002	36.8%	31.8%
2003	35.7%	31.3%
2004	34.5%	31%
2005	33.2%	30.9%
2006	31.9%	30.8%
2007	30.6%	30.7%
2008	29.5%	30.6%
2009	28.5%	30.5%
2010	27.6%	30.3%
2011	26.9%	30%
2012	26.3%	29.8%
2013	25.8%	29.4%
2014	25.4%	29.1%
2015	25.1%	28.7%
2016	24.9%	28.3%
2017	25.2%	27.9%
2018	25.7%	27.5%
2019	25.8%	27.2%
2020	25.5%	26.8%
2021	25.2%	26.5%
2022	24.6%	26.3%
2023	24.1%	25.9%
2024	23.8%	25.6%
2025	23.6%	25.3%
2026	23.4%	25%
2027	23.3%	24.8%
2028	23.1%	24.5%
2029	22.9%	24.2%
2030	22.8%	23.9%
2031	22.6%	23.6%
2032	22.5%	23.4%
2033	22.4%	23.2%
2034	22.3%	23%
2035	22.2%	22.8%
2036	22.2%	22.6%
2037	22.1%	22.4%
2038	22%	22.2%
2039	21.9%	22%
2040	21.7%	21.8%
2041	21.5%	21.6%
2042	21.3%	21.4%
2043	21.2%	21.3%
2044	21%	21.1%
2045	20.8%	20.9%
2046	20.7%	20.7%
2047	20.5%	20.5%
2048	20.4%	20.3%
2049	20.2%	20.1%
2050	20.1%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 23.8% of the population in Saudi Arabia and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 43% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saudi Arabia and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Saudi Arabia vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.57% in Saudi Arabia and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	74,143	8,170
1961	77,743	8,361
1962	81,393	8,529
1963	85,480	8,838
1964	89,776	9,174
1965	93,820	9,270
1966	98,361	9,243
1967	103,343	9,104
1968	108,281	8,980
1969	113,859	8,880
1970	120,440	8,823
1971	127,600	8,814
1972	136,360	8,893
1973	145,450	8,877
1974	155,478	8,751
1975	166,223	8,587
1976	178,024	8,327
1977	191,103	7,998
1978	205,331	7,650
1979	220,186	7,312
1980	234,372	7,002
1981	249,156	7,541
1982	264,831	8,197
1983	280,616	8,797
1984	296,615	9,031
1985	310,558	9,177
1986	322,340	9,222
1987	333,088	9,319
1988	342,865	9,347
1989	349,399	9,441
1990	355,495	9,047
1991	361,329	8,637
1992	366,763	8,355
1993	372,621	8,127
1994	377,351	7,929
1995	380,231	7,968
1996	382,248	8,031
1997	385,033	8,106
1998	389,499	8,173
1999	390,112	8,236
2000	392,407	8,323
2001	382,153	8,349
2002	372,099	7,916
2003	364,520	7,396
2004	362,843	6,948
2005	375,938	7,037
2006	399,333	7,278
2007	425,199	7,468
2008	433,457	7,552
2009	438,557	7,559
2010	418,641	7,489
2011	443,675	7,401
2012	465,649	7,405
2013	475,299	7,350
2014	493,431	7,284
2015	511,023	7,150
2016	537,829	6,979
2017	546,751	6,772
2018	528,767	6,613
2019	474,407	6,564
2020	447,036	6,640
2021	409,032	5,291
2022	406,920	6,719
2023	474,366	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Saudi Arabia vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saudi Arabia	Suriname
1985	40	386
1986	38	377
1987	36	372
1988	34	364
1989	32	360
1990	30	350
1991	29	347
1992	27	346
1993	26	343
1994	25	334
1995	24	331
1996	23	323
1997	23	312
1998	22	302
1999	21	291
2000	20	282
2001	19	270
2002	18	253
2003	16	238
2004	16	219
2005	15	202
2006	14	187
2007	13	173
2008	12	161
2009	11	147
2010	11	134
2011	10	126
2012	9	122
2013	9	121
2014	8	120
2015	8	115
2016	8	109
2017	8	105
2018	8	101
2019	8	97
2020	11	94
2021	12	144
2022	9	88
2023	7	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in Saudi Arabia and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1972	16%	-
1973	14.9%	-
1974	14%	-
1975	13.1%	-
1976	12.2%	-
1977	11.4%	-
1978	10.7%	-
1979	9.99%	-
1980	9.34%	-
1981	8.71%	-
1982	8.12%	-
1983	7.56%	5.67%
1984	7.04%	5.49%
1985	6.55%	5.31%
1986	6.07%	5.13%
1987	5.62%	4.97%
1988	5.19%	4.81%
1989	4.8%	4.65%
1990	4.44%	4.49%
1991	4.11%	4.34%
1992	3.81%	4.19%
1993	3.54%	4.03%
1994	3.29%	3.88%
1995	3.06%	3.74%
1996	2.86%	3.6%
1997	2.67%	3.47%
1998	2.5%	3.34%
1999	2.35%	3.22%
2000	2.21%	3.11%
2001	2.08%	3%
2002	1.96%	2.9%
2003	1.85%	2.81%
2004	1.75%	2.72%
2005	1.65%	2.64%
2006	1.56%	2.57%
2007	1.47%	2.5%
2008	1.38%	2.44%
2009	1.3%	2.38%
2010	1.22%	2.32%
2011	1.15%	2.26%
2012	1.08%	2.21%
2013	1.02%	2.16%
2014	0.96%	2.11%
2015	0.9%	2.05%
2016	0.85%	2%
2017	0.8%	1.95%
2018	0.76%	1.9%
2019	0.72%	1.84%
2020	0.69%	1.78%
2021	0.66%	1.73%
2022	0.64%	1.68%
2023	0.62%	1.62%