Fertility & birth rates in Saudi Arabia and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Saudi Arabia vs Tanzania 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 4.61 in Tanzania 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	Tanzania
1960	7.63	6.54
1961	7.63	6.56
1962	7.64	6.61
1963	7.65	6.65
1964	7.67	6.68
1965	7.66	6.73
1966	7.66	6.8
1967	7.66	6.86
1968	7.63	6.9
1969	7.6	6.95
1970	7.58	7
1971	7.56	7.04
1972	7.54	7.05
1973	7.48	7.06
1974	7.43	7.12
1975	7.37	7.1
1976	7.33	7.09
1977	7.3	7.07
1978	7.26	7.06
1979	7.23	7.04
1980	7.15	6.99
1981	7.07	6.93
1982	6.98	6.87
1983	6.88	6.81
1984	6.78	6.72
1985	6.65	6.6
1986	6.52	6.49
1987	6.34	6.41
1988	6.15	6.38
1989	5.98	6.3
1990	5.8	6.2
1991	5.64	6.14
1992	5.49	6.08
1993	5.33	6
1994	5.16	5.89
1995	4.99	5.82
1996	4.81	5.83
1997	4.66	5.84
1998	4.52	5.81
1999	4.35	5.75
2000	4.21	5.67
2001	3.96	5.62
2002	3.71	5.57
2003	3.47	5.58
2004	3.26	5.6
2005	3.16	5.58
2006	3.18	5.51
2007	3.19	5.4
2008	3.07	5.32
2009	2.95	5.26
2010	2.81	5.23
2011	2.8	5.14
2012	2.78	5.14
2013	2.67	5.16
2014	2.68	5.12
2015	2.63	5.03
2016	2.65	5.01
2017	2.67	4.99
2018	2.67	4.93
2019	2.49	4.87
2020	2.27	4.8
2021	2.17	4.73
2022	2.14	4.67
2023	2.28	4.61
2024	2.31	4.54
2025	2.29	4.47
2026	2.27	4.41
2027	2.25	4.34
2028	2.22	4.28
2029	2.2	4.22
2030	2.17	4.16
2031	2.15	4.11
2032	2.13	4.04
2033	2.11	3.98
2034	2.09	3.94
2035	2.07	3.88
2036	2.05	3.83
2037	2.03	3.76
2038	2.01	3.72
2039	1.99	3.67
2040	1.98	3.63
2041	1.97	3.57
2042	1.95	3.54
2043	1.94	3.49
2044	1.93	3.46
2045	1.92	3.4
2046	1.91	3.39
2047	1.9	3.35
2048	1.89	3.31
2049	1.88	3.25
2050	1.87	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saudi Arabia	Tanzania
1960	43.4%	44.9%
1961	43.6%	44.8%
1962	43.9%	44.8%
1963	44.3%	44.8%
1964	44.6%	45%
1965	44.8%	45.2%
1966	45.1%	45.4%
1967	45.3%	45.6%
1968	45.4%	45.8%
1969	45.5%	45.9%
1970	45.5%	46%
1971	45.5%	46.1%
1972	45.3%	46.1%
1973	45.2%	46.2%
1974	45%	46.3%
1975	44.8%	46.4%
1976	44.6%	46.5%
1977	44.5%	46.6%
1978	44.3%	46.7%
1979	44.2%	46.9%
1980	44.1%	47.2%
1981	43.9%	47.4%
1982	43.8%	47.5%
1983	43.7%	47.6%
1984	43.6%	47.5%
1985	43.6%	47.4%
1986	43.5%	47.2%
1987	43.4%	46.9%
1988	43.3%	46.7%
1989	43.2%	46.5%
1990	43%	46.3%
1991	42.7%	46.2%
1992	42.4%	46%
1993	42.1%	45.5%
1994	41.7%	44.9%
1995	41.2%	44.5%
1996	40.7%	44.7%
1997	40.1%	44.8%
1998	39.5%	44.7%
1999	38.9%	44.7%
2000	38.3%	44.6%
2001	37.7%	44.5%
2002	36.8%	44.6%
2003	35.7%	44.6%
2004	34.5%	44.7%
2005	33.2%	44.8%
2006	31.9%	44.9%
2007	30.6%	45%
2008	29.5%	45.1%
2009	28.5%	45.3%
2010	27.6%	45.3%
2011	26.9%	45.2%
2012	26.3%	45.1%
2013	25.8%	44.9%
2014	25.4%	44.8%
2015	25.1%	44.5%
2016	24.9%	44.2%
2017	25.2%	44%
2018	25.7%	43.8%
2019	25.8%	43.6%
2020	25.5%	43.4%
2021	25.2%	43.1%
2022	24.6%	42.9%
2023	24.1%	42.7%
2024	23.8%	42.5%
2025	23.6%	42.3%
2026	23.4%	42.1%
2027	23.3%	41.9%
2028	23.1%	41.7%
2029	22.9%	41.4%
2030	22.8%	41.1%
2031	22.6%	40.9%
2032	22.5%	40.5%
2033	22.4%	40.2%
2034	22.3%	39.8%
2035	22.2%	39.5%
2036	22.2%	39.1%
2037	22.1%	38.8%
2038	22%	38.4%
2039	21.9%	38.1%
2040	21.7%	37.8%
2041	21.5%	37.5%
2042	21.3%	37.1%
2043	21.2%	36.8%
2044	21%	36.5%
2045	20.8%	36.2%
2046	20.7%	35.9%
2047	20.5%	35.6%
2048	20.4%	35.4%
2049	20.2%	35.1%
2050	20.1%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 23.8% of the population in Saudi Arabia and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 43% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saudi Arabia and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Saudi Arabia vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.57% in Saudi Arabia and +3.05% in Tanzania. 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	Tanzania
1960	74,143	275,814
1961	77,743	286,839
1962	81,393	300,663
1963	85,480	314,644
1964	89,776	328,527
1965	93,820	343,456
1966	98,361	360,229
1967	103,343	374,763
1968	108,281	389,467
1969	113,859	408,322
1970	120,440	427,988
1971	127,600	449,014
1972	136,360	467,305
1973	145,450	488,429
1974	155,478	515,152
1975	166,223	533,906
1976	178,024	553,617
1977	191,103	574,938
1978	205,331	595,024
1979	220,186	613,388
1980	234,372	629,444
1981	249,156	645,496
1982	264,831	662,627
1983	280,616	679,720
1984	296,615	687,435
1985	310,558	697,867
1986	322,340	705,677
1987	333,088	718,580
1988	342,865	736,551
1989	349,399	743,854
1990	355,495	750,825
1991	361,329	762,011
1992	366,763	767,961
1993	372,621	778,044
1994	377,351	803,953
1995	380,231	838,980
1996	382,248	868,524
1997	385,033	882,544
1998	389,499	920,806
1999	390,112	948,659
2000	392,407	985,185
2001	382,153	1,026,242
2002	372,099	1,063,195
2003	364,520	1,118,435
2004	362,843	1,175,379
2005	375,938	1,224,165
2006	399,333	1,257,927
2007	425,199	1,278,285
2008	433,457	1,303,728
2009	438,557	1,332,015
2010	418,641	1,363,477
2011	443,675	1,384,886
2012	465,649	1,439,325
2013	475,299	1,509,008
2014	493,431	1,565,630
2015	511,023	1,592,882
2016	537,829	1,659,502
2017	546,751	1,726,909
2018	528,767	1,777,852
2019	474,407	1,816,669
2020	447,036	1,861,377
2021	409,032	1,880,137
2022	406,920	1,927,960
2023	474,366	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Saudi Arabia vs Tanzania

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 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saudi Arabia	Tanzania
1985	40	980
1986	38	971
1987	36	964
1988	34	949
1989	32	927
1990	30	900
1991	29	873
1992	27	864
1993	26	851
1994	25	816
1995	24	797
1996	23	775
1997	23	777
1998	22	739
1999	21	635
2000	20	568
2001	19	493
2002	18	454
2003	16	397
2004	16	365
2005	15	350
2006	14	366
2007	13	453
2008	12	511
2009	11	502
2010	11	486
2011	10	475
2012	9	448
2013	9	479
2014	8	454
2015	8	433
2016	8	396
2017	8	345
2018	8	319
2019	8	292
2020	11	160
2021	12	162
2022	9	152
2023	7	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in Saudi Arabia and 3.89% in Tanzania. 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	Tanzania
1960	-	24.2%
1961	-	24%
1962	-	23.8%
1963	-	23.6%
1964	-	23.4%
1965	-	23.1%
1966	-	22.8%
1967	-	22.5%
1968	-	22.2%
1969	-	21.9%
1970	-	21.6%
1971	-	21.2%
1972	16%	20.9%
1973	14.9%	20.5%
1974	14%	20.1%
1975	13.1%	19.6%
1976	12.2%	19.2%
1977	11.4%	18.8%
1978	10.7%	18.4%
1979	9.99%	18.1%
1980	9.34%	17.9%
1981	8.71%	17.8%
1982	8.12%	17.8%
1983	7.56%	17.8%
1984	7.04%	17.8%
1985	6.55%	17.7%
1986	6.07%	17.6%
1987	5.62%	17.4%
1988	5.19%	17.2%
1989	4.8%	16.9%
1990	4.44%	16.7%
1991	4.11%	16.5%
1992	3.81%	16.3%
1993	3.54%	16.1%
1994	3.29%	15.9%
1995	3.06%	15.6%
1996	2.86%	15.2%
1997	2.67%	14.8%
1998	2.5%	14.2%
1999	2.35%	13.6%
2000	2.21%	12.8%
2001	2.08%	12.1%
2002	1.96%	11.3%
2003	1.85%	10.5%
2004	1.75%	9.86%
2005	1.65%	9.24%
2006	1.56%	8.69%
2007	1.47%	8.16%
2008	1.38%	7.7%
2009	1.3%	7.24%
2010	1.22%	6.86%
2011	1.15%	6.5%
2012	1.08%	6.21%
2013	1.02%	5.95%
2014	0.96%	5.67%
2015	0.9%	5.48%
2016	0.85%	5.25%
2017	0.8%	5.02%
2018	0.76%	4.8%
2019	0.72%	4.6%
2020	0.69%	4.42%
2021	0.66%	4.22%
2022	0.64%	4.05%
2023	0.62%	3.89%