Fertility & birth rates in Saudi Arabia and Tuvalu

Fertility rate in Saudi Arabia vs Tuvalu 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 3.21 in Tuvalu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saudi Arabia vs Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
1960	7.63	5.15
1961	7.63	5.09
1962	7.64	5
1963	7.65	4.91
1964	7.67	4.83
1965	7.66	4.73
1966	7.66	4.64
1967	7.66	4.49
1968	7.63	4.36
1969	7.6	4.23
1970	7.58	4.08
1971	7.56	3.94
1972	7.54	3.81
1973	7.48	3.71
1974	7.43	3.63
1975	7.37	3.58
1976	7.33	3.55
1977	7.3	3.56
1978	7.26	3.59
1979	7.23	3.65
1980	7.15	3.73
1981	7.07	3.8
1982	6.98	3.88
1983	6.88	3.91
1984	6.78	3.95
1985	6.65	3.97
1986	6.52	3.97
1987	6.34	3.94
1988	6.15	3.88
1989	5.98	3.8
1990	5.8	3.75
1991	5.64	3.79
1992	5.49	3.86
1993	5.33	3.92
1994	5.16	3.92
1995	4.99	3.96
1996	4.81	3.95
1997	4.66	3.95
1998	4.52	3.95
1999	4.35	3.92
2000	4.21	3.84
2001	3.96	3.75
2002	3.71	3.64
2003	3.47	3.58
2004	3.26	3.55
2005	3.16	3.55
2006	3.18	3.53
2007	3.19	3.45
2008	3.07	3.42
2009	2.95	3.43
2010	2.81	3.44
2011	2.8	3.46
2012	2.78	3.47
2013	2.67	3.39
2014	2.68	3.33
2015	2.63	3.31
2016	2.65	3.3
2017	2.67	3.3
2018	2.67	3.33
2019	2.49	3.33
2020	2.27	3.31
2021	2.17	3.28
2022	2.14	3.24
2023	2.28	3.21
2024	2.31	3.17
2025	2.29	3.14
2026	2.27	3.1
2027	2.25	3.06
2028	2.22	3.03
2029	2.2	3
2030	2.17	2.97
2031	2.15	2.94
2032	2.13	2.91
2033	2.11	2.88
2034	2.09	2.84
2035	2.07	2.82
2036	2.05	2.79
2037	2.03	2.77
2038	2.01	2.74
2039	1.99	2.72
2040	1.98	2.69
2041	1.97	2.67
2042	1.95	2.65
2043	1.94	2.63
2044	1.93	2.61
2045	1.92	2.58
2046	1.91	2.57
2047	1.9	2.54
2048	1.89	2.52
2049	1.88	2.5
2050	1.87	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saudi Arabia	Tuvalu
1960	43.4%	41%
1961	43.6%	42.1%
1962	43.9%	43.1%
1963	44.3%	43.9%
1964	44.6%	44.1%
1965	44.8%	43.9%
1966	45.1%	43.9%
1967	45.3%	44.1%
1968	45.4%	44.3%
1969	45.5%	43.9%
1970	45.5%	43.2%
1971	45.5%	42.3%
1972	45.3%	41.3%
1973	45.2%	40.2%
1974	45%	39.4%
1975	44.8%	38.9%
1976	44.6%	38.1%
1977	44.5%	37%
1978	44.3%	35.5%
1979	44.2%	34.5%
1980	44.1%	34%
1981	43.9%	33.4%
1982	43.8%	32.8%
1983	43.7%	32.1%
1984	43.6%	31.6%
1985	43.6%	31.7%
1986	43.5%	32.3%
1987	43.4%	32.9%
1988	43.3%	33.5%
1989	43.2%	34.1%
1990	43%	34.5%
1991	42.7%	35%
1992	42.4%	35.4%
1993	42.1%	35.9%
1994	41.7%	36.1%
1995	41.2%	36.2%
1996	40.7%	36.3%
1997	40.1%	36.3%
1998	39.5%	36.3%
1999	38.9%	36.2%
2000	38.3%	36.3%
2001	37.7%	36.3%
2002	36.8%	36.3%
2003	35.7%	36%
2004	34.5%	35.5%
2005	33.2%	35%
2006	31.9%	34.5%
2007	30.6%	34%
2008	29.5%	33.5%
2009	28.5%	33.1%
2010	27.6%	32.8%
2011	26.9%	32.6%
2012	26.3%	32.5%
2013	25.8%	32.4%
2014	25.4%	32.1%
2015	25.1%	31.9%
2016	24.9%	31.8%
2017	25.2%	31.6%
2018	25.7%	31.6%
2019	25.8%	31.7%
2020	25.5%	31.7%
2021	25.2%	31.6%
2022	24.6%	32%
2023	24.1%	32.6%
2024	23.8%	32.9%
2025	23.6%	33%
2026	23.4%	32.9%
2027	23.3%	32.7%
2028	23.1%	32.3%
2029	22.9%	31.8%
2030	22.8%	31.2%
2031	22.6%	30.6%
2032	22.5%	29.9%
2033	22.4%	29.3%
2034	22.3%	28.7%
2035	22.2%	28.2%
2036	22.2%	27.8%
2037	22.1%	27.5%
2038	22%	27.1%
2039	21.9%	26.9%
2040	21.7%	26.9%
2041	21.5%	26.9%
2042	21.3%	26.9%
2043	21.2%	27%
2044	21%	27.1%
2045	20.8%	27.3%
2046	20.7%	27.4%
2047	20.5%	27.6%
2048	20.4%	27.7%
2049	20.2%	27.8%
2050	20.1%	27.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 23.8% of the population in Saudi Arabia and 32.9% in Tuvalu in 2024, compared to 43% and 34.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saudi Arabia and Tuvalu compared.

Natural population change in Saudi Arabia vs Tuvalu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.57% in Saudi Arabia and +1.48% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	74,143	126
1961	77,743	120
1962	81,393	113
1963	85,480	106
1964	89,776	98
1965	93,820	93
1966	98,361	91
1967	103,343	92
1968	108,281	97
1969	113,859	102
1970	120,440	102
1971	127,600	101
1972	136,360	94
1973	145,450	101
1974	155,478	102
1975	166,223	108
1976	178,024	117
1977	191,103	128
1978	205,331	141
1979	220,186	158
1980	234,372	173
1981	249,156	186
1982	264,831	198
1983	280,616	206
1984	296,615	212
1985	310,558	215
1986	322,340	219
1987	333,088	219
1988	342,865	215
1989	349,399	208
1990	355,495	204
1991	361,329	203
1992	366,763	196
1993	372,621	202
1994	377,351	195
1995	380,231	191
1996	382,248	182
1997	385,033	177
1998	389,499	172
1999	390,112	166
2000	392,407	159
2001	382,153	151
2002	372,099	141
2003	364,520	136
2004	362,843	132
2005	375,938	131
2006	399,333	129
2007	425,199	125
2008	433,457	125
2009	438,557	130
2010	418,641	136
2011	443,675	142
2012	465,649	148
2013	475,299	148
2014	493,431	149
2015	511,023	153
2016	537,829	157
2017	546,751	163
2018	528,767	169
2019	474,407	166
2020	447,036	161
2021	409,032	151
2022	406,920	150
2023	474,366	137

Maternal mortality chart: Saudi Arabia vs Tuvalu

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 170 deaths in Tuvalu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saudi Arabia	Tuvalu
1985	40	230
1986	38	226
1987	36	252
1988	34	300
1989	32	296
1990	30	291
1991	29	289
1992	27	312
1993	26	286
1994	25	284
1995	24	281
1996	23	277
1997	23	249
1998	22	245
1999	21	242
2000	20	237
2001	19	235
2002	18	234
2003	16	210
2004	16	209
2005	15	230
2006	14	226
2007	13	222
2008	12	219
2009	11	215
2010	11	213
2011	10	169
2012	9	168
2013	9	168
2014	8	168
2015	8	169
2016	8	170
2017	8	171
2018	8	153
2019	8	155
2020	11	206
2021	12	157
2022	9	220
2023	7	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in Saudi Arabia and 1.99% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	-	17.7%
1961	-	17%
1962	-	16.3%
1963	-	15.6%
1964	-	14.9%
1965	-	14.2%
1966	-	13.6%
1967	-	12.9%
1968	-	12.3%
1969	-	11.7%
1970	-	11.1%
1971	-	10.5%
1972	16%	9.93%
1973	14.9%	9.37%
1974	14%	8.81%
1975	13.1%	8.31%
1976	12.2%	7.84%
1977	11.4%	7.43%
1978	10.7%	7.08%
1979	9.99%	6.76%
1980	9.34%	6.49%
1981	8.71%	6.26%
1982	8.12%	6.06%
1983	7.56%	5.9%
1984	7.04%	5.76%
1985	6.55%	5.66%
1986	6.07%	5.59%
1987	5.62%	5.53%
1988	5.19%	5.47%
1989	4.8%	5.42%
1990	4.44%	5.37%
1991	4.11%	5.31%
1992	3.81%	5.24%
1993	3.54%	5.15%
1994	3.29%	5.05%
1995	3.06%	4.94%
1996	2.86%	4.81%
1997	2.67%	4.67%
1998	2.5%	4.52%
1999	2.35%	4.39%
2000	2.21%	4.26%
2001	2.08%	4.16%
2002	1.96%	4.07%
2003	1.85%	3.98%
2004	1.75%	3.89%
2005	1.65%	3.8%
2006	1.56%	3.68%
2007	1.47%	3.56%
2008	1.38%	3.42%
2009	1.3%	3.28%
2010	1.22%	3.14%
2011	1.15%	3.02%
2012	1.08%	2.91%
2013	1.02%	2.8%
2014	0.96%	2.71%
2015	0.9%	2.61%
2016	0.85%	2.52%
2017	0.8%	2.43%
2018	0.76%	2.35%
2019	0.72%	2.27%
2020	0.69%	2.19%
2021	0.66%	2.12%
2022	0.64%	2.05%
2023	0.62%	1.99%