Fertility & birth rates in Saudi Arabia and Uganda

Fertility rate in Saudi Arabia vs Uganda 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 4.28 in Uganda 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	Uganda
1960	7.63	6.91
1961	7.63	6.93
1962	7.64	6.96
1963	7.65	6.98
1964	7.67	7.01
1965	7.66	7.04
1966	7.66	7.07
1967	7.66	7.1
1968	7.63	7.13
1969	7.6	7.12
1970	7.58	7.15
1971	7.56	7.18
1972	7.54	7.19
1973	7.48	7.19
1974	7.43	7.19
1975	7.37	7.2
1976	7.33	7.19
1977	7.3	7.18
1978	7.26	7.16
1979	7.23	7.14
1980	7.15	7.11
1981	7.07	7.12
1982	6.98	7.11
1983	6.88	7.07
1984	6.78	7.02
1985	6.65	7.04
1986	6.52	7.08
1987	6.34	7.12
1988	6.15	7.1
1989	5.98	7.05
1990	5.8	7.01
1991	5.64	6.94
1992	5.49	6.91
1993	5.33	6.89
1994	5.16	6.9
1995	4.99	6.87
1996	4.81	6.84
1997	4.66	6.86
1998	4.52	6.84
1999	4.35	6.83
2000	4.21	6.79
2001	3.96	6.76
2002	3.71	6.74
2003	3.47	6.67
2004	3.26	6.61
2005	3.16	6.53
2006	3.18	6.43
2007	3.19	6.33
2008	3.07	6.2
2009	2.95	6.12
2010	2.81	6.02
2011	2.8	5.89
2012	2.78	5.73
2013	2.67	5.56
2014	2.68	5.41
2015	2.63	5.25
2016	2.65	5.11
2017	2.67	4.99
2018	2.67	4.87
2019	2.49	4.74
2020	2.27	4.62
2021	2.17	4.51
2022	2.14	4.39
2023	2.28	4.28
2024	2.31	4.16
2025	2.29	4.06
2026	2.27	3.97
2027	2.25	3.87
2028	2.22	3.79
2029	2.2	3.69
2030	2.17	3.61
2031	2.15	3.53
2032	2.13	3.45
2033	2.11	3.38
2034	2.09	3.31
2035	2.07	3.25
2036	2.05	3.19
2037	2.03	3.14
2038	2.01	3.09
2039	1.99	3.04
2040	1.98	2.99
2041	1.97	2.94
2042	1.95	2.9
2043	1.94	2.86
2044	1.93	2.82
2045	1.92	2.78
2046	1.91	2.74
2047	1.9	2.71
2048	1.89	2.67
2049	1.88	2.64
2050	1.87	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saudi Arabia	Uganda
1960	43.4%	46.3%
1961	43.6%	46.6%
1962	43.9%	46.8%
1963	44.3%	46.9%
1964	44.6%	46.8%
1965	44.8%	46.7%
1966	45.1%	46.6%
1967	45.3%	46.6%
1968	45.4%	46.5%
1969	45.5%	46.5%
1970	45.5%	46.5%
1971	45.5%	46.7%
1972	45.3%	46.9%
1973	45.2%	47.1%
1974	45%	47.3%
1975	44.8%	47.4%
1976	44.6%	47.5%
1977	44.5%	47.5%
1978	44.3%	47.6%
1979	44.2%	47.7%
1980	44.1%	47.9%
1981	43.9%	48%
1982	43.8%	48%
1983	43.7%	48.1%
1984	43.6%	48%
1985	43.6%	48%
1986	43.5%	48%
1987	43.4%	48%
1988	43.3%	48.1%
1989	43.2%	48.1%
1990	43%	48.2%
1991	42.7%	48.3%
1992	42.4%	48.4%
1993	42.1%	48.5%
1994	41.7%	48.6%
1995	41.2%	49.1%
1996	40.7%	49.4%
1997	40.1%	49.7%
1998	39.5%	49.9%
1999	38.9%	50%
2000	38.3%	50.1%
2001	37.7%	50.1%
2002	36.8%	50.1%
2003	35.7%	50.1%
2004	34.5%	50.1%
2005	33.2%	50.1%
2006	31.9%	50%
2007	30.6%	50%
2008	29.5%	49.8%
2009	28.5%	49.7%
2010	27.6%	49.5%
2011	26.9%	49.3%
2012	26.3%	49.1%
2013	25.8%	48.8%
2014	25.4%	48.5%
2015	25.1%	48.1%
2016	24.9%	47.5%
2017	25.2%	46.9%
2018	25.7%	46.3%
2019	25.8%	45.8%
2020	25.5%	45.2%
2021	25.2%	44.7%
2022	24.6%	44.3%
2023	24.1%	43.9%
2024	23.8%	43.5%
2025	23.6%	43.1%
2026	23.4%	42.7%
2027	23.3%	42.2%
2028	23.1%	41.8%
2029	22.9%	41.3%
2030	22.8%	40.9%
2031	22.6%	40.5%
2032	22.5%	40%
2033	22.4%	39.5%
2034	22.3%	39%
2035	22.2%	38.4%
2036	22.2%	37.8%
2037	22.1%	37.3%
2038	22%	36.7%
2039	21.9%	36.1%
2040	21.7%	35.6%
2041	21.5%	35.1%
2042	21.3%	34.6%
2043	21.2%	34.1%
2044	21%	33.6%
2045	20.8%	33.1%
2046	20.7%	32.7%
2047	20.5%	32.3%
2048	20.4%	31.8%
2049	20.2%	31.5%
2050	20.1%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 23.8% of the population in Saudi Arabia and 43.5% in Uganda in 2024, compared to 43% and 48.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saudi Arabia and Uganda compared.

Natural population change in Saudi Arabia vs Uganda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.57% in Saudi Arabia and +3.17% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	74,143	225,080
1961	77,743	232,894
1962	81,393	241,513
1963	85,480	250,885
1964	89,776	260,733
1965	93,820	271,830
1966	98,361	282,225
1967	103,343	296,692
1968	108,281	309,725
1969	113,859	320,486
1970	120,440	333,202
1971	127,600	328,294
1972	136,360	335,935
1973	145,450	340,780
1974	155,478	345,773
1975	166,223	354,278
1976	178,024	359,458
1977	191,103	365,216
1978	205,331	371,930
1979	220,186	381,626
1980	234,372	370,287
1981	249,156	380,028
1982	264,831	390,820
1983	280,616	404,940
1984	296,615	421,241
1985	310,558	462,534
1986	322,340	487,693
1987	333,088	527,397
1988	342,865	547,759
1989	349,399	565,367
1990	355,495	587,291
1991	361,329	602,740
1992	366,763	627,139
1993	372,621	650,032
1994	377,351	675,092
1995	380,231	697,218
1996	382,248	699,707
1997	385,033	727,523
1998	389,499	741,175
1999	390,112	775,166
2000	392,407	803,069
2001	382,153	836,751
2002	372,099	868,756
2003	364,520	901,374
2004	362,843	938,623
2005	375,938	969,096
2006	399,333	999,958
2007	425,199	1,029,893
2008	433,457	1,055,935
2009	438,557	1,090,600
2010	418,641	1,121,564
2011	443,675	1,147,263
2012	465,649	1,167,473
2013	475,299	1,184,250
2014	493,431	1,201,599
2015	511,023	1,224,839
2016	537,829	1,249,565
2017	546,751	1,290,658
2018	528,767	1,332,600
2019	474,407	1,367,044
2020	447,036	1,397,288
2021	409,032	1,423,377
2022	406,920	1,455,576
2023	474,366	1,477,166

Maternal mortality chart: Saudi Arabia vs Uganda

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 Uganda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saudi Arabia	Uganda
1985	40	842
1986	38	781
1987	36	709
1988	34	655
1989	32	609
1990	30	575
1991	29	549
1992	27	530
1993	26	515
1994	25	507
1995	24	514
1996	23	513
1997	23	522
1998	22	523
1999	21	504
2000	20	475
2001	19	440
2002	18	416
2003	16	395
2004	16	384
2005	15	417
2006	14	409
2007	13	345
2008	12	324
2009	11	322
2010	11	304
2011	10	295
2012	9	285
2013	9	308
2014	8	311
2015	8	299
2016	8	272
2017	8	246
2018	8	232
2019	8	219
2020	11	209
2021	12	216
2022	9	184
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 3.88% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	-	22.3%
1961	-	21.9%
1962	-	21.6%
1963	-	21.3%
1964	-	20.9%
1965	-	20.6%
1966	-	20.3%
1967	-	19.9%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	-	19.4%
1970	-	19.3%
1971	-	19.3%
1972	16%	19.4%
1973	14.9%	19.6%
1974	14%	19.9%
1975	13.1%	20.3%
1976	12.2%	20.7%
1977	11.4%	21.2%
1978	10.7%	21.6%
1979	9.99%	21.8%
1980	9.34%	22%
1981	8.71%	21.9%
1982	8.12%	21.4%
1983	7.56%	20.9%
1984	7.04%	20.3%
1985	6.55%	19.9%
1986	6.07%	19.5%
1987	5.62%	19.2%
1988	5.19%	18.9%
1989	4.8%	18.7%
1990	4.44%	18.3%
1991	4.11%	17.9%
1992	3.81%	17.4%
1993	3.54%	17%
1994	3.29%	16.7%
1995	3.06%	16.5%
1996	2.86%	16.2%
1997	2.67%	16%
1998	2.5%	15.6%
1999	2.35%	15.2%
2000	2.21%	14.6%
2001	2.08%	13.9%
2002	1.96%	13.1%
2003	1.85%	12.3%
2004	1.75%	11.5%
2005	1.65%	10.7%
2006	1.56%	9.97%
2007	1.47%	9.3%
2008	1.38%	8.69%
2009	1.3%	8.14%
2010	1.22%	7.61%
2011	1.15%	7.1%
2012	1.08%	6.67%
2013	1.02%	6.24%
2014	0.96%	5.91%
2015	0.9%	5.58%
2016	0.85%	5.25%
2017	0.8%	4.98%
2018	0.76%	4.74%
2019	0.72%	4.53%
2020	0.69%	4.35%
2021	0.66%	4.18%
2022	0.64%	4.05%
2023	0.62%	3.88%