Fertility & birth rates in Saudi Arabia and Yemen

Fertility rate in Saudi Arabia vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Saudi Arabia vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	7.63	7.99
1961	7.63	8
1962	7.64	8.01
1963	7.65	8.03
1964	7.67	8.07
1965	7.66	8.1
1966	7.66	8.14
1967	7.66	8.17
1968	7.63	8.19
1969	7.6	8.22
1970	7.58	8.23
1971	7.56	8.26
1972	7.54	8.27
1973	7.48	8.29
1974	7.43	8.33
1975	7.37	8.37
1976	7.33	8.42
1977	7.3	8.47
1978	7.26	8.5
1979	7.23	8.67
1980	7.15	8.71
1981	7.07	8.75
1982	6.98	8.79
1983	6.88	8.83
1984	6.78	8.85
1985	6.65	8.86
1986	6.52	8.86
1987	6.34	8.83
1988	6.15	8.79
1989	5.98	8.71
1990	5.8	8.61
1991	5.64	8.46
1992	5.49	8.27
1993	5.33	8.05
1994	5.16	7.8
1995	4.99	7.53
1996	4.81	7
1997	4.66	6.82
1998	4.52	6.64
1999	4.35	6.49
2000	4.21	6.32
2001	3.96	6.14
2002	3.71	5.97
2003	3.47	5.84
2004	3.26	5.71
2005	3.16	5.56
2006	3.18	5.41
2007	3.19	5.26
2008	3.07	5.11
2009	2.95	5
2010	2.81	4.81
2011	2.8	4.63
2012	2.78	4.63
2013	2.67	4.62
2014	2.68	4.62
2015	2.63	4.62
2016	2.65	4.61
2017	2.67	4.61
2018	2.67	4.61
2019	2.49	4.6
2020	2.27	4.6
2021	2.17	4.6
2022	2.14	4.59
2023	2.28	4.59
2024	2.31	4.5
2025	2.29	4.41
2026	2.27	4.33
2027	2.25	4.23
2028	2.22	4.14
2029	2.2	4.06
2030	2.17	3.97
2031	2.15	3.87
2032	2.13	3.8
2033	2.11	3.73
2034	2.09	3.66
2035	2.07	3.59
2036	2.05	3.51
2037	2.03	3.44
2038	2.01	3.38
2039	1.99	3.32
2040	1.98	3.26
2041	1.97	3.21
2042	1.95	3.16
2043	1.94	3.12
2044	1.93	3.07
2045	1.92	3.02
2046	1.91	2.97
2047	1.9	2.93
2048	1.89	2.89
2049	1.88	2.85
2050	1.87	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saudi Arabia	Yemen
1960	43.4%	40.3%
1961	43.6%	40.4%
1962	43.9%	40.4%
1963	44.3%	40.6%
1964	44.6%	40.9%
1965	44.8%	41.3%
1966	45.1%	41.8%
1967	45.3%	42.3%
1968	45.4%	42.8%
1969	45.5%	43.3%
1970	45.5%	43.8%
1971	45.5%	44.3%
1972	45.3%	44.8%
1973	45.2%	45.3%
1974	45%	45.7%
1975	44.8%	46.2%
1976	44.6%	46.6%
1977	44.5%	47%
1978	44.3%	47.5%
1979	44.2%	47.9%
1980	44.1%	48.3%
1981	43.9%	48.7%
1982	43.8%	49.1%
1983	43.7%	49.4%
1984	43.6%	49.7%
1985	43.6%	50%
1986	43.5%	50.3%
1987	43.4%	50.5%
1988	43.3%	50.7%
1989	43.2%	50.9%
1990	43%	51.1%
1991	42.7%	51.2%
1992	42.4%	51.2%
1993	42.1%	51.2%
1994	41.7%	51.1%
1995	41.2%	50.9%
1996	40.7%	50.6%
1997	40.1%	50.3%
1998	39.5%	49.9%
1999	38.9%	49.5%
2000	38.3%	49%
2001	37.7%	48.6%
2002	36.8%	48.1%
2003	35.7%	47.6%
2004	34.5%	47.1%
2005	33.2%	46.5%
2006	31.9%	45.9%
2007	30.6%	45.3%
2008	29.5%	44.7%
2009	28.5%	44.1%
2010	27.6%	43.5%
2011	26.9%	43%
2012	26.3%	42.7%
2013	25.8%	42.3%
2014	25.4%	42.1%
2015	25.1%	41.8%
2016	24.9%	41.7%
2017	25.2%	41.6%
2018	25.7%	41.5%
2019	25.8%	41.4%
2020	25.5%	41.4%
2021	25.2%	41.4%
2022	24.6%	41.3%
2023	24.1%	41.2%
2024	23.8%	41.1%
2025	23.6%	41%
2026	23.4%	40.9%
2027	23.3%	40.8%
2028	23.1%	40.6%
2029	22.9%	40.3%
2030	22.8%	40%
2031	22.6%	39.6%
2032	22.5%	39.2%
2033	22.4%	38.7%
2034	22.3%	38.2%
2035	22.2%	37.7%
2036	22.2%	37.1%
2037	22.1%	36.5%
2038	22%	36%
2039	21.9%	35.4%
2040	21.7%	34.8%
2041	21.5%	34.3%
2042	21.3%	33.8%
2043	21.2%	33.4%
2044	21%	33%
2045	20.8%	32.6%
2046	20.7%	32.3%
2047	20.5%	32%
2048	20.4%	31.7%
2049	20.2%	31.4%
2050	20.1%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 23.8% of the population in Saudi Arabia and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 43% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saudi Arabia and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Saudi Arabia vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.57% in Saudi Arabia and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	74,143	122,994
1961	77,743	129,787
1962	81,393	131,262
1963	85,480	133,781
1964	89,776	147,299
1965	93,820	155,398
1966	98,361	164,091
1967	103,343	173,637
1968	108,281	182,518
1969	113,859	196,305
1970	120,440	207,613
1971	127,600	219,095
1972	136,360	229,322
1973	145,450	240,235
1974	155,478	252,737
1975	166,223	266,815
1976	178,024	281,078
1977	191,103	296,115
1978	205,331	312,439
1979	220,186	336,378
1980	234,372	355,767
1981	249,156	374,482
1982	264,831	392,302
1983	280,616	414,823
1984	296,615	434,674
1985	310,558	455,576
1986	322,340	464,665
1987	333,088	493,337
1988	342,865	513,296
1989	349,399	530,464
1990	355,495	549,654
1991	361,329	565,837
1992	366,763	582,072
1993	372,621	595,459
1994	377,351	602,363
1995	380,231	607,966
1996	382,248	588,786
1997	385,033	604,443
1998	389,499	615,488
1999	390,112	633,166
2000	392,407	646,694
2001	382,153	658,704
2002	372,099	672,494
2003	364,520	694,457
2004	362,843	710,493
2005	375,938	726,708
2006	399,333	750,082
2007	425,199	764,780
2008	433,457	779,123
2009	438,557	798,911
2010	418,641	803,246
2011	443,675	806,359
2012	465,649	845,645
2013	475,299	884,929
2014	493,431	920,330
2015	511,023	939,922
2016	537,829	975,697
2017	546,751	1,006,725
2018	528,767	1,020,238
2019	474,407	1,056,432
2020	447,036	1,086,322
2021	409,032	1,103,622
2022	406,920	1,153,375
2023	474,366	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Saudi Arabia vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saudi Arabia	Yemen
1985	40	430
1986	38	430
1987	36	400
1988	34	388
1989	32	371
1990	30	359
1991	29	341
1992	27	330
1993	26	319
1994	25	311
1995	24	296
1996	23	282
1997	23	271
1998	22	260
1999	21	250
2000	20	241
2001	19	231
2002	18	218
2003	16	205
2004	16	194
2005	15	181
2006	14	171
2007	13	161
2008	12	153
2009	11	149
2010	11	144
2011	10	140
2012	9	137
2013	9	135
2014	8	134
2015	8	135
2016	8	134
2017	8	142
2018	8	134
2019	8	131
2020	11	135
2021	12	156
2022	9	125
2023	7	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in Saudi Arabia and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	-	42.9%
1961	-	42.2%
1962	-	41.5%
1963	-	40.8%
1964	-	40%
1965	-	39%
1966	-	38%
1967	-	36.8%
1968	-	35.6%
1969	-	34.3%
1970	-	33%
1971	-	31.8%
1972	16%	30.6%
1973	14.9%	29.5%
1974	14%	28.4%
1975	13.1%	27.2%
1976	12.2%	26%
1977	11.4%	24.7%
1978	10.7%	23.4%
1979	9.99%	22.1%
1980	9.34%	20.8%
1981	8.71%	19.6%
1982	8.12%	18.4%
1983	7.56%	17.2%
1984	7.04%	16.2%
1985	6.55%	15.3%
1986	6.07%	14.6%
1987	5.62%	14%
1988	5.19%	13.4%
1989	4.8%	12.9%
1990	4.44%	12.5%
1991	4.11%	12.1%
1992	3.81%	11.8%
1993	3.54%	11.6%
1994	3.29%	11.3%
1995	3.06%	11.1%
1996	2.86%	10.8%
1997	2.67%	10.5%
1998	2.5%	10.2%
1999	2.35%	9.77%
2000	2.21%	9.32%
2001	2.08%	8.84%
2002	1.96%	8.36%
2003	1.85%	7.9%
2004	1.75%	7.47%
2005	1.65%	7.06%
2006	1.56%	6.68%
2007	1.47%	6.33%
2008	1.38%	6.02%
2009	1.3%	5.74%
2010	1.22%	5.49%
2011	1.15%	5.3%
2012	1.08%	5.14%
2013	1.02%	4.95%
2014	0.96%	4.84%
2015	0.9%	4.9%
2016	0.85%	4.77%
2017	0.8%	4.66%
2018	0.76%	4.7%
2019	0.72%	4.59%
2020	0.69%	4.32%
2021	0.66%	4.24%
2022	0.64%	4.08%
2023	0.62%	3.93%