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How many babies are born in Saudi Arabia?

568 thousand babies born in Saudi Arabia in 2026. That is 0.43% of all births worldwide, and the 49th largest of any country. UN projection

1,550births per day
65per hour
1per minute
16.2births per 1,000 people
2.27children per woman
35.17 millionpopulation

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Saudi Arabia: history and projections

Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.

Every figure refers to the area inside Saudi Arabia’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year	Estimated births	Population	Per 1,000	Evidence
1 CE	~42K	~1M	41.6	Modelled estimate
1000	~79K	~2M	39.7	Modelled estimate
1500	~81K	~2M	40.6	Modelled estimate
1800	~94.5K	~2M	47.3	Historical reconstruction
1900	~100K	~2.12M	47.3	Historical reconstruction
1950	86.7K	1.7M	50.9	UN estimate
2000	445K	16.2M	27.5	UN estimate
2023	546K	33.3M	16.4	UN estimate
2026	568K	35.2M	16.2	UN projection
2050	617K	47.7M	12.9	UN projection
2075	693K	59.7M	11.6	UN projection
2100	795K	71M	11.2	UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Saudi Arabia among estimates through 2023 were in 2017, at about 610K. That is roughly 15 times the estimated ~41.6K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.27 children per woman, fertility in Saudi Arabia is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Saudi Arabia each year?

An estimated 568 thousand babies are born in Saudi Arabia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,550 a day and 0.43% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia has an estimated 16.2 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.27 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.