One in every 228 babies born in the world today is born in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has about 580,000 births a year, around 0.4% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
580,000
Share of world births
0.4%
Birth odds
1/228
Life expectancy
78 years
Risk of dying before age 5
0.7%
Income per person, PPP
US$60,000
Children per woman
2.3
Urban population
85%

Life expectancy in Saudi Arabia is 78 years, which is 5 years longer than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 7 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.

Income per person is about US$60,000 in purchasing power. That is 2.6 times the world average.

On average a woman has 2.3 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 85% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 15% chance of being born in the countryside.

Religious makeup

  • Islam93%
  • Christianity4%
  • Hinduism3%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Omar · Yousef · Ali · Hamza · Mariam · Layla · Nour · Fatima

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.