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It also helps that Qatar (along with the UAE and Kuwait) provide hefty benefits to married couples for marriage and childbirth.

Emirati and Qatari women have almost 50% more children than Saudi women despite cultural similarities because their government offers crazy good benefits.

Saudi Arabia has less money per citizen so families bear more of the cost and opt for smaller families.

Culture plays a huge role but so do government incentives.



> It also helps that Qatar (along with the UAE and Kuwait) provide hefty benefits to married couples for marriage and childbirth.

This is a reflection of their culture and religion. Governance and law proceed from culture and religion, not vice versa.




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