Fertility in Netherlands (1950–2100)

Netherlands
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.44
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands is projected at 1.44 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.9 years old. In total, 176,063 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.44
Births
176,063
Births per 1,000 people
9.5
Mean age of mothers
31.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
18,448,775
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.00.0%3
15-191.60.6%795
20-2417.56.0%9,891
25-2978.027.0%48,595
30-34119.441.2%73,503
35-3960.320.8%36,256
40-4411.84.1%6,566
45-490.80.3%453
50-540.00.0%3