Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 1956

Netherlands
1956
Total fertility rate: 3.05
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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 3.05 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (194 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 231,665 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.05
Births
231,665
Births per 1,000 people
21.3
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
10,889,769
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%18
15-1913.52.2%5,488
20-24106.617.5%41,284
25-29194.031.8%74,874
30-34156.325.6%60,836
35-3999.216.2%35,093
40-4437.86.2%12,954
45-493.30.5%1,097
50-540.10.0%22