Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 1957

Netherlands
1957
Total fertility rate: 3.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 3.07 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (199 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 233,786 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.07
Births
233,786
Births per 1,000 people
21.2
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
11,026,878
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%22
15-1914.22.3%5,859
20-24110.718.0%42,629
25-29199.432.4%77,106
30-34154.525.1%59,594
35-3996.515.7%35,024
40-4436.25.9%12,423
45-493.30.5%1,102
50-540.10.0%27