Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 1968

Netherlands
1968
Total fertility rate: 2.71
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 2.71 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (192 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 236,468 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.71
Births
236,468
Births per 1,000 people
18.6
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
12,740,846
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
10-140.10.0%48
15-1922.24.1%12,122
20-24134.825.1%73,252
25-29191.735.7%79,570
30-34115.021.4%43,397
35-3955.210.3%21,111
40-4416.53.1%6,253
45-491.80.3%666
50-540.20.0%50