Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 1974

Netherlands
1974
Total fertility rate: 1.77
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-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.77 children per woman in 1974 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 185,825 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.77
Births
185,825
Births per 1,000 people
13.7
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
13,559,670
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%40
15-1914.84.1%8,302
20-24104.629.3%57,463
25-29143.640.2%80,793
30-3464.918.2%27,930
35-3922.76.3%8,727
40-445.81.6%2,204
45-490.80.2%306
50-540.20.0%62