Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 1979

Netherlands
1979
Total fertility rate: 1.57
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.57 children per woman in 1979 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 174,948 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.57
Births
174,948
Births per 1,000 people
12.5
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
14,050,169
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%34
15-198.92.8%5,354
20-2480.925.8%46,742
25-29138.944.2%77,479
30-3464.520.5%36,446
35-3917.25.5%7,443
40-443.31.1%1,283
45-490.30.1%123
50-540.10.0%41