Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 1994

Netherlands
1994
Total fertility rate: 1.57
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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.57 children per woman in 1994 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 199,058 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.57
Births
199,058
Births per 1,000 people
12.9
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
15,485,449
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%22
15-196.92.2%3,133
20-2441.913.3%24,444
25-29110.534.9%71,401
30-34113.435.9%74,136
35-3938.312.1%22,994
40-444.91.6%2,784
45-490.20.1%118
50-540.10.0%26