Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 1996

Netherlands
1996
Total fertility rate: 1.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.53 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 192,587 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
192,587
Births per 1,000 people
12.3
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
15,640,027
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
15-195.61.8%2,536
20-2438.712.6%20,145
25-29104.033.8%66,453
30-34113.837.0%75,303
35-3940.213.1%25,011
40-445.21.7%2,962
45-490.20.1%128
50-540.10.0%27