Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 1997

Netherlands
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.56
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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.56 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 195,334 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.56
Births
195,334
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
15,723,622
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%23
15-195.91.9%2,703
20-2439.112.4%19,416
25-29105.033.4%66,470
30-34116.737.1%76,821
35-3941.913.3%26,566
40-445.51.7%3,176
45-490.20.1%128
50-540.10.0%28