Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 1998

Netherlands
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.63 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 201,770 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
201,770
Births per 1,000 people
12.7
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
15,827,107
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
10-140.00.0%22
15-196.31.9%2,871
20-2439.212.0%18,852
25-29109.033.3%67,600
30-34122.437.4%80,079
35-3944.413.6%28,682
40-445.91.8%3,501
45-490.20.1%133
50-540.10.0%27