Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 1999

Netherlands
1999
Total fertility rate: 1.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.66 children per woman in 1999 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 203,273 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.66
Births
203,273
Births per 1,000 people
12.8
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
15,940,184
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%23
15-196.82.0%3,113
20-2439.311.8%18,688
25-29110.633.1%66,156
30-34124.237.2%81,070
35-3946.113.8%30,262
40-446.31.9%3,800
45-490.20.1%138
50-540.00.0%23