Fertility in Netherlands, 2001

Netherlands
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.71
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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.71 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 204,850 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
204,850
Births per 1,000 people
12.7
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
16,182,705
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%24
15-197.62.2%3,506
20-2440.711.8%19,493
25-29110.932.2%60,433
30-34128.537.3%83,813
35-3949.514.4%33,094
40-446.92.0%4,316
45-490.30.1%155
50-540.00.0%14