Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 2002

Netherlands
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.73
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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.73 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (130 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 203,847 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.73
Births
203,847
Births per 1,000 people
12.5
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
16,288,051
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
15-197.32.1%3,450
20-2441.111.8%19,821
25-29110.431.8%57,771
30-34130.337.6%84,533
35-3950.414.5%33,567
40-447.12.0%4,503
45-490.30.1%165
50-540.00.0%15