Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 2003

Netherlands
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.74 children per woman in 2003 — 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, 201,574 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
201,574
Births per 1,000 people
12.3
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
16,366,912
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%19
15-196.92.0%3,303
20-2441.411.9%20,074
25-29110.331.7%56,097
30-34130.037.3%82,677
35-3952.215.0%34,598
40-447.12.0%4,627
45-490.30.1%170
50-540.00.0%12