Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 2006

Netherlands
2006
Total fertility rate: 1.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.71 children per woman in 2006 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 186,520 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
186,520
Births per 1,000 people
11.3
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
16,493,852
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%14
15-195.31.5%2,599
20-2439.211.5%19,028
25-29106.831.3%53,252
30-34127.737.4%70,607
35-3954.816.0%35,763
40-447.62.2%5,040
45-490.30.1%208
50-540.00.0%9