Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 2007

Netherlands
2007
Total fertility rate: 1.71
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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.71 children per woman in 2007 — 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, 182,610 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
182,610
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
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
104.7
Population
16,531,357
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%18
15-195.11.5%2,544
20-2438.711.3%18,835
25-29106.531.2%53,069
30-34127.837.4%67,291
35-3955.016.1%35,496
40-447.82.3%5,126
45-490.30.1%220
50-540.00.0%10