Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 2012

Netherlands
2012
Total fertility rate: 1.72
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.72 children per woman in 2012 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.9 years old. In total, 177,354 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.72
Births
177,354
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
30.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
16,915,194
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
15-194.51.3%2,239
20-2434.010.0%17,916
25-29106.531.2%54,630
30-34131.038.3%66,672
35-3956.516.5%29,924
40-448.82.6%5,688
45-490.40.1%262
50-540.00.0%6