Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Netherlands, 2014

Netherlands
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Netherlands was 1.70 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.0 years old. In total, 176,448 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.70
Births
176,448
Births per 1,000 people
10.4
Mean age of mothers
31.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
17,030,089
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%15
15-193.71.1%1,816
20-2432.09.4%17,025
25-29104.030.6%54,533
30-34131.638.7%67,183
35-3959.517.5%30,152
40-448.92.6%5,446
45-490.40.1%276
50-540.00.0%2