Fertility rate: Netherlands
1.43 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.43 |
| 2022 | 1.514 |
| 2021 | 1.624 |
| 2020 | 1.545 |
| 2019 | 1.572 |
| 2018 | 1.585 |
| 2017 | 1.617 |
| 2016 | 1.658 |
| 2015 | 1.657 |
| 2014 | 1.704 |
| 2013 | 1.677 |
| 2012 | 1.716 |
| 2011 | 1.752 |
| 2010 | 1.787 |
| 2009 | 1.783 |
| 2008 | 1.764 |
| 2007 | 1.714 |
| 2006 | 1.715 |
| 2005 | 1.706 |
| 2004 | 1.722 |
| 2003 | 1.742 |
| 2002 | 1.729 |
| 2001 | 1.712 |
| 2000 | 1.721 |
| 1999 | 1.656 |
| 1998 | 1.628 |
| 1997 | 1.564 |
| 1996 | 1.53 |
| 1995 | 1.534 |
| 1994 | 1.569 |
| 1993 | 1.573 |
| 1992 | 1.588 |
| 1991 | 1.61 |
| 1990 | 1.614 |
| 1989 | 1.556 |
| 1988 | 1.545 |
| 1987 | 1.556 |
| 1986 | 1.548 |
| 1985 | 1.509 |
| 1984 | 1.488 |
| 1983 | 1.467 |
| 1982 | 1.494 |
| 1981 | 1.558 |
| 1980 | 1.596 |
| 1979 | 1.565 |
| 1978 | 1.582 |
| 1977 | 1.583 |
| 1976 | 1.629 |
| 1975 | 1.666 |
| 1974 | 1.774 |
| 1973 | 1.909 |
| 1972 | 2.152 |
| 1971 | 2.366 |
| 1970 | 2.573 |
| 1969 | 2.737 |
| 1968 | 2.707 |
| 1967 | 2.799 |
| 1966 | 2.896 |
| 1965 | 3.03 |
| 1964 | 3.153 |
| 1963 | 3.183 |
| 1962 | 3.17 |
| 1961 | 3.207 |
| 1960 | 3.118 |
| 1959 | 3.158 |
| 1958 | 3.103 |
| 1957 | 3.074 |
| 1956 | 3.052 |
| 1955 | 3.032 |
| 1954 | 3.027 |
| 1953 | 3.037 |
| 1952 | 3.094 |
| 1951 | 3.064 |
| 1950 | 3.104 |