This statistic shows the average number of children per female in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022. In 2022, women in the Netherlands had an average of approximately 1.49 children. That was less than half the number of children women in 1950 had. As this statistic on the average number of children per female in the Netherlands in the past ten years shows, this number has been relatively stable in recent years, around 1.6 to 1.7 children per female. The same applies to the average number of children per male in the last ten years, which can be viewed here. Both men and women in the Netherlands had an average of 1.6 to 1.7 children, although the average for women seemed slightly higher in the most recent years.
Average number of children per woman in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022
Characteristic
Average number of children
2022
1.49
2021
1.62
2020
1.55
2019
1.57
2018
1.59
2017
1.62
2016
1.66
2015
1.66
2014
1.71
2013
1.68
2012
1.72
2011
1.76
2010
1.8
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The average number of children a woman would have if the age-specific fertility rates in a particular year were to apply throughout her lifetime.
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (August 16, 2023). Average number of children per woman in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/520321/average-number-of-children-per-female-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Average number of children per woman in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022." Chart. August 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/520321/average-number-of-children-per-female-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2023). Average number of children per woman in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/520321/average-number-of-children-per-female-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Average Number of Children per Woman in The Netherlands from 1950 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/520321/average-number-of-children-per-female-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Average number of children per woman in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/520321/average-number-of-children-per-female-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited April 10, 2025)
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