Birth; age mother (on 31-12), birth order and fertility rates 1950-2014

Changed on: 30/06/2016 02:00

Birth; age mother (on 31-12), birth order and fertility rates 1950-2014
Age mother (on 31 December)	Periods	Live born children Total live born children Total live born children (number)	Live born children Total live born children First child (number)	Live born children Total live born children Second child (number)	Live born children Total live born children Third child (number)	Live born children Total live born children Fourth or following children (number)	Live born children Marital live born children Total marital live born children (number)	Live born children Marital live born children First child (number)	Live born children Marital live born children Second child (number)	Live born children Marital live born children Third child (number)	Live born children Marital live born children Fourth or following children (number)	Live born children Non-marital live born children Total non-marital live born children (number)	Live born children Non-marital live born children First child (number)	Live born children Non-marital live born children Second child (number)	Live born children Non-marital live born children Third child (number)	Live born children Non-marital live born children Fourth or following children (number)	Live born children, rates Total live born children (0/00)	Live born children, rates First child (0/00)	Live born children, rates Second child (0/00)	Live born children, rates Third child (0/00)	Live born children, rates Fourth or following children (0/00)
Total (ages mothers)	1950	229,718	62,373	56,399	39,183	71,763	226,289	59,974	55,980	38,947	71,388	3,429	2,399	419	236	375	90.53	24.58	22.23	15.44	28.28
Total (ages mothers)	2000	206,619	95,972	74,014	25,685	10,948	155,080	63,607	59,970	22,088	9,415	51,539	32,365	14,044	3,597	1,533	52.37	24.33	18.76	6.51	2.78
Total (ages mothers)	2005	187,910	84,928	69,668	23,980	9,334	122,347	46,965	48,977	18,769	7,636	65,563	37,963	20,691	5,211	1,698	47.97	21.68	17.78	6.12	2.38
Total (ages mothers)	2010	184,397	85,466	66,412	23,604	8,915	108,645	42,921	41,658	17,078	6,988	75,752	42,545	24,754	6,526	1,927	48.01	22.25	17.29	6.15	2.32
Total (ages mothers)	2013	171,341	79,460	62,905	20,930	8,046	97,342	38,458	38,251	14,629	6,004	73,999	41,002	24,654	6,301	2,042	45.29	21.00	16.63	5.53	2.13
Total (ages mothers)	2014	175,181	80,744	64,013	21,754	8,670	97,933	38,542	38,153	14,791	6,447	77,248	42,202	25,860	6,963	2,223	46.54	21.45	17.01	5.78	2.30
Younger than 20 years	1950	3,562	3,201	330	28	3	2,964	2,621	314	26	3	598	580	16	2	-	9.02	8.10	0.84	0.07	0.01
Younger than 20 years	2000	2,503	2,316	183	3	1	565	514	50	1	-	1,938	1,802	133	2	1	5.54	5.13	0.41	0.01	0.00
Younger than 20 years	2005	2,010	1,872	133	5	-	296	273	23	-	-	1,714	1,599	110	5	-	4.15	3.87	0.28	0.01	-
Younger than 20 years	2010	1,884	1,763	114	7	-	204	180	21	3	-	1,680	1,583	93	4	-	3.84	3.59	0.23	0.01	-
Younger than 20 years	2013	1,360	1,305	53	2	-	166	152	14	-	-	1,194	1,153	39	2	-	2.81	2.69	0.11	0.00	-
Younger than 20 years	2014	1,276	1,199	76	1	-	130	113	17	-	-	1,146	1,086	59	1	-	2.62	2.46	0.16	0.00	-
20 to 25 years	1950	32,747	19,928	9,297	2,796	726	31,476	18,834	9,162	2,768	712	1,271	1,094	135	28	14	82.38	50.13	23.39	7.03	1.83
20 to 25 years	2000	17,456	12,748	4,064	570	74	9,973	6,873	2,662	392	46	7,483	5,875	1,402	178	28	36.92	26.97	8.60	1.21	0.16
20 to 25 years	2005	16,693	12,062	3,992	574	65	8,044	5,552	2,165	293	34	8,649	6,510	1,827	281	31	35.09	25.35	8.39	1.21	0.14
20 to 25 years	2010	16,417	12,358	3,487	508	64	6,599	4,848	1,489	234	28	9,818	7,510	1,998	274	36	32.34	24.35	6.87	1.00	0.13
20 to 25 years	2013	14,581	10,926	3,152	443	60	5,537	4,000	1,327	185	25	9,044	6,926	1,825	258	35	27.94	20.93	6.04	0.85	0.12
20 to 25 years	2014	14,213	10,592	3,094	457	70	5,250	3,782	1,243	196	29	8,963	6,810	1,851	261	41	27.14	20.23	5.91	0.87	0.13
25 to 30 years	1950	71,176	25,657	23,805	12,827	8,887	70,415	25,192	23,660	12,742	8,821	761	465	145	85	66	178.07	64.19	59.55	32.09	22.23
25 to 30 years	2000	57,358	34,104	17,665	4,425	1,164	43,087	24,099	14,300	3,736	952	14,271	10,005	3,365	689	212	103.90	61.78	32.00	8.02	2.11
25 to 30 years	2005	48,852	28,397	15,838	3,748	869	31,948	17,019	11,400	2,876	653	16,904	11,378	4,438	872	216	98.84	57.45	32.04	7.58	1.76
25 to 30 years	2010	51,570	29,899	16,798	3,937	936	30,728	16,517	10,857	2,716	638	20,842	13,382	5,941	1,221	298	104.08	60.34	33.90	7.95	1.89
25 to 30 years	2013	49,342	28,776	16,018	3,652	896	28,133	15,204	9,954	2,403	572	21,209	13,572	6,064	1,249	324	96.05	56.02	31.18	7.11	1.74
25 to 30 years	2014	50,307	29,501	16,110	3,750	946	28,374	15,463	9,971	2,351	589	21,933	14,038	6,139	1,399	357	96.76	56.74	30.99	7.21	1.82
30 to 35 years	1950	60,682	9,585	15,360	13,957	21,780	60,247	9,412	15,289	13,886	21,660	435	173	71	71	120	170.89	26.99	43.26	39.30	61.34
30 to 35 years	2000	87,117	35,805	35,813	11,522	3,977	69,669	25,518	30,410	10,245	3,496	17,448	10,287	5,403	1,277	481	135.18	55.56	55.57	17.88	6.17
30 to 35 years	2005	73,845	29,940	30,816	9,946	3,143	51,111	17,538	22,772	8,160	2,641	22,734	12,402	8,044	1,786	502	131.35	53.25	54.81	17.69	5.59
30 to 35 years	2010	69,420	28,732	28,308	9,464	2,916	43,640	15,315	18,684	7,291	2,350	25,780	13,417	9,624	2,173	566	138.64	57.38	56.53	18.90	5.82
30 to 35 years	2013	65,925	26,812	27,496	8,728	2,889	40,076	13,780	17,571	6,523	2,202	25,849	13,032	9,925	2,205	687	131.35	53.42	54.78	17.39	5.76
30 to 35 years	2014	68,120	27,677	28,185	9,239	3,019	40,577	13,925	17,644	6,716	2,292	27,543	13,752	10,541	2,523	727	135.32	54.98	55.99	18.35	6.00
35 to 40 years	1950	42,024	3,123	6,009	7,411	25,481	41,769	3,060	5,966	7,371	25,372	255	63	43	40	109	120.81	8.98	17.28	21.31	73.26
35 to 40 years	2000	36,750	9,753	14,531	8,122	4,344	28,036	5,958	11,340	6,963	3,775	8,714	3,795	3,191	1,159	569	56.53	15.00	22.35	12.49	6.68
35 to 40 years	2005	39,967	10,981	16,713	8,429	3,844	26,898	5,752	11,296	6,619	3,231	13,069	5,229	5,417	1,810	613	61.79	16.98	25.84	13.03	5.94
35 to 40 years	2010	37,213	10,496	15,117	8,075	3,525	22,864	5,058	9,130	5,826	2,850	14,349	5,438	5,987	2,249	675	66.34	18.71	26.95	14.40	6.28
35 to 40 years	2013	32,939	9,525	13,718	6,714	2,982	19,448	4,400	8,058	4,681	2,309	13,491	5,125	5,660	2,033	673	64.97	18.79	27.06	13.24	5.88
35 to 40 years	2014	33,797	9,630	14,112	6,860	3,195	19,488	4,339	7,991	4,692	2,466	14,309	5,291	6,121	2,168	729	67.41	19.21	28.15	13.68	6.37
40 to 45 years	1950	17,715	808	1,511	2,032	13,364	17,614	784	1,503	2,022	13,305	101	24	8	10	59	53.06	2.42	4.53	6.09	40.03
40 to 45 years	2000	5,249	1,216	1,729	1,012	1,292	3,611	628	1,189	734	1,060	1,638	588	540	278	232	8.62	2.00	2.84	1.66	2.12
40 to 45 years	2005	6,308	1,622	2,133	1,234	1,319	3,902	801	1,303	795	1,003	2,406	821	830	439	316	9.72	2.50	3.29	1.90	2.03
40 to 45 years	2010	7,565	2,122	2,524	1,549	1,370	4,403	950	1,442	975	1,036	3,162	1,172	1,082	574	334	11.78	3.30	3.93	2.41	2.13
40 to 45 years	2013	6,836	1,993	2,374	1,342	1,127	3,775	860	1,279	806	830	3,061	1,133	1,095	536	297	11.09	3.23	3.85	2.18	1.83
40 to 45 years	2014	7,046	2,004	2,333	1,395	1,314	3,861	848	1,225	805	983	3,185	1,156	1,108	590	331	11.94	3.40	3.96	2.37	2.23
45 years or older	1950	1,812	71	87	132	1,522	1,804	71	86	132	1,515	8	-	1	-	7	5.88	0.23	0.28	0.43	4.94
45 years or older	2000	186	30	29	31	96	139	17	19	17	86	47	13	10	14	10	0.33	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.17
45 years or older	2005	235	54	43	44	94	148	30	18	26	74	87	24	25	18	20	0.39	0.09	0.07	0.07	0.16
45 years or older	2010	328	96	64	64	104	207	53	35	33	86	121	43	29	31	18	0.51	0.15	0.10	0.10	0.16
45 years or older	2013	358	123	94	49	92	207	62	48	31	66	151	61	46	18	26	0.56	0.19	0.15	0.08	0.14
45 years or older	2014	422	141	103	52	126	253	72	62	31	88	169	69	41	21	38	0.66	0.22	0.16	0.08	0.20
Total fertility rate (TFR)	1950																3.10	0.80	0.74	0.53	1.02
Total fertility rate (TFR)	2000																1.72	0.83	0.60	0.21	0.09
Total fertility rate (TFR)	2005																1.71	0.80	0.62	0.21	0.08
Total fertility rate (TFR)	2010																1.80	0.84	0.65	0.23	0.08
Total fertility rate (TFR)	2013																1.68	0.78	0.62	0.21	0.08
Total fertility rate (TFR)	2014																1.71	0.79	0.63	0.21	0.08
Source: CBS.

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Dataset is not available.

Live born children (among the population of the Netherlands) by birth order from the mother, marital status of the mother, age of the mother and fertility rates.

Available selections:
- live born children by birth order to the mother, marital status of the mother and age of the mother;
- fertility rates by birth order to the mother and age of the mother.

Data available from 1950 until 2014.

Status of the figures:
All data recorded in this publication are final data.

Changes on 30 June 2016:
This table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.

Description topics

Live born children

Live born children by marital status of the mother and birth order from the mother.

Live born child:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.

Birth order from the mother (live born children):
The position of the child in the ranking of live born children from a mother.

Marital status:
Legal status involving someone's rights and competences as determined by legal marriage and registered partnership.

Legal marriage:
Legal, formally sanctioned living arrangement between two people. Since 1 April 2001, it is legally possible for people in the Netherlands to marry a person of the same sex.

Lesbian parenthood
The law on lesbian parenthood came into effect on 1 April 2014. From April 2014 onwards the female partner of the biological mother may become the legal parent of the child without a legal adoption procedure. The same data for both mothers are available in the municipal population register. Statistics Netherlands does not have information about which of the mothers is the biological mother. To obtain data about, for example, the age, number of children and ethnic background of the mother, Statistics Netherland selects one of the mothers at random.

Partnership registration:
A marriage-like relationship recorded at the registry office. Partnership registration is open to same-sex and different-sex couples.

Total live born children

Total live born children by birth order from the mother.

Total live born children

First child: Live born first children to the mother.

Second child: Live born second children to the mother.

Third child: Live born third children to the mother.

Fourth or following children: Live born fourth or following children to the mother.

Marital live born children

Marital born child:
A child where the mother is married at the time of birth, or a child from a widow whose male or female spouse passed away less than 306 days before the birth.

Break in series
From 2010 onwards a small shift has occurred between a number of marital statuses (fewer never married and more married, divorced and widowed respectively). Because information on some marital statuses was lacking for the period 1998 to 2010 in data used by Statistics Netherlands, 'divorced after partnership' and 'widowed after partnership' were not included in these statistics for this period. For these statistics, the marital status before the partnership was used instead, which was mostly 'never married'. From 2010 all marital statuses are available.

Married:
From 2010: legally married and partnership.
1998 to 2010: legally married.
Because information was lacking on some marital statuses in data in the period 1998 to 2010 used by Statistics Netherlands, partnerships were not included in this period.
Until 1998: legally married.

Widowed:
From 2010: widowed after a legal marriage and widowed after a partnership.
From 1998 to 2010: widowed after a legal marriage.
Because information was lacking on some marital statuses in the period 1998 to 2010 in data used by Statistics Netherlands, partnerships were not included in this period. For these statistics, this results in data including 'partnership after widowed'. For 'widowed after partnership' the marital status before the partnership was used, which was mostly unmarried.
Until 1998 widowed after a legal marriage.

Divorced:
From 2010: divorced after legal marriage and divorced after partnership.
1998 to 2010: divorced after legal marriage.
Because information was lacking on some marital statuses in data in the period 1998 tot 2010 used by Statistics Netherlands, partnerships were not included in this period. For these statistics, this results in data including 'partnership after divorced'. For 'divorced after partnership' the marital status before the partnership was used, which was mostly unmarried.
Until 1998: divorced after legal marriage.

Legally married:
Marital status resulting from having married legally. Including judicial separations which are included in the catagory married.

Partnership:
Marital status resulting from entering into a registered partnership.

Widowed after a legal marriage:
Marital status resulting from death ending a legal marriage.

Widowed after partnership:
Marital status resulting from death ending a registered partnership.

Divorced after a legal marriage:
Marital status resulting from ending a legal marriage by divorce.
Excluding judicial separations which are included in the catagory married.

Divorced after partnership:
Marital status resulting from ending a registered partnership other than by the death of the partner.

Marriage (legal):
Legal, formally sanctioned living arrangement between two people.
Since 1 April 2001, it is legally possible for people in the Netherlands to marry a person of the same sex.

Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two people of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Registered partnership was introduced in The Netherlands on 1 January 1998.

Total marital live born children

First child: Marital live born first children to the mother.

Second child: Marital live born second children to the mother.

Third child: Marital live born third children to the mother.

Fourth or following children: Marital live born fourth or following children to the mother.

Non-marital live born children

Non marital born child:
A child where the mother is never married, divorced or widowed at the moment of birth. If the mother was married and the marriage was dissolved by the death of her husband less than 306 days before she gave birth, the birth is considered within marriage.

Break in series
From 2010 onwards a small shift has occurred between a number of marital statuses (fewer never married and more married, divorced and widowed respectively). Because information on some marital statuses was lacking for the period 1998 to 2010 in data used by Statistics Netherlands, 'divorced after partnership' and 'widowed after partnership' were not included in these statistics for this period. For these statistics, the marital status before the partnership was used instead, which was mostly 'never married'. From 2010 all marital statuses are available.

Never married:
From 2010: marital status indicating that someone was never married or never in a registered partnership.
1998 to 2010: marital status indicating that someone was never married.
Because information was lacking on some marital statuses in the period 1998 to 2010 in data used by Statistics Netherlands, partnerships were not included in this period. For these statistics, this results in data including 'partnership after never married'. For 'widowed after partnership' and 'divorced after partnership' the marital status before the partnership was used, wich was mostly unmarried.
Until 1998: marital status indicating that someone was never married.

Widowed:
From 2010: widowed after a legal marriage and widowed after a partnership.
From 1998 to 2010: widowed after a legal marriage.
Because information was lacking on some marital statuses in the period 1998 to 2010 in data used by Statistics Netherlands, partnerships were not included in this period. For these statistics, this results in data including 'partnership after widowed'. For 'widowed after partnership' the marital status before the partnership was used, wich was mostly unmarried.
Until 1998 widowed after a legal marriage.

Divorced:
From 2010: divorced after legal marriage and divorced after partnership.
1998 to 2010: divorced after legal marriage.
Because information was lacking on some marital statuses in data in the period 1998 tot 2010 used by Statistics Netherlands, partnerships were not included in this period. For these statistics, this results in data including 'partnership after divorced'. For 'divorced after partnership' the marital status before the partnership was used, wich was mostly unmarried.
Until 1998: divorced after legal marriage.

Widowed after a legal marriage:
Marital status resulting from death ending a legal marriage.

Widowed after partnership:
Marital status resulting from death ending a registered partnership.

Divorced after a legal marriage:
Marital status resulting from ending a legal marriage by divorce.
Excluding judicial separations which are included in the catagory married.

Divorced after partnership:
Marital status resulting from ending a registered partnership other than by the death of the partner.

Marriage (legal):
Legal, formally sanctioned living arrangement between two people.
Since 1 April 2001, it is legally possible for people in the Netherlands to marry a person of the same sex.

Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two people of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Registered partnership was introduced in The Netherlands on 1 January 1998.

Total non-marital live born children

First child: Non-marital live born first children to the mother.

Second child: Non-marital live born second children to the mother.

Third child: Non-marital live born third children to the mother.

Fourth or following children: Non-marital live born fourth or following children to the mother.

Live born children, rates

Live born children by birth order from the mother per 1,000 of the average female population in the selected agegroup.

Live born child:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.

Birth order from the mother:
The position of the child in the ranking of live born children from a mother.

Total live born children: Total number of live born children per 1,000 females in the selected agegroup.

First child: Live born first children per 1,000 females in the selected agegroup.

Second child: Live born second children per 1,000 females in the selected agegroup.

Third child: Live born third children per 1,000 females in the selected agegroup.

Fourth or following children: Live born fourth or following children per 1,000 females in the selected agegroup.