Births: key figures

Key figures on fertility, live births, stillbirths, and multiple births among inhabitants of The Netherlands.

Available selections:

• Live births by sex;
• Live births by age of the mother (31 December), in groups;
• Live births by birth order from the mother;
• Live births by marital status of the mother;
• Live births by country of birth of the mother and origin country of the mother;
• Stillbirths by duration of pregnancy;
• Births: single and multiple;
• Average number of children per female;
• Average number of children per male;
• Average age of the mother at childbirth by birth order from the mother;
• Average age of the father at childbirth by birth order from the mother;
• Net replacement factor.

CBS is in transition towards a new classification of the population by origin. Greater emphasis is now placed on where a person was born, aside from where that person’s parents were born. The term ‘migration background’ is no longer used in this regard. The main categories western/non-western are being replaced by categories based on continents and a few countries that share a specific migration history with the Netherlands. The new classification is being implemented gradually in tables and publications on population by origin.

Data available from: 1950 Most of the data is available as of 1950 with the exception of the live births by country of birth of the mother and origin country of the mother (from 2021, previous periods will be added at a later time), stillbirths by duration of pregnancy (24+) (from 1991), average number of children per male (from 1996) and the average age of the father at childbirth (from 1996).

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

Changed on 21 July 2026: Final figures of 2025 have been added.

When will new figures be published? In the third quarter of 2027 final figures of 2026 will be published in this publication.