Key birth rates; observation and prognosis, birth generation
Description
This table shows the average number of children per woman, the percentage of women by number and the average age of the mother at the birth of her first child. All figures are according to the birth generation of the woman. The figures refer to the population of the Netherlands.
Data available: from Birth Generation 1935
Status of the figures:
The figures based on the number of births observed up to and including the year 2019 are definitive. This means that the figures up to birth generation 1969 are entirely based on observations. Figures from birth generation 1970 have been complemented by future expectations of fertility rates from the CBS Population Forecast 2020-2070. The figures from birth generation 2005 are based entirely on forecast figures.
Amendments as of 15 December 2023:
None, this is a new table in which the previous forecast has been adjusted on the basis of the observations now available. The forecast period now runs from 2023 to 2070. This new table incorporates the figures related to birth observations up to 2022.
When will there be new figures?
The frequency of appearance of this table is one-off. In December 2026, a new table with the (prognosis of) core birth rates is published.
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https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/85749NED/table |