Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Netherlands

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Netherlands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.43 in the Netherlands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bhutan vs the Netherlands population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	Netherlands
1960	6.7	3.12
1961	6.7	3.22
1962	6.69	3.18
1963	6.69	3.19
1964	6.68	3.17
1965	6.68	3.04
1966	6.67	2.9
1967	6.67	2.81
1968	6.66	2.72
1969	6.66	2.75
1970	6.65	2.57
1971	6.64	2.36
1972	6.64	2.15
1973	6.63	1.9
1974	6.62	1.77
1975	6.62	1.66
1976	6.62	1.63
1977	6.61	1.58
1978	6.58	1.58
1979	6.55	1.56
1980	6.51	1.6
1981	6.46	1.56
1982	6.4	1.5
1983	6.34	1.47
1984	6.26	1.49
1985	6.18	1.51
1986	6.1	1.55
1987	6	1.56
1988	5.88	1.55
1989	5.76	1.55
1990	5.6	1.62
1991	5.45	1.61
1992	5.27	1.59
1993	5.07	1.57
1994	4.87	1.57
1995	4.62	1.53
1996	4.37	1.53
1997	4.09	1.56
1998	3.85	1.63
1999	3.61	1.65
2000	3.38	1.72
2001	3.19	1.71
2002	3.01	1.73
2003	2.87	1.75
2004	2.78	1.72
2005	2.73	1.71
2006	2.66	1.72
2007	2.59	1.72
2008	2.48	1.77
2009	2.36	1.79
2010	2.25	1.79
2011	2.15	1.76
2012	2.07	1.72
2013	2	1.68
2014	1.92	1.71
2015	1.84	1.66
2016	1.74	1.66
2017	1.62	1.62
2018	1.52	1.59
2019	1.45	1.57
2020	1.5	1.54
2021	1.49	1.62
2022	1.48	1.49
2023	1.46	1.43
2024	1.45	1.43
2025	1.44	1.44
2026	1.43	1.44
2027	1.42	1.45
2028	1.42	1.45
2029	1.42	1.45
2030	1.42	1.46
2031	1.42	1.46
2032	1.42	1.47
2033	1.42	1.47
2034	1.42	1.48
2035	1.42	1.48
2036	1.43	1.48
2037	1.43	1.48
2038	1.43	1.48
2039	1.43	1.49
2040	1.43	1.49
2041	1.44	1.49
2042	1.44	1.5
2043	1.44	1.5
2044	1.44	1.5
2045	1.44	1.5
2046	1.45	1.5
2047	1.45	1.51
2048	1.45	1.51
2049	1.46	1.51
2050	1.46	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Netherlands
1960	42.3%	30%
1961	42.1%	29.7%
1962	41.9%	29.1%
1963	41.8%	28.7%
1964	41.8%	28.5%
1965	41.7%	28.3%
1966	41.7%	28.1%
1967	41.7%	27.8%
1968	41.8%	27.6%
1969	41.8%	27.5%
1970	41.8%	27.3%
1971	41.9%	27.1%
1972	42%	26.8%
1973	42.1%	26.4%
1974	42.2%	25.9%
1975	42.3%	25.3%
1976	42.4%	24.8%
1977	42.5%	24.2%
1978	42.6%	23.5%
1979	42.7%	22.9%
1980	42.8%	22.3%
1981	42.9%	21.8%
1982	43%	21.3%
1983	43.1%	20.7%
1984	43.1%	20.1%
1985	43.1%	19.5%
1986	43.1%	19.1%
1987	43.1%	18.7%
1988	43%	18.5%
1989	43%	18.4%
1990	42.9%	18.4%
1991	42.8%	18.4%
1992	42.6%	18.5%
1993	42.4%	18.5%
1994	42.1%	18.6%
1995	41.7%	18.6%
1996	41.3%	18.6%
1997	40.7%	18.6%
1998	40.1%	18.6%
1999	39.4%	18.7%
2000	38.6%	18.8%
2001	37.7%	18.8%
2002	36.6%	18.8%
2003	35.5%	18.7%
2004	34.3%	18.6%
2005	33.2%	18.5%
2006	32.4%	18.3%
2007	31.6%	18.1%
2008	30.8%	17.9%
2009	30.1%	17.7%
2010	29.4%	17.6%
2011	28.8%	17.4%
2012	28.3%	17.3%
2013	27.8%	17.1%
2014	27.4%	16.9%
2015	27%	16.6%
2016	26.5%	16.4%
2017	25.8%	16.2%
2018	25%	16%
2019	24.2%	15.8%
2020	23.4%	15.6%
2021	22.7%	15.5%
2022	22%	15.4%
2023	21.5%	15.2%
2024	20.9%	15%
2025	20.4%	14.9%
2026	19.8%	14.9%
2027	19.3%	14.8%
2028	18.7%	14.8%
2029	18.3%	14.8%
2030	17.9%	14.8%
2031	17.6%	14.8%
2032	17.4%	14.7%
2033	17.2%	14.7%
2034	17.1%	14.7%
2035	17%	14.7%
2036	16.9%	14.7%
2037	16.8%	14.6%
2038	16.6%	14.6%
2039	16.5%	14.6%
2040	16.3%	14.5%
2041	16.2%	14.5%
2042	16%	14.4%
2043	15.9%	14.4%
2044	15.7%	14.3%
2045	15.6%	14.2%
2046	15.4%	14.1%
2047	15.2%	14.1%
2048	15%	14%
2049	14.8%	13.9%
2050	14.6%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 15% in the Netherlands in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 18.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and the Netherlands compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Netherlands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan and +0.08% in the Netherlands. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bhutan	Netherlands
1960	4,888	151,623
1961	5,081	159,450
1962	5,297	153,474
1963	5,551	154,361
1964	5,818	157,653
1965	6,109	146,308
1966	6,418	138,265
1967	6,744	138,580
1968	7,085	132,389
1969	7,435	139,082
1970	7,791	129,082
1971	8,161	116,112
1972	8,549	101,297
1973	8,939	84,668
1974	9,324	75,853
1975	9,775	64,232
1976	10,228	63,361
1977	10,679	63,739
1978	11,133	61,344
1979	11,583	63,172
1980	12,016	66,504
1981	12,444	62,688
1982	12,872	54,388
1983	13,284	51,722
1984	13,688	54,812
1985	14,061	55,069
1986	14,516	59,746
1987	14,887	64,526
1988	15,212	61,993
1989	15,516	59,396
1990	15,704	68,777
1991	15,801	69,321
1992	15,594	66,811
1993	13,915	58,103
1994	13,536	61,532
1995	12,938	54,106
1996	12,153	51,251
1997	11,668	56,198
1998	11,320	61,258
1999	10,940	60,086
2000	10,142	66,887
2001	9,904	62,580
2002	9,464	59,751
2003	9,132	58,411
2004	9,056	56,987
2005	9,102	50,592
2006	9,197	49,038
2007	9,322	49,145
2008	9,200	49,337
2009	8,913	51,244
2010	8,598	48,184
2011	8,282	45,072
2012	7,967	35,186
2013	7,689	30,248
2014	7,290	35,417
2015	6,762	23,716
2016	6,164	23,843
2017	5,367	18,844
2018	4,909	15,508
2019	4,643	17,345
2020	5,142	0
2021	5,162	7,014
2022	5,204	-1,770
2023	5,153	-5,363

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Netherlands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 4 deaths in the Netherlands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Netherlands
1985	969	12
1986	911	12
1987	857	12
1988	798	12
1989	747	12
1990	704	12
1991	671	12
1992	656	12
1993	578	12
1994	544	12
1995	498	12
1996	450	12
1997	415	13
1998	378	12
1999	346	13
2000	324	13
2001	286	13
2002	257	13
2003	229	12
2004	207	11
2005	186	10
2006	167	9
2007	149	8
2008	133	8
2009	121	7
2010	107	6
2011	96	7
2012	86	6
2013	79	6
2014	73	5
2015	68	5
2016	63	5
2017	58	5
2018	55	5
2019	52	5
2020	51	4
2021	50	5
2022	49	4
2023	47	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan and 0.4% in the Netherlands. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bhutan	Netherlands
1960	-	2.08%
1961	-	2.03%
1962	-	1.97%
1963	-	1.92%
1964	-	1.88%
1965	-	1.83%
1966	-	1.79%
1967	-	1.74%
1968	27.4%	1.69%
1969	26.7%	1.64%
1970	26.2%	1.58%
1971	25.5%	1.53%
1972	24.9%	1.47%
1973	24.3%	1.41%
1974	23.6%	1.36%
1975	22.9%	1.31%
1976	22.3%	1.26%
1977	21.6%	1.21%
1978	20.9%	1.16%
1979	20.2%	1.12%
1980	19.5%	1.09%
1981	18.7%	1.06%
1982	18%	1.04%
1983	17.3%	1.02%
1984	16.6%	0.99%
1985	15.9%	0.97%
1986	15.3%	0.95%
1987	14.6%	0.92%
1988	14%	0.89%
1989	13.4%	0.86%
1990	12.8%	0.83%
1991	12.3%	0.8%
1992	11.8%	0.77%
1993	11.3%	0.74%
1994	10.8%	0.71%
1995	10.3%	0.69%
1996	9.75%	0.67%
1997	9.26%	0.66%
1998	8.77%	0.64%
1999	8.3%	0.63%
2000	7.85%	0.62%
2001	7.4%	0.61%
2002	6.96%	0.59%
2003	6.54%	0.57%
2004	6.12%	0.55%
2005	5.71%	0.53%
2006	5.32%	0.51%
2007	4.96%	0.49%
2008	4.62%	0.47%
2009	4.31%	0.46%
2010	4.03%	0.44%
2011	3.77%	0.43%
2012	3.56%	0.42%
2013	3.38%	0.42%
2014	3.22%	0.41%
2015	3.08%	0.41%
2016	2.96%	0.41%
2017	2.85%	0.4%
2018	2.74%	0.4%
2019	2.65%	0.4%
2020	2.55%	0.4%
2021	2.47%	0.4%
2022	2.39%	0.4%
2023	2.31%	0.4%