Fertility & birth rates in Croatia and Netherlands

Fertility rate in Croatia vs Netherlands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Croatia 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 Croatia 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
	Croatia	Netherlands
1960	2.24	3.12
1961	2.22	3.22
1962	2.19	3.18
1963	2.15	3.19
1964	2.14	3.17
1965	2.22	3.04
1966	2.23	2.9
1967	2.1	2.81
1968	2.03	2.72
1969	1.95	2.75
1970	1.88	2.57
1971	1.97	2.36
1972	2.01	2.15
1973	2.01	1.9
1974	1.98	1.77
1975	1.95	1.66
1976	1.94	1.63
1977	1.95	1.58
1978	1.96	1.58
1979	1.95	1.56
1980	1.93	1.6
1981	1.93	1.56
1982	1.9	1.5
1983	1.88	1.47
1984	1.87	1.49
1985	1.82	1.51
1986	1.76	1.55
1987	1.64	1.56
1988	1.79	1.55
1989	1.63	1.55
1990	1.63	1.62
1991	1.53	1.61
1992	1.48	1.59
1993	1.52	1.57
1994	1.47	1.57
1995	1.58	1.53
1996	1.67	1.53
1997	1.69	1.56
1998	1.45	1.63
1999	1.38	1.65
2000	1.39	1.72
2001	1.46	1.71
2002	1.42	1.73
2003	1.41	1.75
2004	1.43	1.72
2005	1.5	1.71
2006	1.47	1.72
2007	1.48	1.72
2008	1.47	1.77
2009	1.5	1.79
2010	1.46	1.79
2011	1.41	1.76
2012	1.52	1.72
2013	1.46	1.68
2014	1.46	1.71
2015	1.41	1.66
2016	1.43	1.66
2017	1.42	1.62
2018	1.47	1.59
2019	1.47	1.57
2020	1.48	1.54
2021	1.62	1.62
2022	1.53	1.49
2023	1.46	1.43
2024	1.46	1.43
2025	1.47	1.44
2026	1.46	1.44
2027	1.47	1.45
2028	1.47	1.45
2029	1.47	1.45
2030	1.47	1.46
2031	1.48	1.46
2032	1.48	1.47
2033	1.48	1.47
2034	1.48	1.48
2035	1.49	1.48
2036	1.49	1.48
2037	1.49	1.48
2038	1.49	1.48
2039	1.49	1.49
2040	1.49	1.49
2041	1.5	1.49
2042	1.5	1.5
2043	1.5	1.5
2044	1.5	1.5
2045	1.5	1.5
2046	1.51	1.5
2047	1.51	1.51
2048	1.51	1.51
2049	1.51	1.51
2050	1.51	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Croatia	Netherlands
1960	27%	30%
1961	26.9%	29.7%
1962	26.8%	29.1%
1963	26.5%	28.7%
1964	26.1%	28.5%
1965	25.7%	28.3%
1966	25.2%	28.1%
1967	24.8%	27.8%
1968	24.3%	27.6%
1969	23.7%	27.5%
1970	23.2%	27.3%
1971	22.8%	27.1%
1972	22.4%	26.8%
1973	22.2%	26.4%
1974	22%	25.9%
1975	21.8%	25.3%
1976	21.6%	24.8%
1977	21.4%	24.2%
1978	21.3%	23.5%
1979	21.2%	22.9%
1980	21.1%	22.3%
1981	21%	21.8%
1982	21%	21.3%
1983	20.9%	20.7%
1984	20.9%	20.1%
1985	20.8%	19.5%
1986	20.7%	19.1%
1987	20.5%	18.7%
1988	20.3%	18.5%
1989	20.1%	18.4%
1990	19.8%	18.4%
1991	19.5%	18.4%
1992	19.2%	18.5%
1993	18.8%	18.5%
1994	18.4%	18.6%
1995	18%	18.6%
1996	17.7%	18.6%
1997	17.5%	18.6%
1998	17.3%	18.6%
1999	17.1%	18.7%
2000	16.9%	18.8%
2001	16.7%	18.8%
2002	16.5%	18.8%
2003	16.3%	18.7%
2004	16%	18.6%
2005	15.8%	18.5%
2006	15.7%	18.3%
2007	15.5%	18.1%
2008	15.4%	17.9%
2009	15.4%	17.7%
2010	15.3%	17.6%
2011	15.1%	17.4%
2012	15%	17.3%
2013	14.8%	17.1%
2014	14.7%	16.9%
2015	14.6%	16.6%
2016	14.6%	16.4%
2017	14.6%	16.2%
2018	14.6%	16%
2019	14.5%	15.8%
2020	14.5%	15.6%
2021	14.4%	15.5%
2022	14.3%	15.4%
2023	14.1%	15.2%
2024	13.9%	15%
2025	13.7%	14.9%
2026	13.5%	14.9%
2027	13.3%	14.8%
2028	13.2%	14.8%
2029	13.1%	14.8%
2030	13%	14.8%
2031	12.9%	14.8%
2032	12.8%	14.7%
2033	12.8%	14.7%
2034	12.7%	14.7%
2035	12.7%	14.7%
2036	12.6%	14.7%
2037	12.6%	14.6%
2038	12.6%	14.6%
2039	12.6%	14.6%
2040	12.6%	14.5%
2041	12.6%	14.5%
2042	12.6%	14.4%
2043	12.7%	14.4%
2044	12.7%	14.3%
2045	12.7%	14.2%
2046	12.7%	14.1%
2047	12.8%	14.1%
2048	12.8%	14%
2049	12.8%	13.9%
2050	12.7%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Croatia and 15% in the Netherlands in 2024, compared to 19.8% and 18.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Croatia and the Netherlands compared.

Natural population change in Croatia vs Netherlands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.45% in Croatia 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
	Croatia	Netherlands
1960	34,778	151,623
1961	36,255	159,450
1962	30,216	153,474
1963	31,270	154,361
1964	25,942	157,653
1965	31,251	146,308
1966	33,192	138,265
1967	26,032	138,580
1968	21,828	132,389
1969	16,688	139,082
1970	16,767	129,082
1971	19,941	116,112
1972	17,802	101,297
1973	21,904	84,668
1974	22,453	75,853
1975	21,658	64,232
1976	22,226	63,361
1977	22,798	63,739
1978	20,157	61,344
1979	21,136	63,172
1980	17,939	66,504
1981	15,680	62,688
1982	15,756	54,388
1983	10,714	51,722
1984	10,764	54,812
1985	10,343	55,069
1986	8,499	59,746
1987	6,161	64,526
1988	5,707	61,993
1989	3,337	59,396
1990	3,344	68,777
1991	-2,813	69,321
1992	-4,576	66,811
1993	-2,301	58,103
1994	-930	61,532
1995	0	54,106
1996	3,190	51,251
1997	3,175	56,198
1998	-4,985	61,258
1999	-6,769	60,086
2000	-6,255	66,887
2001	-8,599	62,580
2002	-10,325	59,751
2003	-12,480	58,411
2004	-9,040	56,987
2005	-9,022	50,592
2006	-8,669	49,038
2007	-10,335	49,145
2008	-8,188	49,337
2009	-7,319	51,244
2010	-8,591	48,184
2011	-9,846	45,072
2012	-9,799	35,186
2013	-10,162	30,248
2014	-11,345	35,417
2015	-16,607	23,716
2016	-13,553	23,843
2017	-16,570	18,844
2018	-15,557	15,508
2019	-15,008	17,345
2020	-20,354	0
2021	-26,377	7,014
2022	-23,134	-1,770
2023	-19,298	-5,363

Maternal mortality chart: Croatia vs Netherlands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Croatia, compared to 4 deaths in the Netherlands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Croatia	Netherlands
1985	10	12
1986	10	12
1987	10	12
1988	10	12
1989	9	12
1990	10	12
1991	10	12
1992	10	12
1993	9	12
1994	9	12
1995	9	12
1996	9	12
1997	9	13
1998	8	12
1999	8	13
2000	8	13
2001	7	13
2002	7	13
2003	8	12
2004	7	11
2005	7	10
2006	6	9
2007	6	8
2008	6	8
2009	6	7
2010	6	6
2011	5	7
2012	5	6
2013	5	6
2014	4	5
2015	4	5
2016	4	5
2017	4	5
2018	3	5
2019	4	5
2020	5	4
2021	12	5
2022	6	4
2023	3	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.46% in Croatia 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
	Croatia	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	-	1.69%
1969	-	1.64%
1970	-	1.58%
1971	-	1.53%
1972	-	1.47%
1973	-	1.41%
1974	-	1.36%
1975	-	1.31%
1976	-	1.26%
1977	-	1.21%
1978	-	1.16%
1979	-	1.12%
1980	-	1.09%
1981	2.19%	1.06%
1982	2.09%	1.04%
1983	2%	1.02%
1984	1.91%	0.99%
1985	1.8%	0.97%
1986	1.69%	0.95%
1987	1.59%	0.92%
1988	1.48%	0.89%
1989	1.38%	0.86%
1990	1.29%	0.83%
1991	1.39%	0.8%
1992	1.15%	0.77%
1993	1.09%	0.74%
1994	1.04%	0.71%
1995	1%	0.69%
1996	0.96%	0.67%
1997	0.93%	0.66%
1998	0.9%	0.64%
1999	0.86%	0.63%
2000	0.83%	0.62%
2001	0.8%	0.61%
2002	0.77%	0.59%
2003	0.82%	0.57%
2004	0.71%	0.55%
2005	0.67%	0.53%
2006	0.64%	0.51%
2007	0.61%	0.49%
2008	0.59%	0.47%
2009	0.57%	0.46%
2010	0.55%	0.44%
2011	0.53%	0.43%
2012	0.52%	0.42%
2013	0.51%	0.42%
2014	0.5%	0.41%
2015	0.49%	0.41%
2016	0.49%	0.41%
2017	0.48%	0.4%
2018	0.48%	0.4%
2019	0.47%	0.4%
2020	0.47%	0.4%
2021	0.46%	0.4%
2022	0.46%	0.4%
2023	0.46%	0.4%