Fertility & birth rates in India and Netherlands

Fertility rate in India vs Netherlands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in India was 1.98 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 India 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
	India	Netherlands
1960	5.92	3.12
1961	5.94	3.22
1962	5.95	3.18
1963	5.97	3.19
1964	5.98	3.17
1965	5.94	3.04
1966	5.88	2.9
1967	5.83	2.81
1968	5.76	2.72
1969	5.68	2.75
1970	5.62	2.57
1971	5.57	2.36
1972	5.48	2.15
1973	5.4	1.9
1974	5.33	1.77
1975	5.2	1.66
1976	5.13	1.63
1977	5.01	1.58
1978	4.89	1.58
1979	4.81	1.56
1980	4.78	1.6
1981	4.7	1.56
1982	4.62	1.5
1983	4.57	1.47
1984	4.52	1.49
1985	4.43	1.51
1986	4.4	1.55
1987	4.31	1.56
1988	4.22	1.55
1989	4.13	1.55
1990	4.05	1.62
1991	3.96	1.61
1992	3.88	1.59
1993	3.8	1.57
1994	3.72	1.57
1995	3.65	1.53
1996	3.58	1.53
1997	3.51	1.56
1998	3.45	1.63
1999	3.38	1.65
2000	3.35	1.72
2001	3.3	1.71
2002	3.22	1.73
2003	3.12	1.75
2004	3.05	1.72
2005	2.96	1.71
2006	2.87	1.72
2007	2.78	1.72
2008	2.71	1.77
2009	2.67	1.79
2010	2.6	1.79
2011	2.53	1.76
2012	2.47	1.72
2013	2.4	1.68
2014	2.29	1.71
2015	2.29	1.66
2016	2.28	1.66
2017	2.19	1.62
2018	2.18	1.59
2019	2.12	1.57
2020	2.05	1.54
2021	2.01	1.62
2022	1.99	1.49
2023	1.98	1.43
2024	1.96	1.43
2025	1.94	1.44
2026	1.93	1.44
2027	1.91	1.45
2028	1.9	1.45
2029	1.89	1.45
2030	1.88	1.46
2031	1.87	1.46
2032	1.86	1.47
2033	1.85	1.47
2034	1.84	1.48
2035	1.84	1.48
2036	1.83	1.48
2037	1.82	1.48
2038	1.81	1.48
2039	1.81	1.49
2040	1.8	1.49
2041	1.8	1.49
2042	1.79	1.5
2043	1.79	1.5
2044	1.78	1.5
2045	1.78	1.5
2046	1.78	1.5
2047	1.77	1.51
2048	1.77	1.51
2049	1.77	1.51
2050	1.76	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	India	Netherlands
1960	40.6%	30%
1961	40.9%	29.7%
1962	41.2%	29.1%
1963	41.5%	28.7%
1964	41.6%	28.5%
1965	41.7%	28.3%
1966	41.7%	28.1%
1967	41.6%	27.8%
1968	41.5%	27.6%
1969	41.5%	27.5%
1970	41.4%	27.3%
1971	41.2%	27.1%
1972	41.1%	26.8%
1973	41%	26.4%
1974	40.8%	25.9%
1975	40.7%	25.3%
1976	40.5%	24.8%
1977	40.3%	24.2%
1978	40.1%	23.5%
1979	40%	22.9%
1980	39.8%	22.3%
1981	39.7%	21.8%
1982	39.6%	21.3%
1983	39.5%	20.7%
1984	39.4%	20.1%
1985	39.3%	19.5%
1986	39.2%	19.1%
1987	39.1%	18.7%
1988	38.9%	18.5%
1989	38.8%	18.4%
1990	38.6%	18.4%
1991	38.4%	18.4%
1992	38.1%	18.5%
1993	37.9%	18.5%
1994	37.6%	18.6%
1995	37.3%	18.6%
1996	37%	18.6%
1997	36.7%	18.6%
1998	36.3%	18.6%
1999	35.9%	18.7%
2000	35.6%	18.8%
2001	35.2%	18.8%
2002	34.8%	18.8%
2003	34.4%	18.7%
2004	34%	18.6%
2005	33.6%	18.5%
2006	33.1%	18.3%
2007	32.7%	18.1%
2008	32.2%	17.9%
2009	31.8%	17.7%
2010	31.3%	17.6%
2011	30.9%	17.4%
2012	30.4%	17.3%
2013	29.9%	17.1%
2014	29.4%	16.9%
2015	28.9%	16.6%
2016	28.4%	16.4%
2017	27.8%	16.2%
2018	27.3%	16%
2019	26.8%	15.8%
2020	26.3%	15.6%
2021	25.9%	15.5%
2022	25.5%	15.4%
2023	25.1%	15.2%
2024	24.6%	15%
2025	24.2%	14.9%
2026	23.8%	14.9%
2027	23.4%	14.8%
2028	23%	14.8%
2029	22.7%	14.8%
2030	22.4%	14.8%
2031	22.1%	14.8%
2032	21.8%	14.7%
2033	21.5%	14.7%
2034	21.3%	14.7%
2035	21%	14.7%
2036	20.8%	14.7%
2037	20.6%	14.6%
2038	20.4%	14.6%
2039	20.2%	14.6%
2040	19.9%	14.5%
2041	19.7%	14.5%
2042	19.5%	14.4%
2043	19.3%	14.4%
2044	19.1%	14.3%
2045	18.8%	14.2%
2046	18.6%	14.1%
2047	18.4%	14.1%
2048	18.2%	14%
2049	18%	13.9%
2050	17.8%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in India and 15% in the Netherlands in 2024, compared to 38.6% and 18.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of India and the Netherlands compared.

Natural population change in India vs Netherlands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.06% in India 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
	India	Netherlands
1960	10,237,489	151,623
1961	10,468,816	159,450
1962	10,743,409	153,474
1963	11,016,705	154,361
1964	11,285,378	157,653
1965	10,925,714	146,308
1966	11,089,894	138,265
1967	11,279,897	138,580
1968	12,006,807	132,389
1969	12,167,671	139,082
1970	12,417,866	129,082
1971	12,787,104	116,112
1972	13,041,792	101,297
1973	13,412,707	84,668
1974	13,795,836	75,853
1975	13,958,642	64,232
1976	14,435,504	63,361
1977	14,575,662	63,739
1978	14,898,145	61,344
1979	15,392,957	63,172
1980	16,018,786	66,504
1981	16,422,159	62,688
1982	16,790,507	54,388
1983	17,219,127	51,722
1984	17,698,810	54,812
1985	17,968,697	55,069
1986	18,455,495	59,746
1987	18,496,213	64,526
1988	18,702,916	61,993
1989	18,848,915	59,396
1990	18,893,588	68,777
1991	19,049,524	69,321
1992	19,132,757	66,811
1993	19,152,399	58,103
1994	19,310,798	61,532
1995	19,396,161	54,106
1996	19,442,699	51,251
1997	19,494,098	56,198
1998	19,569,575	61,258
1999	19,648,424	60,086
2000	19,984,160	66,887
2001	20,182,573	62,580
2002	20,024,621	59,751
2003	19,720,507	58,411
2004	19,469,758	56,987
2005	19,034,839	50,592
2006	18,641,737	49,038
2007	18,331,648	49,145
2008	18,234,926	49,337
2009	18,286,055	51,244
2010	17,991,935	48,184
2011	17,793,362	45,072
2012	17,552,365	35,186
2013	17,107,541	30,248
2014	16,165,943	35,417
2015	16,211,195	23,716
2016	16,202,593	23,843
2017	15,394,041	18,844
2018	15,451,168	15,508
2019	14,859,846	17,345
2020	13,366,946	0
2021	10,227,523	7,014
2022	13,912,130	-1,770
2023	13,711,993	-5,363

Maternal mortality chart: India vs Netherlands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 80 deaths per 100,000 live births in India, compared to 4 deaths in the Netherlands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	India	Netherlands
1985	658	12
1986	624	12
1987	592	12
1988	562	12
1989	538	12
1990	516	12
1991	498	12
1992	482	12
1993	467	12
1994	451	12
1995	437	12
1996	422	12
1997	407	13
1998	393	12
1999	378	13
2000	362	13
2001	349	13
2002	330	13
2003	313	12
2004	296	11
2005	277	10
2006	258	9
2007	240	8
2008	223	8
2009	205	7
2010	188	6
2011	173	7
2012	160	6
2013	148	6
2014	137	5
2015	129	5
2016	121	5
2017	113	5
2018	107	5
2019	101	5
2020	101	4
2021	155	5
2022	90	4
2023	80	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.77% in India 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
	India	Netherlands
1960	24.1%	2.08%
1961	23.8%	2.03%
1962	23.5%	1.97%
1963	23.2%	1.92%
1964	22.9%	1.88%
1965	22.7%	1.83%
1966	22.4%	1.79%
1967	22.2%	1.74%
1968	22%	1.69%
1969	21.7%	1.64%
1970	21.5%	1.58%
1971	21.2%	1.53%
1972	20.8%	1.47%
1973	20.5%	1.41%
1974	20.1%	1.36%
1975	19.6%	1.31%
1976	19.1%	1.26%
1977	18.6%	1.21%
1978	18%	1.16%
1979	17.5%	1.12%
1980	16.9%	1.09%
1981	16.4%	1.06%
1982	15.9%	1.04%
1983	15.5%	1.02%
1984	15%	0.99%
1985	14.6%	0.97%
1986	14.2%	0.95%
1987	13.8%	0.92%
1988	13.4%	0.89%
1989	13%	0.86%
1990	12.7%	0.83%
1991	12.3%	0.8%
1992	12%	0.77%
1993	11.6%	0.74%
1994	11.3%	0.71%
1995	11%	0.69%
1996	10.6%	0.67%
1997	10.3%	0.66%
1998	9.89%	0.64%
1999	9.53%	0.63%
2000	9.16%	0.62%
2001	8.8%	0.61%
2002	8.45%	0.59%
2003	8.11%	0.57%
2004	7.77%	0.55%
2005	7.44%	0.53%
2006	7.11%	0.51%
2007	6.79%	0.49%
2008	6.46%	0.47%
2009	6.14%	0.46%
2010	5.82%	0.44%
2011	5.5%	0.43%
2012	5.2%	0.42%
2013	4.91%	0.42%
2014	4.63%	0.41%
2015	4.36%	0.41%
2016	4.11%	0.41%
2017	3.87%	0.4%
2018	3.64%	0.4%
2019	3.43%	0.4%
2020	3.24%	0.4%
2021	3.06%	0.4%
2022	2.91%	0.4%
2023	2.77%	0.4%