Fertility & birth rates in Netherlands and Qatar

Fertility rate in Netherlands vs Qatar chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Netherlands was 1.43 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.73 in Qatar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Netherlands	Qatar
1960	3.12	6.53
1961	3.22	6.53
1962	3.18	6.53
1963	3.19	6.53
1964	3.17	6.53
1965	3.04	6.53
1966	2.9	6.52
1967	2.81	6.46
1968	2.72	6.39
1969	2.75	6.31
1970	2.57	6.23
1971	2.36	6.15
1972	2.15	6.07
1973	1.9	6.01
1974	1.77	5.94
1975	1.66	5.86
1976	1.63	5.78
1977	1.58	5.69
1978	1.58	5.58
1979	1.56	5.46
1980	1.6	5.33
1981	1.56	5.2
1982	1.5	5.04
1983	1.47	4.9
1984	1.49	4.76
1985	1.51	4.64
1986	1.55	4.57
1987	1.56	4.54
1988	1.55	4.51
1989	1.55	4.41
1990	1.62	4.23
1991	1.61	3.99
1992	1.59	3.85
1993	1.57	3.77
1994	1.57	3.67
1995	1.53	3.56
1996	1.53	3.44
1997	1.56	3.33
1998	1.63	3.21
1999	1.65	3.12
2000	1.72	3.07
2001	1.71	3.08
2002	1.73	3.01
2003	1.75	2.93
2004	1.72	2.79
2005	1.71	2.64
2006	1.72	2.51
2007	1.72	2.44
2008	1.77	2.37
2009	1.79	2.25
2010	1.79	2.14
2011	1.76	2.07
2012	1.72	2.04
2013	1.68	2.03
2014	1.71	2.03
2015	1.66	1.98
2016	1.66	1.86
2017	1.62	1.83
2018	1.59	1.76
2019	1.57	1.73
2020	1.54	1.68
2021	1.62	1.61
2022	1.49	1.74
2023	1.43	1.73
2024	1.43	1.72
2025	1.44	1.7
2026	1.44	1.69
2027	1.45	1.68
2028	1.45	1.67
2029	1.45	1.66
2030	1.46	1.66
2031	1.46	1.65
2032	1.47	1.64
2033	1.47	1.64
2034	1.48	1.64
2035	1.48	1.63
2036	1.48	1.63
2037	1.48	1.63
2038	1.48	1.63
2039	1.49	1.63
2040	1.49	1.63
2041	1.49	1.63
2042	1.5	1.63
2043	1.5	1.63
2044	1.5	1.63
2045	1.5	1.63
2046	1.5	1.63
2047	1.51	1.63
2048	1.51	1.63
2049	1.51	1.62
2050	1.51	1.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Netherlands	Qatar
1960	30%	44.2%
1961	29.7%	42.5%
1962	29.1%	40.5%
1963	28.7%	38.7%
1964	28.5%	37.2%
1965	28.3%	36.2%
1966	28.1%	35.3%
1967	27.8%	34.7%
1968	27.6%	34.2%
1969	27.5%	33.9%
1970	27.3%	35.1%
1971	27.1%	36.9%
1972	26.8%	37.5%
1973	26.4%	37.4%
1974	25.9%	36.7%
1975	25.3%	35.7%
1976	24.8%	34.6%
1977	24.2%	33.3%
1978	23.5%	32.1%
1979	22.9%	31%
1980	22.3%	30%
1981	21.8%	29.2%
1982	21.3%	28.6%
1983	20.7%	28.1%
1984	20.1%	27.6%
1985	19.5%	27.2%
1986	19.1%	27%
1987	18.7%	27.2%
1988	18.5%	27.2%
1989	18.4%	27.1%
1990	18.4%	27%
1991	18.4%	26.8%
1992	18.5%	26.6%
1993	18.5%	26.4%
1994	18.6%	26.2%
1995	18.6%	26.1%
1996	18.6%	25.9%
1997	18.6%	25.5%
1998	18.6%	24.8%
1999	18.7%	24.1%
2000	18.8%	23.5%
2001	18.8%	23%
2002	18.8%	22.5%
2003	18.7%	22.2%
2004	18.6%	22.2%
2005	18.5%	22.5%
2006	18.3%	20.2%
2007	18.1%	16.4%
2008	17.9%	14.6%
2009	17.7%	14%
2010	17.6%	13.9%
2011	17.4%	14.2%
2012	17.3%	14.5%
2013	17.1%	14.6%
2014	16.9%	14.4%
2015	16.6%	13.9%
2016	16.4%	13.7%
2017	16.2%	13.7%
2018	16%	14%
2019	15.8%	14.6%
2020	15.6%	15.4%
2021	15.5%	15.5%
2022	15.4%	15.2%
2023	15.2%	15.2%
2024	15%	15.1%
2025	14.9%	15%
2026	14.9%	15%
2027	14.8%	15%
2028	14.8%	15.1%
2029	14.8%	15.2%
2030	14.8%	15.3%
2031	14.8%	15.4%
2032	14.7%	15.5%
2033	14.7%	15.6%
2034	14.7%	15.7%
2035	14.7%	15.9%
2036	14.7%	16.1%
2037	14.6%	16.2%
2038	14.6%	16.4%
2039	14.6%	16.5%
2040	14.5%	16.7%
2041	14.5%	16.8%
2042	14.4%	17%
2043	14.4%	17.1%
2044	14.3%	17.3%
2045	14.2%	17.4%
2046	14.1%	17.5%
2047	14.1%	17.6%
2048	14%	17.7%
2049	13.9%	17.7%
2050	13.8%	17.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in the Netherlands and 15.1% in Qatar in 2024, compared to 18.4% and 27% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Netherlands and Qatar compared.

Natural population change in Netherlands vs Qatar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.08% in the Netherlands and +0.92% in Qatar. 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
	Netherlands	Qatar
1960	151,623	1,220
1961	159,450	1,357
1962	153,474	1,589
1963	154,361	1,854
1964	157,653	2,150
1965	146,308	2,472
1966	138,265	2,811
1967	138,580	3,167
1968	132,389	3,547
1969	139,082	3,941
1970	129,082	4,346
1971	116,112	4,433
1972	101,297	4,581
1973	84,668	4,780
1974	75,853	5,015
1975	64,232	5,289
1976	63,361	5,598
1977	63,739	5,925
1978	61,344	6,246
1979	63,172	6,579
1980	66,504	6,894
1981	62,688	7,202
1982	54,388	7,489
1983	51,722	7,765
1984	54,812	7,997
1985	55,069	8,212
1986	59,746	8,439
1987	64,526	8,806
1988	61,993	9,198
1989	59,396	9,407
1990	68,777	9,388
1991	69,321	9,182
1992	66,811	9,189
1993	58,103	9,250
1994	61,532	9,257
1995	54,106	9,186
1996	51,251	9,049
1997	56,198	8,846
1998	61,258	9,055
1999	60,086	9,431
2000	66,887	9,974
2001	62,580	10,683
2002	59,751	11,062
2003	58,411	11,291
2004	56,987	11,242
2005	50,592	11,392
2006	49,038	10,225
2007	49,145	11,351
2008	49,337	14,062
2009	51,244	15,595
2010	48,184	16,225
2011	45,072	16,543
2012	35,186	17,681
2013	30,248	19,669
2014	35,417	21,699
2015	23,716	22,568
2016	23,843	22,416
2017	18,844	23,244
2018	15,508	23,340
2019	17,345	24,112
2020	0	25,128
2021	7,014	21,297
2022	-1,770	24,360
2023	-5,363	23,845

Maternal mortality chart: Netherlands vs Qatar

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

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Netherlands	Qatar
1985	12	17
1986	12	16
1987	12	15
1988	12	15
1989	12	14
1990	12	13
1991	12	13
1992	12	13
1993	12	13
1994	12	13
1995	12	13
1996	12	13
1997	13	13
1998	12	12
1999	13	12
2000	13	11
2001	13	12
2002	13	11
2003	12	11
2004	11	11
2005	10	11
2006	9	10
2007	8	9
2008	8	9
2009	7	8
2010	6	8
2011	7	7
2012	6	7
2013	6	6
2014	5	6
2015	5	6
2016	5	5
2017	5	5
2018	5	5
2019	5	5
2020	4	6
2021	5	7
2022	4	8
2023	4	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.4% in the Netherlands and 0.6% in Qatar. 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
	Netherlands	Qatar
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%	7.07%
1970	1.58%	6.6%
1971	1.53%	6.16%
1972	1.47%	5.77%
1973	1.41%	5.4%
1974	1.36%	5.06%
1975	1.31%	4.75%
1976	1.26%	4.48%
1977	1.21%	4.24%
1978	1.16%	4.02%
1979	1.12%	3.81%
1980	1.09%	3.62%
1981	1.06%	3.45%
1982	1.04%	3.29%
1983	1.02%	3.13%
1984	0.99%	2.98%
1985	0.97%	2.82%
1986	0.95%	2.68%
1987	0.92%	2.52%
1988	0.89%	2.37%
1989	0.86%	2.23%
1990	0.83%	2.08%
1991	0.8%	1.94%
1992	0.77%	1.82%
1993	0.74%	1.71%
1994	0.71%	1.61%
1995	0.69%	1.53%
1996	0.67%	1.46%
1997	0.66%	1.4%
1998	0.64%	1.34%
1999	0.63%	1.29%
2000	0.62%	1.25%
2001	0.61%	1.2%
2002	0.59%	1.16%
2003	0.57%	1.12%
2004	0.55%	1.08%
2005	0.53%	1.04%
2006	0.51%	1.01%
2007	0.49%	0.98%
2008	0.47%	0.96%
2009	0.46%	0.93%
2010	0.44%	0.91%
2011	0.43%	0.89%
2012	0.42%	0.87%
2013	0.42%	0.84%
2014	0.41%	0.82%
2015	0.41%	0.79%
2016	0.41%	0.75%
2017	0.4%	0.72%
2018	0.4%	0.69%
2019	0.4%	0.67%
2020	0.4%	0.64%
2021	0.4%	0.63%
2022	0.4%	0.61%
2023	0.4%	0.6%