Fertility & birth rates in Netherlands and Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fertility rate in Netherlands vs Saint Kitts and Nevis 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 1.51 in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Netherlands vs Saint Kitts and Nevis 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	Saint Kitts
1960	3.12	6.54
1961	3.22	6.27
1962	3.18	6.06
1963	3.19	6.12
1964	3.17	6.08
1965	3.04	6.01
1966	2.9	5.78
1967	2.81	5.46
1968	2.72	5.17
1969	2.75	4.97
1970	2.57	4.73
1971	2.36	4.51
1972	2.15	4.16
1973	1.9	3.97
1974	1.77	3.81
1975	1.66	3.68
1976	1.63	3.59
1977	1.58	3.48
1978	1.58	3.29
1979	1.56	3.23
1980	1.6	3.26
1981	1.56	3.3
1982	1.5	3.18
1983	1.47	3.1
1984	1.49	2.88
1985	1.51	2.82
1986	1.55	2.68
1987	1.56	2.62
1988	1.55	2.62
1989	1.55	2.69
1990	1.62	2.73
1991	1.61	2.6
1992	1.59	2.43
1993	1.57	2.38
1994	1.57	2.31
1995	1.53	2.3
1996	1.53	2.26
1997	1.56	2.3
1998	1.63	2.31
1999	1.65	2.26
2000	1.72	2.13
2001	1.71	2.08
2002	1.73	2.04
2003	1.75	2
2004	1.72	1.96
2005	1.71	1.93
2006	1.72	1.9
2007	1.72	1.87
2008	1.77	1.83
2009	1.79	1.8
2010	1.79	1.76
2011	1.76	1.74
2012	1.72	1.71
2013	1.68	1.68
2014	1.71	1.67
2015	1.66	1.64
2016	1.66	1.63
2017	1.62	1.61
2018	1.59	1.59
2019	1.57	1.57
2020	1.54	1.55
2021	1.62	1.53
2022	1.49	1.51
2023	1.43	1.51
2024	1.43	1.53
2025	1.44	1.51
2026	1.44	1.5
2027	1.45	1.49
2028	1.45	1.49
2029	1.45	1.49
2030	1.46	1.48
2031	1.46	1.48
2032	1.47	1.48
2033	1.47	1.48
2034	1.48	1.48
2035	1.48	1.48
2036	1.48	1.48
2037	1.48	1.49
2038	1.48	1.49
2039	1.49	1.49
2040	1.49	1.49
2041	1.49	1.49
2042	1.5	1.49
2043	1.5	1.5
2044	1.5	1.5
2045	1.5	1.5
2046	1.5	1.5
2047	1.51	1.5
2048	1.51	1.5
2049	1.51	1.5
2050	1.51	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Netherlands	Saint Kitts
1960	30%	45.6%
1961	29.7%	45.7%
1962	29.1%	45.8%
1963	28.7%	46%
1964	28.5%	46.1%
1965	28.3%	46.3%
1966	28.1%	46.6%
1967	27.8%	47%
1968	27.6%	47.4%
1969	27.5%	47.7%
1970	27.3%	47.2%
1971	27.1%	45.8%
1972	26.8%	44.3%
1973	26.4%	42.9%
1974	25.9%	41.6%
1975	25.3%	40.5%
1976	24.8%	39.6%
1977	24.2%	38.8%
1978	23.5%	38.2%
1979	22.9%	37.6%
1980	22.3%	36.9%
1981	21.8%	36.2%
1982	21.3%	35.6%
1983	20.7%	35.1%
1984	20.1%	34.7%
1985	19.5%	34.5%
1986	19.1%	34.3%
1987	18.7%	34.2%
1988	18.5%	34.1%
1989	18.4%	34.1%
1990	18.4%	34.2%
1991	18.4%	34.1%
1992	18.5%	33.6%
1993	18.5%	32.9%
1994	18.6%	32.3%
1995	18.6%	31.7%
1996	18.6%	31.1%
1997	18.6%	30.6%
1998	18.6%	30.1%
1999	18.7%	29.7%
2000	18.8%	29.3%
2001	18.8%	28.8%
2002	18.8%	28.1%
2003	18.7%	27.4%
2004	18.6%	26.6%
2005	18.5%	26%
2006	18.3%	25.3%
2007	18.1%	24.8%
2008	17.9%	24.4%
2009	17.7%	24%
2010	17.6%	23.3%
2011	17.4%	22.7%
2012	17.3%	22.2%
2013	17.1%	21.7%
2014	16.9%	21.1%
2015	16.6%	20.6%
2016	16.4%	20.2%
2017	16.2%	19.9%
2018	16%	19.6%
2019	15.8%	19.3%
2020	15.6%	19.1%
2021	15.5%	18.8%
2022	15.4%	18.6%
2023	15.2%	18.3%
2024	15%	18.2%
2025	14.9%	18.3%
2026	14.9%	18.4%
2027	14.8%	18.2%
2028	14.8%	17.9%
2029	14.8%	17.7%
2030	14.8%	17.5%
2031	14.8%	17.2%
2032	14.7%	17%
2033	14.7%	16.8%
2034	14.7%	16.5%
2035	14.7%	16.3%
2036	14.7%	16.1%
2037	14.6%	15.9%
2038	14.6%	15.7%
2039	14.6%	15.5%
2040	14.5%	15.4%
2041	14.5%	15.2%
2042	14.4%	15.1%
2043	14.4%	15%
2044	14.3%	14.8%
2045	14.2%	14.7%
2046	14.1%	14.6%
2047	14.1%	14.5%
2048	14%	14.5%
2049	13.9%	14.4%
2050	13.8%	14.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in the Netherlands and 18.2% in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2024, compared to 18.4% and 34.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Netherlands and Saint Kitts and Nevis compared.

Natural population change in Netherlands vs Saint Kitts and Nevis by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.08% in the Netherlands and +0.26% in Saint Kitts and Nevis. 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	Saint Kitts
1960	151,623	1,562
1961	159,450	1,466
1962	153,474	1,373
1963	154,361	1,360
1964	157,653	1,305
1965	146,308	1,228
1966	138,265	1,103
1967	138,580	951
1968	132,389	812
1969	139,082	708
1970	129,082	611
1971	116,112	615
1972	101,297	619
1973	84,668	646
1974	75,853	670
1975	64,232	688
1976	63,361	703
1977	63,739	697
1978	61,344	654
1979	63,172	643
1980	66,504	652
1981	62,688	684
1982	54,388	672
1983	51,722	664
1984	54,812	598
1985	55,069	574
1986	59,746	520
1987	64,526	486
1988	61,993	471
1989	59,396	476
1990	68,777	471
1991	69,321	411
1992	66,811	369
1993	58,103	373
1994	61,532	370
1995	54,106	382
1996	51,251	379
1997	56,198	405
1998	61,258	415
1999	60,086	413
2000	66,887	376
2001	62,580	369
2002	59,751	365
2003	58,411	369
2004	56,987	365
2005	50,592	361
2006	49,038	355
2007	49,145	341
2008	49,337	322
2009	51,244	300
2010	48,184	274
2011	45,072	250
2012	35,186	246
2013	30,248	227
2014	35,417	213
2015	23,716	197
2016	23,843	185
2017	18,844	169
2018	15,508	150
2019	17,345	135
2020	0	98
2021	7,014	-20
2022	-1,770	14
2023	-5,363	84

Maternal mortality chart: Netherlands vs Saint Kitts and Nevis

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 74 deaths in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Netherlands	Saint Kitts
1985	12	290
1986	12	285
1987	12	302
1988	12	308
1989	12	316
1990	12	302
1991	12	280
1992	12	255
1993	12	225
1994	12	205
1995	12	204
1996	12	194
1997	13	194
1998	12	193
1999	13	164
2000	13	143
2001	13	131
2002	13	115
2003	12	111
2004	11	104
2005	10	102
2006	9	99
2007	8	96
2008	8	95
2009	7	93
2010	6	92
2011	7	90
2012	6	88
2013	6	82
2014	5	82
2015	5	76
2016	5	75
2017	5	74
2018	5	78
2019	5	74
2020	4	80
2021	5	111
2022	4	99
2023	4	74

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.4% in the Netherlands and 1.63% in Saint Kitts and Nevis. 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	Saint Kitts
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%	6.16%
1974	1.36%	6.03%
1975	1.31%	5.91%
1976	1.26%	5.78%
1977	1.21%	5.64%
1978	1.16%	5.48%
1979	1.12%	5.29%
1980	1.09%	5.06%
1981	1.06%	4.81%
1982	1.04%	4.53%
1983	1.02%	4.26%
1984	0.99%	4%
1985	0.97%	3.76%
1986	0.95%	3.56%
1987	0.92%	3.39%
1988	0.89%	3.24%
1989	0.86%	3.12%
1990	0.83%	3.03%
1991	0.8%	2.96%
1992	0.77%	2.9%
1993	0.74%	2.85%
1994	0.71%	2.8%
1995	0.69%	2.76%
1996	0.67%	2.7%
1997	0.66%	2.64%
1998	0.64%	2.56%
1999	0.63%	2.48%
2000	0.62%	2.39%
2001	0.61%	2.29%
2002	0.59%	2.2%
2003	0.57%	2.11%
2004	0.55%	2.03%
2005	0.53%	1.97%
2006	0.51%	1.92%
2007	0.49%	1.89%
2008	0.47%	1.88%
2009	0.46%	1.87%
2010	0.44%	1.88%
2011	0.43%	1.89%
2012	0.42%	1.91%
2013	0.42%	1.93%
2014	0.41%	1.95%
2015	0.41%	1.94%
2016	0.41%	1.93%
2017	0.4%	1.9%
2018	0.4%	1.86%
2019	0.4%	1.82%
2020	0.4%	1.77%
2021	0.4%	1.72%
2022	0.4%	1.68%
2023	0.4%	1.63%