Fertility & birth rates in Netherlands and Samoa

Fertility rate in Netherlands vs Samoa 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 3.83 in Samoa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Netherlands vs Samoa 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	Samoa
1960	3.12	7.78
1961	3.22	7.77
1962	3.18	7.76
1963	3.19	7.73
1964	3.17	7.7
1965	3.04	7.65
1966	2.9	7.6
1967	2.81	7.55
1968	2.72	7.5
1969	2.75	7.43
1970	2.57	7.34
1971	2.36	7.22
1972	2.15	7.07
1973	1.9	6.91
1974	1.77	6.75
1975	1.66	6.61
1976	1.63	6.47
1977	1.58	6.31
1978	1.58	6.15
1979	1.56	5.99
1980	1.6	5.86
1981	1.56	5.75
1982	1.5	5.68
1983	1.47	5.62
1984	1.49	5.55
1985	1.51	5.49
1986	1.55	5.42
1987	1.56	5.32
1988	1.55	5.21
1989	1.55	5.11
1990	1.62	5.01
1991	1.61	4.91
1992	1.59	4.87
1993	1.57	4.83
1994	1.57	4.79
1995	1.53	4.77
1996	1.53	4.74
1997	1.56	4.7
1998	1.63	4.64
1999	1.65	4.57
2000	1.72	4.52
2001	1.71	4.48
2002	1.73	4.44
2003	1.75	4.39
2004	1.72	4.34
2005	1.71	4.32
2006	1.72	4.32
2007	1.72	4.36
2008	1.77	4.42
2009	1.79	4.47
2010	1.79	4.52
2011	1.76	4.56
2012	1.72	4.55
2013	1.68	4.49
2014	1.71	4.42
2015	1.66	4.34
2016	1.66	4.26
2017	1.62	4.2
2018	1.59	4.14
2019	1.57	4.06
2020	1.54	4
2021	1.62	3.94
2022	1.49	3.88
2023	1.43	3.83
2024	1.43	3.8
2025	1.44	3.75
2026	1.44	3.7
2027	1.45	3.66
2028	1.45	3.62
2029	1.45	3.58
2030	1.46	3.54
2031	1.46	3.5
2032	1.47	3.46
2033	1.47	3.42
2034	1.48	3.39
2035	1.48	3.35
2036	1.48	3.31
2037	1.48	3.27
2038	1.48	3.24
2039	1.49	3.21
2040	1.49	3.17
2041	1.49	3.13
2042	1.5	3.1
2043	1.5	3.06
2044	1.5	3.04
2045	1.5	3.01
2046	1.5	2.98
2047	1.51	2.95
2048	1.51	2.92
2049	1.51	2.89
2050	1.51	2.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Netherlands	Samoa
1960	30%	50.1%
1961	29.7%	50.2%
1962	29.1%	50.6%
1963	28.7%	50.9%
1964	28.5%	51.2%
1965	28.3%	51.3%
1966	28.1%	51.3%
1967	27.8%	51.4%
1968	27.6%	51.4%
1969	27.5%	51.4%
1970	27.3%	51.2%
1971	27.1%	51%
1972	26.8%	50.8%
1973	26.4%	50.4%
1974	25.9%	49.9%
1975	25.3%	49.3%
1976	24.8%	48.6%
1977	24.2%	48%
1978	23.5%	47.4%
1979	22.9%	46.9%
1980	22.3%	46.4%
1981	21.8%	45.9%
1982	21.3%	45.2%
1983	20.7%	44.4%
1984	20.1%	43.7%
1985	19.5%	43.1%
1986	19.1%	42.6%
1987	18.7%	42.2%
1988	18.5%	42%
1989	18.4%	41.8%
1990	18.4%	41.5%
1991	18.4%	41.2%
1992	18.5%	40.8%
1993	18.5%	40.3%
1994	18.6%	40%
1995	18.6%	39.9%
1996	18.6%	39.9%
1997	18.6%	40.1%
1998	18.6%	40.2%
1999	18.7%	40.3%
2000	18.8%	40.5%
2001	18.8%	40.7%
2002	18.8%	40.5%
2003	18.7%	40.2%
2004	18.6%	39.9%
2005	18.5%	39.6%
2006	18.3%	39.4%
2007	18.1%	39%
2008	17.9%	38.7%
2009	17.7%	38.5%
2010	17.6%	38.4%
2011	17.4%	38.4%
2012	17.3%	38.3%
2013	17.1%	38.1%
2014	16.9%	38.1%
2015	16.6%	38.1%
2016	16.4%	38.1%
2017	16.2%	38.2%
2018	16%	38.3%
2019	15.8%	38.5%
2020	15.6%	38.6%
2021	15.5%	38.7%
2022	15.4%	38.8%
2023	15.2%	38.7%
2024	15%	38.5%
2025	14.9%	38.1%
2026	14.9%	37.5%
2027	14.8%	36.9%
2028	14.8%	36.3%
2029	14.8%	35.8%
2030	14.8%	35.2%
2031	14.8%	34.7%
2032	14.7%	34.2%
2033	14.7%	33.7%
2034	14.7%	33.3%
2035	14.7%	33%
2036	14.7%	32.7%
2037	14.6%	32.6%
2038	14.6%	32.6%
2039	14.6%	32.7%
2040	14.5%	32.7%
2041	14.5%	32.8%
2042	14.4%	32.9%
2043	14.4%	33%
2044	14.3%	33.1%
2045	14.2%	33.1%
2046	14.1%	33.1%
2047	14.1%	33%
2048	14%	32.9%
2049	13.9%	32.7%
2050	13.8%	32.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in the Netherlands and 38.5% in Samoa in 2024, compared to 18.4% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Netherlands and Samoa compared.

Natural population change in Netherlands vs Samoa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.08% in the Netherlands and +2.18% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	151,623	4,298
1961	159,450	4,399
1962	153,474	4,498
1963	154,361	4,544
1964	157,653	4,326
1965	146,308	4,605
1966	138,265	4,593
1967	138,580	4,621
1968	132,389	4,605
1969	139,082	4,592
1970	129,082	4,567
1971	116,112	4,534
1972	101,297	4,487
1973	84,668	4,446
1974	75,853	4,411
1975	64,232	4,465
1976	63,361	4,519
1977	63,739	4,555
1978	61,344	4,587
1979	63,172	4,624
1980	66,504	4,672
1981	62,688	4,720
1982	54,388	4,808
1983	51,722	4,914
1984	54,812	4,979
1985	55,069	4,998
1986	59,746	4,983
1987	64,526	4,909
1988	61,993	4,889
1989	59,396	4,845
1990	68,777	4,759
1991	69,321	4,655
1992	66,811	4,652
1993	58,103	4,769
1994	61,532	4,880
1995	54,106	4,976
1996	51,251	5,038
1997	56,198	5,053
1998	61,258	5,022
1999	60,086	4,937
2000	66,887	4,855
2001	62,580	4,759
2002	59,751	4,672
2003	58,411	4,622
2004	56,987	4,554
2005	50,592	4,503
2006	49,038	4,473
2007	49,145	4,480
2008	49,337	4,581
2009	51,244	4,525
2010	48,184	4,779
2011	45,072	4,860
2012	35,186	4,863
2013	30,248	4,875
2014	35,417	4,849
2015	23,716	4,795
2016	23,843	4,720
2017	18,844	4,661
2018	15,508	4,637
2019	17,345	4,495
2020	0	4,442
2021	7,014	4,379
2022	-1,770	4,288
2023	-5,363	4,170

Maternal mortality chart: Netherlands vs Samoa

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 101 deaths in Samoa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Netherlands	Samoa
1985	12	160
1986	12	153
1987	12	147
1988	12	143
1989	12	136
1990	12	135
1991	12	131
1992	12	124
1993	12	117
1994	12	112
1995	12	105
1996	12	103
1997	13	98
1998	12	96
1999	13	94
2000	13	93
2001	13	93
2002	13	89
2003	12	87
2004	11	86
2005	10	87
2006	9	86
2007	8	85
2008	8	87
2009	7	94
2010	6	92
2011	7	93
2012	6	101
2013	6	100
2014	5	106
2015	5	108
2016	5	108
2017	5	111
2018	5	110
2019	5	111
2020	4	114
2021	5	115
2022	4	110
2023	4	101

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.4% in the Netherlands and 1.57% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	2.08%	10.7%
1961	2.03%	10.3%
1962	1.97%	9.93%
1963	1.92%	9.56%
1964	1.88%	11.1%
1965	1.83%	8.9%
1966	1.79%	8.57%
1967	1.74%	8.23%
1968	1.69%	7.89%
1969	1.64%	7.53%
1970	1.58%	7.19%
1971	1.53%	6.85%
1972	1.47%	6.52%
1973	1.41%	6.2%
1974	1.36%	5.9%
1975	1.31%	5.62%
1976	1.26%	5.34%
1977	1.21%	5.07%
1978	1.16%	4.82%
1979	1.12%	4.59%
1980	1.09%	4.38%
1981	1.06%	4.19%
1982	1.04%	4.01%
1983	1.02%	3.85%
1984	0.99%	3.7%
1985	0.97%	3.56%
1986	0.95%	3.42%
1987	0.92%	3.3%
1988	0.89%	3.18%
1989	0.86%	3.08%
1990	0.83%	2.98%
1991	0.8%	2.89%
1992	0.77%	2.8%
1993	0.74%	2.7%
1994	0.71%	2.61%
1995	0.69%	2.52%
1996	0.67%	2.44%
1997	0.66%	2.35%
1998	0.64%	2.27%
1999	0.63%	2.19%
2000	0.62%	2.12%
2001	0.61%	2.06%
2002	0.59%	2%
2003	0.57%	1.97%
2004	0.55%	1.94%
2005	0.53%	1.93%
2006	0.51%	1.93%
2007	0.49%	1.93%
2008	0.47%	1.93%
2009	0.46%	2.54%
2010	0.44%	1.93%
2011	0.43%	1.92%
2012	0.42%	1.91%
2013	0.42%	1.89%
2014	0.41%	1.87%
2015	0.41%	1.85%
2016	0.41%	1.83%
2017	0.4%	1.81%
2018	0.4%	1.78%
2019	0.4%	2.02%
2020	0.4%	1.7%
2021	0.4%	1.66%
2022	0.4%	1.62%
2023	0.4%	1.57%