Fertility & birth rates in Netherlands and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Netherlands vs Saudi Arabia 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 2.28 in Saudi Arabia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Netherlands vs Saudi Arabia 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	3.12	7.63
1961	3.22	7.63
1962	3.18	7.64
1963	3.19	7.65
1964	3.17	7.67
1965	3.04	7.66
1966	2.9	7.66
1967	2.81	7.66
1968	2.72	7.63
1969	2.75	7.6
1970	2.57	7.58
1971	2.36	7.56
1972	2.15	7.54
1973	1.9	7.48
1974	1.77	7.43
1975	1.66	7.37
1976	1.63	7.33
1977	1.58	7.3
1978	1.58	7.26
1979	1.56	7.23
1980	1.6	7.15
1981	1.56	7.07
1982	1.5	6.98
1983	1.47	6.88
1984	1.49	6.78
1985	1.51	6.65
1986	1.55	6.52
1987	1.56	6.34
1988	1.55	6.15
1989	1.55	5.98
1990	1.62	5.8
1991	1.61	5.64
1992	1.59	5.49
1993	1.57	5.33
1994	1.57	5.16
1995	1.53	4.99
1996	1.53	4.81
1997	1.56	4.66
1998	1.63	4.52
1999	1.65	4.35
2000	1.72	4.21
2001	1.71	3.96
2002	1.73	3.71
2003	1.75	3.47
2004	1.72	3.26
2005	1.71	3.16
2006	1.72	3.18
2007	1.72	3.19
2008	1.77	3.07
2009	1.79	2.95
2010	1.79	2.81
2011	1.76	2.8
2012	1.72	2.78
2013	1.68	2.67
2014	1.71	2.68
2015	1.66	2.63
2016	1.66	2.65
2017	1.62	2.67
2018	1.59	2.67
2019	1.57	2.49
2020	1.54	2.27
2021	1.62	2.17
2022	1.49	2.14
2023	1.43	2.28
2024	1.43	2.31
2025	1.44	2.29
2026	1.44	2.27
2027	1.45	2.25
2028	1.45	2.22
2029	1.45	2.2
2030	1.46	2.17
2031	1.46	2.15
2032	1.47	2.13
2033	1.47	2.11
2034	1.48	2.09
2035	1.48	2.07
2036	1.48	2.05
2037	1.48	2.03
2038	1.48	2.01
2039	1.49	1.99
2040	1.49	1.98
2041	1.49	1.97
2042	1.5	1.95
2043	1.5	1.94
2044	1.5	1.93
2045	1.5	1.92
2046	1.5	1.91
2047	1.51	1.9
2048	1.51	1.89
2049	1.51	1.88
2050	1.51	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Netherlands	Saudi Arabia
1960	30%	43.4%
1961	29.7%	43.6%
1962	29.1%	43.9%
1963	28.7%	44.3%
1964	28.5%	44.6%
1965	28.3%	44.8%
1966	28.1%	45.1%
1967	27.8%	45.3%
1968	27.6%	45.4%
1969	27.5%	45.5%
1970	27.3%	45.5%
1971	27.1%	45.5%
1972	26.8%	45.3%
1973	26.4%	45.2%
1974	25.9%	45%
1975	25.3%	44.8%
1976	24.8%	44.6%
1977	24.2%	44.5%
1978	23.5%	44.3%
1979	22.9%	44.2%
1980	22.3%	44.1%
1981	21.8%	43.9%
1982	21.3%	43.8%
1983	20.7%	43.7%
1984	20.1%	43.6%
1985	19.5%	43.6%
1986	19.1%	43.5%
1987	18.7%	43.4%
1988	18.5%	43.3%
1989	18.4%	43.2%
1990	18.4%	43%
1991	18.4%	42.7%
1992	18.5%	42.4%
1993	18.5%	42.1%
1994	18.6%	41.7%
1995	18.6%	41.2%
1996	18.6%	40.7%
1997	18.6%	40.1%
1998	18.6%	39.5%
1999	18.7%	38.9%
2000	18.8%	38.3%
2001	18.8%	37.7%
2002	18.8%	36.8%
2003	18.7%	35.7%
2004	18.6%	34.5%
2005	18.5%	33.2%
2006	18.3%	31.9%
2007	18.1%	30.6%
2008	17.9%	29.5%
2009	17.7%	28.5%
2010	17.6%	27.6%
2011	17.4%	26.9%
2012	17.3%	26.3%
2013	17.1%	25.8%
2014	16.9%	25.4%
2015	16.6%	25.1%
2016	16.4%	24.9%
2017	16.2%	25.2%
2018	16%	25.7%
2019	15.8%	25.8%
2020	15.6%	25.5%
2021	15.5%	25.2%
2022	15.4%	24.6%
2023	15.2%	24.1%
2024	15%	23.8%
2025	14.9%	23.6%
2026	14.9%	23.4%
2027	14.8%	23.3%
2028	14.8%	23.1%
2029	14.8%	22.9%
2030	14.8%	22.8%
2031	14.8%	22.6%
2032	14.7%	22.5%
2033	14.7%	22.4%
2034	14.7%	22.3%
2035	14.7%	22.2%
2036	14.7%	22.2%
2037	14.6%	22.1%
2038	14.6%	22%
2039	14.6%	21.9%
2040	14.5%	21.7%
2041	14.5%	21.5%
2042	14.4%	21.3%
2043	14.4%	21.2%
2044	14.3%	21%
2045	14.2%	20.8%
2046	14.1%	20.7%
2047	14.1%	20.5%
2048	14%	20.4%
2049	13.9%	20.2%
2050	13.8%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in the Netherlands and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 18.4% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Netherlands vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.08% in the Netherlands and +1.57% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	151,623	74,143
1961	159,450	77,743
1962	153,474	81,393
1963	154,361	85,480
1964	157,653	89,776
1965	146,308	93,820
1966	138,265	98,361
1967	138,580	103,343
1968	132,389	108,281
1969	139,082	113,859
1970	129,082	120,440
1971	116,112	127,600
1972	101,297	136,360
1973	84,668	145,450
1974	75,853	155,478
1975	64,232	166,223
1976	63,361	178,024
1977	63,739	191,103
1978	61,344	205,331
1979	63,172	220,186
1980	66,504	234,372
1981	62,688	249,156
1982	54,388	264,831
1983	51,722	280,616
1984	54,812	296,615
1985	55,069	310,558
1986	59,746	322,340
1987	64,526	333,088
1988	61,993	342,865
1989	59,396	349,399
1990	68,777	355,495
1991	69,321	361,329
1992	66,811	366,763
1993	58,103	372,621
1994	61,532	377,351
1995	54,106	380,231
1996	51,251	382,248
1997	56,198	385,033
1998	61,258	389,499
1999	60,086	390,112
2000	66,887	392,407
2001	62,580	382,153
2002	59,751	372,099
2003	58,411	364,520
2004	56,987	362,843
2005	50,592	375,938
2006	49,038	399,333
2007	49,145	425,199
2008	49,337	433,457
2009	51,244	438,557
2010	48,184	418,641
2011	45,072	443,675
2012	35,186	465,649
2013	30,248	475,299
2014	35,417	493,431
2015	23,716	511,023
2016	23,843	537,829
2017	18,844	546,751
2018	15,508	528,767
2019	17,345	474,407
2020	0	447,036
2021	7,014	409,032
2022	-1,770	406,920
2023	-5,363	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Netherlands vs Saudi Arabia

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 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Netherlands	Saudi Arabia
1985	12	40
1986	12	38
1987	12	36
1988	12	34
1989	12	32
1990	12	30
1991	12	29
1992	12	27
1993	12	26
1994	12	25
1995	12	24
1996	12	23
1997	13	23
1998	12	22
1999	13	21
2000	13	20
2001	13	19
2002	13	18
2003	12	16
2004	11	16
2005	10	15
2006	9	14
2007	8	13
2008	8	12
2009	7	11
2010	6	11
2011	7	10
2012	6	9
2013	6	9
2014	5	8
2015	5	8
2016	5	8
2017	5	8
2018	5	8
2019	5	8
2020	4	11
2021	5	12
2022	4	9
2023	4	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.4% in the Netherlands and 0.62% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
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%	16%
1973	1.41%	14.9%
1974	1.36%	14%
1975	1.31%	13.1%
1976	1.26%	12.2%
1977	1.21%	11.4%
1978	1.16%	10.7%
1979	1.12%	9.99%
1980	1.09%	9.34%
1981	1.06%	8.71%
1982	1.04%	8.12%
1983	1.02%	7.56%
1984	0.99%	7.04%
1985	0.97%	6.55%
1986	0.95%	6.07%
1987	0.92%	5.62%
1988	0.89%	5.19%
1989	0.86%	4.8%
1990	0.83%	4.44%
1991	0.8%	4.11%
1992	0.77%	3.81%
1993	0.74%	3.54%
1994	0.71%	3.29%
1995	0.69%	3.06%
1996	0.67%	2.86%
1997	0.66%	2.67%
1998	0.64%	2.5%
1999	0.63%	2.35%
2000	0.62%	2.21%
2001	0.61%	2.08%
2002	0.59%	1.96%
2003	0.57%	1.85%
2004	0.55%	1.75%
2005	0.53%	1.65%
2006	0.51%	1.56%
2007	0.49%	1.47%
2008	0.47%	1.38%
2009	0.46%	1.3%
2010	0.44%	1.22%
2011	0.43%	1.15%
2012	0.42%	1.08%
2013	0.42%	1.02%
2014	0.41%	0.96%
2015	0.41%	0.9%
2016	0.41%	0.85%
2017	0.4%	0.8%
2018	0.4%	0.76%
2019	0.4%	0.72%
2020	0.4%	0.69%
2021	0.4%	0.66%
2022	0.4%	0.64%
2023	0.4%	0.62%