Fertility & birth rates in Netherlands and Slovenia

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

Check the Netherlands vs Slovenia 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	Slovenia
1960	3.12	2.19
1961	3.22	2.27
1962	3.18	2.28
1963	3.19	2.27
1964	3.17	2.31
1965	3.04	2.43
1966	2.9	2.47
1967	2.81	2.37
1968	2.72	2.25
1969	2.75	2.17
1970	2.57	2.11
1971	2.36	2.16
1972	2.15	2.17
1973	1.9	2.2
1974	1.77	2.13
1975	1.66	2.17
1976	1.63	2.2
1977	1.58	2.17
1978	1.58	2.2
1979	1.56	2.22
1980	1.6	2.11
1981	1.56	1.96
1982	1.5	1.93
1983	1.47	1.81
1984	1.49	1.74
1985	1.51	1.71
1986	1.55	1.67
1987	1.56	1.65
1988	1.55	1.63
1989	1.55	1.52
1990	1.62	1.46
1991	1.61	1.42
1992	1.59	1.33
1993	1.57	1.33
1994	1.57	1.32
1995	1.53	1.29
1996	1.53	1.28
1997	1.56	1.25
1998	1.63	1.23
1999	1.65	1.21
2000	1.72	1.26
2001	1.71	1.21
2002	1.73	1.21
2003	1.75	1.2
2004	1.72	1.25
2005	1.71	1.26
2006	1.72	1.31
2007	1.72	1.38
2008	1.77	1.53
2009	1.79	1.53
2010	1.79	1.57
2011	1.76	1.56
2012	1.72	1.58
2013	1.68	1.55
2014	1.71	1.58
2015	1.66	1.57
2016	1.66	1.58
2017	1.62	1.62
2018	1.59	1.6
2019	1.57	1.61
2020	1.54	1.59
2021	1.62	1.64
2022	1.49	1.55
2023	1.43	1.51
2024	1.43	1.51
2025	1.44	1.51
2026	1.44	1.51
2027	1.45	1.51
2028	1.45	1.52
2029	1.45	1.52
2030	1.46	1.52
2031	1.46	1.52
2032	1.47	1.52
2033	1.47	1.52
2034	1.48	1.52
2035	1.48	1.52
2036	1.48	1.53
2037	1.48	1.53
2038	1.48	1.53
2039	1.49	1.53
2040	1.49	1.53
2041	1.49	1.53
2042	1.5	1.53
2043	1.5	1.53
2044	1.5	1.53
2045	1.5	1.53
2046	1.5	1.53
2047	1.51	1.53
2048	1.51	1.54
2049	1.51	1.54
2050	1.51	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Netherlands	Slovenia
1960	30%	27.2%
1961	29.7%	27.2%
1962	29.1%	27.1%
1963	28.7%	26.9%
1964	28.5%	26.6%
1965	28.3%	26.2%
1966	28.1%	25.8%
1967	27.8%	25.5%
1968	27.6%	25.1%
1969	27.5%	24.7%
1970	27.3%	24.3%
1971	27.1%	24%
1972	26.8%	23.9%
1973	26.4%	23.8%
1974	25.9%	23.7%
1975	25.3%	23.6%
1976	24.8%	23.4%
1977	24.2%	23.3%
1978	23.5%	23.2%
1979	22.9%	23.1%
1980	22.3%	23%
1981	21.8%	22.9%
1982	21.3%	22.8%
1983	20.7%	22.7%
1984	20.1%	22.5%
1985	19.5%	22.3%
1986	19.1%	22%
1987	18.7%	21.6%
1988	18.5%	21.4%
1989	18.4%	21.1%
1990	18.4%	20.8%
1991	18.4%	20.3%
1992	18.5%	19.8%
1993	18.5%	19.3%
1994	18.6%	18.8%
1995	18.6%	18.3%
1996	18.6%	17.8%
1997	18.6%	17.3%
1998	18.6%	16.8%
1999	18.7%	16.4%
2000	18.8%	15.9%
2001	18.8%	15.6%
2002	18.8%	15.2%
2003	18.7%	14.8%
2004	18.6%	14.5%
2005	18.5%	14.3%
2006	18.3%	14.1%
2007	18.1%	14%
2008	17.9%	14%
2009	17.7%	14%
2010	17.6%	14.1%
2011	17.4%	14.3%
2012	17.3%	14.4%
2013	17.1%	14.6%
2014	16.9%	14.7%
2015	16.6%	14.8%
2016	16.4%	14.9%
2017	16.2%	15%
2018	16%	15.1%
2019	15.8%	15.1%
2020	15.6%	15.1%
2021	15.5%	15.2%
2022	15.4%	15.1%
2023	15.2%	14.9%
2024	15%	14.7%
2025	14.9%	14.5%
2026	14.9%	14.2%
2027	14.8%	14%
2028	14.8%	13.8%
2029	14.8%	13.5%
2030	14.8%	13.3%
2031	14.8%	13.1%
2032	14.7%	13%
2033	14.7%	12.8%
2034	14.7%	12.7%
2035	14.7%	12.6%
2036	14.7%	12.5%
2037	14.6%	12.4%
2038	14.6%	12.4%
2039	14.6%	12.5%
2040	14.5%	12.5%
2041	14.5%	12.6%
2042	14.4%	12.7%
2043	14.4%	12.8%
2044	14.3%	12.9%
2045	14.2%	13%
2046	14.1%	13.2%
2047	14.1%	13.3%
2048	14%	13.4%
2049	13.9%	13.5%
2050	13.8%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in the Netherlands and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 18.4% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Netherlands and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Netherlands vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.08% in the Netherlands and -0.08% in Slovenia. 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	Slovenia
1960	151,623	12,678
1961	159,450	14,985
1962	153,474	13,150
1963	154,361	14,068
1964	157,653	12,567
1965	146,308	14,513
1966	138,265	15,697
1967	138,580	13,516
1968	132,389	11,250
1969	139,082	9,427
1970	129,082	10,004
1971	116,112	10,951
1972	101,297	10,513
1973	84,668	11,837
1974	75,853	11,367
1975	64,232	11,658
1976	63,361	12,196
1977	63,739	12,160
1978	61,344	11,920
1979	63,172	12,614
1980	66,504	11,027
1981	62,688	10,485
1982	54,388	9,170
1983	51,722	6,343
1984	54,812	5,990
1985	55,069	6,213
1986	59,746	6,094
1987	64,526	5,771
1988	61,993	5,986
1989	59,396	4,592
1990	68,777	3,797
1991	69,321	2,199
1992	66,811	598
1993	58,103	-199
1994	61,532	199
1995	54,106	0
1996	51,251	0
1997	56,198	-794
1998	61,258	-1,189
1999	60,086	-1,388
2000	66,887	-398
2001	62,580	-996
2002	59,751	-1,197
2003	58,411	-1,996
2004	56,987	-599
2005	50,592	-600
2006	49,038	602
2007	49,145	1,211
2008	49,337	3,437
2009	51,244	3,060
2010	48,184	3,687
2011	45,072	3,285
2012	35,186	2,674
2013	30,248	1,648
2014	35,417	2,268
2015	23,716	826
2016	23,843	826
2017	18,844	-207
2018	15,508	-1,037
2019	17,345	-1,254
2020	0	-5,256
2021	7,014	-4,216
2022	-1,770	-4,858
2023	-5,363	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Netherlands vs Slovenia

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 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Netherlands	Slovenia
1985	12	17
1986	12	16
1987	12	16
1988	12	16
1989	12	15
1990	12	14
1991	12	13
1992	12	13
1993	12	12
1994	12	12
1995	12	11
1996	12	10
1997	13	9
1998	12	9
1999	13	8
2000	13	7
2001	13	6
2002	13	6
2003	12	6
2004	11	6
2005	10	6
2006	9	6
2007	8	6
2008	8	7
2009	7	7
2010	6	7
2011	7	6
2012	6	6
2013	6	6
2014	5	6
2015	5	5
2016	5	5
2017	5	5
2018	5	4
2019	5	4
2020	4	12
2021	5	8
2022	4	15
2023	4	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.4% in the Netherlands and 0.22% in Slovenia. 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	Slovenia
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%	-
1974	1.36%	-
1975	1.31%	-
1976	1.26%	-
1977	1.21%	-
1978	1.16%	-
1979	1.12%	-
1980	1.09%	-
1981	1.06%	1.78%
1982	1.04%	1.69%
1983	1.02%	1.61%
1984	0.99%	1.53%
1985	0.97%	1.44%
1986	0.95%	1.36%
1987	0.92%	1.27%
1988	0.89%	1.19%
1989	0.86%	1.11%
1990	0.83%	1.04%
1991	0.8%	0.97%
1992	0.77%	0.9%
1993	0.74%	0.84%
1994	0.71%	0.79%
1995	0.69%	0.73%
1996	0.67%	0.69%
1997	0.66%	0.65%
1998	0.64%	0.61%
1999	0.63%	0.58%
2000	0.62%	0.54%
2001	0.61%	0.52%
2002	0.59%	0.49%
2003	0.57%	0.47%
2004	0.55%	0.44%
2005	0.53%	0.42%
2006	0.51%	0.4%
2007	0.49%	0.38%
2008	0.47%	0.36%
2009	0.46%	0.34%
2010	0.44%	0.32%
2011	0.43%	0.31%
2012	0.42%	0.29%
2013	0.42%	0.28%
2014	0.41%	0.27%
2015	0.41%	0.26%
2016	0.41%	0.26%
2017	0.4%	0.25%
2018	0.4%	0.24%
2019	0.4%	0.24%
2020	0.4%	0.24%
2021	0.4%	0.23%
2022	0.4%	0.23%
2023	0.4%	0.22%