Fertility & birth rates in Netherlands and Somalia

Fertility rate in Netherlands vs Somalia 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 6.13 in Somalia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Netherlands vs Somalia 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	Somalia
1960	3.12	7.25
1961	3.22	7.25
1962	3.18	7.26
1963	3.19	7.26
1964	3.17	7.26
1965	3.04	7.26
1966	2.9	7.26
1967	2.81	7.25
1968	2.72	7.23
1969	2.75	7.21
1970	2.57	7.18
1971	2.36	7.15
1972	2.15	7.12
1973	1.9	7.09
1974	1.77	7.06
1975	1.66	7.03
1976	1.63	7.02
1977	1.58	7
1978	1.58	7.13
1979	1.56	7.16
1980	1.6	7.18
1981	1.56	7.23
1982	1.5	7.25
1983	1.47	7.28
1984	1.49	7.3
1985	1.51	7.33
1986	1.55	7.35
1987	1.56	7.37
1988	1.55	7.4
1989	1.55	7.42
1990	1.62	7.44
1991	1.61	7.47
1992	1.59	7.5
1993	1.57	7.53
1994	1.57	7.54
1995	1.53	7.58
1996	1.53	7.62
1997	1.56	7.66
1998	1.63	7.66
1999	1.65	7.66
2000	1.72	7.65
2001	1.71	7.64
2002	1.73	7.63
2003	1.75	7.6
2004	1.72	7.57
2005	1.71	7.53
2006	1.72	7.49
2007	1.72	7.46
2008	1.77	7.42
2009	1.79	7.38
2010	1.79	7.32
2011	1.76	7.27
2012	1.72	7.21
2013	1.68	7.14
2014	1.71	7.06
2015	1.66	6.98
2016	1.66	6.88
2017	1.62	6.77
2018	1.59	6.66
2019	1.57	6.56
2020	1.54	6.45
2021	1.62	6.35
2022	1.49	6.26
2023	1.43	6.13
2024	1.43	6.01
2025	1.44	5.91
2026	1.44	5.8
2027	1.45	5.68
2028	1.45	5.58
2029	1.45	5.47
2030	1.46	5.35
2031	1.46	5.25
2032	1.47	5.14
2033	1.47	5.04
2034	1.48	4.94
2035	1.48	4.84
2036	1.48	4.74
2037	1.48	4.63
2038	1.48	4.52
2039	1.49	4.44
2040	1.49	4.35
2041	1.49	4.26
2042	1.5	4.16
2043	1.5	4.07
2044	1.5	3.99
2045	1.5	3.91
2046	1.5	3.84
2047	1.51	3.78
2048	1.51	3.71
2049	1.51	3.65
2050	1.51	3.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Netherlands	Somalia
1960	30%	44.4%
1961	29.7%	44.7%
1962	29.1%	44.8%
1963	28.7%	45%
1964	28.5%	45.1%
1965	28.3%	45.1%
1966	28.1%	44.9%
1967	27.8%	44.8%
1968	27.6%	44.7%
1969	27.5%	44.6%
1970	27.3%	44.5%
1971	27.1%	44.5%
1972	26.8%	44.4%
1973	26.4%	44.4%
1974	25.9%	44.4%
1975	25.3%	44.3%
1976	24.8%	44.3%
1977	24.2%	44.3%
1978	23.5%	44.4%
1979	22.9%	44.5%
1980	22.3%	44.6%
1981	21.8%	44.8%
1982	21.3%	45%
1983	20.7%	45.2%
1984	20.1%	45.4%
1985	19.5%	45.6%
1986	19.1%	45.8%
1987	18.7%	46%
1988	18.5%	46.3%
1989	18.4%	46.7%
1990	18.4%	47%
1991	18.4%	47%
1992	18.5%	46.5%
1993	18.5%	46.4%
1994	18.6%	46.5%
1995	18.6%	46.7%
1996	18.6%	46.9%
1997	18.6%	47%
1998	18.6%	47.1%
1999	18.7%	47.2%
2000	18.8%	47.4%
2001	18.8%	47.5%
2002	18.8%	47.6%
2003	18.7%	47.7%
2004	18.6%	47.9%
2005	18.5%	48.2%
2006	18.3%	48.6%
2007	18.1%	48.9%
2008	17.9%	48.9%
2009	17.7%	48.8%
2010	17.6%	48.7%
2011	17.4%	48.3%
2012	17.3%	47.9%
2013	17.1%	47.8%
2014	16.9%	47.7%
2015	16.6%	47.6%
2016	16.4%	47.5%
2017	16.2%	47.4%
2018	16%	47.3%
2019	15.8%	47.1%
2020	15.6%	47%
2021	15.5%	47%
2022	15.4%	46.8%
2023	15.2%	46.7%
2024	15%	46.6%
2025	14.9%	46.6%
2026	14.9%	46.5%
2027	14.8%	46.4%
2028	14.8%	46.1%
2029	14.8%	45.8%
2030	14.8%	45.4%
2031	14.8%	45.1%
2032	14.7%	44.7%
2033	14.7%	44.3%
2034	14.7%	43.9%
2035	14.7%	43.5%
2036	14.7%	43.1%
2037	14.6%	42.6%
2038	14.6%	42.1%
2039	14.6%	41.7%
2040	14.5%	41.2%
2041	14.5%	40.8%
2042	14.4%	40.3%
2043	14.4%	39.9%
2044	14.3%	39.4%
2045	14.2%	39%
2046	14.1%	38.6%
2047	14.1%	38.2%
2048	14%	37.8%
2049	13.9%	37.4%
2050	13.8%	37%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in the Netherlands and 46.6% in Somalia in 2024, compared to 18.4% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Netherlands and Somalia compared.

Natural population change in Netherlands vs Somalia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.08% in the Netherlands and +3.34% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
1960	151,623	73,850
1961	159,450	75,513
1962	153,474	77,737
1963	154,361	79,859
1964	157,653	82,042
1965	146,308	84,448
1966	138,265	86,930
1967	138,580	89,497
1968	132,389	92,208
1969	139,082	95,045
1970	129,082	98,025
1971	116,112	101,196
1972	101,297	104,493
1973	84,668	108,038
1974	75,853	104,813
1975	64,232	108,998
1976	63,361	113,319
1977	63,739	124,818
1978	61,344	132,689
1979	63,172	151,016
1980	66,504	174,790
1981	62,688	185,211
1982	54,388	182,793
1983	51,722	190,775
1984	54,812	199,017
1985	55,069	207,960
1986	59,746	218,416
1987	64,526	231,580
1988	61,993	215,599
1989	59,396	225,255
1990	68,777	225,162
1991	69,321	53,052
1992	66,811	57,495
1993	58,103	232,960
1994	61,532	246,950
1995	54,106	254,509
1996	51,251	264,807
1997	56,198	271,894
1998	61,258	284,779
1999	60,086	295,523
2000	66,887	306,651
2001	62,580	319,059
2002	59,751	331,215
2003	58,411	341,192
2004	56,987	351,959
2005	50,592	363,117
2006	49,038	372,597
2007	49,145	380,303
2008	49,337	394,258
2009	51,244	405,784
2010	48,184	385,571
2011	45,072	203,213
2012	35,186	399,468
2013	30,248	448,518
2014	35,417	464,481
2015	23,716	481,573
2016	23,843	495,132
2017	18,844	478,556
2018	15,508	514,244
2019	17,345	548,756
2020	0	561,311
2021	7,014	566,399
2022	-1,770	551,450
2023	-5,363	608,203

Maternal mortality chart: Netherlands vs Somalia

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 563 deaths in Somalia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Netherlands	Somalia
1985	12	1,465
1986	12	1,452
1987	12	1,393
1988	12	1,423
1989	12	1,395
1990	12	1,358
1991	12	1,431
1992	12	1,339
1993	12	1,195
1994	12	1,254
1995	12	1,210
1996	12	1,225
1997	13	1,206
1998	12	1,177
1999	13	1,170
2000	13	1,150
2001	13	1,129
2002	13	1,121
2003	12	1,111
2004	11	1,104
2005	10	1,086
2006	9	1,085
2007	8	1,074
2008	8	1,035
2009	7	995
2010	6	1,062
2011	7	972
2012	6	894
2013	6	855
2014	5	816
2015	5	784
2016	5	754
2017	5	716
2018	5	727
2019	5	656
2020	4	655
2021	5	726
2022	4	622
2023	4	563

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.4% in the Netherlands and 10.4% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
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%	-
1982	1.04%	20.1%
1983	1.02%	19.8%
1984	0.99%	19.5%
1985	0.97%	19.3%
1986	0.95%	19%
1987	0.92%	18.8%
1988	0.89%	18.6%
1989	0.86%	18.3%
1990	0.83%	18%
1991	0.8%	44.3%
1992	0.77%	45.6%
1993	0.74%	17.3%
1994	0.71%	17.2%
1995	0.69%	17.2%
1996	0.67%	17.2%
1997	0.66%	17.2%
1998	0.64%	17.2%
1999	0.63%	17.2%
2000	0.62%	17.2%
2001	0.61%	17.2%
2002	0.59%	17.2%
2003	0.57%	17.2%
2004	0.55%	17.2%
2005	0.53%	17.2%
2006	0.51%	17.2%
2007	0.49%	17%
2008	0.47%	16.6%
2009	0.46%	16.2%
2010	0.44%	18.6%
2011	0.43%	35.9%
2012	0.42%	18.4%
2013	0.42%	14.3%
2014	0.41%	13.8%
2015	0.41%	13.4%
2016	0.41%	13%
2017	0.4%	15.5%
2018	0.4%	13.6%
2019	0.4%	11.8%
2020	0.4%	11.4%
2021	0.4%	11.1%
2022	0.4%	14.3%
2023	0.4%	10.4%