Fertility & birth rates in Netherlands and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Netherlands vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Netherlands vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	3.12	5.35
1961	3.22	5.24
1962	3.18	5.18
1963	3.19	5.12
1964	3.17	5.06
1965	3.04	4.93
1966	2.9	4.83
1967	2.81	4.79
1968	2.72	4.66
1969	2.75	4.5
1970	2.57	4.39
1971	2.36	4.27
1972	2.15	4.16
1973	1.9	4
1974	1.77	3.86
1975	1.66	3.82
1976	1.63	3.78
1977	1.58	3.74
1978	1.58	3.81
1979	1.56	3.82
1980	1.6	3.73
1981	1.56	3.65
1982	1.5	3.32
1983	1.47	3.11
1984	1.49	3.01
1985	1.51	2.9
1986	1.55	2.74
1987	1.56	2.64
1988	1.55	2.57
1989	1.55	2.58
1990	1.62	2.54
1991	1.61	2.51
1992	1.59	2.49
1993	1.57	2.44
1994	1.57	2.4
1995	1.53	2.35
1996	1.53	2.29
1997	1.56	2.22
1998	1.63	2.14
1999	1.65	2.14
2000	1.72	2.21
2001	1.71	2.28
2002	1.73	2.31
2003	1.75	2.3
2004	1.72	2.27
2005	1.71	2.26
2006	1.72	2.29
2007	1.72	2.3
2008	1.77	2.23
2009	1.79	2.18
2010	1.79	2.13
2011	1.76	2.14
2012	1.72	2.17
2013	1.68	2.18
2014	1.71	2.13
2015	1.66	2.09
2016	1.66	2.06
2017	1.62	2.04
2018	1.59	2.03
2019	1.57	2.02
2020	1.54	2.01
2021	1.62	2
2022	1.49	1.98
2023	1.43	1.97
2024	1.43	1.95
2025	1.44	1.94
2026	1.44	1.93
2027	1.45	1.91
2028	1.45	1.9
2029	1.45	1.89
2030	1.46	1.88
2031	1.46	1.87
2032	1.47	1.86
2033	1.47	1.85
2034	1.48	1.85
2035	1.48	1.84
2036	1.48	1.83
2037	1.48	1.83
2038	1.48	1.82
2039	1.49	1.81
2040	1.49	1.81
2041	1.49	1.8
2042	1.5	1.8
2043	1.5	1.8
2044	1.5	1.79
2045	1.5	1.79
2046	1.5	1.79
2047	1.51	1.78
2048	1.51	1.78
2049	1.51	1.77
2050	1.51	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Netherlands	Sri Lanka
1960	30%	41%
1961	29.7%	40.9%
1962	29.1%	40.8%
1963	28.7%	40.7%
1964	28.5%	40.6%
1965	28.3%	40.5%
1966	28.1%	40.4%
1967	27.8%	40.3%
1968	27.6%	40.1%
1969	27.5%	39.9%
1970	27.3%	39.7%
1971	27.1%	39.5%
1972	26.8%	39.2%
1973	26.4%	38.8%
1974	25.9%	38.4%
1975	25.3%	38%
1976	24.8%	37.6%
1977	24.2%	37.2%
1978	23.5%	36.9%
1979	22.9%	36.7%
1980	22.3%	36.4%
1981	21.8%	36.2%
1982	21.3%	36%
1983	20.7%	35.8%
1984	20.1%	35.5%
1985	19.5%	35.2%
1986	19.1%	34.6%
1987	18.7%	34%
1988	18.5%	33.5%
1989	18.4%	33%
1990	18.4%	32.5%
1991	18.4%	32.1%
1992	18.5%	31.4%
1993	18.5%	30.6%
1994	18.6%	29.9%
1995	18.6%	29.2%
1996	18.6%	28.6%
1997	18.6%	28.2%
1998	18.6%	27.8%
1999	18.7%	27.4%
2000	18.8%	27%
2001	18.8%	26.6%
2002	18.8%	26.3%
2003	18.7%	26.1%
2004	18.6%	26%
2005	18.5%	25.8%
2006	18.3%	25.7%
2007	18.1%	25.7%
2008	17.9%	25.6%
2009	17.7%	25.5%
2010	17.6%	25.4%
2011	17.4%	25.3%
2012	17.3%	25.2%
2013	17.1%	25%
2014	16.9%	24.9%
2015	16.6%	24.7%
2016	16.4%	24.5%
2017	16.2%	24.2%
2018	16%	24%
2019	15.8%	23.7%
2020	15.6%	23.3%
2021	15.5%	23%
2022	15.4%	22.7%
2023	15.2%	22.4%
2024	15%	22%
2025	14.9%	21.7%
2026	14.9%	21.4%
2027	14.8%	21.1%
2028	14.8%	20.8%
2029	14.8%	20.5%
2030	14.8%	20.2%
2031	14.8%	20%
2032	14.7%	19.8%
2033	14.7%	19.6%
2034	14.7%	19.4%
2035	14.7%	19.2%
2036	14.7%	19.1%
2037	14.6%	18.9%
2038	14.6%	18.8%
2039	14.6%	18.7%
2040	14.5%	18.6%
2041	14.5%	18.4%
2042	14.4%	18.3%
2043	14.4%	18.2%
2044	14.3%	18.1%
2045	14.2%	18%
2046	14.1%	17.9%
2047	14.1%	17.7%
2048	14%	17.6%
2049	13.9%	17.5%
2050	13.8%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in the Netherlands and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 18.4% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Netherlands and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Netherlands vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.08% in the Netherlands and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	151,623	247,631
1961	159,450	251,087
1962	153,474	256,719
1963	154,361	262,880
1964	157,653	269,584
1965	146,308	272,422
1966	138,265	275,549
1967	138,580	284,738
1968	132,389	286,642
1969	139,082	286,218
1970	129,082	286,719
1971	116,112	281,200
1972	101,297	282,494
1973	84,668	278,577
1974	75,853	275,521
1975	64,232	282,496
1976	63,361	291,816
1977	63,739	300,038
1978	61,344	317,055
1979	63,172	329,791
1980	66,504	328,155
1981	62,688	328,096
1982	54,388	300,030
1983	51,722	277,768
1984	54,812	263,175
1985	55,069	247,836
1986	59,746	233,782
1987	64,526	226,414
1988	61,993	219,184
1989	59,396	212,401
1990	68,777	224,454
1991	69,321	218,117
1992	66,811	222,230
1993	58,103	226,257
1994	61,532	228,904
1995	54,106	221,957
1996	51,251	215,290
1997	56,198	208,193
1998	61,258	201,059
1999	60,086	206,876
2000	66,887	227,060
2001	62,580	244,377
2002	59,751	252,840
2003	58,411	252,008
2004	56,987	212,527
2005	50,592	248,683
2006	49,038	248,706
2007	49,145	248,287
2008	49,337	232,225
2009	51,244	200,175
2010	48,184	224,325
2011	45,072	224,461
2012	35,186	229,138
2013	30,248	221,021
2014	35,417	211,541
2015	23,716	201,815
2016	23,843	194,232
2017	18,844	187,993
2018	15,508	183,610
2019	17,345	172,243
2020	0	170,968
2021	7,014	121,858
2022	-1,770	95,378
2023	-5,363	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Netherlands vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Netherlands	Sri Lanka
1985	12	68
1986	12	66
1987	12	64
1988	12	62
1989	12	61
1990	12	59
1991	12	57
1992	12	54
1993	12	51
1994	12	49
1995	12	48
1996	12	47
1997	13	45
1998	12	43
1999	13	41
2000	13	39
2001	13	37
2002	13	36
2003	12	35
2004	11	37
2005	10	32
2006	9	32
2007	8	31
2008	8	30
2009	7	28
2010	6	26
2011	7	25
2012	6	24
2013	6	23
2014	5	23
2015	5	22
2016	5	22
2017	5	21
2018	5	21
2019	5	20
2020	4	23
2021	5	34
2022	4	22
2023	4	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.4% in the Netherlands and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	2.08%	9.41%
1961	2.03%	8.95%
1962	1.97%	8.66%
1963	1.92%	8.48%
1964	1.88%	8.3%
1965	1.83%	8.07%
1966	1.79%	7.81%
1967	1.74%	7.55%
1968	1.69%	7.32%
1969	1.64%	7.14%
1970	1.58%	7.02%
1971	1.53%	6.94%
1972	1.47%	6.86%
1973	1.41%	6.77%
1974	1.36%	6.62%
1975	1.31%	6.41%
1976	1.26%	6.12%
1977	1.21%	5.77%
1978	1.16%	5.38%
1979	1.12%	4.99%
1980	1.09%	4.63%
1981	1.06%	4.29%
1982	1.04%	3.98%
1983	1.02%	3.67%
1984	0.99%	3.35%
1985	0.97%	3.02%
1986	0.95%	2.74%
1987	0.92%	2.54%
1988	0.89%	2.41%
1989	0.86%	2.74%
1990	0.83%	2.33%
1991	0.8%	2.32%
1992	0.77%	2.29%
1993	0.74%	2.22%
1994	0.71%	2.14%
1995	0.69%	2.05%
1996	0.67%	1.95%
1997	0.66%	1.86%
1998	0.64%	1.76%
1999	0.63%	1.69%
2000	0.62%	1.63%
2001	0.61%	1.58%
2002	0.59%	1.55%
2003	0.57%	1.52%
2004	0.55%	2.88%
2005	0.53%	1.4%
2006	0.51%	1.33%
2007	0.49%	1.26%
2008	0.47%	1.2%
2009	0.46%	2.08%
2010	0.44%	1.12%
2011	0.43%	1.08%
2012	0.42%	1.03%
2013	0.42%	0.98%
2014	0.41%	0.92%
2015	0.41%	0.87%
2016	0.41%	0.83%
2017	0.4%	0.79%
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%	0.61%