Fertility & birth rates in Netherlands and Uruguay

Fertility rate in Netherlands vs Uruguay 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 1.41 in Uruguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Netherlands vs Uruguay 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	Uruguay
1960	3.12	2.83
1961	3.22	2.85
1962	3.18	2.87
1963	3.19	2.88
1964	3.17	2.86
1965	3.04	2.84
1966	2.9	2.82
1967	2.81	2.78
1968	2.72	2.77
1969	2.75	2.77
1970	2.57	2.77
1971	2.36	2.77
1972	2.15	2.78
1973	1.9	2.86
1974	1.77	2.96
1975	1.66	3.02
1976	1.63	3.01
1977	1.58	2.9
1978	1.58	2.83
1979	1.56	2.71
1980	1.6	2.59
1981	1.56	2.53
1982	1.5	2.51
1983	1.47	2.49
1984	1.49	2.47
1985	1.51	2.47
1986	1.55	2.47
1987	1.56	2.49
1988	1.55	2.5
1989	1.55	2.5
1990	1.62	2.48
1991	1.61	2.45
1992	1.59	2.43
1993	1.57	2.41
1994	1.57	2.42
1995	1.53	2.4
1996	1.53	2.36
1997	1.56	2.33
1998	1.63	2.27
1999	1.65	2.25
2000	1.72	2.2
2001	1.71	2.16
2002	1.73	2.16
2003	1.75	2.12
2004	1.72	2.09
2005	1.71	2.1
2006	1.72	2.07
2007	1.72	2.05
2008	1.77	2.03
2009	1.79	2.02
2010	1.79	2.01
2011	1.76	1.99
2012	1.72	2.01
2013	1.68	2.03
2014	1.71	2.03
2015	1.66	2.04
2016	1.66	1.97
2017	1.62	1.82
2018	1.59	1.68
2019	1.57	1.57
2020	1.54	1.5
2021	1.62	1.45
2022	1.49	1.43
2023	1.43	1.41
2024	1.43	1.4
2025	1.44	1.39
2026	1.44	1.38
2027	1.45	1.38
2028	1.45	1.38
2029	1.45	1.38
2030	1.46	1.38
2031	1.46	1.39
2032	1.47	1.39
2033	1.47	1.39
2034	1.48	1.39
2035	1.48	1.4
2036	1.48	1.4
2037	1.48	1.4
2038	1.48	1.4
2039	1.49	1.41
2040	1.49	1.41
2041	1.49	1.41
2042	1.5	1.42
2043	1.5	1.42
2044	1.5	1.42
2045	1.5	1.42
2046	1.5	1.42
2047	1.51	1.43
2048	1.51	1.43
2049	1.51	1.43
2050	1.51	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Netherlands	Uruguay
1960	30%	27.6%
1961	29.7%	27.6%
1962	29.1%	27.7%
1963	28.7%	27.8%
1964	28.5%	27.9%
1965	28.3%	27.9%
1966	28.1%	28%
1967	27.8%	28%
1968	27.6%	27.9%
1969	27.5%	27.8%
1970	27.3%	27.8%
1971	27.1%	27.7%
1972	26.8%	27.5%
1973	26.4%	27.4%
1974	25.9%	27.4%
1975	25.3%	27.4%
1976	24.8%	27.4%
1977	24.2%	27.3%
1978	23.5%	27.3%
1979	22.9%	27.2%
1980	22.3%	27%
1981	21.8%	26.9%
1982	21.3%	26.7%
1983	20.7%	26.6%
1984	20.1%	26.5%
1985	19.5%	26.4%
1986	19.1%	26.2%
1987	18.7%	26.1%
1988	18.5%	26%
1989	18.4%	25.8%
1990	18.4%	25.6%
1991	18.4%	25.3%
1992	18.5%	25.1%
1993	18.5%	24.9%
1994	18.6%	24.7%
1995	18.6%	24.7%
1996	18.6%	24.6%
1997	18.6%	24.6%
1998	18.6%	24.5%
1999	18.7%	24.5%
2000	18.8%	24.4%
2001	18.8%	24.2%
2002	18.8%	24.1%
2003	18.7%	23.9%
2004	18.6%	23.7%
2005	18.5%	23.5%
2006	18.3%	23.3%
2007	18.1%	23.1%
2008	17.9%	22.8%
2009	17.7%	22.6%
2010	17.6%	22.3%
2011	17.4%	22%
2012	17.3%	21.7%
2013	17.1%	21.5%
2014	16.9%	21.3%
2015	16.6%	21.1%
2016	16.4%	21%
2017	16.2%	20.8%
2018	16%	20.5%
2019	15.8%	20.2%
2020	15.6%	19.8%
2021	15.5%	19.4%
2022	15.4%	19.1%
2023	15.2%	18.7%
2024	15%	18.3%
2025	14.9%	17.9%
2026	14.9%	17.5%
2027	14.8%	17.1%
2028	14.8%	16.7%
2029	14.8%	16.3%
2030	14.8%	15.8%
2031	14.8%	15.4%
2032	14.7%	15.1%
2033	14.7%	14.8%
2034	14.7%	14.7%
2035	14.7%	14.6%
2036	14.7%	14.5%
2037	14.6%	14.5%
2038	14.6%	14.4%
2039	14.6%	14.4%
2040	14.5%	14.3%
2041	14.5%	14.3%
2042	14.4%	14.3%
2043	14.4%	14.2%
2044	14.3%	14.1%
2045	14.2%	14.1%
2046	14.1%	14%
2047	14.1%	13.9%
2048	14%	13.8%
2049	13.9%	13.7%
2050	13.8%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in the Netherlands and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 18.4% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Netherlands and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in Netherlands vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.08% in the Netherlands and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	151,623	30,438
1961	159,450	30,975
1962	153,474	31,441
1963	154,361	31,824
1964	157,653	31,340
1965	146,308	30,807
1966	138,265	30,293
1967	138,580	29,514
1968	132,389	29,103
1969	139,082	28,805
1970	129,082	28,737
1971	116,112	28,584
1972	101,297	28,896
1973	84,668	30,213
1974	75,853	32,221
1975	64,232	33,393
1976	63,361	33,199
1977	63,739	31,321
1978	61,344	30,076
1979	63,172	27,456
1980	66,504	25,451
1981	62,688	24,968
1982	54,388	25,224
1983	51,722	24,146
1984	54,812	23,684
1985	55,069	23,988
1986	59,746	24,505
1987	64,526	24,469
1988	61,993	25,071
1989	59,396	25,322
1990	68,777	25,699
1991	69,321	25,422
1992	66,811	24,847
1993	58,103	24,212
1994	61,532	24,637
1995	54,106	24,872
1996	51,251	24,635
1997	56,198	23,737
1998	61,258	22,114
1999	60,086	21,844
2000	66,887	21,060
2001	62,580	20,729
2002	59,751	20,073
2003	58,411	18,628
2004	56,987	18,067
2005	50,592	18,926
2006	49,038	17,783
2007	49,145	17,422
2008	49,337	16,838
2009	51,244	16,947
2010	48,184	16,231
2011	45,072	14,934
2012	35,186	15,520
2013	30,248	16,318
2014	35,417	16,238
2015	23,716	16,194
2016	23,843	14,008
2017	18,844	10,907
2018	15,508	7,322
2019	17,345	3,873
2020	0	4,048
2021	7,014	-5,621
2022	-1,770	-2,964
2023	-5,363	298

Maternal mortality chart: Netherlands vs Uruguay

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 15 deaths in Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Netherlands	Uruguay
1985	12	41
1986	12	41
1987	12	41
1988	12	39
1989	12	36
1990	12	35
1991	12	33
1992	12	33
1993	12	31
1994	12	30
1995	12	29
1996	12	28
1997	13	27
1998	12	25
1999	13	24
2000	13	23
2001	13	24
2002	13	23
2003	12	23
2004	11	21
2005	10	20
2006	9	20
2007	8	19
2008	8	19
2009	7	18
2010	6	17
2011	7	17
2012	6	16
2013	6	16
2014	5	16
2015	5	16
2016	5	16
2017	5	16
2018	5	16
2019	5	16
2020	4	20
2021	5	49
2022	4	20
2023	4	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.4% in the Netherlands and 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	2.08%	6.33%
1961	2.03%	6.21%
1962	1.97%	6.06%
1963	1.92%	5.93%
1964	1.88%	5.83%
1965	1.83%	5.77%
1966	1.79%	5.74%
1967	1.74%	5.7%
1968	1.69%	5.64%
1969	1.64%	5.53%
1970	1.58%	5.4%
1971	1.53%	5.33%
1972	1.47%	5.34%
1973	1.41%	5.39%
1974	1.36%	5.46%
1975	1.31%	5.49%
1976	1.26%	5.41%
1977	1.21%	5.18%
1978	1.16%	4.83%
1979	1.12%	4.41%
1980	1.09%	3.98%
1981	1.06%	3.6%
1982	1.04%	3.31%
1983	1.02%	3.1%
1984	0.99%	2.95%
1985	0.97%	2.84%
1986	0.95%	2.74%
1987	0.92%	2.62%
1988	0.89%	2.51%
1989	0.86%	2.42%
1990	0.83%	2.37%
1991	0.8%	2.32%
1992	0.77%	2.29%
1993	0.74%	2.25%
1994	0.71%	2.19%
1995	0.69%	2.12%
1996	0.67%	2.03%
1997	0.66%	1.93%
1998	0.64%	1.84%
1999	0.63%	1.76%
2000	0.62%	1.7%
2001	0.61%	1.66%
2002	0.59%	1.62%
2003	0.57%	1.58%
2004	0.55%	1.52%
2005	0.53%	1.44%
2006	0.51%	1.35%
2007	0.49%	1.27%
2008	0.47%	1.19%
2009	0.46%	1.13%
2010	0.44%	1.08%
2011	0.43%	1.04%
2012	0.42%	1%
2013	0.42%	0.97%
2014	0.41%	0.93%
2015	0.41%	0.89%
2016	0.41%	0.85%
2017	0.4%	0.81%
2018	0.4%	0.77%
2019	0.4%	0.74%
2020	0.4%	0.71%
2021	0.4%	0.7%
2022	0.4%	0.68%
2023	0.4%	0.67%