Fertility & birth rates in Netherlands and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Netherlands vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Netherlands vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	3.12	6.38
1961	3.22	6.3
1962	3.18	6.23
1963	3.19	6.16
1964	3.17	6.07
1965	3.04	5.98
1966	2.9	5.87
1967	2.81	5.75
1968	2.72	5.61
1969	2.75	5.47
1970	2.57	5.32
1971	2.36	5.17
1972	2.15	5.04
1973	1.9	4.91
1974	1.77	4.79
1975	1.66	4.69
1976	1.63	4.59
1977	1.58	4.49
1978	1.58	4.4
1979	1.56	4.3
1980	1.6	4.2
1981	1.56	4.1
1982	1.5	4.01
1983	1.47	3.93
1984	1.49	3.86
1985	1.51	3.79
1986	1.55	3.73
1987	1.56	3.67
1988	1.55	3.6
1989	1.55	3.52
1990	1.62	3.45
1991	1.61	3.37
1992	1.59	3.29
1993	1.57	3.22
1994	1.57	3.15
1995	1.53	3.08
1996	1.53	3.02
1997	1.56	2.97
1998	1.63	2.91
1999	1.65	2.86
2000	1.72	2.79
2001	1.71	2.78
2002	1.73	2.74
2003	1.75	2.7
2004	1.72	2.64
2005	1.71	2.63
2006	1.72	2.6
2007	1.72	2.52
2008	1.77	2.48
2009	1.79	2.42
2010	1.79	2.4
2011	1.76	2.4
2012	1.72	2.38
2013	1.68	2.33
2014	1.71	2.3
2015	1.66	2.25
2016	1.66	2.22
2017	1.62	2.18
2018	1.59	2.15
2019	1.57	2.13
2020	1.54	2.12
2021	1.62	2.11
2022	1.49	2.09
2023	1.43	2.08
2024	1.43	2.08
2025	1.44	2.06
2026	1.44	2.04
2027	1.45	2.03
2028	1.45	2.01
2029	1.45	2
2030	1.46	1.99
2031	1.46	1.98
2032	1.47	1.97
2033	1.47	1.96
2034	1.48	1.95
2035	1.48	1.94
2036	1.48	1.93
2037	1.48	1.92
2038	1.48	1.91
2039	1.49	1.91
2040	1.49	1.9
2041	1.49	1.89
2042	1.5	1.88
2043	1.5	1.87
2044	1.5	1.86
2045	1.5	1.86
2046	1.5	1.85
2047	1.51	1.84
2048	1.51	1.84
2049	1.51	1.83
2050	1.51	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Netherlands	Venezuela
1960	30%	46.8%
1961	29.7%	46.9%
1962	29.1%	47%
1963	28.7%	47%
1964	28.5%	47%
1965	28.3%	46.9%
1966	28.1%	46.8%
1967	27.8%	46.6%
1968	27.6%	46.3%
1969	27.5%	46%
1970	27.3%	45.6%
1971	27.1%	45.2%
1972	26.8%	44.7%
1973	26.4%	44.3%
1974	25.9%	43.8%
1975	25.3%	43.3%
1976	24.8%	42.9%
1977	24.2%	42.5%
1978	23.5%	42.1%
1979	22.9%	41.7%
1980	22.3%	41.3%
1981	21.8%	41%
1982	21.3%	40.6%
1983	20.7%	40.3%
1984	20.1%	39.9%
1985	19.5%	39.6%
1986	19.1%	39.3%
1987	18.7%	39%
1988	18.5%	38.7%
1989	18.4%	38.4%
1990	18.4%	38.1%
1991	18.4%	37.8%
1992	18.5%	37.4%
1993	18.5%	37%
1994	18.6%	36.6%
1995	18.6%	36.2%
1996	18.6%	35.8%
1997	18.6%	35.3%
1998	18.6%	34.9%
1999	18.7%	34.5%
2000	18.8%	34%
2001	18.8%	33.6%
2002	18.8%	33.1%
2003	18.7%	32.7%
2004	18.6%	32.2%
2005	18.5%	31.8%
2006	18.3%	31.4%
2007	18.1%	31%
2008	17.9%	30.6%
2009	17.7%	30.3%
2010	17.6%	29.9%
2011	17.4%	29.5%
2012	17.3%	29.2%
2013	17.1%	28.9%
2014	16.9%	28.5%
2015	16.6%	28.2%
2016	16.4%	27.9%
2017	16.2%	27.8%
2018	16%	27.9%
2019	15.8%	28%
2020	15.6%	27.8%
2021	15.5%	27.4%
2022	15.4%	26.8%
2023	15.2%	26.2%
2024	15%	25.5%
2025	14.9%	24.9%
2026	14.9%	24.3%
2027	14.8%	23.8%
2028	14.8%	23.2%
2029	14.8%	22.8%
2030	14.8%	22.4%
2031	14.8%	22%
2032	14.7%	21.7%
2033	14.7%	21.5%
2034	14.7%	21.4%
2035	14.7%	21.4%
2036	14.7%	21.4%
2037	14.6%	21.5%
2038	14.6%	21.5%
2039	14.6%	21.4%
2040	14.5%	21.4%
2041	14.5%	21.3%
2042	14.4%	21.2%
2043	14.4%	21.1%
2044	14.3%	20.9%
2045	14.2%	20.7%
2046	14.1%	20.5%
2047	14.1%	20.3%
2048	14%	20%
2049	13.9%	19.8%
2050	13.8%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in the Netherlands and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 18.4% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Netherlands and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Netherlands vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.08% in the Netherlands and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	151,623	285,105
1961	159,450	292,109
1962	153,474	299,345
1963	154,361	307,279
1964	157,653	314,397
1965	146,308	321,695
1966	138,265	329,697
1967	138,580	335,813
1968	132,389	340,973
1969	139,082	343,596
1970	129,082	350,709
1971	116,112	355,212
1972	101,297	360,749
1973	84,668	367,612
1974	75,853	375,678
1975	64,232	385,045
1976	63,361	395,344
1977	63,739	405,315
1978	61,344	414,032
1979	63,172	421,256
1980	66,504	425,613
1981	62,688	432,059
1982	54,388	436,564
1983	51,722	443,569
1984	54,812	449,186
1985	55,069	455,517
1986	59,746	468,252
1987	64,526	474,204
1988	61,993	477,569
1989	59,396	478,053
1990	68,777	478,168
1991	69,321	477,917
1992	66,811	474,824
1993	58,103	473,189
1994	61,532	469,178
1995	54,106	469,267
1996	51,251	468,653
1997	56,198	472,002
1998	61,258	469,123
1999	60,086	463,787
2000	66,887	459,802
2001	62,580	451,487
2002	59,751	466,821
2003	58,411	456,902
2004	56,987	455,881
2005	50,592	463,260
2006	49,038	460,152
2007	49,145	452,482
2008	49,337	435,870
2009	51,244	427,257
2010	48,184	425,397
2011	45,072	425,958
2012	35,186	420,758
2013	30,248	408,930
2014	35,417	395,088
2015	23,716	384,560
2016	23,843	359,651
2017	18,844	340,222
2018	15,508	317,302
2019	17,345	274,826
2020	0	237,223
2021	7,014	207,746
2022	-1,770	216,619
2023	-5,363	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Netherlands vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Netherlands	Venezuela
1985	12	83
1986	12	81
1987	12	81
1988	12	80
1989	12	80
1990	12	83
1991	12	80
1992	12	82
1993	12	82
1994	12	84
1995	12	84
1996	12	86
1997	13	82
1998	12	82
1999	13	88
2000	13	86
2001	13	101
2002	13	87
2003	12	97
2004	11	94
2005	10	93
2006	9	96
2007	8	92
2008	8	103
2009	7	109
2010	6	110
2011	7	104
2012	6	113
2013	6	123
2014	5	133
2015	5	136
2016	5	162
2017	5	195
2018	5	205
2019	5	202
2020	4	207
2021	5	251
2022	4	219
2023	4	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.4% in the Netherlands and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	2.08%	7.97%
1961	2.03%	7.72%
1962	1.97%	7.49%
1963	1.92%	7.3%
1964	1.88%	7.14%
1965	1.83%	7%
1966	1.79%	6.87%
1967	1.74%	6.75%
1968	1.69%	6.61%
1969	1.64%	6.47%
1970	1.58%	6.3%
1971	1.53%	6.12%
1972	1.47%	5.94%
1973	1.41%	5.75%
1974	1.36%	5.57%
1975	1.31%	5.38%
1976	1.26%	5.2%
1977	1.21%	5.01%
1978	1.16%	4.82%
1979	1.12%	4.62%
1980	1.09%	4.42%
1981	1.06%	4.24%
1982	1.04%	4.07%
1983	1.02%	3.91%
1984	0.99%	3.77%
1985	0.97%	3.64%
1986	0.95%	3.5%
1987	0.92%	3.37%
1988	0.89%	3.23%
1989	0.86%	3.09%
1990	0.83%	2.96%
1991	0.8%	2.86%
1992	0.77%	2.78%
1993	0.74%	2.73%
1994	0.71%	2.68%
1995	0.69%	2.63%
1996	0.67%	2.55%
1997	0.66%	2.45%
1998	0.64%	2.34%
1999	0.63%	2.24%
2000	0.62%	2.15%
2001	0.61%	2.09%
2002	0.59%	2.03%
2003	0.57%	1.98%
2004	0.55%	1.91%
2005	0.53%	1.85%
2006	0.51%	1.79%
2007	0.49%	1.74%
2008	0.47%	1.72%
2009	0.46%	1.71%
2010	0.44%	1.72%
2011	0.43%	1.73%
2012	0.42%	1.76%
2013	0.42%	1.79%
2014	0.41%	1.83%
2015	0.41%	1.92%
2016	0.41%	2.43%
2017	0.4%	2.43%
2018	0.4%	2.43%
2019	0.4%	2.43%
2020	0.4%	2.43%
2021	0.4%	2.43%
2022	0.4%	2.43%
2023	0.4%	2.43%