Fertility & birth rates in Netherlands and Yemen

Fertility rate in Netherlands vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Netherlands vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	3.12	7.99
1961	3.22	8
1962	3.18	8.01
1963	3.19	8.03
1964	3.17	8.07
1965	3.04	8.1
1966	2.9	8.14
1967	2.81	8.17
1968	2.72	8.19
1969	2.75	8.22
1970	2.57	8.23
1971	2.36	8.26
1972	2.15	8.27
1973	1.9	8.29
1974	1.77	8.33
1975	1.66	8.37
1976	1.63	8.42
1977	1.58	8.47
1978	1.58	8.5
1979	1.56	8.67
1980	1.6	8.71
1981	1.56	8.75
1982	1.5	8.79
1983	1.47	8.83
1984	1.49	8.85
1985	1.51	8.86
1986	1.55	8.86
1987	1.56	8.83
1988	1.55	8.79
1989	1.55	8.71
1990	1.62	8.61
1991	1.61	8.46
1992	1.59	8.27
1993	1.57	8.05
1994	1.57	7.8
1995	1.53	7.53
1996	1.53	7
1997	1.56	6.82
1998	1.63	6.64
1999	1.65	6.49
2000	1.72	6.32
2001	1.71	6.14
2002	1.73	5.97
2003	1.75	5.84
2004	1.72	5.71
2005	1.71	5.56
2006	1.72	5.41
2007	1.72	5.26
2008	1.77	5.11
2009	1.79	5
2010	1.79	4.81
2011	1.76	4.63
2012	1.72	4.63
2013	1.68	4.62
2014	1.71	4.62
2015	1.66	4.62
2016	1.66	4.61
2017	1.62	4.61
2018	1.59	4.61
2019	1.57	4.6
2020	1.54	4.6
2021	1.62	4.6
2022	1.49	4.59
2023	1.43	4.59
2024	1.43	4.5
2025	1.44	4.41
2026	1.44	4.33
2027	1.45	4.23
2028	1.45	4.14
2029	1.45	4.06
2030	1.46	3.97
2031	1.46	3.87
2032	1.47	3.8
2033	1.47	3.73
2034	1.48	3.66
2035	1.48	3.59
2036	1.48	3.51
2037	1.48	3.44
2038	1.48	3.38
2039	1.49	3.32
2040	1.49	3.26
2041	1.49	3.21
2042	1.5	3.16
2043	1.5	3.12
2044	1.5	3.07
2045	1.5	3.02
2046	1.5	2.97
2047	1.51	2.93
2048	1.51	2.89
2049	1.51	2.85
2050	1.51	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Netherlands	Yemen
1960	30%	40.3%
1961	29.7%	40.4%
1962	29.1%	40.4%
1963	28.7%	40.6%
1964	28.5%	40.9%
1965	28.3%	41.3%
1966	28.1%	41.8%
1967	27.8%	42.3%
1968	27.6%	42.8%
1969	27.5%	43.3%
1970	27.3%	43.8%
1971	27.1%	44.3%
1972	26.8%	44.8%
1973	26.4%	45.3%
1974	25.9%	45.7%
1975	25.3%	46.2%
1976	24.8%	46.6%
1977	24.2%	47%
1978	23.5%	47.5%
1979	22.9%	47.9%
1980	22.3%	48.3%
1981	21.8%	48.7%
1982	21.3%	49.1%
1983	20.7%	49.4%
1984	20.1%	49.7%
1985	19.5%	50%
1986	19.1%	50.3%
1987	18.7%	50.5%
1988	18.5%	50.7%
1989	18.4%	50.9%
1990	18.4%	51.1%
1991	18.4%	51.2%
1992	18.5%	51.2%
1993	18.5%	51.2%
1994	18.6%	51.1%
1995	18.6%	50.9%
1996	18.6%	50.6%
1997	18.6%	50.3%
1998	18.6%	49.9%
1999	18.7%	49.5%
2000	18.8%	49%
2001	18.8%	48.6%
2002	18.8%	48.1%
2003	18.7%	47.6%
2004	18.6%	47.1%
2005	18.5%	46.5%
2006	18.3%	45.9%
2007	18.1%	45.3%
2008	17.9%	44.7%
2009	17.7%	44.1%
2010	17.6%	43.5%
2011	17.4%	43%
2012	17.3%	42.7%
2013	17.1%	42.3%
2014	16.9%	42.1%
2015	16.6%	41.8%
2016	16.4%	41.7%
2017	16.2%	41.6%
2018	16%	41.5%
2019	15.8%	41.4%
2020	15.6%	41.4%
2021	15.5%	41.4%
2022	15.4%	41.3%
2023	15.2%	41.2%
2024	15%	41.1%
2025	14.9%	41%
2026	14.9%	40.9%
2027	14.8%	40.8%
2028	14.8%	40.6%
2029	14.8%	40.3%
2030	14.8%	40%
2031	14.8%	39.6%
2032	14.7%	39.2%
2033	14.7%	38.7%
2034	14.7%	38.2%
2035	14.7%	37.7%
2036	14.7%	37.1%
2037	14.6%	36.5%
2038	14.6%	36%
2039	14.6%	35.4%
2040	14.5%	34.8%
2041	14.5%	34.3%
2042	14.4%	33.8%
2043	14.4%	33.4%
2044	14.3%	33%
2045	14.2%	32.6%
2046	14.1%	32.3%
2047	14.1%	32%
2048	14%	31.7%
2049	13.9%	31.4%
2050	13.8%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in the Netherlands and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 18.4% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Netherlands and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Netherlands vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.08% in the Netherlands and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	151,623	122,994
1961	159,450	129,787
1962	153,474	131,262
1963	154,361	133,781
1964	157,653	147,299
1965	146,308	155,398
1966	138,265	164,091
1967	138,580	173,637
1968	132,389	182,518
1969	139,082	196,305
1970	129,082	207,613
1971	116,112	219,095
1972	101,297	229,322
1973	84,668	240,235
1974	75,853	252,737
1975	64,232	266,815
1976	63,361	281,078
1977	63,739	296,115
1978	61,344	312,439
1979	63,172	336,378
1980	66,504	355,767
1981	62,688	374,482
1982	54,388	392,302
1983	51,722	414,823
1984	54,812	434,674
1985	55,069	455,576
1986	59,746	464,665
1987	64,526	493,337
1988	61,993	513,296
1989	59,396	530,464
1990	68,777	549,654
1991	69,321	565,837
1992	66,811	582,072
1993	58,103	595,459
1994	61,532	602,363
1995	54,106	607,966
1996	51,251	588,786
1997	56,198	604,443
1998	61,258	615,488
1999	60,086	633,166
2000	66,887	646,694
2001	62,580	658,704
2002	59,751	672,494
2003	58,411	694,457
2004	56,987	710,493
2005	50,592	726,708
2006	49,038	750,082
2007	49,145	764,780
2008	49,337	779,123
2009	51,244	798,911
2010	48,184	803,246
2011	45,072	806,359
2012	35,186	845,645
2013	30,248	884,929
2014	35,417	920,330
2015	23,716	939,922
2016	23,843	975,697
2017	18,844	1,006,725
2018	15,508	1,020,238
2019	17,345	1,056,432
2020	0	1,086,322
2021	7,014	1,103,622
2022	-1,770	1,153,375
2023	-5,363	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Netherlands vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Netherlands	Yemen
1985	12	430
1986	12	430
1987	12	400
1988	12	388
1989	12	371
1990	12	359
1991	12	341
1992	12	330
1993	12	319
1994	12	311
1995	12	296
1996	12	282
1997	13	271
1998	12	260
1999	13	250
2000	13	241
2001	13	231
2002	13	218
2003	12	205
2004	11	194
2005	10	181
2006	9	171
2007	8	161
2008	8	153
2009	7	149
2010	6	144
2011	7	140
2012	6	137
2013	6	135
2014	5	134
2015	5	135
2016	5	134
2017	5	142
2018	5	134
2019	5	131
2020	4	135
2021	5	156
2022	4	125
2023	4	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.4% in the Netherlands and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	2.08%	42.9%
1961	2.03%	42.2%
1962	1.97%	41.5%
1963	1.92%	40.8%
1964	1.88%	40%
1965	1.83%	39%
1966	1.79%	38%
1967	1.74%	36.8%
1968	1.69%	35.6%
1969	1.64%	34.3%
1970	1.58%	33%
1971	1.53%	31.8%
1972	1.47%	30.6%
1973	1.41%	29.5%
1974	1.36%	28.4%
1975	1.31%	27.2%
1976	1.26%	26%
1977	1.21%	24.7%
1978	1.16%	23.4%
1979	1.12%	22.1%
1980	1.09%	20.8%
1981	1.06%	19.6%
1982	1.04%	18.4%
1983	1.02%	17.2%
1984	0.99%	16.2%
1985	0.97%	15.3%
1986	0.95%	14.6%
1987	0.92%	14%
1988	0.89%	13.4%
1989	0.86%	12.9%
1990	0.83%	12.5%
1991	0.8%	12.1%
1992	0.77%	11.8%
1993	0.74%	11.6%
1994	0.71%	11.3%
1995	0.69%	11.1%
1996	0.67%	10.8%
1997	0.66%	10.5%
1998	0.64%	10.2%
1999	0.63%	9.77%
2000	0.62%	9.32%
2001	0.61%	8.84%
2002	0.59%	8.36%
2003	0.57%	7.9%
2004	0.55%	7.47%
2005	0.53%	7.06%
2006	0.51%	6.68%
2007	0.49%	6.33%
2008	0.47%	6.02%
2009	0.46%	5.74%
2010	0.44%	5.49%
2011	0.43%	5.3%
2012	0.42%	5.14%
2013	0.42%	4.95%
2014	0.41%	4.84%
2015	0.41%	4.9%
2016	0.41%	4.77%
2017	0.4%	4.66%
2018	0.4%	4.7%
2019	0.4%	4.59%
2020	0.4%	4.32%
2021	0.4%	4.24%
2022	0.4%	4.08%
2023	0.4%	3.93%