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How many babies are born in Netherlands?

176 thousand babies born in Netherlands in 2026. That is 0.13% of all births worldwide, and the 89th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Netherlands: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Netherlands’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~8.5K ~210K 39.5 Modelled estimate
1000 ~15K ~370K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1500 ~49K ~1.1M 45.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~72.3K ~2M 36.1 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~164K ~5.14M 32.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 230K 10.1M 22.7 UN estimate
2000 209K 16.1M 13.0 UN estimate
2023 168K 18.1M 9.3 UN estimate
2026 176K 18.4M 9.5 UN projection
2050 164K 19M 8.7 UN projection
2075 155K 18.4M 8.5 UN projection
2100 148K 17.5M 8.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Netherlands among estimates through 2023 were in 1946, at about ~277K. That is roughly 33 times the estimated ~8.46K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.44 children per woman, fertility in Netherlands is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Netherlands each year?

An estimated 176 thousand babies are born in Netherlands in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 482 a day and 0.13% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Netherlands?

Netherlands has an estimated 9.5 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.44 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.