Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Europe · Western Europe

How many babies are born in Netherlands?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Netherlands through history

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Estimated annual births in Netherlands, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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 45.0 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
2024 172K 18.2M 9.4 UN projection
2026 176K 18.4M 9.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Netherlands are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1946, at about ~277K. That is roughly 21 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.