Editing Demographics of the Netherlands (section)

=== Fertility ===
{{Main|Ageing of the Netherlands}}
{{Historical populations
|type =
|percentages=pagr
|footnote = Source: [[Our World in Data]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Netherlands Population - Our World in Data |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?time=0..latest&country=~NLD |website=www.ourworldindata.org |language=en}}</ref> and [[Statistics Netherlands]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/visualisaties/population-counter|title=Population counter of the Netherlands|access-date=2019-01-13|archive-date=2018-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009222717/https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/visualisaties/population-counter|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|1000 | 369000
|1300 | 881000
|1500 | 1090000
|1600 | 1540000
|1700 | 2000000
|1800 | 2000000
|1900 | 5104000
|1910 | 5858000
|1920 | 6754000
|1930 | 7825000
|1940 | 8834000
|1950 | 10026773
|1960 | 11417254
|1970 | 12957621
|1980 | 14091014
|1990 | 14892574
|2000 | 15863950
|2010 | 16574989
|2020 | 17424978
}}

The Dutch population is [[Ageing of the Netherlands|ageing]]. Furthermore, [[life expectancy]] has increased because of developments in [[medicine]], and in addition to this, the Netherlands has seen increasing immigration. Despite these developments combined with the [[population boom]] after the [[Second World War]], the low birth rate has caused extremely low population growth: 2005 saw the lowest absolute population growth since 1900.

This demographic development has consequences for [[health care]] and [[social security]] policy. As the Dutch population ages, the proportion of people of working age, as a percentage of the entire population, decreases. Important policy advisors like the [[Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek|CBS]] (Statistical Office) and the [[Centraal Planbureau|CPB]] (Planning Office) have pointed out that this will cause problems with the current system of old age pensions: fewer people will work to pay for old age pensions, while there will be more people receiving those pensions. Furthermore, the costs of health care are also projected to increase. These developments have caused several cabinets, notably the [[Second cabinet Balkenende|second Balkenende cabinet]] to reform the system of health care and social security to increase participation in the labour market and make people more conscious of the money they spend on health care.

In 2003, the annual birth rate per thousand was highest in the province of [[Flevoland]] (15.9). The overall lifelong [[Total fertility rate]] (TFR), was highest in the province of Flevoland (2.0) and lowest in the province of [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]] (1.6). The municipality with the highest TFR was [[Urk]] (3.23) followed by [[Valkenburg, South Holland|Valkenburg]] (2.83), [[Graafstroom (former municipality)|Graafstroom]] (2.79) and [[Staphorst]] (2.76). The lowest TFRs were recorded in [[Vaals]] (1.11) and [[Thorn, Netherlands|Thorn]] (1.21).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/bevolking/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2003/2003-1269-wm.htm|title=Largest families in Urk|first=Statistics|last=Netherlands|website=Cbs.nl|date=September 2003 |access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref>

The total population at December 31, 2006 was 16,356,914. The population loss due to net emigration was 35,502 (an estimated 40-50% of emigrants were ethnic non-Dutch).

In 2007, there were 117,000 immigrants (including 7000 Germans, 6000 Poles, 5000 Bulgarians, 3000 Turks and 2000 Moroccans) and 123,000 emigrants. Nearly half the emigrants were native Dutch, followed at a distance by nearly 5000 Poles and more than 3000 Germans. There was an observable increase in net immigration from the former USSR, [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/bevolking/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2008/2008-011-pb.htm|title=Population growth 46 thousand in 2007|first=Statistics|last=Netherlands|website=Cbs.nl|date=15 February 2008 |access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref>

The annual death rate was lowest in the municipalities of Valkenburg (2.9 per 1000), Zeewolde (3.2), Renswoude (3.4), Westervoort and Zeevang (both 3.9). The highest annual death rates were recorded in Warmond (22.3 per 1000), Laren (19.9) and Doorn (18.8).<ref>http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/publicaties/periodieken/bevolkingstrends/archief/2003/2003-k3-b15-pub.htm {{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

16.4% of the total births in 2003 were to parents of non-European origin, although they account for only 12.4% of the population in the 25-34 age group. For example, 3.8% of the births were ethnic Moroccan, although they were only 2.26% of the 25-34 age group. Respective figures were 3.27% and 3.0% for Turks. The TFR for Moroccans in 2003 was 3.3 while the general TFR was 1.73. TFR was 2.3 for [[Turkish people|Turks]], 1.7 for [[Surinamese people|Surinamese]], 1.8 for [[Aruba]]ns, 3.0 for [[African diaspora|Africans]] and 1.8 for [[Americans]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/dsis/jointestatunece/info/data/paper_alders.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-06-30 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20070630223717/http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/dsis/jointestatunece/info/data/paper_alders.pdf |archive-date=2007-06-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (These figures compare with a figure of around 2.1 required to maintain a stable overall population figure.)

According to Statistics Netherlands, for the year 2007, the TFR for those born in Netherlands was 1.72<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.nl/NR/rdonlyres/A157E464-812A-40CC-8A71-E85FDF3A16B0/0/2008k1b15p55art.pdf|title=Bevolkingsprognose 2007–2014: tijdelijk hogere groei|website=Cbs.nl|access-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171805/http://www.cbs.nl/NR/rdonlyres/A157E464-812A-40CC-8A71-E85FDF3A16B0/0/2008k1b15p55art.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> (1.65 in 2000). TFR of Moroccan immigrants was 2.87 (3.22 in 2000) and that of Turkish immigrants was 1.88 (2.18 in 2000).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://paa2007.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=70869|title=Fertility and Religiousness Among European Muslims|author1=Charles F. Westoff|author2=Tomas Frejka|website=Paa2007.princeton.edu|access-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628150900/http://paa2007.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=70869|archive-date=2007-06-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[total fertility rate]] is the annual average number of children born per woman over her lifespan. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: [[Our World In Data]] and [[Gapminder Foundation]].<ref name="ourworldindata.org">{{citation|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1800&country=ITA|title=Total Fertility Rate around the world over the last centuries|author=Max Roser|date=2014|work=[[Our World In Data]], [[Gapminder Foundation]]|access-date=2019-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807185906/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1800&country=ITA|archive-date=2018-08-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1840!!1841!!1842!!1843!!1844!!1845!!1846!!1847!!1848!!1849!!1850<ref name="ourworldindata.org"/>
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in the Netherlands||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.11||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.09||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.06||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.04||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.02||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.99||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.99||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.99||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.99||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.99||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.89
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1851!!1852!!1853!!1854!!1855!!1856!!1857!!1858!!1859!!1860<ref name="ourworldindata.org"/>
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in the Netherlands||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.8||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.7||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.6||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.68||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.75
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1861!!1862!!1863!!1864!!1865!!1866!!1867!!1868!!1869!!1870<ref name="ourworldindata.org"/>
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in the Netherlands||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.83||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.9||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.98||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.99||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.01||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.02||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.04||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.05||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.09||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.12
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1871!!1872!!1873!!1874!!1875!!1876!!1877!!1878!!1879!!1880<ref name="ourworldindata.org"/>
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in the Netherlands||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.16||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.19||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.23||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.27||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.31||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.34||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.38||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.42||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.39||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.35
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1881!!1882!!1883!!1884!!1885!!1886!!1887!!1888!!1889!!1890<ref name="ourworldindata.org"/>
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in the Netherlands||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.32||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.28||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.25||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.23||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.21||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.18||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.16||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.14||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.11||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.07
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1891!!1892!!1893!!1894!!1895!!1896!!1897!!1898!!1899<ref name="ourworldindata.org"/>
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in the Netherlands||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.04||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.97||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.93||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.88||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.84||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.79||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.75||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.6
|}
1.78 children born/woman (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 157th

11.0 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 178th

==== Mother's mean age at first birth ====

:
:29.8 years (2017 est.)