Canada vs Netherlands: Birth seasonality

Canada
22.84 births per million people
in 2023
Netherlands
23.39 births per million people
in 2023
Canada rank
23rd
Netherlands rank
21st

Birth seasonality over time

  • Canada
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 23.39 births per million people against 22.84 births per million people in Canada, a difference of 0.55 births per million people.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Netherlands ahead.

Canada ranks 23rd and Netherlands ranks 21st of 40 countries.

Across the 11 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 6 and Netherlands in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Netherlands Difference Ahead
1920s 51.97 births per million people 63.71 births per million people 11.75 births per million people Netherlands
1930s 53.11 births per million people 54.87 births per million people 1.76 births per million people Netherlands
1940s 63.52 births per million people 60.75 births per million people 2.76 births per million people Canada
1950s 70.48 births per million people 55.94 births per million people 14.54 births per million people Canada
1960s 55.04 births per million people 50.88 births per million people 4.16 births per million people Canada
1970s 39.94 births per million people 35.63 births per million people 4.31 births per million people Canada
1980s 37.29 births per million people 32 births per million people 5.29 births per million people Canada
1990s 32.26 births per million people 32.76 births per million people 0.4929 births per million people Netherlands
2000s 27.27 births per million people 30.64 births per million people 3.37 births per million people Netherlands
2010s 27.01 births per million people 26.37 births per million people 0.6381 births per million people Canada
2020s 23.11 births per million people 24.42 births per million people 1.31 births per million people Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth seasonality, Canada or Netherlands?
Netherlands, at 23.39 births per million people against 22.84 births per million people in Canada as of 2023.
What is the difference in birth seasonality between Canada and Netherlands?
0.55 births per million people, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Netherlands?
103 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2023.
How do Canada and Netherlands rank globally for birth seasonality?
Canada ranks 23rd and Netherlands ranks 21st of 40 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth seasonality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Birth seasonality
Unit
births per million people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
40 places, 3,607 data points, 1840–2024
Last refreshed

The average daily number of births, per million people, calculated for December.