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