Germany vs Netherlands: Birth seasonality
Germany
23.55 births per million people
in 2020
Netherlands
23.39 births per million people
in 2023
Germany rank
20th
Netherlands rank
21st
Birth seasonality over time
- Germany
- Netherlands
How they compare
Germany currently reports 23.55 births per million people against 23.39 births per million people in Netherlands, a difference of 0.16 births per million people.
Across all 75 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 20th and Netherlands ranks 21st of 40 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 34.99 births per million people | 67.76 births per million people | 32.76 births per million people | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 37.54 births per million people | 55.94 births per million people | 18.41 births per million people | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 41.64 births per million people | 50.88 births per million people | 9.24 births per million people | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 27.42 births per million people | 35.63 births per million people | 8.21 births per million people | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 27.94 births per million people | 32 births per million people | 4.06 births per million people | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 25.42 births per million people | 32.76 births per million people | 7.34 births per million people | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 22.14 births per million people | 30.64 births per million people | 8.49 births per million people | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 22.84 births per million people | 26.37 births per million people | 3.54 births per million people | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 23.55 births per million people | 24.52 births per million people | 0.963 births per million people | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth seasonality, Germany or Netherlands?
- Germany, at 23.55 births per million people against 23.39 births per million people in Netherlands as of 2020.
- What is the difference in birth seasonality between Germany and Netherlands?
- 0.16 births per million people, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Netherlands?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1946 to 2020.
- How do Germany and Netherlands rank globally for birth seasonality?
- Germany ranks 20th 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.