Lithuania vs Netherlands: Total fertility rate: births per woman
Lithuania
1.48 births per woman
in 2020
Netherlands
1.49 births per woman
in 2022
Lithuania rank
18th
Netherlands rank
15th
Total fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Lithuania
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 1.49 births per woman against 1.48 births per woman in Lithuania, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Netherlands ahead.
Lithuania ranks 18th and Netherlands ranks 15th of 34 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lithuania averaged higher in 3 and Netherlands in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lithuania | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.62 births per woman | 3.17 births per woman | 0.548 births per woman | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 2.38 births per woman | 3.01 births per woman | 0.6329 births per woman | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 2.22 births per woman | 1.88 births per woman | 0.3468 births per woman | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 2.05 births per woman | 1.53 births per woman | 0.511 births per woman | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 1.68 births per woman | 1.59 births per woman | 0.0896 births per woman | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 1.34 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman | 0.3965 births per woman | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 1.61 births per woman | 1.68 births per woman | 0.0657 births per woman | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 1.48 births per woman | 1.54 births per woman | 0.066 births per woman | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total fertility rate: births per woman, Lithuania or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 1.49 births per woman against 1.48 births per woman in Lithuania as of 2022.
- What is the difference in total fertility rate: births per woman between Lithuania and Netherlands?
- 0.01 births per woman, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Netherlands?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2020.
- How do Lithuania and Netherlands rank globally for total fertility rate: births per woman?
- Lithuania ranks 18th and Netherlands ranks 15th of 34 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Total fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime if she experienced the fertility rates of a specific year.