The fertility rate in the Netherlands is 1.78 children per woman (2018 estimate), which is high compared with many other European countries, but below the rate of 2.1 children per woman required for natural population replacement. The Netherlands has one of the oldest populations in the world, with the average age of 42.7 years. Life expectancy is high in the Netherlands: 84.3 years for newborn girls and 79.7 for boys (2020 estimate). The Dutch are the tallest people in the world, by nationality, with an average height of for men and for women in 2009. The average height of young men in the Netherlands increased from 5 feet, 4 inches to approximately 6 feet between the 1850s until the early 2000s.
the fertility rate in the netherlands is 178 children per woman (2018 estimate) which is high compared with many other european countries but below the rate of 21 children per woman required for natural population replacement the netherlands has one of the oldest populations in the world with the average age of 427 years life expectancy is high in the netherlands 843 years for newborn girls and 797 for boys (2020 estimate) the dutch are the tallest people in the world by nationality with an average height of for men and for women in 2009 the average height of young men in the netherlands increased from 5 feet 4 inches to approximately 6 feet between the 1850s until the early 2000s