More than 164,000 children were born in the Netherlands last year, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) announced on Friday. That is slightly less than the year before. Just over 167,500 children were born in 2022.In 2023, the average number of children per woman was 1.43, the lowest figure to date. Since 2010, fewer children have been born per woman on average. This is because more women have decided to remain childless, the CBS concluded in December. The number of children per mother has remained the same.