Fertility & birth rates in Djibouti and Vietnam

Fertility rate in Djibouti vs Vietnam chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Djibouti was 2.61 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.91 in Vietnam in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Djibouti vs Vietnam population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Djibouti	Vietnam
1960	6.85	6.27
1961	6.85	5.48
1962	6.85	6.26
1963	6.86	6.39
1964	6.87	6.29
1965	6.86	6.16
1966	6.88	5.97
1967	6.87	5.88
1968	6.88	6.03
1969	6.88	6.01
1970	6.88	6.02
1971	6.88	6.07
1972	6.85	6.1
1973	6.82	6.11
1974	6.78	5.78
1975	6.74	5.62
1976	6.69	5.46
1977	6.64	5.29
1978	6.59	5.1
1979	6.52	4.94
1980	6.46	4.8
1981	6.4	4.67
1982	6.34	4.59
1983	6.3	4.52
1984	6.25	4.41
1985	6.19	4.21
1986	6.14	3.96
1987	6.09	3.72
1988	6.03	3.62
1989	5.97	3.64
1990	5.93	3.6
1991	5.86	3.52
1992	5.75	3.35
1993	5.64	3.17
1994	5.51	2.94
1995	5.33	2.7
1996	5.15	2.47
1997	4.97	2.27
1998	4.8	2.1
1999	4.69	2
2000	4.6	2.03
2001	4.52	2.02
2002	4.41	2.01
2003	4.3	2
2004	4.16	1.97
2005	4.04	1.89
2006	3.9	1.87
2007	3.76	1.91
2008	3.62	1.93
2009	3.52	1.92
2010	3.43	1.91
2011	3.34	1.93
2012	3.26	1.97
2013	3.19	1.98
2014	3.12	2.09
2015	3.04	2.1
2016	2.97	2
2017	2.92	1.99
2018	2.86	1.88
2019	2.8	1.94
2020	2.75	1.96
2021	2.7	1.94
2022	2.65	1.93
2023	2.61	1.91
2024	2.62	1.9
2025	2.58	1.88
2026	2.54	1.86
2027	2.51	1.85
2028	2.48	1.84
2029	2.45	1.83
2030	2.42	1.82
2031	2.39	1.81
2032	2.36	1.8
2033	2.33	1.79
2034	2.31	1.79
2035	2.29	1.78
2036	2.27	1.78
2037	2.25	1.78
2038	2.23	1.77
2039	2.21	1.77
2040	2.19	1.77
2041	2.17	1.77
2042	2.16	1.77
2043	2.14	1.76
2044	2.13	1.76
2045	2.11	1.76
2046	2.1	1.76
2047	2.09	1.75
2048	2.08	1.75
2049	2.06	1.75
2050	2.05	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Djibouti	Vietnam
1960	44.2%	41.1%
1961	44%	41.8%
1962	43.8%	42.4%
1963	43.7%	43.1%
1964	43.5%	43.4%
1965	43.6%	43.5%
1966	43.8%	43.6%
1967	44%	43.5%
1968	44.3%	43.4%
1969	44.5%	43.2%
1970	44.7%	42.9%
1971	44.9%	42.7%
1972	45%	42.4%
1973	45.2%	42.1%
1974	45.3%	41.8%
1975	45.4%	41.4%
1976	45.5%	41.2%
1977	45.5%	41%
1978	45.6%	40.6%
1979	45.5%	40.4%
1980	45.5%	40.3%
1981	45.4%	40.2%
1982	45.3%	40.2%
1983	45.1%	40.2%
1984	45%	40.1%
1985	44.8%	40.1%
1986	44.6%	39.9%
1987	44.4%	39.6%
1988	44.2%	39.2%
1989	44%	38.8%
1990	43.7%	38.5%
1991	43.5%	38.1%
1992	43.3%	37.7%
1993	43.1%	37.2%
1994	42.8%	36.7%
1995	42.5%	36.1%
1996	42.2%	35.4%
1997	41.5%	34.5%
1998	40.6%	33.5%
1999	40%	32.5%
2000	39.6%	31.5%
2001	39.1%	30.6%
2002	38.7%	29.9%
2003	38.6%	29.2%
2004	38.5%	28.5%
2005	38.4%	27.7%
2006	38.1%	26.9%
2007	37.7%	26.2%
2008	37.2%	25.6%
2009	36.8%	25.1%
2010	36.4%	24.6%
2011	35.9%	24.2%
2012	35.5%	24%
2013	35.1%	23.9%
2014	34.6%	24%
2015	34%	24%
2016	33.4%	24.1%
2017	32.8%	24.4%
2018	32.2%	24.6%
2019	31.6%	24.5%
2020	31%	24.4%
2021	30.5%	24.2%
2022	30%	23.9%
2023	29.6%	23.6%
2024	29.2%	23.2%
2025	28.8%	22.9%
2026	28.5%	22.4%
2027	28.1%	21.8%
2028	27.8%	21.1%
2029	27.5%	20.5%
2030	27.3%	19.9%
2031	27%	19.5%
2032	26.8%	19.1%
2033	26.6%	18.8%
2034	26.4%	18.5%
2035	26.2%	18.3%
2036	26.1%	18.1%
2037	25.9%	17.9%
2038	25.7%	17.8%
2039	25.5%	17.7%
2040	25.3%	17.6%
2041	25.1%	17.5%
2042	24.9%	17.5%
2043	24.7%	17.5%
2044	24.5%	17.4%
2045	24.3%	17.4%
2046	24.1%	17.3%
2047	23.8%	17.3%
2048	23.6%	17.2%
2049	23.4%	17.1%
2050	23.2%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Djibouti and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Djibouti and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in Djibouti vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Djibouti and +0.97% in Vietnam. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Djibouti	Vietnam
1960	2,299	955,268
1961	2,412	798,978
1962	2,538	960,046
1963	2,687	961,067
1964	2,864	950,219
1965	3,054	913,761
1966	3,268	876,283
1967	3,484	862,071
1968	3,712	815,116
1969	3,950	878,359
1970	4,249	905,902
1971	4,484	963,259
1972	4,885	921,524
1973	5,234	1,061,707
1974	5,601	1,000,505
1975	6,034	1,175,181
1976	6,567	1,232,608
1977	7,195	1,259,315
1978	7,886	1,286,991
1979	8,573	1,314,563
1980	9,187	1,321,595
1981	9,654	1,358,500
1982	10,058	1,407,959
1983	10,391	1,453,913
1984	10,713	1,477,448
1985	11,106	1,453,954
1986	11,671	1,407,957
1987	12,357	1,359,481
1988	13,107	1,370,108
1989	13,851	1,423,622
1990	15,074	1,449,157
1991	16,553	1,459,311
1992	16,971	1,419,952
1993	15,805	1,370,365
1994	15,989	1,291,534
1995	15,651	1,203,666
1996	15,408	1,108,686
1997	15,255	1,028,116
1998	15,845	959,016
1999	16,491	925,519
2000	17,014	966,894
2001	17,710	985,610
2002	18,167	991,427
2003	18,341	1,001,470
2004	17,756	985,438
2005	17,361	942,084
2006	16,901	943,041
2007	16,647	981,689
2008	16,356	1,008,141
2009	16,323	1,007,778
2010	16,225	1,005,559
2011	16,169	1,029,859
2012	16,026	1,063,741
2013	15,986	1,071,570
2014	15,857	1,151,221
2015	15,718	1,145,903
2016	15,621	1,045,094
2017	15,593	1,001,833
2018	15,524	882,977
2019	15,368	895,262
2020	14,970	924,004
2021	14,555	799,593
2022	15,337	775,914
2023	15,349	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: Djibouti vs Vietnam

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 162 deaths per 100,000 live births in Djibouti, compared to 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Djibouti	Vietnam
1985	821	186
1986	804	174
1987	785	163
1988	768	155
1989	746	152
1990	725	147
1991	731	142
1992	780	139
1993	704	135
1994	682	130
1995	634	119
1996	609	111
1997	582	104
1998	555	93
1999	524	86
2000	501	83
2001	441	78
2002	404	74
2003	391	71
2004	364	72
2005	315	69
2006	298	67
2007	285	66
2008	273	65
2009	263	64
2010	243	62
2011	229	61
2012	221	60
2013	219	60
2014	212	59
2015	210	58
2016	204	56
2017	201	55
2018	199	53
2019	194	52
2020	192	51
2021	221	52
2022	174	49
2023	162	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.04% in Djibouti and 2% in Vietnam. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Djibouti	Vietnam
1964	-	8.73%
1965	-	9.93%
1966	-	9.97%
1967	-	10%
1968	-	11.6%
1969	-	10.8%
1970	-	10.7%
1971	-	10.5%
1972	-	11.9%
1973	-	10.4%
1974	-	10.7%
1975	-	7.75%
1976	17.1%	7.6%
1977	16.6%	7.44%
1978	16.2%	7.27%
1979	15.7%	7.1%
1980	15.3%	6.94%
1981	14.8%	6.79%
1982	14.4%	6.64%
1983	14%	6.5%
1984	13.6%	6.36%
1985	13.2%	6.21%
1986	12.8%	6.04%
1987	12.5%	5.85%
1988	12.2%	5.64%
1989	11.9%	5.4%
1990	11.6%	5.15%
1991	11.4%	4.9%
1992	11.2%	4.64%
1993	11.1%	4.39%
1994	10.9%	4.14%
1995	10.8%	3.9%
1996	10.7%	3.68%
1997	10.5%	3.48%
1998	10.3%	3.29%
1999	10.2%	3.13%
2000	9.95%	2.98%
2001	9.72%	2.86%
2002	9.48%	2.74%
2003	9.24%	2.65%
2004	9%	2.57%
2005	8.77%	2.5%
2006	8.53%	2.45%
2007	8.28%	2.4%
2008	8.03%	2.36%
2009	7.81%	2.33%
2010	7.59%	2.31%
2011	7.36%	2.28%
2012	7.14%	2.26%
2013	6.93%	2.24%
2014	6.72%	2.22%
2015	6.51%	2.2%
2016	6.33%	2.18%
2017	6.13%	2.15%
2018	5.94%	2.14%
2019	5.75%	2.12%
2020	5.56%	2.1%
2021	5.38%	2.07%
2022	5.22%	2.04%
2023	5.04%	2%