Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Vietnam

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Vietnam chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the DR Congo was 6.05 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 the DR Congo 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
	DR Congo	Vietnam
1960	6.11	6.27
1961	6.12	5.48
1962	6.14	6.26
1963	6.16	6.39
1964	6.19	6.29
1965	6.21	6.16
1966	6.24	5.97
1967	6.27	5.88
1968	6.29	6.03
1969	6.3	6.01
1970	6.33	6.02
1971	6.34	6.07
1972	6.37	6.1
1973	6.39	6.11
1974	6.4	5.78
1975	6.42	5.62
1976	6.44	5.46
1977	6.45	5.29
1978	6.46	5.1
1979	6.48	4.94
1980	6.5	4.8
1981	6.52	4.67
1982	6.54	4.59
1983	6.56	4.52
1984	6.59	4.41
1985	6.61	4.21
1986	6.63	3.96
1987	6.65	3.72
1988	6.66	3.62
1989	6.65	3.64
1990	6.65	3.6
1991	6.65	3.52
1992	6.64	3.35
1993	6.64	3.17
1994	6.64	2.94
1995	6.68	2.7
1996	6.67	2.47
1997	6.69	2.27
1998	6.7	2.1
1999	6.69	2
2000	6.7	2.03
2001	6.66	2.02
2002	6.61	2.01
2003	6.55	2
2004	6.53	1.97
2005	6.53	1.89
2006	6.55	1.87
2007	6.56	1.91
2008	6.58	1.93
2009	6.59	1.92
2010	6.59	1.91
2011	6.58	1.93
2012	6.56	1.97
2013	6.53	1.98
2014	6.48	2.09
2015	6.44	2.1
2016	6.39	2
2017	6.35	1.99
2018	6.3	1.88
2019	6.25	1.94
2020	6.21	1.96
2021	6.16	1.94
2022	6.11	1.93
2023	6.05	1.91
2024	5.98	1.9
2025	5.9	1.88
2026	5.8	1.86
2027	5.71	1.85
2028	5.62	1.84
2029	5.52	1.83
2030	5.42	1.82
2031	5.32	1.81
2032	5.2	1.8
2033	5.09	1.79
2034	4.99	1.79
2035	4.87	1.78
2036	4.77	1.78
2037	4.64	1.78
2038	4.55	1.77
2039	4.47	1.77
2040	4.38	1.77
2041	4.3	1.77
2042	4.21	1.77
2043	4.14	1.76
2044	4.06	1.76
2045	3.99	1.76
2046	3.92	1.76
2047	3.85	1.75
2048	3.78	1.75
2049	3.72	1.75
2050	3.66	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Vietnam
1960	42.9%	41.1%
1961	42.8%	41.8%
1962	42.7%	42.4%
1963	42.7%	43.1%
1964	42.7%	43.4%
1965	42.8%	43.5%
1966	42.9%	43.6%
1967	43%	43.5%
1968	43.2%	43.4%
1969	43.3%	43.2%
1970	43.4%	42.9%
1971	43.6%	42.7%
1972	43.8%	42.4%
1973	44%	42.1%
1974	44.2%	41.8%
1975	44.3%	41.4%
1976	44.5%	41.2%
1977	44.6%	41%
1978	44.5%	40.6%
1979	44.3%	40.4%
1980	44.2%	40.3%
1981	44.3%	40.2%
1982	44.3%	40.2%
1983	44.2%	40.2%
1984	44.1%	40.1%
1985	44.1%	40.1%
1986	44.1%	39.9%
1987	44.2%	39.6%
1988	44.3%	39.2%
1989	44.3%	38.8%
1990	44.4%	38.5%
1991	44.4%	38.1%
1992	44.5%	37.7%
1993	44.5%	37.2%
1994	44.1%	36.7%
1995	44%	36.1%
1996	44.7%	35.4%
1997	45.4%	34.5%
1998	45.6%	33.5%
1999	45.6%	32.5%
2000	45.7%	31.5%
2001	45.7%	30.6%
2002	45.7%	29.9%
2003	45.8%	29.2%
2004	45.9%	28.5%
2005	45.9%	27.7%
2006	45.9%	26.9%
2007	46%	26.2%
2008	46%	25.6%
2009	46.1%	25.1%
2010	46.1%	24.6%
2011	46%	24.2%
2012	46%	24%
2013	46%	23.9%
2014	46%	24%
2015	46%	24%
2016	45.9%	24.1%
2017	45.8%	24.4%
2018	45.9%	24.6%
2019	46%	24.5%
2020	46.1%	24.4%
2021	46.1%	24.2%
2022	46.1%	23.9%
2023	46.1%	23.6%
2024	46%	23.2%
2025	45.9%	22.9%
2026	45.8%	22.4%
2027	45.7%	21.8%
2028	45.5%	21.1%
2029	45.3%	20.5%
2030	45%	19.9%
2031	44.8%	19.5%
2032	44.5%	19.1%
2033	44.2%	18.8%
2034	43.8%	18.5%
2035	43.4%	18.3%
2036	43%	18.1%
2037	42.6%	17.9%
2038	42.2%	17.8%
2039	41.7%	17.7%
2040	41.3%	17.6%
2041	40.9%	17.5%
2042	40.4%	17.5%
2043	40%	17.5%
2044	39.6%	17.4%
2045	39.2%	17.4%
2046	38.8%	17.3%
2047	38.4%	17.3%
2048	38%	17.2%
2049	37.7%	17.1%
2050	37.3%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR Congo 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
	DR Congo	Vietnam
1960	363,517	955,268
1961	368,207	798,978
1962	383,406	960,046
1963	398,972	961,067
1964	406,334	950,219
1965	429,002	913,761
1966	463,397	876,283
1967	479,552	862,071
1968	497,682	815,116
1969	514,800	878,359
1970	533,300	905,902
1971	549,343	963,259
1972	564,495	921,524
1973	578,280	1,061,707
1974	593,539	1,000,505
1975	608,655	1,175,181
1976	624,147	1,232,608
1977	638,242	1,259,315
1978	646,411	1,286,991
1979	691,773	1,314,563
1980	724,111	1,321,595
1981	748,371	1,358,500
1982	774,823	1,407,959
1983	807,122	1,453,913
1984	844,956	1,477,448
1985	885,670	1,453,954
1986	925,334	1,407,957
1987	959,875	1,359,481
1988	995,278	1,370,108
1989	1,027,238	1,423,622
1990	1,063,508	1,449,157
1991	1,114,033	1,459,311
1992	1,152,781	1,419,952
1993	1,209,242	1,370,365
1994	1,259,539	1,291,534
1995	1,395,440	1,203,666
1996	1,380,490	1,108,686
1997	1,392,037	1,028,116
1998	1,375,130	959,016
1999	1,450,318	925,519
2000	1,549,518	966,894
2001	1,594,999	985,610
2002	1,631,597	991,427
2003	1,679,188	1,001,470
2004	1,731,022	985,438
2005	1,800,300	942,084
2006	1,889,398	943,041
2007	1,963,738	981,689
2008	2,044,210	1,008,141
2009	2,126,912	1,007,778
2010	2,212,255	1,005,559
2011	2,310,679	1,029,859
2012	2,405,462	1,063,741
2013	2,489,378	1,071,570
2014	2,580,251	1,151,221
2015	2,665,016	1,145,903
2016	2,753,687	1,045,094
2017	2,883,245	1,001,833
2018	2,993,184	882,977
2019	3,075,538	895,262
2020	3,156,152	924,004
2021	3,227,992	799,593
2022	3,347,664	775,914
2023	3,467,787	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Vietnam

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 427 deaths per 100,000 live births in the DR Congo, compared to 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Vietnam
1985	934	186
1986	902	174
1987	863	163
1988	824	155
1989	791	152
1990	755	147
1991	735	142
1992	709	139
1993	683	135
1994	656	130
1995	644	119
1996	661	111
1997	617	104
1998	605	93
1999	601	86
2000	585	83
2001	588	78
2002	601	74
2003	605	71
2004	607	72
2005	613	69
2006	619	67
2007	631	66
2008	620	65
2009	608	64
2010	601	62
2011	589	61
2012	578	60
2013	567	60
2014	558	59
2015	545	58
2016	526	56
2017	519	55
2018	508	53
2019	493	52
2020	489	51
2021	507	52
2022	456	49
2023	427	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR Congo 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
	DR Congo	Vietnam
1964	-	8.73%
1965	-	9.93%
1966	-	9.97%
1967	-	10%
1968	-	11.6%
1969	25.1%	10.8%
1970	24.7%	10.7%
1971	24.3%	10.5%
1972	24%	11.9%
1973	23.7%	10.4%
1974	23.4%	10.7%
1975	23%	7.75%
1976	22.6%	7.6%
1977	22.3%	7.44%
1978	21.9%	7.27%
1979	21.5%	7.1%
1980	21.2%	6.94%
1981	20.9%	6.79%
1982	20.6%	6.64%
1983	20.3%	6.5%
1984	20%	6.36%
1985	19.7%	6.21%
1986	19.5%	6.04%
1987	19.2%	5.85%
1988	19%	5.64%
1989	18.8%	5.4%
1990	18.5%	5.15%
1991	18.3%	4.9%
1992	18.1%	4.64%
1993	17.9%	4.39%
1994	17.7%	4.14%
1995	17.5%	3.9%
1996	17.3%	3.68%
1997	17%	3.48%
1998	16.7%	3.29%
1999	16.3%	3.13%
2000	15.9%	2.98%
2001	15.5%	2.86%
2002	15%	2.74%
2003	14.6%	2.65%
2004	14.1%	2.57%
2005	13.6%	2.5%
2006	13.1%	2.45%
2007	12.7%	2.4%
2008	12.2%	2.36%
2009	11.8%	2.33%
2010	11.4%	2.31%
2011	11%	2.28%
2012	10.6%	2.26%
2013	10.3%	2.24%
2014	9.9%	2.22%
2015	9.56%	2.2%
2016	9.23%	2.18%
2017	8.93%	2.15%
2018	8.63%	2.14%
2019	8.35%	2.12%
2020	8.07%	2.1%
2021	7.81%	2.07%
2022	7.57%	2.04%
2023	7.32%	2%