Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Vietnam

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Vietnam chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Lithuania was 1.18 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 Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	Vietnam
1960	2.56	6.27
1961	2.53	5.48
1962	2.45	6.26
1963	2.35	6.39
1964	2.28	6.29
1965	2.23	6.16
1966	2.22	5.97
1967	2.23	5.88
1968	2.24	6.03
1969	2.3	6.01
1970	2.4	6.02
1971	2.41	6.07
1972	2.34	6.1
1973	2.22	6.11
1974	2.21	5.78
1975	2.18	5.62
1976	2.18	5.46
1977	2.14	5.29
1978	2.08	5.1
1979	2.05	4.94
1980	1.99	4.8
1981	1.98	4.67
1982	1.97	4.59
1983	2.1	4.52
1984	2.07	4.41
1985	2.08	4.21
1986	2.12	3.96
1987	2.11	3.72
1988	2.02	3.62
1989	1.98	3.64
1990	2.03	3.6
1991	2.01	3.52
1992	1.97	3.35
1993	1.74	3.17
1994	1.57	2.94
1995	1.55	2.7
1996	1.49	2.47
1997	1.47	2.27
1998	1.46	2.1
1999	1.46	2
2000	1.39	2.03
2001	1.29	2.02
2002	1.23	2.01
2003	1.26	2
2004	1.27	1.97
2005	1.29	1.89
2006	1.33	1.87
2007	1.36	1.91
2008	1.45	1.93
2009	1.5	1.92
2010	1.5	1.91
2011	1.55	1.93
2012	1.6	1.97
2013	1.59	1.98
2014	1.57	2.09
2015	1.63	2.1
2016	1.63	2
2017	1.57	1.99
2018	1.53	1.88
2019	1.43	1.94
2020	1.36	1.96
2021	1.36	1.94
2022	1.27	1.93
2023	1.18	1.91
2024	1.19	1.9
2025	1.2	1.88
2026	1.2	1.86
2027	1.21	1.85
2028	1.22	1.84
2029	1.22	1.83
2030	1.23	1.82
2031	1.23	1.81
2032	1.24	1.8
2033	1.25	1.79
2034	1.25	1.79
2035	1.26	1.78
2036	1.27	1.78
2037	1.27	1.78
2038	1.28	1.77
2039	1.28	1.77
2040	1.29	1.77
2041	1.29	1.77
2042	1.3	1.77
2043	1.3	1.76
2044	1.31	1.76
2045	1.31	1.76
2046	1.31	1.76
2047	1.32	1.75
2048	1.32	1.75
2049	1.33	1.75
2050	1.33	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Vietnam
1960	27.1%	41.1%
1961	27.3%	41.8%
1962	27.4%	42.4%
1963	27.5%	43.1%
1964	27.4%	43.4%
1965	27.3%	43.5%
1966	27.3%	43.6%
1967	27.2%	43.5%
1968	27.2%	43.4%
1969	27.2%	43.2%
1970	27.1%	42.9%
1971	26.8%	42.7%
1972	26.6%	42.4%
1973	26.1%	42.1%
1974	25.6%	41.8%
1975	25.1%	41.4%
1976	24.6%	41.2%
1977	24.2%	41%
1978	23.8%	40.6%
1979	23.5%	40.4%
1980	23.3%	40.3%
1981	23.1%	40.2%
1982	22.9%	40.2%
1983	22.8%	40.2%
1984	22.8%	40.1%
1985	22.7%	40.1%
1986	22.7%	39.9%
1987	22.7%	39.6%
1988	22.6%	39.2%
1989	22.5%	38.8%
1990	22.6%	38.5%
1991	22.5%	38.1%
1992	22.4%	37.7%
1993	22.3%	37.2%
1994	22.1%	36.7%
1995	21.8%	36.1%
1996	21.5%	35.4%
1997	21.2%	34.5%
1998	20.9%	33.5%
1999	20.4%	32.5%
2000	20%	31.5%
2001	19.3%	30.6%
2002	18.6%	29.9%
2003	17.9%	29.2%
2004	17.4%	28.5%
2005	16.8%	27.7%
2006	16.3%	26.9%
2007	15.8%	26.2%
2008	15.3%	25.6%
2009	15%	25.1%
2010	14.9%	24.6%
2011	14.8%	24.2%
2012	14.7%	24%
2013	14.6%	23.9%
2014	14.6%	24%
2015	14.6%	24%
2016	14.7%	24.1%
2017	14.9%	24.4%
2018	15%	24.6%
2019	15.1%	24.5%
2020	15.1%	24.4%
2021	15.1%	24.2%
2022	15%	23.9%
2023	14.9%	23.6%
2024	14.7%	23.2%
2025	14.5%	22.9%
2026	14.3%	22.4%
2027	14.1%	21.8%
2028	13.9%	21.1%
2029	13.6%	20.5%
2030	13.3%	19.9%
2031	13%	19.5%
2032	12.7%	19.1%
2033	12.4%	18.8%
2034	12.1%	18.5%
2035	11.9%	18.3%
2036	11.7%	18.1%
2037	11.6%	17.9%
2038	11.5%	17.8%
2039	11.4%	17.7%
2040	11.4%	17.6%
2041	11.3%	17.5%
2042	11.3%	17.5%
2043	11.3%	17.5%
2044	11.2%	17.4%
2045	11.2%	17.4%
2046	11.3%	17.3%
2047	11.3%	17.3%
2048	11.3%	17.2%
2049	11.3%	17.1%
2050	11.4%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	Vietnam
1960	40,845	955,268
1961	40,376	798,978
1962	34,933	960,046
1963	33,918	961,067
1964	34,048	950,219
1965	30,309	913,761
1966	30,381	876,283
1967	29,226	862,071
1968	28,325	815,116
1969	27,345	878,359
1970	27,629	905,902
1971	28,930	963,259
1972	25,388	921,524
1973	22,712	1,061,707
1974	22,589	1,000,505
1975	20,470	1,175,181
1976	20,305	1,232,608
1977	19,124	1,259,315
1978	17,573	1,286,991
1979	16,989	1,314,563
1980	16,042	1,321,595
1981	16,478	1,358,500
1982	18,323	1,407,959
1983	20,911	1,453,913
1984	18,976	1,477,448
1985	19,140	1,453,954
1986	23,978	1,407,957
1987	22,422	1,359,481
1988	19,006	1,370,108
1989	17,316	1,423,622
1990	17,010	1,449,157
1991	14,817	1,459,311
1992	12,950	1,419,952
1993	1,473	1,370,365
1994	-4,023	1,291,534
1995	-3,992	1,203,666
1996	-3,962	1,108,686
1997	-3,218	1,028,116
1998	-3,904	959,016
1999	-3,877	925,519
2000	-4,549	966,894
2001	-9,024	985,610
2002	-11,362	991,427
2003	-10,929	1,001,470
2004	-11,482	985,438
2005	-14,287	942,084
2006	-15,041	943,041
2007	-15,510	981,689
2008	-12,153	1,008,141
2009	-9,805	1,007,778
2010	-11,460	1,005,559
2011	-10,901	1,029,859
2012	-11,060	1,063,741
2013	-12,733	1,071,570
2014	-10,868	1,151,221
2015	-11,935	1,145,903
2016	-11,509	1,045,094
2017	-12,224	1,001,833
2018	-12,686	882,977
2019	-13,212	895,262
2020	-19,953	924,004
2021	-24,433	799,593
2022	-20,671	775,914
2023	-16,368	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Vietnam

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Lithuania, compared to 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Vietnam
1985	35	186
1986	30	174
1987	28	163
1988	28	155
1989	31	152
1990	29	147
1991	29	142
1992	28	139
1993	29	135
1994	31	130
1995	28	119
1996	25	111
1997	21	104
1998	19	93
1999	18	86
2000	16	83
2001	16	78
2002	14	74
2003	14	71
2004	12	72
2005	13	69
2006	14	67
2007	14	66
2008	13	65
2009	11	64
2010	10	62
2011	10	61
2012	10	60
2013	10	60
2014	9	59
2015	10	58
2016	9	56
2017	10	55
2018	9	53
2019	9	52
2020	8	51
2021	9	52
2022	9	49
2023	8	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	Vietnam
1964	-	8.73%
1965	-	9.93%
1966	-	9.97%
1967	2.63%	10%
1968	2.63%	11.6%
1969	2.51%	10.8%
1970	2.29%	10.7%
1971	2.11%	10.5%
1972	2.08%	11.9%
1973	2.16%	10.4%
1974	2.24%	10.7%
1975	2.26%	7.75%
1976	2.25%	7.6%
1977	2.22%	7.44%
1978	2.18%	7.27%
1979	2.12%	7.1%
1980	2.05%	6.94%
1981	1.98%	6.79%
1982	1.92%	6.64%
1983	1.87%	6.5%
1984	1.82%	6.36%
1985	1.74%	6.21%
1986	1.64%	6.04%
1987	1.52%	5.85%
1988	1.42%	5.64%
1989	1.42%	5.4%
1990	1.52%	5.15%
1991	1.67%	4.9%
1992	1.78%	4.64%
1993	1.79%	4.39%
1994	1.69%	4.14%
1995	1.51%	3.9%
1996	1.34%	3.68%
1997	1.23%	3.48%
1998	1.16%	3.29%
1999	1.12%	3.13%
2000	1.07%	2.98%
2001	1.03%	2.86%
2002	0.99%	2.74%
2003	0.96%	2.65%
2004	0.93%	2.57%
2005	0.9%	2.5%
2006	0.86%	2.45%
2007	0.8%	2.4%
2008	0.74%	2.36%
2009	0.67%	2.33%
2010	0.6%	2.31%
2011	0.56%	2.28%
2012	0.53%	2.26%
2013	0.51%	2.24%
2014	0.51%	2.22%
2015	0.5%	2.2%
2016	0.49%	2.18%
2017	0.46%	2.15%
2018	0.42%	2.14%
2019	0.39%	2.12%
2020	0.37%	2.1%
2021	0.36%	2.07%
2022	0.35%	2.04%
2023	0.34%	2%