Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Vietnam

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Vietnam chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Luxembourg was 1.25 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 Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Vietnam
1960	2.29	6.27
1961	-	5.48
1962	2.37	6.26
1963	-	6.39
1964	2.34	6.29
1965	2.42	6.16
1966	2.34	5.97
1967	2.24	5.88
1968	2.12	6.03
1969	2.02	6.01
1970	1.97	6.02
1971	1.95	6.07
1972	1.75	6.1
1973	1.58	6.11
1974	1.58	5.78
1975	1.55	5.62
1976	1.48	5.46
1977	1.5	5.29
1978	1.48	5.1
1979	1.48	4.94
1980	1.5	4.8
1981	1.55	4.67
1982	1.49	4.59
1983	1.43	4.52
1984	1.42	4.41
1985	1.38	4.21
1986	1.43	3.96
1987	1.4	3.72
1988	1.51	3.62
1989	1.52	3.64
1990	1.6	3.6
1991	1.6	3.52
1992	1.64	3.35
1993	1.7	3.17
1994	1.72	2.94
1995	1.7	2.7
1996	1.77	2.47
1997	1.71	2.27
1998	1.68	2.1
1999	1.74	2
2000	1.76	2.03
2001	1.66	2.02
2002	1.63	2.01
2003	1.62	2
2004	1.66	1.97
2005	1.63	1.89
2006	1.65	1.87
2007	1.61	1.91
2008	1.61	1.93
2009	1.59	1.92
2010	1.63	1.91
2011	1.52	1.93
2012	1.57	1.97
2013	1.55	1.98
2014	1.5	2.09
2015	1.47	2.1
2016	1.41	2
2017	1.39	1.99
2018	1.38	1.88
2019	1.34	1.94
2020	1.36	1.96
2021	1.38	1.94
2022	1.31	1.93
2023	1.25	1.91
2024	1.25	1.9
2025	1.26	1.88
2026	1.26	1.86
2027	1.27	1.85
2028	1.27	1.84
2029	1.28	1.83
2030	1.28	1.82
2031	1.29	1.81
2032	1.29	1.8
2033	1.29	1.79
2034	1.29	1.79
2035	1.3	1.78
2036	1.3	1.78
2037	1.3	1.78
2038	1.3	1.77
2039	1.3	1.77
2040	1.31	1.77
2041	1.31	1.77
2042	1.31	1.77
2043	1.31	1.76
2044	1.32	1.76
2045	1.32	1.76
2046	1.32	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
	Luxembourg	Vietnam
1960	21.2%	41.1%
1961	21.5%	41.8%
1962	21.7%	42.4%
1963	21.9%	43.1%
1964	22.1%	43.4%
1965	22.3%	43.5%
1966	22.5%	43.6%
1967	22.6%	43.5%
1968	22.5%	43.4%
1969	22.4%	43.2%
1970	22.2%	42.9%
1971	22%	42.7%
1972	21.6%	42.4%
1973	21.2%	42.1%
1974	20.9%	41.8%
1975	20.5%	41.4%
1976	20.2%	41.2%
1977	19.9%	41%
1978	19.5%	40.6%
1979	19.2%	40.4%
1980	18.8%	40.3%
1981	18.4%	40.2%
1982	18.1%	40.2%
1983	17.8%	40.2%
1984	17.5%	40.1%
1985	17.2%	40.1%
1986	17%	39.9%
1987	16.9%	39.6%
1988	17%	39.2%
1989	17.2%	38.8%
1990	17.4%	38.5%
1991	17.6%	38.1%
1992	17.8%	37.7%
1993	18%	37.2%
1994	18.3%	36.7%
1995	18.4%	36.1%
1996	18.6%	35.4%
1997	18.7%	34.5%
1998	18.8%	33.5%
1999	18.9%	32.5%
2000	18.9%	31.5%
2001	18.9%	30.6%
2002	18.9%	29.9%
2003	18.8%	29.2%
2004	18.7%	28.5%
2005	18.5%	27.7%
2006	18.4%	26.9%
2007	18.2%	26.2%
2008	18%	25.6%
2009	17.8%	25.1%
2010	17.7%	24.6%
2011	17.4%	24.2%
2012	17.1%	24%
2013	16.9%	23.9%
2014	16.7%	24%
2015	16.6%	24%
2016	16.4%	24.1%
2017	16.2%	24.4%
2018	16.1%	24.6%
2019	16%	24.5%
2020	16%	24.4%
2021	15.9%	24.2%
2022	15.9%	23.9%
2023	15.8%	23.6%
2024	15.8%	23.2%
2025	15.7%	22.9%
2026	15.7%	22.4%
2027	15.7%	21.8%
2028	15.6%	21.1%
2029	15.5%	20.5%
2030	15.4%	19.9%
2031	15.3%	19.5%
2032	15.2%	19.1%
2033	15.1%	18.8%
2034	15%	18.5%
2035	14.9%	18.3%
2036	14.7%	18.1%
2037	14.6%	17.9%
2038	14.5%	17.8%
2039	14.3%	17.7%
2040	14.2%	17.6%
2041	14%	17.5%
2042	13.9%	17.5%
2043	13.8%	17.5%
2044	13.7%	17.4%
2045	13.6%	17.4%
2046	13.5%	17.3%
2047	13.5%	17.3%
2048	13.5%	17.2%
2049	13.5%	17.1%
2050	13.5%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Vietnam
1960	1,319	955,268
1961	1,489	798,978
1962	1,091	960,046
1963	1,199	961,067
1964	1,377	950,219
1965	1,260	913,761
1966	1,168	876,283
1967	837	862,071
1968	604	815,116
1969	303	878,359
1970	272	905,902
1971	69	963,259
1972	-35	921,524
1973	-421	1,061,707
1974	-390	1,000,505
1975	-395	1,175,181
1976	-578	1,232,608
1977	-36	1,259,315
1978	-145	1,286,991
1979	72	1,314,563
1980	37	1,321,595
1981	329	1,358,500
1982	183	1,407,959
1983	37	1,453,913
1984	146	1,477,448
1985	74	1,453,954
1986	331	1,407,957
1987	222	1,359,481
1988	747	1,370,108
1989	679	1,423,622
1990	1,145	1,449,157
1991	1,239	1,459,311
1992	1,098	1,419,952
1993	1,470	1,370,365
1994	1,652	1,291,534
1995	1,634	1,203,666
1996	1,781	1,108,686
1997	1,552	1,028,116
1998	1,486	959,016
1999	1,808	925,519
2000	1,963	966,894
2001	1,766	985,610
2002	1,607	991,427
2003	1,220	1,001,470
2004	1,878	985,438
2005	1,721	942,084
2006	1,748	943,041
2007	1,584	981,689
2008	2,003	1,008,141
2009	1,991	1,007,778
2010	2,129	1,005,559
2011	1,814	1,029,859
2012	2,124	1,063,741
2013	2,336	1,071,570
2014	2,225	1,151,221
2015	2,107	1,145,903
2016	2,095	1,045,094
2017	1,968	1,001,833
2018	1,945	882,977
2019	1,922	895,262
2020	1,828	924,004
2021	2,240	799,593
2022	2,024	775,914
2023	1,933	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Vietnam

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Luxembourg, compared to 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Vietnam
1985	24	186
1986	24	174
1987	23	163
1988	24	155
1989	21	152
1990	24	147
1991	25	142
1992	26	139
1993	20	135
1994	20	130
1995	22	119
1996	23	111
1997	22	104
1998	18	93
1999	21	86
2000	18	83
2001	19	78
2002	17	74
2003	15	71
2004	17	72
2005	17	69
2006	16	67
2007	14	66
2008	13	65
2009	15	64
2010	17	62
2011	13	61
2012	13	60
2013	15	60
2014	13	59
2015	13	58
2016	13	56
2017	15	55
2018	9	53
2019	12	52
2020	6	51
2021	6	52
2022	6	49
2023	11	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Vietnam
1960	3.72%	-
1961	3.54%	-
1962	3.36%	-
1963	3.2%	-
1964	3.04%	8.73%
1965	2.89%	9.93%
1966	2.75%	9.97%
1967	2.61%	10%
1968	2.48%	11.6%
1969	2.36%	10.8%
1970	2.24%	10.7%
1971	2.11%	10.5%
1972	1.99%	11.9%
1973	1.88%	10.4%
1974	1.77%	10.7%
1975	1.67%	7.75%
1976	1.58%	7.6%
1977	1.51%	7.44%
1978	1.44%	7.27%
1979	1.39%	7.1%
1980	1.34%	6.94%
1981	1.29%	6.79%
1982	1.25%	6.64%
1983	1.21%	6.5%
1984	1.16%	6.36%
1985	1.12%	6.21%
1986	1.07%	6.04%
1987	1.02%	5.85%
1988	0.97%	5.64%
1989	0.93%	5.4%
1990	0.88%	5.15%
1991	0.83%	4.9%
1992	0.78%	4.64%
1993	0.73%	4.39%
1994	0.68%	4.14%
1995	0.64%	3.9%
1996	0.6%	3.68%
1997	0.56%	3.48%
1998	0.53%	3.29%
1999	0.5%	3.13%
2000	0.47%	2.98%
2001	0.44%	2.86%
2002	0.42%	2.74%
2003	0.39%	2.65%
2004	0.37%	2.57%
2005	0.35%	2.5%
2006	0.33%	2.45%
2007	0.31%	2.4%
2008	0.3%	2.36%
2009	0.29%	2.33%
2010	0.28%	2.31%
2011	0.27%	2.28%
2012	0.27%	2.26%
2013	0.26%	2.24%
2014	0.26%	2.22%
2015	0.26%	2.2%
2016	0.25%	2.18%
2017	0.25%	2.15%
2018	0.25%	2.14%
2019	0.25%	2.12%
2020	0.25%	2.1%
2021	0.24%	2.07%
2022	0.24%	2.04%
2023	0.23%	2%