Fertility & birth rates in Netherlands and Vietnam

Fertility rate in Netherlands vs Vietnam chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Netherlands was 1.43 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 Netherlands 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
	Netherlands	Vietnam
1960	3.12	6.27
1961	3.22	5.48
1962	3.18	6.26
1963	3.19	6.39
1964	3.17	6.29
1965	3.04	6.16
1966	2.9	5.97
1967	2.81	5.88
1968	2.72	6.03
1969	2.75	6.01
1970	2.57	6.02
1971	2.36	6.07
1972	2.15	6.1
1973	1.9	6.11
1974	1.77	5.78
1975	1.66	5.62
1976	1.63	5.46
1977	1.58	5.29
1978	1.58	5.1
1979	1.56	4.94
1980	1.6	4.8
1981	1.56	4.67
1982	1.5	4.59
1983	1.47	4.52
1984	1.49	4.41
1985	1.51	4.21
1986	1.55	3.96
1987	1.56	3.72
1988	1.55	3.62
1989	1.55	3.64
1990	1.62	3.6
1991	1.61	3.52
1992	1.59	3.35
1993	1.57	3.17
1994	1.57	2.94
1995	1.53	2.7
1996	1.53	2.47
1997	1.56	2.27
1998	1.63	2.1
1999	1.65	2
2000	1.72	2.03
2001	1.71	2.02
2002	1.73	2.01
2003	1.75	2
2004	1.72	1.97
2005	1.71	1.89
2006	1.72	1.87
2007	1.72	1.91
2008	1.77	1.93
2009	1.79	1.92
2010	1.79	1.91
2011	1.76	1.93
2012	1.72	1.97
2013	1.68	1.98
2014	1.71	2.09
2015	1.66	2.1
2016	1.66	2
2017	1.62	1.99
2018	1.59	1.88
2019	1.57	1.94
2020	1.54	1.96
2021	1.62	1.94
2022	1.49	1.93
2023	1.43	1.91
2024	1.43	1.9
2025	1.44	1.88
2026	1.44	1.86
2027	1.45	1.85
2028	1.45	1.84
2029	1.45	1.83
2030	1.46	1.82
2031	1.46	1.81
2032	1.47	1.8
2033	1.47	1.79
2034	1.48	1.79
2035	1.48	1.78
2036	1.48	1.78
2037	1.48	1.78
2038	1.48	1.77
2039	1.49	1.77
2040	1.49	1.77
2041	1.49	1.77
2042	1.5	1.77
2043	1.5	1.76
2044	1.5	1.76
2045	1.5	1.76
2046	1.5	1.76
2047	1.51	1.75
2048	1.51	1.75
2049	1.51	1.75
2050	1.51	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Netherlands	Vietnam
1960	30%	41.1%
1961	29.7%	41.8%
1962	29.1%	42.4%
1963	28.7%	43.1%
1964	28.5%	43.4%
1965	28.3%	43.5%
1966	28.1%	43.6%
1967	27.8%	43.5%
1968	27.6%	43.4%
1969	27.5%	43.2%
1970	27.3%	42.9%
1971	27.1%	42.7%
1972	26.8%	42.4%
1973	26.4%	42.1%
1974	25.9%	41.8%
1975	25.3%	41.4%
1976	24.8%	41.2%
1977	24.2%	41%
1978	23.5%	40.6%
1979	22.9%	40.4%
1980	22.3%	40.3%
1981	21.8%	40.2%
1982	21.3%	40.2%
1983	20.7%	40.2%
1984	20.1%	40.1%
1985	19.5%	40.1%
1986	19.1%	39.9%
1987	18.7%	39.6%
1988	18.5%	39.2%
1989	18.4%	38.8%
1990	18.4%	38.5%
1991	18.4%	38.1%
1992	18.5%	37.7%
1993	18.5%	37.2%
1994	18.6%	36.7%
1995	18.6%	36.1%
1996	18.6%	35.4%
1997	18.6%	34.5%
1998	18.6%	33.5%
1999	18.7%	32.5%
2000	18.8%	31.5%
2001	18.8%	30.6%
2002	18.8%	29.9%
2003	18.7%	29.2%
2004	18.6%	28.5%
2005	18.5%	27.7%
2006	18.3%	26.9%
2007	18.1%	26.2%
2008	17.9%	25.6%
2009	17.7%	25.1%
2010	17.6%	24.6%
2011	17.4%	24.2%
2012	17.3%	24%
2013	17.1%	23.9%
2014	16.9%	24%
2015	16.6%	24%
2016	16.4%	24.1%
2017	16.2%	24.4%
2018	16%	24.6%
2019	15.8%	24.5%
2020	15.6%	24.4%
2021	15.5%	24.2%
2022	15.4%	23.9%
2023	15.2%	23.6%
2024	15%	23.2%
2025	14.9%	22.9%
2026	14.9%	22.4%
2027	14.8%	21.8%
2028	14.8%	21.1%
2029	14.8%	20.5%
2030	14.8%	19.9%
2031	14.8%	19.5%
2032	14.7%	19.1%
2033	14.7%	18.8%
2034	14.7%	18.5%
2035	14.7%	18.3%
2036	14.7%	18.1%
2037	14.6%	17.9%
2038	14.6%	17.8%
2039	14.6%	17.7%
2040	14.5%	17.6%
2041	14.5%	17.5%
2042	14.4%	17.5%
2043	14.4%	17.5%
2044	14.3%	17.4%
2045	14.2%	17.4%
2046	14.1%	17.3%
2047	14.1%	17.3%
2048	14%	17.2%
2049	13.9%	17.1%
2050	13.8%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15% of the population in the Netherlands and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 18.4% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Netherlands and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in Netherlands vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.08% in the Netherlands 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
	Netherlands	Vietnam
1960	151,623	955,268
1961	159,450	798,978
1962	153,474	960,046
1963	154,361	961,067
1964	157,653	950,219
1965	146,308	913,761
1966	138,265	876,283
1967	138,580	862,071
1968	132,389	815,116
1969	139,082	878,359
1970	129,082	905,902
1971	116,112	963,259
1972	101,297	921,524
1973	84,668	1,061,707
1974	75,853	1,000,505
1975	64,232	1,175,181
1976	63,361	1,232,608
1977	63,739	1,259,315
1978	61,344	1,286,991
1979	63,172	1,314,563
1980	66,504	1,321,595
1981	62,688	1,358,500
1982	54,388	1,407,959
1983	51,722	1,453,913
1984	54,812	1,477,448
1985	55,069	1,453,954
1986	59,746	1,407,957
1987	64,526	1,359,481
1988	61,993	1,370,108
1989	59,396	1,423,622
1990	68,777	1,449,157
1991	69,321	1,459,311
1992	66,811	1,419,952
1993	58,103	1,370,365
1994	61,532	1,291,534
1995	54,106	1,203,666
1996	51,251	1,108,686
1997	56,198	1,028,116
1998	61,258	959,016
1999	60,086	925,519
2000	66,887	966,894
2001	62,580	985,610
2002	59,751	991,427
2003	58,411	1,001,470
2004	56,987	985,438
2005	50,592	942,084
2006	49,038	943,041
2007	49,145	981,689
2008	49,337	1,008,141
2009	51,244	1,007,778
2010	48,184	1,005,559
2011	45,072	1,029,859
2012	35,186	1,063,741
2013	30,248	1,071,570
2014	35,417	1,151,221
2015	23,716	1,145,903
2016	23,843	1,045,094
2017	18,844	1,001,833
2018	15,508	882,977
2019	17,345	895,262
2020	0	924,004
2021	7,014	799,593
2022	-1,770	775,914
2023	-5,363	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: Netherlands vs Vietnam

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Netherlands, compared to 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Netherlands	Vietnam
1985	12	186
1986	12	174
1987	12	163
1988	12	155
1989	12	152
1990	12	147
1991	12	142
1992	12	139
1993	12	135
1994	12	130
1995	12	119
1996	12	111
1997	13	104
1998	12	93
1999	13	86
2000	13	83
2001	13	78
2002	13	74
2003	12	71
2004	11	72
2005	10	69
2006	9	67
2007	8	66
2008	8	65
2009	7	64
2010	6	62
2011	7	61
2012	6	60
2013	6	60
2014	5	59
2015	5	58
2016	5	56
2017	5	55
2018	5	53
2019	5	52
2020	4	51
2021	5	52
2022	4	49
2023	4	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.4% in the Netherlands 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
	Netherlands	Vietnam
1960	2.08%	-
1961	2.03%	-
1962	1.97%	-
1963	1.92%	-
1964	1.88%	8.73%
1965	1.83%	9.93%
1966	1.79%	9.97%
1967	1.74%	10%
1968	1.69%	11.6%
1969	1.64%	10.8%
1970	1.58%	10.7%
1971	1.53%	10.5%
1972	1.47%	11.9%
1973	1.41%	10.4%
1974	1.36%	10.7%
1975	1.31%	7.75%
1976	1.26%	7.6%
1977	1.21%	7.44%
1978	1.16%	7.27%
1979	1.12%	7.1%
1980	1.09%	6.94%
1981	1.06%	6.79%
1982	1.04%	6.64%
1983	1.02%	6.5%
1984	0.99%	6.36%
1985	0.97%	6.21%
1986	0.95%	6.04%
1987	0.92%	5.85%
1988	0.89%	5.64%
1989	0.86%	5.4%
1990	0.83%	5.15%
1991	0.8%	4.9%
1992	0.77%	4.64%
1993	0.74%	4.39%
1994	0.71%	4.14%
1995	0.69%	3.9%
1996	0.67%	3.68%
1997	0.66%	3.48%
1998	0.64%	3.29%
1999	0.63%	3.13%
2000	0.62%	2.98%
2001	0.61%	2.86%
2002	0.59%	2.74%
2003	0.57%	2.65%
2004	0.55%	2.57%
2005	0.53%	2.5%
2006	0.51%	2.45%
2007	0.49%	2.4%
2008	0.47%	2.36%
2009	0.46%	2.33%
2010	0.44%	2.31%
2011	0.43%	2.28%
2012	0.42%	2.26%
2013	0.42%	2.24%
2014	0.41%	2.22%
2015	0.41%	2.2%
2016	0.41%	2.18%
2017	0.4%	2.15%
2018	0.4%	2.14%
2019	0.4%	2.12%
2020	0.4%	2.1%
2021	0.4%	2.07%
2022	0.4%	2.04%
2023	0.4%	2%