Fertility & birth rates in Pakistan and Vietnam

Fertility rate in Pakistan vs Vietnam chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Pakistan was 3.61 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 Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Vietnam
1960	6.8	6.27
1961	6.8	5.48
1962	6.8	6.26
1963	6.8	6.39
1964	6.8	6.29
1965	6.8	6.16
1966	6.8	5.97
1967	6.8	5.88
1968	6.8	6.03
1969	6.8	6.01
1970	6.8	6.02
1971	6.8	6.07
1972	6.81	6.1
1973	6.81	6.11
1974	6.81	5.78
1975	6.81	5.62
1976	6.81	5.46
1977	6.8	5.29
1978	6.78	5.1
1979	6.76	4.94
1980	6.73	4.8
1981	6.7	4.67
1982	6.67	4.59
1983	6.64	4.52
1984	6.62	4.41
1985	6.59	4.21
1986	6.55	3.96
1987	6.52	3.72
1988	6.48	3.62
1989	6.43	3.64
1990	6.36	3.6
1991	6.29	3.52
1992	6.21	3.35
1993	6.11	3.17
1994	6.01	2.94
1995	5.89	2.7
1996	5.77	2.47
1997	5.64	2.27
1998	5.51	2.1
1999	5.46	2
2000	5.35	2.03
2001	5.18	2.02
2002	5.01	2.01
2003	4.89	2
2004	4.68	1.97
2005	4.6	1.89
2006	4.59	1.87
2007	4.55	1.91
2008	4.51	1.93
2009	4.47	1.92
2010	4.4	1.91
2011	4.31	1.93
2012	4.2	1.97
2013	4.13	1.98
2014	4.06	2.09
2015	3.99	2.1
2016	3.9	2
2017	3.9	1.99
2018	3.86	1.88
2019	3.81	1.94
2020	3.77	1.96
2021	3.72	1.94
2022	3.66	1.93
2023	3.61	1.91
2024	3.55	1.9
2025	3.5	1.88
2026	3.44	1.86
2027	3.39	1.85
2028	3.34	1.84
2029	3.3	1.83
2030	3.25	1.82
2031	3.21	1.81
2032	3.16	1.8
2033	3.12	1.79
2034	3.08	1.79
2035	3.04	1.78
2036	3.01	1.78
2037	2.97	1.78
2038	2.94	1.77
2039	2.9	1.77
2040	2.87	1.77
2041	2.83	1.77
2042	2.8	1.77
2043	2.77	1.76
2044	2.74	1.76
2045	2.71	1.76
2046	2.69	1.76
2047	2.66	1.75
2048	2.63	1.75
2049	2.61	1.75
2050	2.58	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Pakistan	Vietnam
1960	41.3%	41.1%
1961	41.4%	41.8%
1962	41.6%	42.4%
1963	41.8%	43.1%
1964	42.2%	43.4%
1965	42.7%	43.5%
1966	43%	43.6%
1967	43.3%	43.5%
1968	43.5%	43.4%
1969	43.7%	43.2%
1970	43.9%	42.9%
1971	44%	42.7%
1972	44.1%	42.4%
1973	44.1%	42.1%
1974	44.1%	41.8%
1975	44.1%	41.4%
1976	44%	41.2%
1977	43.9%	41%
1978	43.8%	40.6%
1979	43.7%	40.4%
1980	43.3%	40.3%
1981	43.1%	40.2%
1982	43%	40.2%
1983	43.1%	40.2%
1984	43.3%	40.1%
1985	43.5%	40.1%
1986	43.6%	39.9%
1987	43.7%	39.6%
1988	43.8%	39.2%
1989	44%	38.8%
1990	44.1%	38.5%
1991	44.1%	38.1%
1992	44.3%	37.7%
1993	44.5%	37.2%
1994	44.5%	36.7%
1995	44.5%	36.1%
1996	44.3%	35.4%
1997	44.1%	34.5%
1998	43.9%	33.5%
1999	43.6%	32.5%
2000	43.3%	31.5%
2001	42.9%	30.6%
2002	42.6%	29.9%
2003	42.3%	29.2%
2004	41.8%	28.5%
2005	41.3%	27.7%
2006	40.9%	26.9%
2007	40.4%	26.2%
2008	40%	25.6%
2009	39.6%	25.1%
2010	39.3%	24.6%
2011	39.1%	24.2%
2012	39%	24%
2013	38.9%	23.9%
2014	38.9%	24%
2015	38.8%	24%
2016	38.6%	24.1%
2017	38.5%	24.4%
2018	38.3%	24.6%
2019	38.1%	24.5%
2020	37.9%	24.4%
2021	37.6%	24.2%
2022	37.3%	23.9%
2023	37%	23.6%
2024	36.7%	23.2%
2025	36.2%	22.9%
2026	35.8%	22.4%
2027	35.3%	21.8%
2028	34.9%	21.1%
2029	34.5%	20.5%
2030	34.2%	19.9%
2031	33.8%	19.5%
2032	33.5%	19.1%
2033	33.3%	18.8%
2034	33%	18.5%
2035	32.7%	18.3%
2036	32.5%	18.1%
2037	32.2%	17.9%
2038	32%	17.8%
2039	31.7%	17.7%
2040	31.5%	17.6%
2041	31.3%	17.5%
2042	31%	17.5%
2043	30.8%	17.5%
2044	30.5%	17.4%
2045	30.3%	17.4%
2046	30%	17.3%
2047	29.7%	17.3%
2048	29.5%	17.2%
2049	29.2%	17.1%
2050	28.9%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.7% of the population in Pakistan and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Pakistan and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in Pakistan vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.23% in Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Vietnam
1960	1,217,147	955,268
1961	1,273,772	798,978
1962	1,328,675	960,046
1963	1,384,934	961,067
1964	1,447,394	950,219
1965	1,496,050	913,761
1966	1,566,343	876,283
1967	1,626,737	862,071
1968	1,683,296	815,116
1969	1,733,601	878,359
1970	1,793,570	905,902
1971	1,695,374	963,259
1972	1,912,774	921,524
1973	1,971,909	1,061,707
1974	2,028,061	1,000,505
1975	2,099,811	1,175,181
1976	2,171,812	1,232,608
1977	2,257,849	1,259,315
1978	2,356,601	1,286,991
1979	2,461,311	1,314,563
1980	2,598,421	1,321,595
1981	2,790,454	1,358,500
1982	2,934,689	1,407,959
1983	3,052,738	1,453,913
1984	3,145,772	1,477,448
1985	3,233,315	1,453,954
1986	3,341,643	1,407,957
1987	3,448,813	1,359,481
1988	3,554,755	1,370,108
1989	3,648,132	1,423,622
1990	3,731,730	1,449,157
1991	3,822,363	1,459,311
1992	3,888,637	1,419,952
1993	3,915,776	1,370,365
1994	3,956,699	1,291,534
1995	3,977,175	1,203,666
1996	4,021,758	1,108,686
1997	4,043,912	1,028,116
1998	4,104,824	959,016
1999	4,228,026	925,519
2000	4,281,169	966,894
2001	4,304,297	985,610
2002	4,307,607	991,427
2003	4,340,688	1,001,470
2004	4,294,654	985,438
2005	4,294,393	942,084
2006	4,538,426	943,041
2007	4,690,187	981,689
2008	4,885,855	1,008,141
2009	5,028,132	1,007,778
2010	5,147,142	1,005,559
2011	5,189,412	1,029,859
2012	5,191,263	1,063,741
2013	5,176,590	1,071,570
2014	5,148,994	1,151,221
2015	5,113,507	1,145,903
2016	5,044,922	1,045,094
2017	5,090,200	1,001,833
2018	5,103,858	882,977
2019	5,127,011	895,262
2020	5,011,177	924,004
2021	5,065,913	799,593
2022	5,268,077	775,914
2023	5,281,745	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: Pakistan vs Vietnam

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Pakistan, compared to 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Pakistan	Vietnam
1985	432	186
1986	436	174
1987	442	163
1988	441	155
1989	439	152
1990	434	147
1991	443	142
1992	459	139
1993	473	135
1994	479	130
1995	485	119
1996	482	111
1997	476	104
1998	456	93
1999	438	86
2000	419	83
2001	400	78
2002	380	74
2003	358	71
2004	333	72
2005	316	69
2006	284	67
2007	265	66
2008	254	65
2009	246	64
2010	240	62
2011	234	61
2012	227	60
2013	220	60
2014	211	59
2015	202	58
2016	193	56
2017	184	55
2018	178	53
2019	173	52
2020	178	51
2021	193	52
2022	160	49
2023	155	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.85% in Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Vietnam
1960	25%	-
1961	24.1%	-
1962	23.3%	-
1963	22.5%	-
1964	21.8%	8.73%
1965	21.2%	9.93%
1966	20.6%	9.97%
1967	20.2%	10%
1968	19.7%	11.6%
1969	19.4%	10.8%
1970	19%	10.7%
1971	18.7%	10.5%
1972	18.4%	11.9%
1973	18.1%	10.4%
1974	17.8%	10.7%
1975	17.6%	7.75%
1976	17.4%	7.6%
1977	17.1%	7.44%
1978	16.9%	7.27%
1979	16.7%	7.1%
1980	16.5%	6.94%
1981	16.3%	6.79%
1982	16.1%	6.64%
1983	15.8%	6.5%
1984	15.6%	6.36%
1985	15.3%	6.21%
1986	15%	6.04%
1987	14.8%	5.85%
1988	14.5%	5.64%
1989	14.2%	5.4%
1990	14%	5.15%
1991	13.7%	4.9%
1992	13.4%	4.64%
1993	13.1%	4.39%
1994	12.8%	4.14%
1995	12.5%	3.9%
1996	12.1%	3.68%
1997	11.8%	3.48%
1998	11.5%	3.29%
1999	11.1%	3.13%
2000	10.8%	2.98%
2001	10.5%	2.86%
2002	10.3%	2.74%
2003	10.1%	2.65%
2004	9.85%	2.57%
2005	9.65%	2.5%
2006	9.47%	2.45%
2007	9.29%	2.4%
2008	9.1%	2.36%
2009	8.91%	2.33%
2010	8.71%	2.31%
2011	8.49%	2.28%
2012	8.27%	2.26%
2013	8.04%	2.24%
2014	7.8%	2.22%
2015	7.56%	2.2%
2016	7.33%	2.18%
2017	7.1%	2.15%
2018	6.88%	2.14%
2019	6.67%	2.12%
2020	6.46%	2.1%
2021	6.25%	2.07%
2022	6.05%	2.04%
2023	5.85%	2%