Fertility & birth rates in Tajikistan and Vietnam

Fertility rate in Tajikistan vs Vietnam chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Tajikistan was 3.07 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 Tajikistan 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
	Tajikistan	Vietnam
1960	6.24	6.27
1961	6.35	5.48
1962	6.48	6.26
1963	6.62	6.39
1964	6.68	6.29
1965	6.74	6.16
1966	6.82	5.97
1967	6.89	5.88
1968	6.91	6.03
1969	6.91	6.01
1970	6.91	6.02
1971	6.91	6.07
1972	6.89	6.1
1973	6.84	6.11
1974	6.77	5.78
1975	6.69	5.62
1976	6.6	5.46
1977	6.49	5.29
1978	6.4	5.1
1979	6.31	4.94
1980	6.21	4.8
1981	6.12	4.67
1982	6.03	4.59
1983	5.98	4.52
1984	5.96	4.41
1985	5.94	4.21
1986	5.91	3.96
1987	5.84	3.72
1988	5.75	3.62
1989	5.61	3.64
1990	5.46	3.6
1991	5.28	3.52
1992	5.06	3.35
1993	4.92	3.17
1994	4.79	2.94
1995	4.66	2.7
1996	3.94	2.47
1997	4.06	2.27
1998	4.07	2.1
1999	3.85	2
2000	3.49	2.03
2001	3.49	2.02
2002	3.47	2.01
2003	3.42	2
2004	3.51	1.97
2005	3.4	1.89
2006	3.34	1.87
2007	3.37	1.91
2008	3.39	1.93
2009	3.43	1.92
2010	3.46	1.91
2011	3.46	1.93
2012	3.42	1.97
2013	3.43	1.98
2014	3.46	2.09
2015	3.46	2.1
2016	3.38	2
2017	3.29	1.99
2018	3.29	1.88
2019	3.28	1.94
2020	3.21	1.96
2021	3.17	1.94
2022	3.13	1.93
2023	3.07	1.91
2024	3.04	1.9
2025	2.99	1.88
2026	2.96	1.86
2027	2.93	1.85
2028	2.89	1.84
2029	2.86	1.83
2030	2.83	1.82
2031	2.8	1.81
2032	2.76	1.8
2033	2.73	1.79
2034	2.7	1.79
2035	2.68	1.78
2036	2.65	1.78
2037	2.63	1.78
2038	2.6	1.77
2039	2.58	1.77
2040	2.55	1.77
2041	2.53	1.77
2042	2.51	1.77
2043	2.49	1.76
2044	2.46	1.76
2045	2.44	1.76
2046	2.42	1.76
2047	2.4	1.75
2048	2.38	1.75
2049	2.37	1.75
2050	2.35	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tajikistan	Vietnam
1960	40.2%	41.1%
1961	41.4%	41.8%
1962	42.5%	42.4%
1963	43.4%	43.1%
1964	44.1%	43.4%
1965	44.4%	43.5%
1966	44.6%	43.6%
1967	44.7%	43.5%
1968	44.7%	43.4%
1969	44.6%	43.2%
1970	44.6%	42.9%
1971	44.5%	42.7%
1972	44.4%	42.4%
1973	44.3%	42.1%
1974	44.2%	41.8%
1975	44%	41.4%
1976	43.8%	41.2%
1977	43.6%	41%
1978	43.4%	40.6%
1979	43.2%	40.4%
1980	43.2%	40.3%
1981	43.2%	40.2%
1982	43.2%	40.2%
1983	43.3%	40.2%
1984	43.3%	40.1%
1985	43.3%	40.1%
1986	43.1%	39.9%
1987	43.1%	39.6%
1988	43.2%	39.2%
1989	43.4%	38.8%
1990	43.7%	38.5%
1991	44%	38.1%
1992	44.3%	37.7%
1993	44.6%	37.2%
1994	44.8%	36.7%
1995	44.9%	36.1%
1996	44.7%	35.4%
1997	44.3%	34.5%
1998	43.7%	33.5%
1999	43%	32.5%
2000	42.3%	31.5%
2001	41.5%	30.6%
2002	40.7%	29.9%
2003	39.9%	29.2%
2004	39.3%	28.5%
2005	38.6%	27.7%
2006	38%	26.9%
2007	37.6%	26.2%
2008	37.3%	25.6%
2009	37%	25.1%
2010	36.8%	24.6%
2011	36.7%	24.2%
2012	36.7%	24%
2013	36.5%	23.9%
2014	36.4%	24%
2015	36.3%	24%
2016	36.3%	24.1%
2017	36.2%	24.4%
2018	36.2%	24.6%
2019	36.3%	24.5%
2020	36.4%	24.4%
2021	36.6%	24.2%
2022	36.6%	23.9%
2023	36.5%	23.6%
2024	36.3%	23.2%
2025	35.9%	22.9%
2026	35.4%	22.4%
2027	35%	21.8%
2028	34.5%	21.1%
2029	33.9%	20.5%
2030	33.2%	19.9%
2031	32.5%	19.5%
2032	32%	19.1%
2033	31.6%	18.8%
2034	31.2%	18.5%
2035	30.8%	18.3%
2036	30.4%	18.1%
2037	30.1%	17.9%
2038	29.8%	17.8%
2039	29.6%	17.7%
2040	29.4%	17.6%
2041	29.2%	17.5%
2042	29.1%	17.5%
2043	29%	17.5%
2044	28.9%	17.4%
2045	28.7%	17.4%
2046	28.6%	17.3%
2047	28.4%	17.3%
2048	28.1%	17.2%
2049	27.9%	17.1%
2050	27.6%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.3% of the population in Tajikistan and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tajikistan and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in Tajikistan vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.42% in Tajikistan 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
	Tajikistan	Vietnam
1960	65,415	955,268
1961	68,182	798,978
1962	70,700	960,046
1963	73,065	961,067
1964	74,030	950,219
1965	75,139	913,761
1966	76,702	876,283
1967	78,733	862,071
1968	80,698	815,116
1969	82,931	878,359
1970	85,645	905,902
1971	88,618	963,259
1972	91,677	921,524
1973	94,523	1,061,707
1974	97,481	1,000,505
1975	100,604	1,175,181
1976	103,777	1,232,608
1977	106,920	1,259,315
1978	110,564	1,286,991
1979	114,496	1,314,563
1980	117,888	1,321,595
1981	121,418	1,358,500
1982	127,838	1,407,959
1983	133,280	1,453,913
1984	139,145	1,477,448
1985	145,720	1,453,954
1986	155,987	1,407,957
1987	163,611	1,359,481
1988	172,805	1,370,108
1989	179,212	1,423,622
1990	178,429	1,449,157
1991	177,585	1,459,311
1992	163,652	1,419,952
1993	157,975	1,370,365
1994	167,590	1,291,534
1995	168,934	1,203,666
1996	138,287	1,108,686
1997	149,825	1,028,116
1998	153,508	959,016
1999	147,622	925,519
2000	136,549	966,894
2001	142,276	985,610
2002	146,492	991,427
2003	150,391	1,001,470
2004	161,201	985,438
2005	160,189	942,084
2006	164,046	943,041
2007	173,200	981,689
2008	182,337	1,008,141
2009	192,851	1,007,778
2010	201,389	1,005,559
2011	208,429	1,029,859
2012	213,078	1,063,741
2013	220,693	1,071,570
2014	227,304	1,151,221
2015	230,903	1,145,903
2016	228,547	1,045,094
2017	224,396	1,001,833
2018	228,597	882,977
2019	231,817	895,262
2020	219,467	924,004
2021	222,850	799,593
2022	228,336	775,914
2023	223,828	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: Tajikistan vs Vietnam

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 14 deaths per 100,000 live births in Tajikistan, compared to 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tajikistan	Vietnam
1985	98	186
1986	91	174
1987	91	163
1988	83	155
1989	85	152
1990	80	147
1991	79	142
1992	84	139
1993	84	135
1994	85	130
1995	81	119
1996	82	111
1997	76	104
1998	72	93
1999	64	86
2000	58	83
2001	58	78
2002	48	74
2003	39	71
2004	36	72
2005	36	69
2006	35	67
2007	30	66
2008	29	65
2009	29	64
2010	26	62
2011	25	61
2012	23	60
2013	21	60
2014	21	59
2015	20	58
2016	20	56
2017	17	55
2018	16	53
2019	16	52
2020	25	51
2021	25	52
2022	14	49
2023	14	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.73% in Tajikistan 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
	Tajikistan	Vietnam
1964	-	8.73%
1965	-	9.93%
1966	-	9.97%
1967	-	10%
1968	-	11.6%
1969	-	10.8%
1970	-	10.7%
1971	-	10.5%
1972	15.5%	11.9%
1973	15%	10.4%
1974	14.4%	10.7%
1975	14%	7.75%
1976	13.5%	7.6%
1977	13.2%	7.44%
1978	13%	7.27%
1979	12.8%	7.1%
1980	12.7%	6.94%
1981	12.6%	6.79%
1982	12.5%	6.64%
1983	12.3%	6.5%
1984	12%	6.36%
1985	11.6%	6.21%
1986	11.1%	6.04%
1987	10.5%	5.85%
1988	10.1%	5.64%
1989	9.88%	5.4%
1990	9.92%	5.15%
1991	10.2%	4.9%
1992	10.6%	4.64%
1993	10.9%	4.39%
1994	11%	4.14%
1995	10.8%	3.9%
1996	10.4%	3.68%
1997	9.86%	3.48%
1998	9.26%	3.29%
1999	8.62%	3.13%
2000	7.97%	2.98%
2001	7.34%	2.86%
2002	6.75%	2.74%
2003	6.18%	2.65%
2004	5.67%	2.57%
2005	5.22%	2.5%
2006	4.82%	2.45%
2007	4.47%	2.4%
2008	4.17%	2.36%
2009	3.92%	2.33%
2010	3.7%	2.31%
2011	3.52%	2.28%
2012	3.36%	2.26%
2013	3.23%	2.24%
2014	3.12%	2.22%
2015	3.02%	2.2%
2016	2.94%	2.18%
2017	2.88%	2.15%
2018	2.83%	2.14%
2019	2.81%	2.12%
2020	2.8%	2.1%
2021	2.79%	2.07%
2022	2.77%	2.04%
2023	2.73%	2%