Fertility & birth rates in United States and Vietnam

Fertility rate in United States vs Vietnam chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the United States was 1.62 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 United States 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
	United States	Vietnam
1960	3.65	6.27
1961	3.62	5.48
1962	3.46	6.26
1963	3.32	6.39
1964	3.19	6.29
1965	2.91	6.16
1966	2.72	5.97
1967	2.56	5.88
1968	2.46	6.03
1969	2.46	6.01
1970	2.48	6.02
1971	2.27	6.07
1972	2.01	6.1
1973	1.88	6.11
1974	1.84	5.78
1975	1.77	5.62
1976	1.74	5.46
1977	1.79	5.29
1978	1.76	5.1
1979	1.81	4.94
1980	1.84	4.8
1981	1.81	4.67
1982	1.83	4.59
1983	1.8	4.52
1984	1.81	4.41
1985	1.84	4.21
1986	1.84	3.96
1987	1.87	3.72
1988	1.93	3.62
1989	2.01	3.64
1990	2.08	3.6
1991	2.06	3.52
1992	2.05	3.35
1993	2.02	3.17
1994	2	2.94
1995	1.98	2.7
1996	1.98	2.47
1997	1.97	2.27
1998	2	2.1
1999	2.01	2
2000	2.06	2.03
2001	2.03	2.02
2002	2.02	2.01
2003	2.05	2
2004	2.05	1.97
2005	2.06	1.89
2006	2.11	1.87
2007	2.12	1.91
2008	2.07	1.93
2009	2	1.92
2010	1.93	1.91
2011	1.89	1.93
2012	1.88	1.97
2013	1.86	1.98
2014	1.86	2.09
2015	1.84	2.1
2016	1.82	2
2017	1.77	1.99
2018	1.73	1.88
2019	1.71	1.94
2020	1.64	1.96
2021	1.66	1.94
2022	1.66	1.93
2023	1.62	1.91
2024	1.62	1.9
2025	1.62	1.88
2026	1.62	1.86
2027	1.62	1.85
2028	1.62	1.84
2029	1.62	1.83
2030	1.62	1.82
2031	1.62	1.81
2032	1.62	1.8
2033	1.63	1.79
2034	1.62	1.79
2035	1.63	1.78
2036	1.63	1.78
2037	1.63	1.78
2038	1.63	1.77
2039	1.63	1.77
2040	1.63	1.77
2041	1.63	1.77
2042	1.63	1.77
2043	1.63	1.76
2044	1.63	1.76
2045	1.64	1.76
2046	1.64	1.76
2047	1.63	1.75
2048	1.64	1.75
2049	1.63	1.75
2050	1.64	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	United States	Vietnam
1960	31.3%	41.1%
1961	31.4%	41.8%
1962	31.3%	42.4%
1963	31.1%	43.1%
1964	30.9%	43.4%
1965	30.7%	43.5%
1966	30.4%	43.6%
1967	30%	43.5%
1968	29.5%	43.4%
1969	29%	43.2%
1970	28.6%	42.9%
1971	28%	42.7%
1972	27.4%	42.4%
1973	26.6%	42.1%
1974	25.9%	41.8%
1975	25.2%	41.4%
1976	24.4%	41.2%
1977	23.8%	41%
1978	23.2%	40.6%
1979	22.8%	40.4%
1980	22.4%	40.3%
1981	22.1%	40.2%
1982	22%	40.2%
1983	21.8%	40.2%
1984	21.7%	40.1%
1985	21.5%	40.1%
1986	21.3%	39.9%
1987	21.3%	39.6%
1988	21.3%	39.2%
1989	21.5%	38.8%
1990	21.6%	38.5%
1991	21.7%	38.1%
1992	21.8%	37.7%
1993	21.9%	37.2%
1994	21.9%	36.7%
1995	21.8%	36.1%
1996	21.7%	35.4%
1997	21.5%	34.5%
1998	21.4%	33.5%
1999	21.3%	32.5%
2000	21.2%	31.5%
2001	21%	30.6%
2002	20.9%	29.9%
2003	20.7%	29.2%
2004	20.5%	28.5%
2005	20.3%	27.7%
2006	20.2%	26.9%
2007	20%	26.2%
2008	19.9%	25.6%
2009	19.8%	25.1%
2010	19.7%	24.6%
2011	19.6%	24.2%
2012	19.5%	24%
2013	19.4%	23.9%
2014	19.3%	24%
2015	19.2%	24%
2016	19.1%	24.1%
2017	18.9%	24.4%
2018	18.8%	24.6%
2019	18.6%	24.5%
2020	18.4%	24.4%
2021	18.1%	24.2%
2022	17.9%	23.9%
2023	17.6%	23.6%
2024	17.3%	23.2%
2025	17.1%	22.9%
2026	16.9%	22.4%
2027	16.7%	21.8%
2028	16.6%	21.1%
2029	16.4%	20.5%
2030	16.3%	19.9%
2031	16.1%	19.5%
2032	16%	19.1%
2033	16%	18.8%
2034	15.9%	18.5%
2035	15.9%	18.3%
2036	15.9%	18.1%
2037	15.9%	17.9%
2038	15.9%	17.8%
2039	15.9%	17.7%
2040	15.9%	17.6%
2041	16%	17.5%
2042	16%	17.5%
2043	16%	17.5%
2044	16%	17.4%
2045	16%	17.4%
2046	16%	17.3%
2047	16%	17.3%
2048	16%	17.2%
2049	15.9%	17.1%
2050	15.9%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.3% of the population in the United States and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 21.6% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the United States and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in United States vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.25% in the United States 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
	United States	Vietnam
1960	2,565,530	955,268
1961	2,571,681	798,978
1962	2,406,337	960,046
1963	2,289,826	961,067
1964	2,245,099	950,219
1965	1,943,030	913,761
1966	1,749,387	876,283
1967	1,669,181	862,071
1968	1,565,507	815,116
1969	1,702,487	878,359
1970	1,824,965	905,902
1971	1,640,519	963,259
1972	1,301,355	921,524
1973	1,165,499	1,061,707
1974	1,218,968	1,000,505
1975	1,252,644	1,175,181
1976	1,264,604	1,232,608
1977	1,431,556	1,259,315
1978	1,402,283	1,286,991
1979	1,597,894	1,314,563
1980	1,608,450	1,321,595
1981	1,652,153	1,358,500
1982	1,714,317	1,407,959
1983	1,636,544	1,453,913
1984	1,627,192	1,477,448
1985	1,689,258	1,453,954
1986	1,656,917	1,407,957
1987	1,720,252	1,359,481
1988	1,735,943	1,370,108
1989	1,875,826	1,423,622
1990	2,026,068	1,449,157
1991	1,926,543	1,459,311
1992	1,875,328	1,419,952
1993	1,717,685	1,370,365
1994	1,633,302	1,291,534
1995	1,546,031	1,203,666
1996	1,510,137	1,108,686
1997	1,501,014	1,028,116
1998	1,573,857	959,016
1999	1,564,050	925,519
2000	1,664,758	966,894
2001	1,595,826	985,610
2002	1,581,938	991,427
2003	1,653,615	1,001,470
2004	1,698,271	985,438
2005	1,684,445	942,084
2006	1,849,955	943,041
2007	1,897,757	981,689
2008	1,794,154	1,008,141
2009	1,717,920	1,007,778
2010	1,548,182	1,005,559
2011	1,441,697	1,029,859
2012	1,411,822	1,063,741
2013	1,322,711	1,071,570
2014	1,357,281	1,151,221
2015	1,270,126	1,145,903
2016	1,197,627	1,045,094
2017	1,028,037	1,001,833
2018	955,022	882,977
2019	887,476	895,262
2020	208,862	924,004
2021	199,137	799,593
2022	399,926	775,914
2023	502,372	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: United States vs Vietnam

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in the United States, compared to 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	United States	Vietnam
1985	11	186
1986	11	174
1987	11	163
1988	12	155
1989	12	152
1990	12	147
1991	12	142
1992	11	139
1993	12	135
1994	11	130
1995	12	119
1996	11	111
1997	11	104
1998	11	93
1999	12	86
2000	12	83
2001	13	78
2002	13	74
2003	13	71
2004	13	72
2005	13	69
2006	13	67
2007	13	66
2008	14	65
2009	15	64
2010	15	62
2011	15	61
2012	16	60
2013	16	60
2014	17	59
2015	17	58
2016	18	56
2017	18	55
2018	18	53
2019	18	52
2020	22	51
2021	31	52
2022	20	49
2023	17	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.65% in the United States 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
	United States	Vietnam
1960	3.01%	-
1961	2.95%	-
1962	2.89%	-
1963	2.83%	-
1964	2.77%	8.73%
1965	2.71%	9.93%
1966	2.64%	9.97%
1967	2.57%	10%
1968	2.49%	11.6%
1969	2.41%	10.8%
1970	2.32%	10.7%
1971	2.24%	10.5%
1972	2.15%	11.9%
1973	2.06%	10.4%
1974	1.97%	10.7%
1975	1.88%	7.75%
1976	1.79%	7.6%
1977	1.71%	7.44%
1978	1.63%	7.27%
1979	1.56%	7.1%
1980	1.5%	6.94%
1981	1.44%	6.79%
1982	1.39%	6.64%
1983	1.34%	6.5%
1984	1.3%	6.36%
1985	1.27%	6.21%
1986	1.24%	6.04%
1987	1.21%	5.85%
1988	1.19%	5.64%
1989	1.16%	5.4%
1990	1.12%	5.15%
1991	1.09%	4.9%
1992	1.05%	4.64%
1993	1.01%	4.39%
1994	0.98%	4.14%
1995	0.95%	3.9%
1996	0.92%	3.68%
1997	0.89%	3.48%
1998	0.87%	3.29%
1999	0.86%	3.13%
2000	0.84%	2.98%
2001	0.83%	2.86%
2002	0.82%	2.74%
2003	0.81%	2.65%
2004	0.81%	2.57%
2005	0.8%	2.5%
2006	0.79%	2.45%
2007	0.77%	2.4%
2008	0.76%	2.36%
2009	0.75%	2.33%
2010	0.73%	2.31%
2011	0.72%	2.28%
2012	0.7%	2.26%
2013	0.69%	2.24%
2014	0.68%	2.22%
2015	0.68%	2.2%
2016	0.67%	2.18%
2017	0.66%	2.15%
2018	0.65%	2.14%
2019	0.65%	2.12%
2020	0.65%	2.1%
2021	0.65%	2.07%
2022	0.65%	2.04%
2023	0.65%	2%