Fertility & birth rates in Venezuela and Vietnam

Fertility rate in Venezuela vs Vietnam chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Venezuela was 2.08 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 Venezuela 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
	Venezuela	Vietnam
1960	6.38	6.27
1961	6.3	5.48
1962	6.23	6.26
1963	6.16	6.39
1964	6.07	6.29
1965	5.98	6.16
1966	5.87	5.97
1967	5.75	5.88
1968	5.61	6.03
1969	5.47	6.01
1970	5.32	6.02
1971	5.17	6.07
1972	5.04	6.1
1973	4.91	6.11
1974	4.79	5.78
1975	4.69	5.62
1976	4.59	5.46
1977	4.49	5.29
1978	4.4	5.1
1979	4.3	4.94
1980	4.2	4.8
1981	4.1	4.67
1982	4.01	4.59
1983	3.93	4.52
1984	3.86	4.41
1985	3.79	4.21
1986	3.73	3.96
1987	3.67	3.72
1988	3.6	3.62
1989	3.52	3.64
1990	3.45	3.6
1991	3.37	3.52
1992	3.29	3.35
1993	3.22	3.17
1994	3.15	2.94
1995	3.08	2.7
1996	3.02	2.47
1997	2.97	2.27
1998	2.91	2.1
1999	2.86	2
2000	2.79	2.03
2001	2.78	2.02
2002	2.74	2.01
2003	2.7	2
2004	2.64	1.97
2005	2.63	1.89
2006	2.6	1.87
2007	2.52	1.91
2008	2.48	1.93
2009	2.42	1.92
2010	2.4	1.91
2011	2.4	1.93
2012	2.38	1.97
2013	2.33	1.98
2014	2.3	2.09
2015	2.25	2.1
2016	2.22	2
2017	2.18	1.99
2018	2.15	1.88
2019	2.13	1.94
2020	2.12	1.96
2021	2.11	1.94
2022	2.09	1.93
2023	2.08	1.91
2024	2.08	1.9
2025	2.06	1.88
2026	2.04	1.86
2027	2.03	1.85
2028	2.01	1.84
2029	2	1.83
2030	1.99	1.82
2031	1.98	1.81
2032	1.97	1.8
2033	1.96	1.79
2034	1.95	1.79
2035	1.94	1.78
2036	1.93	1.78
2037	1.92	1.78
2038	1.91	1.77
2039	1.91	1.77
2040	1.9	1.77
2041	1.89	1.77
2042	1.88	1.77
2043	1.87	1.76
2044	1.86	1.76
2045	1.86	1.76
2046	1.85	1.76
2047	1.84	1.75
2048	1.84	1.75
2049	1.83	1.75
2050	1.83	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Venezuela	Vietnam
1960	46.8%	41.1%
1961	46.9%	41.8%
1962	47%	42.4%
1963	47%	43.1%
1964	47%	43.4%
1965	46.9%	43.5%
1966	46.8%	43.6%
1967	46.6%	43.5%
1968	46.3%	43.4%
1969	46%	43.2%
1970	45.6%	42.9%
1971	45.2%	42.7%
1972	44.7%	42.4%
1973	44.3%	42.1%
1974	43.8%	41.8%
1975	43.3%	41.4%
1976	42.9%	41.2%
1977	42.5%	41%
1978	42.1%	40.6%
1979	41.7%	40.4%
1980	41.3%	40.3%
1981	41%	40.2%
1982	40.6%	40.2%
1983	40.3%	40.2%
1984	39.9%	40.1%
1985	39.6%	40.1%
1986	39.3%	39.9%
1987	39%	39.6%
1988	38.7%	39.2%
1989	38.4%	38.8%
1990	38.1%	38.5%
1991	37.8%	38.1%
1992	37.4%	37.7%
1993	37%	37.2%
1994	36.6%	36.7%
1995	36.2%	36.1%
1996	35.8%	35.4%
1997	35.3%	34.5%
1998	34.9%	33.5%
1999	34.5%	32.5%
2000	34%	31.5%
2001	33.6%	30.6%
2002	33.1%	29.9%
2003	32.7%	29.2%
2004	32.2%	28.5%
2005	31.8%	27.7%
2006	31.4%	26.9%
2007	31%	26.2%
2008	30.6%	25.6%
2009	30.3%	25.1%
2010	29.9%	24.6%
2011	29.5%	24.2%
2012	29.2%	24%
2013	28.9%	23.9%
2014	28.5%	24%
2015	28.2%	24%
2016	27.9%	24.1%
2017	27.8%	24.4%
2018	27.9%	24.6%
2019	28%	24.5%
2020	27.8%	24.4%
2021	27.4%	24.2%
2022	26.8%	23.9%
2023	26.2%	23.6%
2024	25.5%	23.2%
2025	24.9%	22.9%
2026	24.3%	22.4%
2027	23.8%	21.8%
2028	23.2%	21.1%
2029	22.8%	20.5%
2030	22.4%	19.9%
2031	22%	19.5%
2032	21.7%	19.1%
2033	21.5%	18.8%
2034	21.4%	18.5%
2035	21.4%	18.3%
2036	21.4%	18.1%
2037	21.5%	17.9%
2038	21.5%	17.8%
2039	21.4%	17.7%
2040	21.4%	17.6%
2041	21.3%	17.5%
2042	21.2%	17.5%
2043	21.1%	17.5%
2044	20.9%	17.4%
2045	20.7%	17.4%
2046	20.5%	17.3%
2047	20.3%	17.3%
2048	20%	17.2%
2049	19.8%	17.1%
2050	19.5%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Venezuela and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 38.1% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Venezuela and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in Venezuela vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1% in Venezuela 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
	Venezuela	Vietnam
1960	285,105	955,268
1961	292,109	798,978
1962	299,345	960,046
1963	307,279	961,067
1964	314,397	950,219
1965	321,695	913,761
1966	329,697	876,283
1967	335,813	862,071
1968	340,973	815,116
1969	343,596	878,359
1970	350,709	905,902
1971	355,212	963,259
1972	360,749	921,524
1973	367,612	1,061,707
1974	375,678	1,000,505
1975	385,045	1,175,181
1976	395,344	1,232,608
1977	405,315	1,259,315
1978	414,032	1,286,991
1979	421,256	1,314,563
1980	425,613	1,321,595
1981	432,059	1,358,500
1982	436,564	1,407,959
1983	443,569	1,453,913
1984	449,186	1,477,448
1985	455,517	1,453,954
1986	468,252	1,407,957
1987	474,204	1,359,481
1988	477,569	1,370,108
1989	478,053	1,423,622
1990	478,168	1,449,157
1991	477,917	1,459,311
1992	474,824	1,419,952
1993	473,189	1,370,365
1994	469,178	1,291,534
1995	469,267	1,203,666
1996	468,653	1,108,686
1997	472,002	1,028,116
1998	469,123	959,016
1999	463,787	925,519
2000	459,802	966,894
2001	451,487	985,610
2002	466,821	991,427
2003	456,902	1,001,470
2004	455,881	985,438
2005	463,260	942,084
2006	460,152	943,041
2007	452,482	981,689
2008	435,870	1,008,141
2009	427,257	1,007,778
2010	425,397	1,005,559
2011	425,958	1,029,859
2012	420,758	1,063,741
2013	408,930	1,071,570
2014	395,088	1,151,221
2015	384,560	1,145,903
2016	359,651	1,045,094
2017	340,222	1,001,833
2018	317,302	882,977
2019	274,826	895,262
2020	237,223	924,004
2021	207,746	799,593
2022	216,619	775,914
2023	213,020	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: Venezuela vs Vietnam

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 227 deaths per 100,000 live births in Venezuela, compared to 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Venezuela	Vietnam
1985	83	186
1986	81	174
1987	81	163
1988	80	155
1989	80	152
1990	83	147
1991	80	142
1992	82	139
1993	82	135
1994	84	130
1995	84	119
1996	86	111
1997	82	104
1998	82	93
1999	88	86
2000	86	83
2001	101	78
2002	87	74
2003	97	71
2004	94	72
2005	93	69
2006	96	67
2007	92	66
2008	103	65
2009	109	64
2010	110	62
2011	104	61
2012	113	60
2013	123	60
2014	133	59
2015	136	58
2016	162	56
2017	195	55
2018	205	53
2019	202	52
2020	207	51
2021	251	52
2022	219	49
2023	227	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.43% in Venezuela 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
	Venezuela	Vietnam
1960	7.97%	-
1961	7.72%	-
1962	7.49%	-
1963	7.3%	-
1964	7.14%	8.73%
1965	7%	9.93%
1966	6.87%	9.97%
1967	6.75%	10%
1968	6.61%	11.6%
1969	6.47%	10.8%
1970	6.3%	10.7%
1971	6.12%	10.5%
1972	5.94%	11.9%
1973	5.75%	10.4%
1974	5.57%	10.7%
1975	5.38%	7.75%
1976	5.2%	7.6%
1977	5.01%	7.44%
1978	4.82%	7.27%
1979	4.62%	7.1%
1980	4.42%	6.94%
1981	4.24%	6.79%
1982	4.07%	6.64%
1983	3.91%	6.5%
1984	3.77%	6.36%
1985	3.64%	6.21%
1986	3.5%	6.04%
1987	3.37%	5.85%
1988	3.23%	5.64%
1989	3.09%	5.4%
1990	2.96%	5.15%
1991	2.86%	4.9%
1992	2.78%	4.64%
1993	2.73%	4.39%
1994	2.68%	4.14%
1995	2.63%	3.9%
1996	2.55%	3.68%
1997	2.45%	3.48%
1998	2.34%	3.29%
1999	2.24%	3.13%
2000	2.15%	2.98%
2001	2.09%	2.86%
2002	2.03%	2.74%
2003	1.98%	2.65%
2004	1.91%	2.57%
2005	1.85%	2.5%
2006	1.79%	2.45%
2007	1.74%	2.4%
2008	1.72%	2.36%
2009	1.71%	2.33%
2010	1.72%	2.31%
2011	1.73%	2.28%
2012	1.76%	2.26%
2013	1.79%	2.24%
2014	1.83%	2.22%
2015	1.92%	2.2%
2016	2.43%	2.18%
2017	2.43%	2.15%
2018	2.43%	2.14%
2019	2.43%	2.12%
2020	2.43%	2.1%
2021	2.43%	2.07%
2022	2.43%	2.04%
2023	2.43%	2%