Vietnam birth & fertility rate charts by year

Fertility rate in Vietnam chart

According to the latest birth rate data available, the fertility rate in Vietnam was 1.91 in 2023 and has been below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman since 2016. In 1993, the fertility rate was 3.17 — a -39.7% decline in 30 years.

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The chart below showcases the historical changes in birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Vietnam	World
1960	6.27	4.69
1961	5.48	4.56
1962	6.26	5.02
1963	6.39	5.31
1964	6.29	5.13
1965	6.16	5.08
1966	5.97	4.97
1967	5.88	4.87
1968	6.03	4.98
1969	6.01	4.88
1970	6.02	4.84
1971	6.07	4.69
1972	6.1	4.55
1973	6.11	4.42
1974	5.78	4.26
1975	5.62	4.07
1976	5.46	3.97
1977	5.29	3.84
1978	5.1	3.77
1979	4.94	3.76
1980	4.8	3.73
1981	4.67	3.71
1982	4.59	3.72
1983	4.52	3.59
1984	4.41	3.57
1985	4.21	3.53
1986	3.96	3.51
1987	3.72	3.48
1988	3.62	3.39
1989	3.64	3.35
1990	3.6	3.31
1991	3.52	3.13
1992	3.35	3.04
1993	3.17	2.97
1994	2.94	2.92
1995	2.7	2.87
1996	2.47	2.82
1997	2.27	2.78
1998	2.1	2.75
1999	2	2.72
2000	2.03	2.73
2001	2.02	2.69
2002	2.01	2.66
2003	2	2.64
2004	1.97	2.63
2005	1.89	2.61
2006	1.87	2.61
2007	1.91	2.6
2008	1.93	2.6
2009	1.92	2.59
2010	1.91	2.57
2011	1.93	2.55
2012	1.97	2.56
2013	1.98	2.53
2014	2.09	2.52
2015	2.1	2.49
2016	2	2.49
2017	1.99	2.46
2018	1.88	2.39
2019	1.94	2.35
2020	1.96	2.28
2021	1.94	2.25
2022	1.93	2.22
2023	1.91	2.2
2024	1.9	2.19
2025	1.88	2.18
2026	1.86	2.18
2027	1.85	2.17
2028	1.84	2.16
2029	1.83	2.15
2030	1.82	2.14
2031	1.81	2.13
2032	1.8	2.12
2033	1.79	2.12
2034	1.79	2.11
2035	1.78	2.1
2036	1.78	2.09
2037	1.78	2.09
2038	1.77	2.08
2039	1.77	2.08
2040	1.77	2.08
2041	1.77	2.07
2042	1.77	2.07
2043	1.76	2.07
2044	1.76	2.07
2045	1.76	2.06
2046	1.76	2.06
2047	1.75	2.06
2048	1.75	2.05
2049	1.75	2.05
2050	1.75	2.05

Birth rates by women ages chart

In 2025, of all live births 9.45% were to women under 20 years old, 55.5% to women ages 20-29, and 35.1% to women ages 30 and above. In comparison, the percentages in 1990 were 8.29%, 60.8%, and 30.9% for the same age groups respectively. A chart displaying the historical birth rates in Vietnam by maternal age is provided below.

Annual births per 1,000 women ages

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Children 0-14 as share of population
	Vietnam	World
1960	41.1%	37.4%
1961	41.8%	37.5%
1962	42.4%	37.6%
1963	43.1%	37.8%
1964	43.4%	38%
1965	43.5%	38%
1966	43.6%	38%
1967	43.5%	38%
1968	43.4%	37.9%
1969	43.2%	37.8%
1970	42.9%	37.7%
1971	42.7%	37.6%
1972	42.4%	37.5%
1973	42.1%	37.3%
1974	41.8%	37.2%
1975	41.4%	37.1%
1976	41.2%	36.9%
1977	41%	36.7%
1978	40.6%	36.3%
1979	40.4%	35.9%
1980	40.3%	35.5%
1981	40.2%	35.2%
1982	40.2%	34.9%
1983	40.2%	34.6%
1984	40.1%	34.3%
1985	40.1%	34%
1986	39.9%	33.8%
1987	39.6%	33.6%
1988	39.2%	33.4%
1989	38.8%	33.2%
1990	38.5%	33%
1991	38.1%	32.9%
1992	37.7%	32.7%
1993	37.2%	32.5%
1994	36.7%	32.3%
1995	36.1%	32.1%
1996	35.4%	31.8%
1997	34.5%	31.5%
1998	33.5%	31.1%
1999	32.5%	30.8%
2000	31.5%	30.4%
2001	30.6%	30%
2002	29.9%	29.6%
2003	29.2%	29.2%
2004	28.5%	28.8%
2005	27.7%	28.5%
2006	26.9%	28.1%
2007	26.2%	27.9%
2008	25.6%	27.6%
2009	25.1%	27.5%
2010	24.6%	27.3%
2011	24.2%	27.1%
2012	24%	27%
2013	23.9%	26.9%
2014	24%	26.8%
2015	24%	26.6%
2016	24.1%	26.5%
2017	24.4%	26.4%
2018	24.6%	26.2%
2019	24.5%	26%
2020	24.4%	25.8%
2021	24.2%	25.6%
2022	23.9%	25.3%
2023	23.6%	25%
2024	23.2%	24.7%
2025	22.9%	24.4%
2026	22.4%	24.1%
2027	21.8%	23.8%
2028	21.1%	23.4%
2029	20.5%	23.1%
2030	19.9%	22.8%
2031	19.5%	22.6%
2032	19.1%	22.3%
2033	18.8%	22.1%
2034	18.5%	21.9%
2035	18.3%	21.7%
2036	18.1%	21.6%
2037	17.9%	21.5%
2038	17.8%	21.4%
2039	17.7%	21.3%
2040	17.6%	21.2%
2041	17.5%	21.1%
2042	17.5%	21%
2043	17.5%	21%
2044	17.4%	20.9%
2045	17.4%	20.8%
2046	17.3%	20.7%
2047	17.3%	20.7%
2048	17.2%	20.6%
2049	17.1%	20.5%
2050	17%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Vietnam was 41.1% in 1960, 37.2% in 1993, and 23.2% as of the latest data in 2025.

More about the demographics of Vietnam.

Natural population change by year

For the past 10 years, the natural population change in Vietnam, excluding migration, has been +0.97% annually. On average, 934,975 more people were born each year than died.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Vietnam
1960	955,268
1961	798,978
1962	960,046
1963	961,067
1964	950,219
1965	913,761
1966	876,283
1967	862,071
1968	815,116
1969	878,359
1970	905,902
1971	963,259
1972	921,524
1973	1,061,707
1974	1,000,505
1975	1,175,181
1976	1,232,608
1977	1,259,315
1978	1,286,991
1979	1,314,563
1980	1,321,595
1981	1,358,500
1982	1,407,959
1983	1,453,913
1984	1,477,448
1985	1,453,954
1986	1,407,957
1987	1,359,481
1988	1,370,108
1989	1,423,622
1990	1,449,157
1991	1,459,311
1992	1,419,952
1993	1,370,365
1994	1,291,534
1995	1,203,666
1996	1,108,686
1997	1,028,116
1998	959,016
1999	925,519
2000	966,894
2001	985,610
2002	991,427
2003	1,001,470
2004	985,438
2005	942,084
2006	943,041
2007	981,689
2008	1,008,141
2009	1,007,778
2010	1,005,559
2011	1,029,859
2012	1,063,741
2013	1,071,570
2014	1,151,221
2015	1,145,903
2016	1,045,094
2017	1,001,833
2018	882,977
2019	895,262
2020	924,004
2021	799,593
2022	775,914
2023	727,955

Maternal mortality chart

The maternal mortality rate in Vietnam was 48 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023 — a 0.05% chance of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination. This is a -42.2% decrease compared to the year 2000.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Vietnam	World
1985	186	460
1986	174	438
1987	163	429
1988	155	414
1989	152	401
1990	147	391
1991	142	395
1992	139	395
1993	135	389
1994	130	382
1995	119	371
1996	111	366
1997	104	358
1998	93	360
1999	86	340
2000	83	328
2001	78	321
2002	74	311
2003	71	301
2004	72	291
2005	69	283
2006	67	276
2007	66	269
2008	65	264
2009	64	258
2010	62	253
2011	61	247
2012	60	239
2013	60	235
2014	59	231
2015	58	228
2016	56	220
2017	55	215
2018	53	211
2019	52	207
2020	51	211
2021	52	242
2022	49	203
2023	48	197

Under-five mortality rate chart

The under-5 mortality rate in Vietnam was 20 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023 — a 2% chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five. This is down from 29.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2000.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Vietnam	World
1960	-	18.5%
1961	-	18.1%
1962	-	17.8%
1963	-	17.5%
1964	8.73%	17.7%
1965	9.93%	17.5%
1966	9.97%	17.3%
1967	10%	17%
1968	11.6%	16.5%
1969	10.8%	15.5%
1970	10.7%	15.2%
1971	10.5%	15.1%
1972	11.9%	14.4%
1973	10.4%	14.1%
1974	10.7%	13.7%
1975	7.75%	13.4%
1976	7.6%	13%
1977	7.44%	12.5%
1978	7.27%	12.1%
1979	7.1%	11.7%
1980	6.94%	11.4%
1981	6.79%	11%
1982	6.64%	10.8%
1983	6.5%	10.6%
1984	6.36%	10.4%
1985	6.21%	10.1%
1986	6.04%	9.81%
1987	5.85%	9.47%
1988	5.64%	9.31%
1989	5.4%	9.02%
1990	5.15%	8.81%
1991	4.9%	8.66%
1992	4.64%	8.46%
1993	4.39%	8.19%
1994	4.14%	7.98%
1995	3.9%	7.76%
1996	3.68%	7.52%
1997	3.48%	7.28%
1998	3.29%	7.05%
1999	3.13%	6.76%
2000	2.98%	6.48%
2001	2.86%	6.21%
2002	2.74%	5.94%
2003	2.65%	5.65%
2004	2.57%	5.43%
2005	2.5%	5.16%
2006	2.45%	4.92%
2007	2.4%	4.7%
2008	2.36%	4.5%
2009	2.33%	4.31%
2010	2.31%	4.11%
2011	2.28%	3.97%
2012	2.26%	3.77%
2013	2.24%	3.61%
2014	2.22%	3.48%
2015	2.2%	3.35%
2016	2.18%	3.23%
2017	2.15%	3.11%
2018	2.14%	2.97%
2019	2.12%	2.86%
2020	2.1%	2.75%
2021	2.07%	2.66%
2022	2.04%	2.59%
2023	2%	2.49%