Fertility & birth rates in Vietnam and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Vietnam vs Zimbabwe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Vietnam was 1.91 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Vietnam vs Zimbabwe population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Vietnam	Zimbabwe
1960	6.27	7.2
1961	5.48	7.21
1962	6.26	7.23
1963	6.39	7.23
1964	6.29	7.23
1965	6.16	7.23
1966	5.97	7.2
1967	5.88	7.16
1968	6.03	7.11
1969	6.01	7.04
1970	6.02	6.98
1971	6.07	6.94
1972	6.1	6.94
1973	6.11	6.94
1974	5.78	6.88
1975	5.62	6.83
1976	5.46	6.77
1977	5.29	6.71
1978	5.1	6.66
1979	4.94	6.59
1980	4.8	6.52
1981	4.67	6.45
1982	4.59	6.33
1983	4.52	6.2
1984	4.41	6.04
1985	4.21	5.87
1986	3.96	5.69
1987	3.72	5.5
1988	3.62	5.28
1989	3.64	5.07
1990	3.6	4.88
1991	3.52	4.72
1992	3.35	4.57
1993	3.17	4.39
1994	2.94	4.28
1995	2.7	4.15
1996	2.47	4.11
1997	2.27	4.08
1998	2.1	4.07
1999	2	4.06
2000	2.03	4.01
2001	2.02	3.98
2002	2.01	3.93
2003	2	3.86
2004	1.97	3.78
2005	1.89	3.69
2006	1.87	3.64
2007	1.91	3.68
2008	1.93	3.78
2009	1.92	3.95
2010	1.91	4.04
2011	1.93	4.13
2012	1.97	4.13
2013	1.98	4.11
2014	2.09	4.01
2015	2.1	3.91
2016	2	3.83
2017	1.99	3.77
2018	1.88	3.74
2019	1.94	3.75
2020	1.96	3.75
2021	1.94	3.77
2022	1.93	3.77
2023	1.91	3.72
2024	1.9	3.67
2025	1.88	3.62
2026	1.86	3.57
2027	1.85	3.52
2028	1.84	3.47
2029	1.83	3.43
2030	1.82	3.38
2031	1.81	3.33
2032	1.8	3.29
2033	1.79	3.25
2034	1.79	3.21
2035	1.78	3.17
2036	1.78	3.13
2037	1.78	3.09
2038	1.77	3.06
2039	1.77	3.02
2040	1.77	2.99
2041	1.77	2.96
2042	1.77	2.93
2043	1.76	2.9
2044	1.76	2.87
2045	1.76	2.84
2046	1.76	2.81
2047	1.75	2.78
2048	1.75	2.75
2049	1.75	2.72
2050	1.75	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Vietnam	Zimbabwe
1960	41.1%	47.3%
1961	41.8%	47.7%
1962	42.4%	48.1%
1963	43.1%	48.5%
1964	43.4%	48.8%
1965	43.5%	48.7%
1966	43.6%	48.6%
1967	43.5%	48.5%
1968	43.4%	48.5%
1969	43.2%	48.4%
1970	42.9%	48.3%
1971	42.7%	48.2%
1972	42.4%	48.2%
1973	42.1%	48.1%
1974	41.8%	48.1%
1975	41.4%	48.1%
1976	41.2%	48.2%
1977	41%	48.3%
1978	40.6%	48.5%
1979	40.4%	48.8%
1980	40.3%	48.7%
1981	40.2%	48.4%
1982	40.2%	48.3%
1983	40.2%	48.2%
1984	40.1%	48.1%
1985	40.1%	48%
1986	39.9%	47.9%
1987	39.6%	47.9%
1988	39.2%	47.9%
1989	38.8%	47.6%
1990	38.5%	47.1%
1991	38.1%	46.6%
1992	37.7%	46.8%
1993	37.2%	47.1%
1994	36.7%	46.6%
1995	36.1%	45.9%
1996	35.4%	45%
1997	34.5%	44%
1998	33.5%	43.1%
1999	32.5%	42.4%
2000	31.5%	41.9%
2001	30.6%	41.5%
2002	29.9%	41.4%
2003	29.2%	41.5%
2004	28.5%	41.7%
2005	27.7%	41.9%
2006	26.9%	42%
2007	26.2%	42.1%
2008	25.6%	42.4%
2009	25.1%	42.7%
2010	24.6%	43%
2011	24.2%	43.4%
2012	24%	43.7%
2013	23.9%	43.9%
2014	24%	43.9%
2015	24%	43.8%
2016	24.1%	43.6%
2017	24.4%	43.3%
2018	24.6%	42.9%
2019	24.5%	42.5%
2020	24.4%	42.2%
2021	24.2%	41.9%
2022	23.9%	41.6%
2023	23.6%	41.3%
2024	23.2%	40.9%
2025	22.9%	40.3%
2026	22.4%	39.6%
2027	21.8%	39%
2028	21.1%	38.4%
2029	20.5%	37.8%
2030	19.9%	37.4%
2031	19.5%	37%
2032	19.1%	36.8%
2033	18.8%	36.5%
2034	18.5%	36.3%
2035	18.3%	36.1%
2036	18.1%	35.8%
2037	17.9%	35.6%
2038	17.8%	35.3%
2039	17.7%	35.1%
2040	17.6%	34.8%
2041	17.5%	34.6%
2042	17.5%	34.3%
2043	17.5%	34.1%
2044	17.4%	33.8%
2045	17.4%	33.5%
2046	17.3%	33.2%
2047	17.3%	32.9%
2048	17.2%	32.6%
2049	17.1%	32.2%
2050	17%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 23.2% of the population in Vietnam and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 38.5% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Vietnam and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Vietnam vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.97% in Vietnam and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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
	Vietnam	Zimbabwe
1960	955,268	126,959
1961	798,978	131,531
1962	960,046	136,317
1963	961,067	140,984
1964	950,219	145,848
1965	913,761	151,164
1966	876,283	156,014
1967	862,071	161,205
1968	815,116	166,865
1969	878,359	172,626
1970	905,902	178,979
1971	963,259	185,427
1972	921,524	193,725
1973	1,061,707	201,885
1974	1,000,505	208,806
1975	1,175,181	216,947
1976	1,232,608	221,419
1977	1,259,315	225,139
1978	1,286,991	222,979
1979	1,314,563	223,657
1980	1,321,595	241,179
1981	1,358,500	271,361
1982	1,407,959	279,934
1983	1,453,913	286,545
1984	1,477,448	290,052
1985	1,453,954	290,756
1986	1,407,957	289,894
1987	1,359,481	286,766
1988	1,370,108	277,498
1989	1,423,622	270,838
1990	1,449,157	265,444
1991	1,459,311	260,943
1992	1,419,952	255,291
1993	1,370,365	228,045
1994	1,291,534	216,343
1995	1,203,666	206,695
1996	1,108,686	205,269
1997	1,028,116	216,288
1998	959,016	225,614
1999	925,519	232,393
2000	966,894	236,343
2001	985,610	227,909
2002	991,427	244,170
2003	1,001,470	243,057
2004	985,438	248,307
2005	942,084	248,545
2006	943,041	248,963
2007	981,689	261,805
2008	1,008,141	280,527
2009	1,007,778	309,316
2010	1,005,559	335,570
2011	1,029,859	359,572
2012	1,063,741	371,135
2013	1,071,570	374,757
2014	1,151,221	366,350
2015	1,145,903	356,203
2016	1,045,094	348,772
2017	1,001,833	344,035
2018	882,977	345,883
2019	895,262	348,798
2020	924,004	354,790
2021	799,593	349,908
2022	775,914	371,243
2023	727,955	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Vietnam vs Zimbabwe

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 48 deaths per 100,000 live births in Vietnam, compared to 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Vietnam	Zimbabwe
1985	186	573
1986	174	525
1987	163	480
1988	155	431
1989	152	382
1990	147	353
1991	142	332
1992	139	333
1993	135	331
1994	130	332
1995	119	332
1996	111	352
1997	104	357
1998	93	368
1999	86	399
2000	83	405
2001	78	467
2002	74	418
2003	71	455
2004	72	451
2005	69	454
2006	67	480
2007	66	519
2008	65	526
2009	64	540
2010	62	567
2011	61	564
2012	60	558
2013	60	525
2014	59	468
2015	58	428
2016	56	411
2017	55	389
2018	53	386
2019	52	388
2020	51	380
2021	52	446
2022	49	368
2023	48	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2% in Vietnam and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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
	Vietnam	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	8.73%	13.5%
1965	9.93%	13.1%
1966	9.97%	12.7%
1967	10%	12.4%
1968	11.6%	12.1%
1969	10.8%	11.8%
1970	10.7%	11.7%
1971	10.5%	11.5%
1972	11.9%	11.5%
1973	10.4%	11.4%
1974	10.7%	11.4%
1975	7.75%	11.4%
1976	7.6%	11.5%
1977	7.44%	11.5%
1978	7.27%	11.5%
1979	7.1%	11.3%
1980	6.94%	11.1%
1981	6.79%	10.7%
1982	6.64%	10.1%
1983	6.5%	9.5%
1984	6.36%	8.87%
1985	6.21%	8.31%
1986	6.04%	7.86%
1987	5.85%	7.61%
1988	5.64%	7.55%
1989	5.4%	7.69%
1990	5.15%	7.97%
1991	4.9%	8.33%
1992	4.64%	8.73%
1993	4.39%	9.16%
1994	4.14%	9.52%
1995	3.9%	9.83%
1996	3.68%	10%
1997	3.48%	10.1%
1998	3.29%	10%
1999	3.13%	9.92%
2000	2.98%	9.83%
2001	2.86%	9.79%
2002	2.74%	8.48%
2003	2.65%	8.85%
2004	2.57%	9.17%
2005	2.5%	9.23%
2006	2.45%	9.4%
2007	2.4%	9.47%
2008	2.36%	9.34%
2009	2.33%	9.03%
2010	2.31%	8.5%
2011	2.28%	7.88%
2012	2.26%	7.14%
2013	2.24%	6.55%
2014	2.22%	6.18%
2015	2.2%	5.98%
2016	2.18%	5.69%
2017	2.15%	5.5%
2018	2.14%	5.23%
2019	2.12%	5.11%
2020	2.1%	5.01%
2021	2.07%	4.76%
2022	2.04%	4.6%
2023	2%	4.42%