Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Viet Nam, 1956

Viet Nam
1956
Total fertility rate: 5.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Viet Nam was 5.62 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (301 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.1 years old. In total, 1,161,168 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.62
Births
1,161,168
Births per 1,000 people
40.1
Mean age of mothers
31.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
28,922,309
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.30.0%349
15-1931.32.8%36,368
20-24200.317.8%247,934
25-29300.926.7%329,295
30-34260.923.2%264,502
35-39204.118.1%177,833
40-44118.410.5%97,288
45-4910.70.9%7,599
50-540.00.0%0