Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Viet Nam, 1974

Viet Nam
1974
Total fertility rate: 5.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Viet Nam was 5.78 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (306 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.8 years old. In total, 1,611,471 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.78
Births
1,611,471
Births per 1,000 people
35.5
Mean age of mothers
30.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
45,413,538
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
10-140.40.0%1,165
15-1934.63.0%89,317
20-24216.618.8%439,475
25-29305.726.5%419,407
30-34266.923.2%298,342
35-39200.617.4%222,152
40-44119.210.3%133,711
45-498.30.7%7,903
50-540.00.0%0