Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Viet Nam, 1978

Viet Nam
1978
Total fertility rate: 5.10
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Viet Nam was 5.10 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (275 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 1,721,176 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.10
Births
1,721,176
Births per 1,000 people
34.3
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
50,249,552
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%1,055
15-1937.73.7%106,401
20-24206.820.3%508,273
25-29275.227.0%521,633
30-34231.922.8%291,383
35-39166.016.3%180,812
40-4492.99.1%102,931
45-498.10.8%8,687
50-540.00.0%0