Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Viet Nam, 1979

Viet Nam
1979
Total fertility rate: 4.94
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Viet Nam was 4.94 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (268 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 1,750,046 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.94
Births
1,750,046
Births per 1,000 people
34.1
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
51,378,210
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%1,047
15-1937.33.8%106,564
20-24203.820.7%522,630
25-29267.927.2%538,156
30-34224.022.7%303,571
35-39157.916.0%174,149
40-4487.68.9%95,396
45-497.80.8%8,504
50-540.00.0%31