Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Viet Nam, 1996

Viet Nam
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Viet Nam was 2.47 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (167 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 1,537,178 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.47
Births
1,537,178
Births per 1,000 people
21.0
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
73,156,447
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
10-140.10.0%383
15-1941.48.4%160,704
20-24167.133.8%587,093
25-29139.928.3%411,725
30-3482.316.6%227,332
35-3942.78.6%108,922
40-4417.73.6%36,202
45-493.00.6%4,523
50-540.30.1%294