Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Viet Nam, 1997

Viet Nam
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Viet Nam was 2.27 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 1,452,809 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.27
Births
1,452,809
Births per 1,000 people
19.6
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
74,226,888
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%424
15-1938.18.4%150,821
20-24156.834.5%563,865
25-29130.728.7%398,015
30-3474.416.4%208,155
35-3936.88.1%94,890
40-4414.73.2%31,787
45-492.80.6%4,534
50-540.30.1%315