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How many babies are born in Vietnam?

1.31 million babies born in Vietnam in 2026. That is 0.99% of all births worldwide, and the 22nd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Vietnam: history and projections

100K1M 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Vietnam’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~16K ~400K 40.8 Modelled estimate
1000 ~33K ~800K 41.6 Modelled estimate
1500 ~83K ~2M 41.7 Modelled estimate
1800 ~134K ~4M 33.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~396K ~11.8M 33.5 Historical reconstruction
1950 973K 25.1M 38.8 UN estimate
2000 1.39M 77.2M 18.0 UN estimate
2023 1.39M 100M 13.8 UN estimate
2026 1.31M 102M 12.8 UN projection
2050 1.15M 110M 10.4 UN projection
2075 959K 103M 9.3 UN projection
2100 783K 91.7M 8.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Vietnam among estimates through 2023 were in 1984, at about 1.92M. That is roughly 118 times the estimated ~16.3K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.86 children per woman, fertility in Vietnam is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Vietnam each year?

An estimated 1.31 million babies are born in Vietnam in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 3,580 a day and 0.99% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Vietnam?

Vietnam has an estimated 12.8 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.86 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.