Sri Lanka vs Viet Nam: Fertility rate, total

Sri Lanka
1.95 births per woman
in 2024
Viet Nam
1.9 births per woman
in 2024
Sri Lanka rank
107th
Viet Nam rank
109th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Sri Lanka
  • Viet Nam
23456196019922024

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 1.95 births per woman against 1.9 births per woman in Viet Nam, a difference of 0.05 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Viet Nam ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 107th and Viet Nam ranks 109th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 3 and Viet Nam in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sri Lanka Viet Nam Difference Ahead
1960s 4.96 births per woman 6.07 births per woman 1.11 births per woman Viet Nam
1970s 3.96 births per woman 5.65 births per woman 1.69 births per woman Viet Nam
1980s 3.02 births per woman 4.21 births per woman 1.19 births per woman Viet Nam
1990s 2.35 births per woman 2.81 births per woman 0.4615 births per woman Viet Nam
2000s 2.26 births per woman 1.95 births per woman 0.3091 births per woman Sri Lanka
2010s 2.1 births per woman 1.98 births per woman 0.1236 births per woman Sri Lanka
2020s 1.98 births per woman 1.93 births per woman 0.0556 births per woman Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Sri Lanka or Viet Nam?
Sri Lanka, at 1.95 births per woman against 1.9 births per woman in Viet Nam as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Sri Lanka and Viet Nam?
0.05 births per woman, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Viet Nam?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Sri Lanka and Viet Nam rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Sri Lanka ranks 107th and Viet Nam ranks 109th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.