Palau vs Viet Nam: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Palau
1.83 children per women
in 2023
Viet Nam
1.86 children per women
in 2023
Palau rank
124th
Viet Nam rank
122nd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Palau
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 1.86 children per women against 1.83 children per women in Palau, a difference of 0.03 children per women.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Palau ahead.
Palau ranks 124th and Viet Nam ranks 122nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Palau averaged higher in 2 and Viet Nam in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Palau | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.04 children per women | 4.66 children per women | 1.37 children per women | Palau |
| 1960s | 6.06 children per women | 5.26 children per women | 0.7986 children per women | Palau |
| 1970s | 4.5 children per women | 5.09 children per women | 0.5866 children per women | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 2.85 children per women | 3.91 children per women | 1.06 children per women | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 2.32 children per women | 2.67 children per women | 0.3452 children per women | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 1.84 children per women | 1.88 children per women | 0.0355 children per women | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 1.91 children per women | 1.91 children per women | 0.0003 children per women | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 1.86 children per women | 1.88 children per women | 0.0197 children per women | Viet Nam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Palau or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 1.86 children per women against 1.83 children per women in Palau as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Palau and Viet Nam?
- 0.03 children per women, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Viet Nam?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Palau and Viet Nam rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Palau ranks 124th and Viet Nam ranks 122nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).