Page last updated on February 11, 2013
Nationality:
noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Vietnamese
Ethnic groups:
Kinh (Viet) 85.7%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.8%, Muong 1.5%, Khmer 1.5%, Mong 1.2%, Nung 1.1%, others 5.3% (1999 census)
Languages:
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Religions:
Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8% (1999 census)
Population:
91,519,289 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
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Age structure:
0-14 years: 24.9% (male 11,924,283/female 10,824,773)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
19% (male 8,974,221/female 8,400,162)
25-54 years:
44.1% (male 20,130,321/female 20,205,400)
55-64 years:
6.6% (male 2,720,235/female 3,281,666)
65 years and over:
5.5% (male 1,940,755/female 3,117,473) (2012 est.)
Median age:
total: 28.2 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
27.1 years
female:
29.2 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.054% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 111
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Birth rate:
16.83 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 120
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Death rate:
5.95 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 164
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Net migration rate:
-0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 133
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Urbanization:
urban population: 30% of total population (2010)
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rate of urbanization:
3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
Ho Chi Minh City 5.976 million; HANOI (capital) 2.668 million; Haiphong 1.941 million; Da Nang 807,000 (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female
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under 15 years:
1.1 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.62 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
59 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 101
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Infant mortality rate:
total: 20.24 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 94
male:
20.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
19.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.41 years
country comparison to the world: 129
male:
69.95 years
female:
75.16 years (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.89 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 143
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Health expenditures:
7.2% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 73
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Physicians density:
1.224 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
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Hospital bed density:
2.87 beds/1,000 population (2008)
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Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 94% of population
rural: 67% of population
total: 75% of population
unimproved:
