| Population : |
82,689,518 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age Structure : |
0-14 years: 29.4% (male 12,524,098; female 11,807,763)
15-64 years: 65% (male 26,475,156; female 27,239,543)
65 years and over: 5.6% (male 1,928,568; female 2,714,390) (2004 est.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
1.3% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
19.58 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
6.14 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net Migration Rate : |
-0.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex Ratio : |
at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant Mortality Rate / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 29.88 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 70.35 years
male: 67.86 years
female: 73.02 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
2.22 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
0.4% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
220,000 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Deaths : |
9,000 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality : |
noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural)
adjective: Vietnamese |
| Ethnic Groups : |
Vietnamese 85%-90%, Chinese, Hmong, Thai, Khmer, Cham, mountain groups |
| Religions : |
Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim |
| Languages : |
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
| Literacy : |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002) |
