Population: |
79,939,014 (July 2001 est.)
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Age structure: |
0-14 years:
32.13% (male 13,266,585; female 12,415,384)
15-64 years:
62.44% (male 24,357,343; female 25,556,187)
65 years and over:
5.43% (male 1,722,094; female 2,621,421) (2001 est.)
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Population growth rate: |
1.45% (2001 est.)
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Birth rate: |
21.23 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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Death rate: |
6.22 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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Net migration rate: |
-0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.66 male(s)/female
total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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Infant mortality rate: |
30.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
69.56 years
male:
67.12 years
female:
72.19 years (2001 est.)
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Total fertility rate: |
2.49 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.24% (1999 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
100,000 (1999 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
2,500 (1999 est.)
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Nationality: |
noun:
Vietnamese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Vietnamese
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Ethnic groups: |
Vietnamese 85%-90%, Chinese, Hmong, Thai, Khmer, Cham, mountain groups
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Religions: |
Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim
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Languages: |
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
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Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
93.7%
male:
96.5%
female:
91.2% (1995 est.)
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