Population |
93,421,835 (July 2014 est.) |
Age structure |
0-14 years: 24.3% (male 11,946,656/female 10,800,602)
15-24 years: 17.8% (male 8,598,360/female 8,023,377)
25-54 years: 44.8% (male 20,983,638/female 20,861,243)
55-64 years: 7.4% (male 3,149,494/female 3,763,309)
65 years and over: 5.7% (male 2,034,721/female 3,260,435) (2014 est.) |
Dependency ratios |
total dependency ratio: 41.3 %
youth dependency ratio: 31.9 %
elderly dependency ratio: 9.4 %
potential support ratio: 10.6 (2014 est.) |
Median age |
total: 29.2 years
male: 28.1 years
female: 30.2 years (2014 est.) |
Population growth rate |
1% (2014 est.) |
Birth rate |
16.26 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
Death rate |
5.93 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
Net migration rate |
-0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
Urbanization |
urban population: 31% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 3.03% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population |
Ho Chi Minh City 6.405 million; HANOI (capital) 2.955 million; Haiphong 925,000; Da Nang 834,000 (2011) |
Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.11 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2014 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth |
22.6
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2002 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
total: 18.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 72.91 years
male: 70.44 years
female: 75.65 years (2014 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
1.85 children born/woman (2014 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate |
77.8% (2010/11) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
0.4% (2012 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
259,200 (2012 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
11,700 (2012 est.) |
Drinking water source |
improved:
urban: 98.2% of population
rural: 93.6% of population
total: 95% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1.8% of population
rural: 6.4% of population
total: 5% of population (2012 est.) |
Sanitation facility access |
improved:
urban: 93.1% of population
rural: 66.6% of population
total: 75% of population
unimproved:
urban: 6.9% of population
rural: 33.4% of population
total: 25% of population (2012 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (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) |
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) |
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: 93.4%
male: 95.4%
female: 91.4% (2011 est.) |
Child labor - children ages 5-14 |
total number: 2,545,616
percentage: 16 % (2006 est.) |
Education expenditures |
6.3% of GDP (2010) |
Maternal mortality rate |
59 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight |
12% (2011) |
Health expenditures |
6.8% of GDP (2011) |
Physicians density |
1.22 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density |
2.2 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate |
1.7% (2008) |
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