| People | Vietnam |
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Population:
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90,549,390 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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293 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 30% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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Ho Chi Minh City 5.976 million; HANOI (capital) 2.668 million; Haiphong 1.941 million; Da Nang 807,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 25.2% (male 11,945,354/female 10,868,610)
15-64 years: 69.3% (male 31,301,879/female 31,419,306)
65 years and over: 5.5% (male 1,921,652/female 3,092,589) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 27.8 years
male: 26.8 years
female: 28.9 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.077% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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17.07 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.117 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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56 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 20.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 72.18 years
male: 69.72 years
female: 74.92 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.91 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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7.2% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.224 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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2.87 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 92% of population
total: 94% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1% of population
rural: 8% of population
total: 6% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 94% of population
rural: 67% of population
total: 75% of population
unimproved:
urban: 6% of population
rural: 33% of population
total: 25% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, and plague
water contact disease: leptospirosis
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 (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.4% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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280,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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14,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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20.2% (2008) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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0.5% (2000) |
Nationality:
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noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural)
adjective: Vietnamese |
Ethnic groups:
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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% (2009 census) |
Religions:
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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:
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Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94%
male: 96.1%
female: 92% (2009 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2001) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.3% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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