| People | Vietnam |
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Population:
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86,116,559 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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265 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 25.6% (male 11,418,642/female 10,598,184)
15-64 years: 68.6% (male 29,341,216/female 29,777,696)
65 years and over: 5.8% (male 1,925,609/female 3,055,212) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 26.9 years
male: 25.8 years
female: 28 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.99% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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16.47 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.18 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 23.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 71.33 years
male: 68.52 years
female: 74.33 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.86 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
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 (2008) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.4% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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220,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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9,000 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural)
adjective: Vietnamese |
Ethnic groups:
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Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1% (1999 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: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002 est.) |
People - note:
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