VietnamPeople

Population: 83,535,576 (July 2005 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.9% (male 12,065,777/female 11,212,299)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male 27,406,456/female 28,024,250)
65 years and over: 5.8% (male 1,889,585/female 2,937,209) (2005 est.) Median age: total: 25.51 years
male: 24.47 years
female: 26.68 years (2005 est.) Population growth rate: 1.04% (2005 est.) Birth rate: 17.07 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) Death rate: 6.2 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) Net migration rate: -0.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005 est.) Infant mortality rate: total: 25.95 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 25.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 70.61 years
male: 67.82 years
female: 73.6 years (2005 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.94 children born/woman (2005 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.4% (2003 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 220,000 (2003 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths: 9,000 (2003 est.) Major infectious diseases: degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, and plague are high risks in some locations
animal contact disease: rabies
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2004) Nationality: noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural)
adjective: Vietnamese Ethnic groups: 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: 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: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002) More about Vietnam: Introduction Geography Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues