| Population | 85,262,356 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 26.3% (male 11,617,032/female 10,784,264)
15-64 years: 67.9% (male 28,711,464/female 29,205,498)
65 years and over: 5.8% (male 1,919,138/female 3,024,960) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 26.4 years
male: 25.3 years
female: 27.6 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 1.004% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 16.63 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 6.19 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | -0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.077 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.983 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.634 male(s)/female
total population: 0.982 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 24.37 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 71.07 years
male: 68.27 years
female: 74.08 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 1.89 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 220,000 (2003 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 9,000 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural)
adjective: Vietnamese |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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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: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002 est.) |
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