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Vietnam:
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Other pages in this profile of Vietnam:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 86,116,559 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 264.7 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 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 |
Definition - World rank and map total: 26.9 years male: 25.8 years female: 28 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 0.99% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 16.47 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 6.18 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition 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 |
Definition - World rank and map 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 |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 71.33 years male: 68.52 years female: 74.33 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 1.86 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 0.4% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 220,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 9,000 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition 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) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural) adjective: Vietnamese |
Ethnic groups |
Definition 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 |
Definition 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 |
Definition Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
Literacy |
Definition 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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