Vietnam People:
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)
Median age:
total: 25.51 years
male: 24.47 years
female: 26.68 years (2005)
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 (2005)
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 25.95 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 26.35 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 25.52 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 70.61 years (2005 est.)
male: 67.82 years
female: 73.6 years
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 disease: 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 86.2% (Viet), Tay 1.9%, Hmong 1%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, others 4.1% (1999)
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)
Languages:
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), French some, Chinese, Khmer, Mon-Khmer (mountain area language), Malayo-Polynesian (mountain area language)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002)
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