Short facts about people of Vietnam

Population:

79,939,014 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  32.13% (male 13,266,585; female 12,415,384) 15-64 years:  62.44% (male 24,357,343; female 25,556,187) 65 years and over:  5.43% (male 1,722,094; female 2,621,421) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.45% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

21.23 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

6.22 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

-0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.66 male(s)/female total population:  0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

30.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  69.56 years male:  67.12 years female:  72.19 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.49 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.24% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

100,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

2,500 (1999 est.)

Nationality:

noun:  Vietnamese (singular and plural) adjective:  Vietnamese

Ethnic groups:

Vietnamese 85%-90%, Chinese, Hmong, Thai, Khmer, Cham, mountain groups

Religions:

Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim

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:  93.7% male:  96.5% female:  91.2% (1995 est.)

Source: World Factbook