VIETNAM

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Vietnam People

Country Name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Capital City: Hanoi

Population: 19.5% (2004 est.)

Population Growth: 1.004% (2007 est.)

Currency: dong (VND)

Languages: Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language)

Area: 329,560 sq km

Inflation Rate: 7.5% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 2% (2006)

Domain extension:

PEOPLE OF VIETNAM

Age Structure 0-14 years:

26.3% (male 11,617,032/female 10,784,264)

Age Structure 15-64 years:

67.9% (male 28,711,464/female 29,205,498)

Age Structure 65 years and over:

5.8% (male 1,919,138/female 3,024,960) (2007 est.)

Median Age - total:

26.4 years

Median Age - male:

25.3 years

Median Age - female:

27.6 years (2007 est.)

Population Growth Rate:

1.004% (2007 est.)

Birth Rate:

16.63 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death Rate:

6.19 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net Migration Rate:

-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex Ratio - at birth:

1.07 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - under 15 years:

1.077 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - 15-64 years:

0.983 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - 65 years and over:

0.634 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - total population:

0.982 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth - total:

71.07 years

Life Expectancy at Birth - male:

68.27 years

Life Expectancy at Birth - female:

74.08 years (2007 est.)

Major Infectious Diseases:

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

Nationality:

Vietnamese (singular and plural)

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)