Demographics of Vietnam

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Vietnam, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Demographics of Vietnam[1]
Population	97,141,003 (10 April 2020)
Growth rate	0.93% (2017 est.)
Birth rate	15.5 births/1000 population (2017 est.)
Death rate	5.9 deaths/1000 population (2017 est.)
Life expectancy	73.7 years (2017 est.)
• male	71.2 years (2017 est.)
• female	76.4 years (2017 est.)
Fertility rate	1.81 births/woman (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate	17.3 deaths/1000 live births (2017 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years	23.55% (male 11,909,326/female 10,735,324) (2017 est.)
15–64 years	70.33% (2017 est.)
65 and over	6.12% (male 2,281,923/female 3,601,075) (2017 est.)
Sex ratio
At birth	1.122 male(s)/female
Under 15	1.1 male(s)/female
15–64 years	1 male (s)/female
65 and over	0.62 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality	noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural) adjective: Vietnamese
Major ethnic	Kinh (85.32%)
Minor ethnic	Tay (1.92%), Thai (1.89%), Muong (1.51%), Hmong (1.45%), Khmer (1.37%), Nung (1.13%), Other (5.41%)
Language
Official	Vietnamese language
Spoken	Vietnamese and many minority and mountain area languages

Originating in northern Vietnam, the Vietnamese people pushed southward over two millennia to occupy the entire eastern seacoast of the Indochinese Peninsula. Ethnic Vietnamese, or Viet (known officially as Kinh), live in the lowlands and speak the Vietnamese language, as opposed to the many ethnic groups of Vietnam who also occupy the mountainous regions. The Kinh group does represent much of the cultural and political landscape of Vietnam.

Population

UN estimates[2]

	Total population (000's)	Population aged 0–14 (%)	Population aged 15–64 (%)	Population aged 65+ (%)
1950	28 000	31.9	63.9	4.2
1955	31 329	35.6	60.1	4.3
1960	35 173	40.1	55.5	4.4
1965	39 885	44.1	51.3	4.6
1970	44 928	44.2	50.9	4.8
1975	49 896	42.9	52.3	4.8
1980	54 023	40.7	54.3	4.9
1985	60 307	39.4	55.7	4.9
1990	67 102	38.0	57.0	5.0
1995	74 008	36.5	58.4	5.1
2000	79 910	31.6	62.0	6.4
2005	83 833	27.1	66.4	6.5
2010	87 968	23.6	69.9	6.5
2015	92 677	23.0	70.3	6.7
2020	97 339	23.2	68.9	7.9

Population pyramids[3]

Census (1 April 2019)

Census (1 April 2019) :

Age group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	42 413 143	43 433 854	85 846 997	100
0-4	3 662 889	3 371 255	7 034 144	7.97
5-9	3 458 159	3 252 578	6 710 737	7.82
10-14	3 725 369	3 523 009	7 248 378	8.44
15-19	4 577 914	4 385 988	8 963 902	10.44
20-24	4 253 618	4 179 249	8 432 867	9.82
25-29	3 904 730	3 885 273	7 790 003	9.07
30-34	3 462 905	3 405 253	6 868 158	8.00
35-39	3 298 266	3 233 341	6 531 607	7.61
40-44	2 967 934	2 998 922	5 966 856	6.95
45-49	2 642 466	2 808 462	5 450 928	6.35
50-54	2 082 098	2 329 953	4 412 051	5.14
55-59	1 364 319	1 620 300	2 984 619	3.48
60-64	861 897	1 076 051	1 937 948	2.26
65-69	653 287	901 391	1 554 678	1.81
70-74	568 312	844 226	1 412 538	1.65
75-79	480 088	718 805	1 198 893	1.40
80-84	264 997	460 988	725 985	0.85
85+	183 895	438 810	622 705	0.73

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0-14	10 846 417	10 146 842	20 993 259	24.45
15-64	29 416 147	29 922 792	59 338 939	69.12
65+	2 150 579	3 364 220	5 514 799	6.42

Estimates (01/07/2014)

Estimates (01/07/2014) :

Age group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	44 758 132	45 970 809	90 728 941	100
0-4	3 806 055	3 423 520	7 229 575	7.97
5-9	3 730 617	3 431 843	7 162 460	7.89
10-14	3 555 440	3 344 659	6 900 099	7.61
15-19	3 580 322	3 413 183	6 993 505	7.71
20-24	4 058 691	3 959 579	8 018 270	8.84
25-29	3 951 220	3 888 697	7 839 917	8.64
30-34	3 689 395	3 769 601	7 458 996	8.22
35-39	3 390 462	3 439 787	6 830 249	7.53
40-44	3 292 933	3 295 012	6 587 945	7.26
45-49	2 980 442	3 068 389	6 048 831	6.67
50-54	2 699 165	2 971 459	5 670 624	6.25
55-59	2 096 032	2 405 568	4 501 600	4.96
60-64	1 376 861	1 671 621	3 048 482	3.36
65-69	832 090	1 084 870	1 916 960	2.11
70-74	600 732	862 104	1 462 836	1.61
75-79	477 293	757 242	1 234 535	1.36
80+	640 382	1 183 675	1 824 057	2.01

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0-14	11 092 112	10 200 022	21 292 134	23.47
15-64	31 115 523	31 882 896	62 998 419	69.44
65+	2 550 497	3 887 891	6 438 388	7.10

Vital statistics

UN estimates of births and deaths[2]

Period	Live births per year	Deaths per year	Natural change per year	CBR^1	CDR^1	NC^1	TFR^1	IMR^1
1950-1955	1 335 000	722 000	613 000	44.8	24.2	20.6	6.20	157.9
1955-1960	1 533 000	764 000	769 000	46.1	23.0	23.1	6.76	143.7
1960-1965	1 732 000	790 000	942 000	46.2	21.0	25.2	7.33	130.3
1965-1970	1 798 000	790 000	1 009 000	42.4	18.6	23.8	7.38	117.8
1970-1975	1 853 000	859 000	994 000	39.1	18.1	21.0	7.15	118.4
1975-1980	1 797 000	760 000	1 036 000	34.6	14.6	20.0	5.89	97.6
1980-1985	1 952 000	630 000	1 322 000	34.1	11.0	23.1	4.93	70.0
1985-1990	2 000 000	574 000	1 425 000	31.4	9.0	22.4	3.96	54.8
1990-1995	1 929 000	484 000	1 444 000	27.3	6.9	20.4	3.23	37.9
1995-2000	1 448 000	441 000	1 007 000	19.0	5.8	13.2	2.18	29.2
2000-2005	1 392 000	425 000	967 000	16.9	5.5	11.4	1.92	23.1
2005-2010	1 472 000	448 000	1 024 000	17.3	5.6	11.7	1.93	20.4
2010-2015				17.4	5.8	11.6	1.96
2015-2020				16.2	5.8	10.4	1.95
2020-2025				15.2	6.0	9.2	1.93
2025-2030				13.4	6.3	7.1	1.92
2030-2035				12.1	6.7	5.4	1.92
2035-2040				11.7	7.3	4.4	1.91
^1 CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births

Historical populations

Year	Pop.	±%
1950	28,264,000	—
1960	35,173,000	+24.4%
1970	44,928,000	+27.7%
1980	54,023,000	+20.2%
1990	67,102,000	+24.2%
2000	78,758,000	+17.4%
2010	87,100,000	+10.6%
2020	98,721,275	+13.3%
Source:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html

Birth, death and fertility rates

The total fertility rate of Vietnam has been influenced by the government's family planning policy, the two-child policy.

	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Total fertility rate (children per woman)
2001	78,620,500				18.6	5.1	13.5	2.25
2002	79,537,700				19.0	5.8	13.2	2.28
2003	80,467,400				17.5	5.8	11.7	2.12
2004	81,436,400				19.2	5.4	13.8	2.23
2005	82,392,100				18.6	5.3	13.3	2.11
2006	83,311,200				17.4	5.3	12.1	2.09
2007	84,218,500				16.9	5.3	11.6	2.07
2008	85,118,700				16.7	5.3	11.4	2.08
2009	86,025,000				17.6	6.8	10.8	2.03
2010	86,932,500				17.1	6.8	10.3	2.00
2011	87,840,000	1,443,000	599,800	843,200	16.6	6.9	9.7	1.99
2012	88,772,900	1,484,500	621,400	863,100	16.9	7.0	9.9	2.05
2013	89,759,500	1,513,500	621,400	892,100	17.0	7.1	9.9	2.10
2014	90,728,900	1,525,900	619,300	906,600	17.2	6.9	10.3	2.09
2015	91,709,800				16.2	6.8	9.4	2.10
2016	92,695,100				16.0	6.8	9.2	2.09
2017	93,677,600				14.7	6.8	7.9	2.04
2018	94,670,000				14.6	6.8	7.8	2.05
2019	96,480,000				16.3	6.3	10.0	2.09

• preliminary

Source: General Statistics Office of Vietnam.[4][5]

Fertility rate by region and province

Province	2005	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011[6]
Vietnam	2.11	2.07	2.08	2.03	2.00	1.99
Red River Delta	2.06	2.11	2.13	2.11	2.04	2.06
Hà Nội	1.83	1.91	2.06	2.08	2.00	2.02
Hà Tây	2.29	2.23
Vĩnh Phúc	2.15	2.00	2.10	2.13	2.06	2.02
Bắc Ninh	2.40	2.28	2.29	2.32	2.26	2.23
Quảng Ninh	2.24	2.12	2.12	2.20	1.99	2.07
Hải Dương	2.10	2.04	2.13	1.99	1.98	2.01
Hải Phòng	2.13	1.86	1.95	2.16	1.98	2.00
Hưng Yên	2.32	2.08	2.25	2.11	2.13	2.19
Thái Bình	2.19	2.21	2.14	2.08	2.10	2.15
Hà Nam	2.30	2.18	2.12	2.07	2.09	2.16
Nam Định	2.31	2.39	2.19	2.25	2.20	2.24
Ninh Bình	2.37	2.26	2.36	2.04	1.88	1.86
Northern midlands and mountain areas	2.33	2.23	2.30	2.24	2.22	2.21
Hà Giang	3.06	2.89	2.86	3.08	3.05	2.57
Cao Bằng	2.55	2.28	2.26	2.18	2.09	2.15
Bắc Kạn	2.29	2.12	2.07	1.84	1.85	1.91
Tuyên Quang	2.17	2.05	2.05	2.10	2.07	2.10
Lào Cai	2.97	2.59	2.69	2.70	2.73	2.57
Yên Bái	2.55	2.36	2.56	2.38	2.32	2.26
Thái Nguyên	1.99	1.99	1.95	1.89	1.90	1.96
Lạng Sơn	2.28	2.14	2.15	1.86	1.84	1.88
Bắc Giang	2.21	2.07	2.22	1.94	1.86	1.94
Phú Thọ	2.03	1.99	2.11	2.10	2.08	2.22
Điện Biên	3.17	2.72	2.72	2.55	2.57	2.67
Lai Châu	3.52	3.02	3.01	2.96	2.91	2.93
Sơn La	2.76	2.36	2.29	2.61	2.58	2.43
Hòa Bình	2.09	2.06	2.01	1.98	1.98	2.03
North Central and Central coastal areas	2.37	2.27	2.30	2.21	2.21	2.21
Thanh Hóa	2.39	2.12	2.17	1.89	1.89	2.01
Nghệ An	2.75	2.49	2.52	2.55	2.56	2.49
Hà Tĩnh	2.38	2.46	2.65	2.46	2.46	2.50
Quảng Bình	2.58	2.57	2.57	2.37	2.39	2.41
Quảng Trị	2.90	2.77	2.71	2.85	2.84	2.67
Thừa Thiên - Huế	2.98	2.79	2.54	2.26	2.28	2.22
Đà Nẵng	1.87	1.90	1.92	2.14	2.16	1.99
Quảng Nam	2.40	2.32	2.12	2.30	2.27	2.16
Quảng Ngãi	2.21	2.11	2.18	2.09	2.11	2.21
Bình Định	2.25	2.17	2.09	2.22	2.17	2.28
Phú Yên	2.25	2.18	2.32	1.96	1.98	2.11
Khánh Hòa	2.12	2.14	2.18	2.04	2.06	1.93
Ninh Thuận	2.53	2.28	2.24	2.40	2.42	2.38
Bình Thuận	2.38	2.40	2.38	2.07	2.09	2.14
Central Highlands	3.07	2.77	2.68	2.65	2.63	2.58
Kon Tum	3.94	3.49	3.58	3.45	3.46	3.25
Gia Lai	3.10	2.97	2.86	2.88	2.90	2.85
Đắk Lắk	2.98	2.84	2.57	2.45	2.47	2.42
Đắk Nông	3.38	3.05	2.87	2.72	2.68	2.57
Lâm Đồng	2.67	2.37	2.31	2.43	2.28	2.32
South East	1.85	1.74	1.73	1.69	1.68	1.59
Bình Phước	2.61	2.47	2.38	2.45	2.43	2.31
Tây Ninh	1.98	1.89	1.79	1.79	1.77	1.80
Bình Dương	1.66	1.74	1.85	1.70	1.72	1.76
Đồng Nai	1.92	1.91	1.83	2.07	2.09	1.99
Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu	2.06	2.09	2.13	2.01	1.88	1.82
TP. Hồ Chí Minh	1.52	1.49	1.63	1.45	1.45	1.30
Mekong River Delta	2.00	1.87	1.87	1.84	1.80	1.80
Long An	1.95	1.91	1.95	1.85	1.87	1.83
Tiền Giang	2.02	1.98	1.97	1.94	1.93	1.92
Bến Tre	1.76	1.70	1.71	1.81	1.79	1.71
Trà Vinh	2.03	1.89	1.79	1.86	1.80	1.80
Vĩnh Long	1.83	1.76	1.75	1.63	1.65	1.63
Đồng Tháp	1.98	1.77	1.74	1.87	1.89	1.83
An Giang	2.00	1.86	1.86	1.97	1.97	1.92
Kiên Giang	2.22	2.10	2.09	1.84	1.80	1.86
Cần Thơ	1.70	1.64	1.75	1.72	1.62	1.62
Hậu Giang	1.95	1.94	1.89	1.96	1.75	1.77
Sóc Trăng	2.02	1.90	2.06	1.79	1.81	1.83
Bạc Liêu	2.11	2.10	2.00	1.75	1.59	1.69
Cà Mau	2.10	2.00	2.01	1.75	1.64	1.73

Source: General Statistics Office of Vietnam.[7]

Ethnic groups

See also: List of ethnic groups in Vietnam

Ethnolinguistic map of Indochina, 1970

The Vietnamese government recognizes 54 ethnic groups, of which the Viet (Kinh) is the largest; according to official Vietnamese figures (2019 census), ethnic Vietnamese account for 85.32% of the nation's population and the non-Vietnamese ethnic groups account for the remaining percent. The ethnic Vietnamese inhabit a little less than half of Vietnam, while the ethnic minorities inhabit the majority of Vietnam's land (albeit the least fertile parts of the country).

The Khmer Krom are found in the delta of the Mekong River, in the south of Vietnam, where they form in many areas the majority of the rural population. They live in an area which was previously part of Cambodia and which Vietnam conquered in the 17th and 18th centuries. Official Vietnamese figures put the Khmer Krom at 1 million people. Vietnam's approximately 1 million ethnic Chinese, constitute one of Vietnam's largest minority groups. Long important in the Vietnamese economy, Vietnamese of Chinese ancestry have been active in rice trading, milling, real estate, and banking in the south and shopkeeping, stevedoring, and mining in the north.

The relation between China and Vietnam also declined following reunification in 1975, with Vietnam siding with the Soviet Union against China in the Chinese-Soviet split. Tensions peaked when Vietnam invaded Cambodia, an ally of China, to depose Pol Pot, resulting in a Chinese invasion of Vietnam in 1979. In 1978-79, some 450,000 ethnic Chinese left Vietnam by boat as refugees (many officially encouraged and assisted) or were expelled across the land border with China. In recent years the government has performed an about turn and is encouraging overseas Hoa to return and invest, but the ethnic Chinese population has been in continuous decline since the 1970s due to assimilation and low birth rates.

The central highland peoples commonly termed Degar or Montagnards (mountain people) comprise two main ethnolinguistic groups--Malayo-Polynesian and Mon–Khmer. About 30 groups of various cultures and dialects are spread over the highland territory.

Other minority groups include the Cham—remnants of the once-mighty Champa Kingdom, conquered by the Vietnamese in the 15th century, Hmong, and Tai ("Thái").

Population of Vietnam according to ethnic group 1989-2019

Ethnic group	Language family	census 1989[8]		census 1999[9]		census 2009[10]		census 2019[11]
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Kinh	Vietic	56,101,583	87.1	65,795,748	86.2	73,594,427	85.7	82,085,826	85.32
Tày	Tai-Kadai	1,145,235	1.8	1,477,514	1.9	1,626,392	1.9	1,845,492	1.92
Thai	Tai-Kadai	992,809	1.5	1,328,725	1.7	1,550,423	1.8	1,820,950	1.89
Mường	Vietic	874,195	1.4	1,137,515	1.5	1,268,963	1.5	1,452,095	1.51
Mong	Hmong-Dao			787,604	1.0	1,068,189	1.2	1,393,547	1.45
Khmer	Mon-Khmer	872,382	1.4	1,055,174	1.4	1,260,640	1.5	1,319,652	1.37
Nùng	Tai-Kadai	696,305	1.1	856,412	1.1	968,800	1.1	1,083,298	1.13
Dao	Hmong-Dao			620,538	0.81	751,067	0.87	891,151	0.93
Hoa	Chinese	961,702	1.5	862,371	1.1	823,071	1.0	749,466	0.78
Gia Rai	Malayo-Polynesian			317,557	0.42	411,275	0.48	513,930	0.53
Ê Đê	Malayo-Polynesian			270,348	0.35	331,194	0.39	398,671	0.41
Ba Na	Mon-Khmer			174,456	0.23	227,716	0.27	286,910	0.30
Xơ Đăng	Mon-Khmer			127,148	0.17	169,501	0.20	212,277	0.22
Sán Chay	Tai-Kadai			147,315	0.19	169,410	0.20	201,398	0.21
Cờ Ho	Mon-Khmer			128,723	0.17	166,112	0.19	200,800	0.21
Sán Dìu	Chinese			126,237	0.17	146,821	0.17	183,004	0.19
Chăm	Malayo-Polynesian			132,873	0.17	161,729	0.19	178,948	0.19
Hrê	Mon-Khmer			113,111	0.15	63,012	0.07	149,460	0.16
Ra Glai	Malayo-Polynesian			96,931	0.13	122,245	0.14	146,613	0.15
M'Nông	Mon-Khmer			92,451	0.12	102,741	0.12	127,334	0.13
Xtiêng	Mon-Khmer			66,788	0.09	85,436	0.10	100,752	0.10
Bru-Vân Kiều	Mon-Khmer			55,559	0.07	74,506	0.09	94,598	0.10
Thổ	Vietic			68,394	0.09	74,458	0.09	91,430	0.10
Khơ Mú	Mon-Khmer			56,542	0.07	72,929	0.08	90,612	0.09
Cơ Tu	Mon-Khmer			50,458	0.07	61,588	0.07	74,173	0.08
Giáy	Tai-Kadai			49,098	0.06	58,617	0.07	67,858	0.07
Giẻ Triêng	Mon-Khmer			30,243	0.04	50,962	0.06	63,322	0.07
Tà Ôi	Mon-Khmer			34,960	0.05	43,886	0.05	52,356	0.05
Mạ	Mon-Khmer			33,338	0.04	41,405	0.05	50,322	0.05
Co	Mon-Khmer			27,766	0.04	33,817	0.04	40,442	0.04
Chơ Ro	Mon-Khmer			22,567	0.03	26,855	0.03	29,520	0.03
Xinh Mun	Mon-Khmer			18,018	0.02	23,278	0.03	29,503	0.03
Hà Nhì	Tibeto-Burman			17,535	0.02	10,923	0.01	25,539	0.03
Chu Ru	Malayo-Polynesian			14,978	0.02	19,314	0.02	23,242	0.02
Lao	Tai-Kadai			11,611	0.02	14,928	0.02	17,532	0.02
Kháng	Mon-Khmer			10,272	0.01	13,840	0.02	16,180	0.02
La Chí	Tai-Kadai			10,765	0.01	13,158	0.02	15,126	0.02
Phù Lá	Tibeto-Burman			9,046	0.01	5,535	0.01	12,471	0.01
La Hủ	Tibeto-Burman			6,874	0.01	9,651	0.01	12,113	0.01
La Ha	Tai-Kadai			5,686	0.01	8,177	0.01	10,157	0.01
Pà Thẻn	Hmong-Dao			5,569	0.01	6,811	0.01	8,248	0.01
Chứt	Vietic			3,829	0.01	6,022	0.01	7,513	0.01
Lự	Tai-Kadai			4,964	0.01	5,601	0.01	6,757	0.01
Lô Lô	Tibeto-Burman			3,307	0.00	2,218	0.00	4,827	0.01
Mảng	Mon-Khmer			2,663	0.00	3,700	0.00	4,650	0.00
Cờ Lao	Tai-Kadai			1,865	0.00	2,636	0.00	4,003	0.00
Bố Y	Tai-Kadai			1,864	0.00	2,273	0.00	3,232	0.00
Cống	Tibeto-Burman			1,676	0.00	2,029	0.00	2,729	0.00
Ngái	Chinese			4,841	0.01	1,035	0.00	1,649	0.00
Si La	Tibeto-Burman			840	0.00	709	0.00	909	0.00
Pu Péo	Tai-Kadai			705	0.00	687	0.00	903	0.00
Rơ Măm	Mon-Khmer			352	0.00	436	0.00	639	0.00
Brâu	Mon-Khmer			313	0.00	397	0.00	525	0.00
Ơ Đu	Mon-Khmer			301	0.00	376	0.00	428	0.00
Foreigners				39,532	0.05	2,134	0.00	3,553	0.00
Others		2,767,512	4.3	1,333	0.0	82,942	0.0	349	0.00
Total		64,411,713		76,323,173		85,846,997		96,208,984

Language

Vietnamese is the official language of the country. It belongs to the Austroasiatic language family, which also includes languages such as Khmer and Mon. Vietnamese was spoken by 85-90 million people in Vietnam at the 1999 census. In the early 21st century, around another four million Vietnamese speakers are found outside of Vietnam, mostly refugees from the Vietnam-American War. Thus Vietnamese is the most spoken language of the Austroasiatic family, being spoken by three times more people than the second most spoken language of the family, Khmer. Both languages, however, are extremely different: Vietnamese is a tonal, monosyllabic, phonetic language while Khmer has remained non-tonal. Vietnamese was heavily influenced by Chinese, with up to around 50-70% words having Chinese origins, whilst Khmer was heavily influenced by Sanskrit and Pali, uses a abugida writing system, and has a great part of its vocabulary originating from Indian languages. Since the early 20th century, the Vietnamese have used a Romanized script introduced by the French, developed by Jesuit missionaries and later on, refined by Vietnamese scholars to produce what is now known the Vietnamese language and the Vietnamese alphabet.

Religions

Religion in Vietnam (2019)[11]

  Vietnamese folk religion or non religious (86.32%)

  Catholicism (6.1%)

  Buddhism (4.79%)

  Hoahaoism (1.02%)

  Protestantism (1%)

  Others (0.77%)

According to the 2019 Census, the religious demographics of Vietnam are as follows:[11]

• 86.32% Vietnamese folk religion or non religious
• 6.1% Catholicism
• 4.79% Buddhism (mainly Mahayana)
• 1.02% Hoahaoism
• 1% Protestantism
• 0.77 Others

It is worth noting here that the data is highly skewered, as a large majority of Vietnamese may declare themselves atheist yet practice forms of traditional folk religion or Mahayana Buddhism.[12]

Estimates for the year 2010 published by the Pew Research Center:[13]

• Vietnamese folk religion, 45.3%
• Unaffiliated, 29.6%
• Buddhism, 16.4%
• Christianity, 8.2%
• Other, 0.5%

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

Population pyramid 2017

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female

15–64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female

total population: 0.98 male(s)/female

(2008 est.)

Life expectancy

Period	Life expectancy in Years	Period	Life expectancy in Years
1950–1955	53.5	1985–1990	69.8
1955–1960	57.3	1990–1995	71.2
1960–1965	60.5	1995–2000	72.7
1965–1970	62.3	2000–2005	73.8
1970–1975	57.8	2005–2010	74.7
1975–1980	66.1	2010–2015	75.6
1980–1985	68.1

Source: UN World Population Prospects[14]

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 95.6% (2014 census)

male: 96.9% no

female: 91.9% (2012)

See also

• Racism in Vietnam
• List of ethnic groups in Vietnam
• Overseas Vietnamese

Sources

• 2006 Vietnam's population estimates
• 1999 Census results
• Socioeconomic Atlas of Vietnam

References

1. , 28 December 2015.
2. Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision Archived May 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Demographic Yearbook". UN Data. United Nations. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
4. Socio-economic situation in 2019
5. General Statistics Office of Vietnam: Population and employment
6. Preliminary
7. Total fertility rate by province
8. United Nations 1993 Demographic Yearbook
9. 1999 Population and Housing Census Vietnam
10. 2009 Vietnam Population and Housing Census
11. "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
13. Pew Research Center: .
14. "World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations". Retrieved 2017-07-15.