Population: 73,103,898 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.78% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 27.13 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 7.76 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 45.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 65.41 years
male: 63.37 years
female: 67.58 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.33 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural)
adjective: Vietnamese

Ethnic divisions: Vietnamese 85-90%, Chinese 3%, Muong, Thai, Meo, Khmer, Man, Cham

Religions: Buddhist, Taoist, Roman Catholic, indigenous beliefs, Islamic, Protestant

Languages: Vietnamese (official), French, Chinese, English, Khmer, tribal languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population: 88%
male: 93%
female: 83%
Labor force: 32.7 million
by occupation: agricultural 65%, industrial and service 35% (1990 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Vietnam on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vietnam People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vietnam People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.