Demographics of Vietnam
Demographic features of the population of Vietnam include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
| Demographics of Vietnam | |
|---|---|
Vietnam population pyramid on census day 01/4/2019 | |
| Population | 100.300.000 (December 31, 2023) |
| Density | 300/km² |
| Growth rate | 0.97% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 15.2 births/1000 population (2022 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.1 deaths/1000 population (2022 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 73.6 years (2022 est.) |
| • male | 71.1 years (2022 est.) |
| • female | 76.4 years (2022 est.) |
| Fertility rate | 2.01 births/woman (2022 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 12.1 deaths/1000 live births (2022 est.) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 24% (2019) |
| 15–64 years | 68.4% (2019) |
| 65 and over | 7.6% (2019) |
| Sex ratio | |
| Total | 0.995 male(s)/female (2022) |
| At birth | 1.116 male(s)/female (2022) |
| 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%), Thái (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 are known to occupy the mountainous regions. The Kinh group does represent much of the cultural and political landscape of Vietnam.
Vietnam's population may be expected to approach to 100 million by the end of 2023, making it the 15th largest country by population in the world. It is predicted that by 2035, Vietnam will become an aged society.