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Population: 86,967,524 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.9% (male 11,230,402/female 10,423,901) 15-64 years: 69.4% (male 29,971,088/female 30,356,393) 65 years and over: 5.7% (male 1,920,043/female 3,065,697) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 27.4 years male: 26.4 years female: 28.5 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.977% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 6.18 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 22.88 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 22.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.58 years male: 68.78 years female: 74.57 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.83 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.5% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 290,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 24,000 (2007 est.)

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

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)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.3% male: 93.9% female: 86.9% (2002 est.)