Demographics of Vietnam

Demographics of Vietnam[1]
Vietnam population pyramid on census day 01/4/2019
Population	100.300.000 (December 31, 2023)[2]
Density	300/km²[3]
Growth rate	0.97% (2021 est.)[4]
Birth rate	15.2 births/1000 population (2022 est.)[4]
Death rate	6.1 deaths/1000 population (2022 est.)[4]
Life expectancy	73.6 years (2022 est.)[4]
• male	71.1 years (2022 est.)
• female	76.4 years (2022 est.)
Fertility rate	2.01 births/woman (2022 est.)[4]
Infant mortality rate	12.1 deaths/1000 live births (2022 est.)[4]
Age structure
0–14 years	24% (2019)[5]
15–64 years	68.4% (2019)
65 and over	7.6% (2019)
Sex ratio
Total	0.995 male(s)/female (2022)[4]
At birth	1.116 male(s)/female (2022)[2]
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

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.

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.^[6][7] It is predicted that by 2035, Vietnam will become an aged society.^[8][9]