Location:
Southeastern Asia,
bordering the Gulf of Thailand,
Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea,
between China and Cambodia
Area:
total area:
329,560 sq km
land area:
325,360 sq km
comparative area:
slightly larger than New Mexico
Land boundaries:
total 3,818 km ;
Cambodia 982 km, China 1,281 km,
Laos 1,555 km
Coastline: 3,444 km
Population: 74,393,324 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
36% (female 13,225,916; male 13,918,321)
15-64 years:
59% (female 22,353,710; male 21,223,739)
65 years and over:
5% (female 2,236,453; male 1,435,185)
Population growth rate: 1.71% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 26.25 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 7.6 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: -1.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 44.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
65.72 years
male:
63.66 years
female:
67.91 years
Total fertility rate: 3.21 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Vietnamese 85%-90%,
Chinese 3%, Muong, Thai, Meo, Khmer,
Man, Cham
Religions:
Buddhist, Taoist, Roman Catholic,
indigenous beliefs, Islam, Protestant
Languages:
Vietnamese (official), French,
Chinese, English, Khmer, tribal languages
(Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population:
88%
male:
93%
female:
83%
Names:
conventional long form:
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
conventional short form:
Vietnam
Type: Socialist Republic
Capital: Hanoi
Independence: 2 September 1945 (from France)
Constitution: 15 April 1992
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $83.5 billion
National product real growth rate: 8.8%
National product per capita: $1,140
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14.4%
Unemployment rate: 20%
Electricity:
capacity:
2,200,000 kW
production:
9.7 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
125 kWh
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