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People
89,571,130 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
13
0-14 years: 26.1% (male 12,069,408/female 11,033,738)
15-64 years: 68.3% (male 30,149,986/female 30,392,043)
65 years and over: 5.6% (male 1,892,505/female 3,039,078) (2010 est.)
total: 27.4 years
male: 26.4 years
female: 28.5 years (2010 est.)
1.096% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 117
17.29 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 118
5.97 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
-0.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 137
urban population: 28% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3.1% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.115 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 21.57 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 95
male: 21.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 71.94 years
country comparison to the world: 127
male: 69.48 years
female: 74.69 years (2010 est.)
1.93 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 139
0.5% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
290,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 24
24,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 20
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, and plague
water contact disease: leptospirosis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural)
adjective: Vietnamese
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)
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)
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002 est.)
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2001)
5.3% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 55 
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