🇻🇳 Vietnam Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇻🇳 Vietnam VN / VNM #65

Nomad Score 63.0

Cities 25

Region Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Indochina, Sinosphere, Digital Nomad Hubs, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Affordable Nomad Destinations, Asia, Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Tiger Cub Economies, Next Eleven, Emerging Markets, Developing Countries

Currency VND

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 102.3M

Density 290.5/km²

HDI 0.766 (High)

Gini Index (2018) 35.7

Life Expectancy (2023) 74.6 yrs

Fertility Rate (2023) 1.91

Urban Population (2024) 38.5%

Literacy Rate (2022) 96.1%

Gender Wage Gap (2024) 8.7%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
Vietnamese	Tiếng Việt

Religions

Religion	Percentage
No religion	86.3%
Catholicism	6.1%
Buddhism	4.8%
Hoahaoism	1.0%
Protestantism	1.0%
Caodaism	0.6%
Islam	0.1%
Other	0.1%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Kinh vietnamese	85.3%
Others	14.7%

Demonym (male) Vietnamese

Demonym (female) Vietnamese

National Anthem Tiến Quân Ca

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		23.2%
15-64 Working		67.7%
65+ Elderly		9.1%

Dependency Ratio 47.6%

Profile Mature

Urban Pop. (2024) 38.5%

Birth Rate (2023) 13.8 /1000

Death Rate (2023) 6.6 /1000

Fertility Rate (2023) 1.91

Infant Mortality (2023) 14.0 /1000

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2023) 74.6 yrs

HALE (2021) 65.4 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 4.6% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2023) 14.0/1000

UHC Index (2021) 68/100

Hospital Beds (2017) 2.5/1000

Physicians (2021) 1.11/1000

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2022) 96.1%

Education Spending (2022) 2.9% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 519

Internet Users (2024) 84.2%

Mobile Subscriptions (2023) 131.0/100

Broadband (2023) 22.7/100

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 22.7

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 331,212 km²

Capital Hanoi 📍

Continent Asia

Region Asia

Subregion South-Eastern Asia

Landlocked No

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC+07:00

Calling Codes +84

Postal Code ######

TLD .vn

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇰🇭 Cambodia, 🇨🇳 China, 🇱🇦 Laos

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Vietnam features a large five-pointed yellow star on a red field.

National Anthem Tiến Quân Ca

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