Vietnam is already half past its "golden population period", starting 2007, when it hit the 90-million population mark.
This period is expected to end in 2039, when at least two people of working age must take care of either a child below 15 or an elderly person above 65, according to UNFPA..
Population
Vietnam is currently in stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model.
The reasoning is that the birth rates are still in the process of decreasing and the death rates are very low..
In 2021, the population of Vietnam reached over 98 million.
While more than half of the people living in Vietnam were under 35 years old that year, the population is aging fast.
Meanwhile, Vietnamese had an average life expectancy of approximately 75 years old, considerably high for countries at similar income levels.Jan 10, 2023.
Vietnam population is equivalent to 1.23% of the total world population.
Vietnam ranks number 16 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Vietnam is 319 per Km2 (826 people per mi2).
The median age in Vietnam is 32.8 years..
Vietnam is considered a multi-ethnic country, made up of 54 ethnic groups.
The Kinh ethnic group makes up 85.4% of Vietnam's population, or 78.32 million people.
The remaining 53 ethnic groups make up only 14.6% of the country's population (see Table 1)..
Demographic features of the population of Vietnam include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status
The Vietnamese government recognizes 54 ethnic groups
Vietnamese is the official language of the country. It belongs to the Austroasiatic language family
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated
• Racism in Vietnam• List of ethnic groups in Vietnam• Overseas
Civilian and military deaths during the Second Indochina War
