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 Vietnam

 

 
Factfile  
Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Date of formation: 1976
Capital: Hanoi
Population: 80.3 million
Density: 243.7 people per sq km
Total area: 329,560 sq km
Languages: Vietnamese*, other
Government: One-party state
Life expectancy: 69 years
Infant mortality: 30 deaths/1,000 live births

Rural population:

74.8% of total
Urban population: 25.2% of total
Under age 15: 31.7% of total
Over age 65: 5.4% of total

* Official language

Source:
UNDP - Human development report 2004
www.hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/
CIA - The World Factbook 2004
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html




Population density (inhabitant/Km2)

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Source: UNEP/GRID geneva 

 
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