Vietnam March 11, 2020 ASEAN , Asia , Association of Southeast Asian Nations , Baie de Ha Long , China Sea , colony , Delta du Mékong , dictatorship , First Indochina War , Francophonie , French , French colony , French language , Golfe de Tonkin , Gulf of Thailand , Ha Long , Haïphong , Hanoi , Ho Chi Minh Ville , Indochina , Indochinese Peninsula , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , Pacific Ocean , Paracels , parti communiste , Rivière Rouge , Saigon , South China Sea , Southeast Asia , Spratleys , Tonkin , Vietnam , Vietnam War Official name Socialist Republic of Vietnam Name in local language Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam (vi) Continent Asia Subcontinent Southeast Asia Population (ranking: 15e ) 97,709,844 inhabitants (2020) Population growth 1.56 % / year Area 331,236 km² Density 294.99 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 48e )244.948 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 2,564 $USD (2018) GDP growth 7.10 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 75.30 years (2018) Birth rate 15.96 ‰ (2015) Fertility rate 2.09 children / woman (2019) Death rate (ranking ) 5.93 ‰ (2015) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 18.39 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 94.51 % (2015) Official languages Vietnamese Currency Đồng (₫ VND) HDI (ranking: 157e )0.693 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )46.96 (2018) Government Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic (dictatorship de facto) Head of State President Nguyễn Phú Trọng National Day 2 September (independence of 1945, recognized in 1954) ISO Codes VN, VNM Demonym Vietnamese Tourists (ranking ) 10,012,700 people (2016)
Still strong growth of the population Vietnam is a Southeast Asian country located east of the Indochinese peninsula in southern China . It also shares borders with Cambodia and Laos . It is one of the most populous countries in the world.
Bay of Ha Long, Vietnam. Source: Most Beautiful Spots Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam. Photo: Hieucd Urban areas (2015) Urban areas Population Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville (Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) 13,648,914 inhabitants Hanoï (Hà Nội) 7,588,150 inhabitants Haïphong (Hải Phòng) 2,103,500 inhabitants Cần Thơ 1,603,543 inhabitants Đà Nẵng 1,046,876 inhabitants Nha Trang 392,279 inhabitants Huế 333,715 inhabitants Vũng Tàu 282,415 inhabitants Quy Nhơn 255,463 inhabitants Rạch Giá 252,585 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Regions Population Area Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) 5,693,200 inhabitants 54,508 km² Mekong River Delta (Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long) 17,660,700 inhabitants 40,816 km² North Central and Central coastal areas (Bắc Trung Bộ và Duyên hải miền Trung) 19,798,800 inhabitants 95,871 km² Northern midlands and mountain areas (Trung du và miền núi phía Bắc) 11,984,300 inhabitants 95,222 km² Red River Delta (Đồng bằng sông Hồng) 21,133,800 inhabitants 21,260 km² South East (Dông Nam Bô) 16,424,300 inhabitants 23,553 km²
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