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: 158e )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
See also
