| Nationality | Vietnamese (sing. and pl.) |
| Population (2010 est.) | 89,571,130 |
| Annual population growth rate (2010) | 1.2 |
| Age Structure (2010 est.) |
0-14 years: 26.1% (male 12,069,408/female 11,033,738) 15-64 years: 68.3% (male 30,149,986/female 30,392,043) 65 years and over: 5.6% (male 1,892,505/female 3,039,078) |
| Urbanization |
urban population: 28% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 3.1% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
| Ethnic groups (2003) | 54 groups including Vietnamese (Kinh) (85.73%), Tay (1.97%), Thai (1.79%), Muong (1.52%), Khmer (1.37%), Chinese (1.13%), Nung (1.13%), Hmong (1.11%) |
| Languages | Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) |
| Religion (2008) | Buddhism (approx. 50%), Catholicism (8%-10%), Cao Dai (1.5%-3%), Protestantism (0.5%-2%), Hoa Hao (1.5%-4%), Islam (0.1%), and other animist religions. |
| Life expectancy (2010 est.) |
male: 69.48 years female: 74.69 years |
| Infant mortality rate (2010 est.) |
total: 21.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.15 deaths/1,000 live births |