Vietnam :: People
0-14 years: 26.3% (male 11.6 million; female 10.8 million)
Population distribution
urban: 23%,
rural: 77%
Ethnic groups: Kinh (Viet) 86.2%,
Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1% (1999 census)
Religions: Buddhist 9.3% (mainly Mahayana),
Catholic 6.7%,
Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%,
none 80.8% (1999 census)
Languages:
Vietnamese (official) - a language with six tones;
English (increasingly favored as a second language);
some French, Chinese, and Khmer;
mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Literacy rate: 90.3% (of those age 15 and above) can read and write (2002 census)
Source of statistics: World Factbook, updated August 2007