Demographics of Viet Nam

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	02 Sep 2024

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As of 2024, the population of Viet Nam is projected at 100.99 million, compared to 100.35 million in 2023. It is the eighth-most populous country in Asia and ranks 16th in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 0.62 percent, the 134th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 49.46 million males and 51.53 million females in Viet Nam. The percentage of the male population is 48.98%, compared to 51.02% of the female population. Viet Nam has 2.1 million more females than males, the 7th highest in the world. The sex ratio in Viet Nam in 2024 will be 95.993 males per 100 females. Viet Nam is in the 71st position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Population
Growth
Gender

Viet Nam population
Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	12,406,958	12,693,780	25,100,738	2.14	97.740
1955	13,868,457	14,297,989	28,166,446	2.62	96.996
1960	16,056,204	16,475,729	32,531,933	2.94	97.454
1965	18,328,494	18,801,162	37,129,656	2.46	97.486
1970	20,398,958	21,076,271	41,475,230	2.19	96.786
1975	22,765,256	23,717,647	46,482,903	2.52	95.984
1980	25,729,079	26,761,022	52,490,101	2.38	96.144
1985	28,924,627	30,135,995	59,060,622	2.25	95.980
1990	32,058,319	33,446,234	65,504,552	2.12	95.850
1995	35,294,723	36,755,217	72,049,940	1.60	96.026
2000	37,825,064	39,328,946	77,154,011	1.07	96.176
2005	39,579,827	41,508,486	81,088,313	0.91	95.354
2010	42,542,726	44,912,425	87,455,152	1.15	94.724
2015	45,295,954	47,527,300	92,823,254	1.23	95.305
2020	48,017,590	50,061,601	98,079,191	0.94	95.917
2021	48,448,495	50,486,603	98,935,098	0.80	95.963
2022	48,821,207	50,859,448	99,680,655	0.70	95.992
2023	49,150,969	51,201,223	100,352,192	0.64	95.996
2024	49,461,399	51,526,287	100,987,686	0.62	95.993

Demographics Indicators
Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	48.041	23.085	5.147
1955	54.826	22.044	5.535
1960	58.046	20.189	6.273
1965	56.967	17.686	6.156
1970	54.930	17.215	6.019
1975	61.865	17.577	5.621
1980	65.338	18.381	4.795
1985	67.192	18.911	4.206
1990	69.027	19.477	3.602
1995	70.871	20.606	2.700
2000	72.746	22.686	2.028
2005	73.198	24.801	1.887
2010	73.611	27.191	1.906
2015	73.955	29.193	2.100
2020	75.383	31.027	1.957
2021	74.145	31.476	1.942
2022	74.502	31.938	1.927
2023	74.588	32.429	1.913
2024	74.736	32.926	1.895

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Viet Nam death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude (per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	435,080	973,300	17.333	38.776
1955	388,806	1,127,628	13.804	40.034
1960	397,696	1,352,973	12.225	41.589
1965	463,278	1,377,038	12.477	37.087
1970	553,488	1,459,384	13.345	35.187
1975	455,718	1,630,898	9.804	35.086
1980	436,760	1,758,376	8.321	33.499
1985	447,505	1,901,443	7.577	32.195
1990	443,695	1,892,842	6.773	28.896
1995	433,805	1,637,513	6.021	22.727
2000	423,243	1,390,170	5.486	18.018
2005	466,343	1,408,413	5.751	17.369
2010	516,931	1,522,480	5.911	17.409
2015	571,142	1,717,064	6.153	18.498
2020	570,112	1,494,146	5.813	15.234
2021	658,187	1,457,843	6.653	14.735
2022	646,765	1,422,615	6.488	14.272
2023	659,980	1,387,961	6.577	13.831
2024	671,121	1,355,563	6.646	13.423

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Viet Nam
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	2,888,063	21,921,843	11.641
1955	3,685,807	24,461,979	13.094
1960	4,802,582	27,868,047	14.700
1965	6,216,854	31,643,158	16.421
1970	7,943,534	35,463,753	18.300
1975	9,152,476	39,576,916	18.782
1980	10,464,982	43,907,532	19.247
1985	11,942,117	49,107,256	19.561
1990	13,817,423	54,392,182	20.257
1995	16,668,571	58,530,406	22.166
2000	19,568,590	60,716,972	24.374
2005	23,000,555	61,308,288	27.281
2010	26,910,696	61,561,816	30.417
2015	31,635,369	61,936,198	33.809
2020	36,727,248	61,632,897	37.340
2021	37,779,862	61,504,284	38.052
2022	38,841,525	61,353,202	38.766
2023	39,908,501	61,175,828	39.480
2024	40,975,863	60,967,175	40.195

Population
Urbanization

Viet Nam population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	3,710,225	3,347,439	7,057,664	6.99	110.838
05-09	4,059,470	3,828,619	7,888,089	7.81	106.030
10-14	4,336,793	4,170,840	8,507,632	8.42	103.979
15-19	3,693,613	3,617,396	7,311,009	7.24	102.107
20-24	3,249,387	3,221,644	6,471,031	6.41	100.861
25-29	3,359,809	3,348,820	6,708,628	6.64	100.328
30-34	4,262,759	4,241,398	8,504,157	8.42	100.504
35-39	4,268,739	4,245,675	8,514,414	8.43	100.543
40-44	3,834,438	3,884,915	7,719,352	7.64	98.701
45-49	3,263,437	3,365,747	6,629,184	6.56	96.960
50-54	2,986,757	3,117,688	6,104,444	6.04	95.800
55-59	2,621,140	2,884,941	5,506,081	5.45	90.856
60-64	2,247,505	2,681,954	4,929,459	4.88	83.801
65-69	1,616,780	2,134,107	3,750,887	3.71	75.759
70-74	1,008,779	1,456,212	2,464,990	2.44	69.274
75-79	518,874	866,806	1,385,679	1.37	59.860
80-84	255,387	546,130	801,518	0.79	46.763
85-89	122,949	348,849	471,798	0.47	35.244
90-94	38,912	167,394	206,306	0.20	23.246
95-99	5,285	42,939	48,224	0.05	12.308
100+	363	6,775	7,138	0.01	5.358
Total	49,461,401	51,526,288	100,987,684		95.993

Population pyramid
Gender ratio