President: Nguyen Minh Triet Secretary-general of the Communist Party : Nguyen Phu Trong
Population
2,165,828
91,519,289
Life Expectancy
52.170 years
72.410 years
Capital City
Windhoek
Hanoi
Largest city
Windhoek (population: 268,132)
Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh (population: 3,467,330)
Human Development Index
0.634
0.718
GDP per capita
$7,500 US
$3,400 US
Literacy Rate
85%
90.3%
Corruption Perception Index
4.5
2.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
26.9%
25.8%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
51.200%
2.300%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Legal
Political System
republic
Communist state
Independence date
21 March 1990 (from South African mandate)
2 September 1945 (from France)
Religions
Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%
Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8% (1999 census)
Languages
English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
