President: Nguyen Minh Triet Secretary-general of the Communist Party : Nguyen Phu Trong
President: Mauricio Funes
Population
91,519,289
6,090,646
Life Expectancy
72.410 years
73.690 years
Capital City
Hanoi
San Salvador
Largest city
Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh (population: 3,467,330)
San Salvador (population: 525,990)
Human Development Index
0.718
0.747
GDP per capita
$3,400 US
$7,600 US
Literacy Rate
90.3%
80.2%
Corruption Perception Index
2.7
3.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
25.8%
16.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
2.300%
7.000%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished except for special circumstances
Political System
Communist state
republic
Independence date
2 September 1945 (from France)
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
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)
Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)
Languages
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
