2019 Vietnamese census
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The 2019 Vietnamese census, officially the 2019 Viet Nam Population and Housing Census (Vietnamese: Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở năm 2019, lit. 'Total investigation on the population and housing of the year 2019') was the fifth national census of Vietnam since the country's reunification,[1] and the eighth census conducted by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.[2] Census work began on 1 April 2019,[3][4] and the census response period ended on 25 April 2019.[5] Involving 147,000 enumerators[6] and almost 2 years of preparation,[7] the 2019 census was the largest census up to that time in Vietnam,[8] and was the first Vietnamese census to extensively use technology in all stages.[8][9]
2019 Vietnam Population and Housing census | ||||
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General information | ||||
Country | Vietnam | |||
Authority | General Statistics Office of Vietnam | |||
Website | tongdieutradanso | |||
Results | ||||
Total population | 96,208,984 ( 1.14%/year) | |||
Most populous | Ho Chi Minh City (8,993,082) | |||
Least populous | Bắc Kạn Province (313,905) |
The census was conducted in all 63 of Vietnam's provinces and municipalities, along with three ministries: the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with a total budget of about 1.1 trillion đồng.[10][11] Besides collecting statistical information, the census aimed to inform the socio-economic development policies of the country and to monitor its sustainable development goals.[1][11][12]
The preliminary results were released on 11 July 2019,[13] while full results were published on 19 December.[1][14] The census recorded a resident population of 96,208,984, an increase of 10.4 million people after 10 years; the growth rate was lower than the preceding decade and the sex ratio at birth was highly skewed towards boys.[15][16]