Demographics
Haiphong is the third most populous city in Vietnam, with an area of 1,507.57 km² and a population of 1,884,685 for the metropolitan, 769,739 for urban districts according to the 2009 census. Women make up 50.4% of Haiphong's population.
- Population growth
As of the 2009 census, Haiphong's average annual population growth rate was given as 4.0%. Haiphong's crude birth rate was recorded at 18.1 live births per 1000 persons; the crude death rate was measured at 7.6 per 1000 persons. Life expectancy at birth was estimated at 77.1 years for women and 72.0 years for men, or 74.5 years overall. The infant mortality rate was measured at 11.8 infant deaths per 1000 live births, just over two points above the nation's average for urban areas. In the same census, the city's immigration and emigration rates were measured at 2.8% and 1.9%, respectively, for a net migration rate of 0.9%.
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