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7. Social issues

7.1. Population, labor and employment

- The average population of the province reached 1,252,056 persons in
2022, a year-on-year growth of 0.46% (equivalent to 5,750 persons), of which

the population in the urban areas and rural areas were 483,266 persons and
768,790 persons, respectively, with the corresponding relative figures of
38.60% and 61.40%. The male population was 631,191 persons, making up
50.41% and female population was 620,865 persons, accounting for 49.59%.
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The average population density was 157.64 persons per km . The population
was unevenly distributed, with the highest concentration in Phu Quy district

(1,530.52 persons per km ) and Phan Thiet city (1,093.12 persons per km ).
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The total fertility rate reached 1.97 children per woman in 2022. The sex
ratio of the population was 101.66. The crude birth rate was 15.37‰ while the
crude death rate was 6.93‰. The natural growth rate attained 8.44‰. The
infant mortality rate was 11.07‰ while the under-5-mortality rate was
16.73‰.

- In 2022, the labor force aged 15 and over was 695,360 persons, an
increase of 3,463 persons (it was calculated and adjusted since 2019 in
accordance with the new conceptual framework {ILCS19}, replacing the old
conceptual framework {ILCS13}), of which male employees and female

employees accounted for 55.40% and 44.60%, respectively. The labor force in
urban areas and in rural areas accounted for 37.78% and 62.22%, respectively.
The employed population aged 15 and over working in the economic sectors
were 673,505 persons, an increase of 3,921 persons over the same period of
2021. The percentage of trained labor force aged 15 years and over with
degrees and certificates reached 18.47%, of which trained employees of the

urban areas and the rural areas gained 25.80% and 14.01%, respectively.
The unemployment rate of the labor force in working age was 3.5% in

2022, of which the unemployment rates in the urban areas and the rural areas
were 3.44% and 3.54%, respectively. The underemployment rate of the labor

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