Popular Characteristics

Population and labor are important factors in the process of socio-economic development. After more than 20 years of re-establishing the province and conducting industrialization, Bac Ninh's population has had remarkable changes. In the period 1997 - 2018, the population density of the province was constantly increasing. In 1997, the population density of the whole province was 1,133.4 people per km2, but by 2018 it had increased to 1,516 people per km2, an increase of 33% compared to 1997. Population density is unevenly distributed, Bac Ninh city and Tu Son city has a relatively high population density, with an average of 2,699 people per km2. The lowest is Gia Binh district with 887 people per km2.

According to 2018 statistics, the natural population growth rate is estimated at 1.12%; the birth rate reduction reached 0.46%o, the sex ratio at birth was controlled and reduced to 115 boys per 100 girls, the population age 65 and older of Bac Ninh was 7.9% high, 0.8% higher than the national average, the average life expectancy of the province is 74.3 years old, 0.8 years higher than the national average, showing that Bac Ninh province is also rapidly transitioning to a period of population aging. The working force of 15 years old and above is 670,520 people. In 2019, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs set a target of creating jobs for about 28,000 workers, reducing the unemployment rate in urban areas below 2.5%. Improving the quality of the labor market continues to be a key task with solutions to strengthen the connection between labor supply and demand, synchronously combining vocational training with job creation in the country and labor export.