Vietnam’s coastline is 7.8 times as long as Cambodia’s

Cambodia: 443 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 1,334 m above Cambodia’s

Cambodia: 1,810 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 39% of Vietnam, versus 35% of Cambodia

Cambodia: 34.7% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Vietnam has 5.7 times as many people as Cambodia

Cambodia: 17.8 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Vietnam is 3.2 times as densely populated as Cambodia

Cambodia: 101 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Vietnam is 6.6 years older than in Cambodia

Cambodia: 25.8 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Women in Cambodia have 0.7 more children on average than in Vietnam

Cambodia: 2.55 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

9.5% of people in Vietnam are 65 or older, versus 6.4% in Cambodia

Cambodia: 6.4% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Cambodia hosts 10 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Cambodia: 0.0013 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Vietnam has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Cambodia none

Cambodia: 0 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Cambodia and Vietnam are practically level

Cambodia: 1 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Vietnam’s economy is 10 times the size of Cambodia’s

Cambodia: $51.3 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Vietnam produces 2.1 times as much per person as Cambodia

Cambodia: Int$8,543 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Cambodia: no data · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

Cambodia: no data · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 1.5% in Vietnam, versus 0.3% in Cambodia

Cambodia: 0.3% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Vietnam spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Cambodia 1.5%

Cambodia: 1.5% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Cambodia: 12.2% (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Cambodia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Vietnam’s

Cambodia: 34% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Vietnam spends 72% more on health per person than Cambodia

Cambodia: $115 (2023) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Cambodia is 37% more likely to die before turning one than in Vietnam

Cambodia: 16.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Vietnam has 5.2 times as many doctors per person as Cambodia

Cambodia: 0.2 per 1,000 (2019) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Vietnam has 3.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Cambodia

Cambodia: 0.7 per 1,000 (2018) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Vietnam is 92% higher than in Cambodia

Cambodia: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

4.9% of adults in Cambodia are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Cambodia: 4.9% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

21% of adults in Vietnam smoke, versus 19% in Cambodia

Cambodia: 18.6% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Vietnam rate their lives 1.97 points higher than in Cambodia

Cambodia: 4.46 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Vietnam drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Cambodia

Cambodia: 4.2 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Vietnam has 3.7 times as much meat per person as Cambodia

Cambodia: 16.1 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Vietnam has 443 kcal more food per person per day than Cambodia

Cambodia: 2,643 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Cambodia put in 228 more hours a year than in Vietnam

Cambodia: 2,389 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in Vietnam went to school 3.8 years longer than in Cambodia

Cambodia: 5.2 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Cambodia welcomed 63% more tourists per resident than Vietnam (2019)

Cambodia: 0.13 (2022) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

Vietnam has 4 more World Heritage sites than Cambodia (9 against 5)

Cambodia: 5 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Vietnam has won 5 Olympic medals, Cambodia none

Cambodia: 0 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

84% of people in Vietnam are online, versus 68% in Cambodia

Cambodia: 68% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Vietnam is 3 times as fast as in Cambodia

Cambodia: 80 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Vietnam have electricity, versus 99% in Cambodia

Cambodia: 99.2% (2024) · Vietnam: 100% (2024)

41% of people in Cambodia live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Cambodia: 41% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Vietnam has 128 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Cambodia 116

Cambodia: 116 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Vietnam’s railway network is 4.9 times as long as Cambodia’s

Cambodia: 642 km (2014) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from Vietnam fly 14 times as many passengers per resident as those from Cambodia

Cambodia: 0.04 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 38% of Cambodia

Cambodia: 37.6% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Vietnam emits 3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Cambodia

Cambodia: 1.2 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

45% of Vietnam’s electricity is renewable, versus 41% in Cambodia

Cambodia: 40.9% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 35% more fine dust than in Cambodia

Cambodia: 19 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Roads in Cambodia are 15% deadlier than in Vietnam

Cambodia: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Cambodia is on average 3.4 °C warmer than Vietnam

Cambodia: 27.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 15% more rain than Cambodia

Cambodia: 1,849 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)