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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Czechia fits inside Vietnam 4.2 times

Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Vietnam: 331,338 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 1,542 m above Czechia’s

Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 46% of Czechia, versus 39% of Vietnam

Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Vietnam has 9.3 times as many people as Czechia

Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Vietnam is 2.3 times as densely populated as Czechia

Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Czechia are 12.3 cm taller than in Vietnam

Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · Vietnam: 168.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Czechia are 9.5 cm taller than in Vietnam

Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · Vietnam: 158.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Czechia is 10 years older than in Vietnam

Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Vietnam have 0.5 more children on average than in Czechia

Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Czechia hosts 283,956 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Czechia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Czechia has 2 official languages, Vietnam 1

Czechia: 2 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Vietnam’s economy is 32% larger than Czechia’s

Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Czechia produces 3.3 times as much per person as Vietnam

Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in Czechia (Gini 10.4 points higher)

Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

1.6% of people in Vietnam live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Czechia

Czechia: 0% (2023) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 2.8% in Czechia, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Vietnam and Czechia are practically level

Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Czechia’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Vietnam’s

Czechia: 59% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Czechia spends 14 times as much on health per person as Vietnam

Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Czechia live 5.2 years longer than in Vietnam

Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Vietnam: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Vietnam is 5.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Czechia

Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Czechia has 3.9 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Czechia has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Vietnam

Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Czechia is 22% higher than in Vietnam

Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 21% in Vietnam

Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Czechia rate their lives 0.39 points higher than in Vietnam

Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Czechia drink 26% more alcohol than in Vietnam

Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Czechia has 36% more meat per person than Vietnam

Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Czechia has 298 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Vietnam put in 386 more hours a year than in Czechia

Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Czechia went to school 4 years longer than in Vietnam

Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Czechia welcomed 17 times as many tourists per resident as Vietnam (2019)

Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Czechia has 8 more World Heritage sites than Vietnam (17 against 9)

Czechia: 17 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Czechia has won 111 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

88% of people in Czechia are online, versus 84% in Vietnam

Czechia: 88% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Vietnam is 31% faster than in Czechia

Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Czechia and Vietnam are practically level

Czechia: 100% (2024) · Vietnam: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

73% of people in Czechia live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Czechia: 73% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Vietnam has 128 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Czechia 127

Czechia: 127 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Czechia’s railway network is 3 times as long as Vietnam’s

Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Vietnam fly 2.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Czechia

Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

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

Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Czechia emits 92% more CO₂ than someone in Vietnam

Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

45% of Vietnam’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia

Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Vietnam carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Czechia

Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Vietnam are 2.6 times as deadly as in Czechia

Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Vietnam is on average 14.9 °C warmer than Czechia

Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Vietnam gets 2.6 times as much rain as Czechia

Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Czechia bigger than Vietnam?

Vietnam is larger. Czechia fits inside Vietnam 4.2 times.

Which has more people, Czechia or Vietnam?

Vietnam has 9.3 times as many people as Czechia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Czechia or Vietnam?

People in Czechia live 5.2 years longer than in Vietnam. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 74.7 in Vietnam.

Are people taller in Czechia or Vietnam?

Men in Czechia are 12.3 cm taller than in Vietnam (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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