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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Finland is 2% bigger than Vietnam

Finland: 338,485 km² (2024) · Vietnam: 331,338 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Vietnam’s coastline is 2.8 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 1,816 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 39% of Vietnam, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (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 18 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Vietnam is 17 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Finland are 11.7 cm taller than in Vietnam

Finland: 180.6 cm (2019) · Vietnam: 168.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Finland are 8.0 cm taller than in Vietnam

Finland: 166.5 cm (2019) · Vietnam: 158.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

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

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Vietnam have 0.6 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Finland hosts 141,931 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Finland has 2 official languages, Vietnam 1

Finland: 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 62% larger than Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Finland produces 3.6 times as much per person as Vietnam

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in Finland (Gini 8.7 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (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 0.2% in Finland

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Finland and Vietnam are practically level

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 3× Vietnam’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Finland spends 28 times as much on health per person as Vietnam

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Finland live 7.6 years longer than in Vietnam

Finland: 82.3 years (2024) · Vietnam: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Vietnam is 6.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Finland has 3.3 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Finland has 4% more hospital beds per person than Vietnam

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Finland is 31% higher than in Vietnam

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

Finland and Vietnam are practically level

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Finland rate their lives 1.34 points higher than in Vietnam

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Vietnam drink 14% more alcohol than in Finland

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Finland has 15% more meat per person than Vietnam

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Finland has 260 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Vietnam put in 664 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

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

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

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Finland welcomed 9.8 times as many tourists per resident as Vietnam (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Vietnam has 1 more World Heritage site than Finland (9 against 8)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 84% in Vietnam

Finland: 94% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Finland is 1% faster than in Vietnam

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Finland and Vietnam are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Finland: 75% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Vietnam has 128 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Finland: 126 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Finland’s railway network is 87% longer than Vietnam’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Finland fly 3.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Vietnam

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 47% of Vietnam

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Finland emits 44% more CO₂ than someone in Vietnam

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Vietnam carries 4.7 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 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?

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Vietnam are 3.5 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 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 20.8 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Vietnam gets 2.8 times as much rain as Finland

Finland: 758 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 Finland bigger than Vietnam?

Finland is larger. Finland is 2% bigger than Vietnam.

Which has more people, Finland or Vietnam?

Vietnam has 18 times as many people as Finland (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Finland or Vietnam?

People in Finland live 7.6 years longer than in Vietnam. Life expectancy at birth is 82.3 years in Finland and 74.7 in Vietnam.

Are people taller in Finland or Vietnam?

Men in Finland are 11.7 cm taller than in Vietnam (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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