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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Vietnam is 3% bigger than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024) · Vietnam: 331,338 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Vietnam’s coastline is 6.7 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 1,392 m above Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 39% of Vietnam

Ivory Coast: 83.9% (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 3.1 times as many people as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Vietnam is 3.2 times as densely populated as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Vietnam and Ivory Coast are practically level

Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · Vietnam: 168.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Ivory Coast and Vietnam are practically level

Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · Vietnam: 158.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Vietnam is 14 years older than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ivory Coast have 2.3 more children on average than in Vietnam

Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

9.5% of people in Vietnam are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ivory Coast hosts 17,830 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

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

Ivory Coast: 0 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Ivory Coast and Vietnam are practically level

Ivory Coast: 1 (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 5.2 times the size of Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Vietnam produces 2.2 times as much per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in Ivory Coast (Gini 0.8 points higher)

Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

21% of people in Ivory Coast live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Vietnam

Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 2.3% in Ivory Coast, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Vietnam spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%

Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ivory Coast: 13% (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Ivory Coast’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Vietnam’s

Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Vietnam spends 2.2 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Vietnam live 13 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · Vietnam: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ivory Coast is 3.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Vietnam

Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Vietnam has 6.7 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ivory Coast: no data · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 65% higher than in Vietnam

Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

12% of adults in Ivory Coast are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

21% of adults in Vietnam smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Vietnam rate their lives 1.28 points higher than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Vietnam drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Vietnam has 5 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Vietnam has 148 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Vietnam put in 57 more hours a year than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Vietnam went to school 4.1 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ivory Coast: no data · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Ivory Coast: 5 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ivory Coast and Vietnam are practically level

Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

84% of people in Vietnam are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Vietnam is 2.9 times as fast as in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Vietnam have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · Vietnam: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

55% of people in Ivory Coast live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Vietnam 128

Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Vietnam’s railway network is 4.9 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Vietnam fly 25 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.02 (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 12% of Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Vietnam emits 7.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

45% of Vietnam’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Vietnam carries 27% more fine dust than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ivory Coast are 68% deadlier than in Vietnam

Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ivory Coast is on average 2.4 °C warmer than Vietnam

Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Vietnam gets 74% more rain than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 1,226 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 Ivory Coast bigger than Vietnam?

Vietnam is larger. Vietnam is 3% bigger than Ivory Coast.

Which has more people, Ivory Coast or Vietnam?

Vietnam has 3.1 times as many people as Ivory Coast (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or Vietnam?

People in Vietnam live 13 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 74.7 in Vietnam.

Are people taller in Ivory Coast or Vietnam?

Vietnam and Ivory Coast are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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