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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ukraine is 82% bigger than Vietnam

Ukraine: 603,550 km² (2024) · Vietnam: 331,338 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Vietnam’s coastline is 24% longer than Ukraine’s

Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 1,083 m above Ukraine’s

Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 39% of Vietnam

Ukraine: 71.3% (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 2.6 times as many people as Ukraine

Ukraine: 39 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Vietnam is 4.8 times as densely populated as Ukraine

Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ukraine are 12.1 cm taller than in Vietnam

Ukraine: 181 cm (2019) · Vietnam: 168.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ukraine are 8.2 cm taller than in Vietnam

Ukraine: 166.6 cm (2019) · Vietnam: 158.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ukraine is 9.6 years older than in Vietnam

Ukraine: 42 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Vietnam have 0.9 more children on average than in Ukraine

Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Ukraine: 19% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ukraine hosts 475 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ukraine has produced 1.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Ukraine: 1.3 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Ukraine and Vietnam are practically level

Ukraine: 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 2.4 times the size of Ukraine’s

Ukraine: $214 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Ukraine produces 5% more per person than Vietnam

Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in Ukraine (Gini 10.5 points higher)

Ukraine: 25.6 (2020) · 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 Ukraine

Ukraine: 0% (2020) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Ukraine: 9.8% (2021) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Vietnam 2.2%

Ukraine: 39.6% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ukraine: 21% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Ukraine’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Vietnam’s

Ukraine: 31% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ukraine spends 88% more on health per person than Vietnam

Ukraine: $370 (2021) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

Vietnam and Ukraine are practically level

Ukraine: 74.7 years (2024) · Vietnam: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Vietnam is 58% more likely to die before turning one than in Ukraine

Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Ukraine has 3.2 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ukraine has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Vietnam

Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 89% higher than in Vietnam

Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

28% of adults in Ukraine are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Ukraine: 27.8% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 21% in Vietnam

Ukraine: 23.7% (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 1.77 points higher than in Ukraine

Ukraine: 4.66 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Vietnam drink 2.8 times as much alcohol as in Ukraine

Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Vietnam has 22% more meat per person than Ukraine

Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Vietnam has 300 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine

Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Vietnam put in 116 more hours a year than in Ukraine

Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Ukraine went to school 2.1 years longer than in Vietnam

Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Vietnam welcomed 24% more tourists per resident than Ukraine (2019)

Ukraine: 0.07 (2024) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Ukraine: 8 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Ukraine: 160 (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 82% in Ukraine

Ukraine: 82% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Vietnam is 36% faster than in Ukraine

Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Ukraine and Vietnam are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Ukraine live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Ukraine: 70% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ukraine has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Vietnam 128

Ukraine: 133 (2023) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Ukraine’s railway network is 6.8 times as long as Vietnam’s

Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Vietnam fly 47 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Ukraine: 0.01 (2022) · 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 17% of Ukraine

Ukraine: 17.3% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Ukraine emits 2% more CO₂ than someone in Vietnam

Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

45% of Vietnam’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Ukraine: 16.4% (2022) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Vietnam carries 80% more fine dust than in Ukraine

Ukraine: 14.2 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?

Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021) · Vietnam: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ukraine are 2% deadlier than in Vietnam

Ukraine: 18.7 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 14.1 °C warmer than Ukraine

Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Vietnam gets 3.4 times as much rain as Ukraine

Ukraine: 619 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 Ukraine bigger than Vietnam?

Ukraine is larger. Ukraine is 82% bigger than Vietnam.

Which has more people, Ukraine or Vietnam?

Vietnam has 2.6 times as many people as Ukraine (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ukraine or Vietnam?

Vietnam and Ukraine are practically level. Life expectancy at birth is 74.7 years in Ukraine and 74.7 in Vietnam.

Are people taller in Ukraine or Vietnam?

Men in Ukraine are 12.1 cm taller than in Vietnam (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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