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Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Capital Hanoi
Languages Vietnamese
Currency Vietnamese đồng
People 102 million (2025)
Neighbours 3 Greetings from
Vietnam
Lowest adult obesity 2.5% · #1 of 195 · 2024 11th lowest unemployment 1.5% · #11 of 186 · 2025 16th highest population 102 million · #16 of 210 · 2025 VNM COUNTRYDUEL
Send this postcard Surprising facts about Vietnam The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Vietnam’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Vietnam among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where Vietnam sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 331,338 km² 66th of 205 2024 Coastline 3,444 km 34th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 3,144 m 57th of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 47.1% 61st of 207 2024 Farmland 39.2% 97th of 205 2024 Population 102 million 16th of 210 2025 Population density 324 per km² 35th of 209 2025 Height of men 168.9 cm 150th of 196 2019 Height of women 158.4 cm 144th of 196 2019 Median age 32.4 years 98th of 213 2023 Fertility rate 1.9 children per woman 106th of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 9.5% 98th of 210 2025 Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents 0.00013 per 1,000 167th of 181 2025 Economy size (GDP) $515 billion 32nd of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$18,089 111th of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 36.1 65th of 155 2022 Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day) 1.6% 71st of 142 2022 Unemployment 1.5% 176th of 186 2025 Health spending per person $197 129th of 193 2023 Military spending 2.2% 58th of 161 2025 Life expectancy 74.7 years 102nd of 210 2024 Infant mortality 12 per 1,000 102nd of 194 2024 Doctors 1.1 per 1,000 114th of 190 2021 Hospital beds 2.5 per 1,000 74th of 158 2017 Suicide rate 10 per 100k 92nd of 185 2023 Adult obesity 2.5% 195th of 195 2024 Smoking 21.1% 73rd of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 6.43 46th of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 10.7 litres 28th of 195 2023 Meat supply 60.5 kg 86th of 189 2023 Daily calories 3,086 kcal 76th of 189 2023 Working hours 2,160 hours 37th of 130 2023 Years of schooling 9 years 112th of 193 2023 Internet users 84% 90th of 208 2024 Fixed broadband download speed 244 Mbps 54th of 197 2026 Access to electricity 100% 1st of 209 2024 Urban population 39% 170th of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 128 62nd of 208 2024 CO₂ per person 3.7 t 88th of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 45.4% 76th of 201 2025 Air pollution (PM2.5) 25.6 µg/m³ 56th of 213 2024 Road deaths 18.4 per 100k 94th of 185 2023 Average temperature 24.4°C 77th of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 2,132 mm 23rd of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 0.1 69th of 160 2026 Railway network 3,159 km 50th of 133 2021 Air passengers per resident 0.54 58th of 165 2023 Tourists per resident 0.08 130th of 179 2015 Official languages 1 87th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 28% 179th of 198 2025 World Heritage sites 9 37th of 195 2026 Olympic medals (all time) 5 89th of 202 2026 edition
World twins The countries most like Vietnam across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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Vietnam
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vs Laos