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🇪🇹 Ethiopia vs 🇻🇳 Vietnam

Ethiopia has 33.9M more people — 135,472,051 against 101,598,527. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇪🇹 Ethiopia
135,472,051
Africa · rank #10 · +2.55%
World Bank, 2025
🇻🇳 Vietnam
101,598,527
Asia · rank #16 · +0.60%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorEthiopiaVietnam
Population135,472,05110th of 240101,598,52716th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+2.55%26th of 240+0.60%138th of 240
Population Density/km²114/km²102nd of 240320/km²43rd of 240
Land Areakm²1,128,499 km²25th of 240313,429 km²68th of 240
Urban Population24.1%226th of 24038.8%194th of 240
GDP per Capita$933226th of 240$5,066161st of 240
GDP Growth+9.8%6th of 210+8.0%13th of 210
Life Expectancyyears67.6 years192nd of 24074.7 years127th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman3.91 births per woman28th of 2401.90 births per woman118th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00031.5 per 1,00024th of 21313.4 per 1,000107th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.9 per 1,000161st of 2136.6 per 1,000130th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births34.5 per 1,000 live births36th of 19412.0 per 1,000 live births101st of 194
Unemployment Rate3.3%134th of 1861.5%176th of 186
Inflation Rate13.2%19th of 1913.3%87th of 191
Poverty Rate33.1%48th of 1644.2%161st of 164
Gini Index31.1128th of 17036.176th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP182nd of 1924.6% of GDP134th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.14 per 1,000188th of 2061.11 per 1,000124th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.33 per 1,000192nd of 1992.52 per 1,00090th of 199
Literacy Rate60.5%155th of 17596.1%74th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.3% of GDP174th of 2022.9% of GDP156th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary33.9% gross, secondary197th of 20793.4% gross, secondary92nd of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption90.6% of final consumption7th of 21124.2% of final consumption94th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area14.9% of land area140th of 21147.4% of land area57th of 211
Internet Penetration21.9%189th of 21184.2%89th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people65.1 per 100 people186th of 212127.6 per 100 people64th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births195 per 100,000 live births37th of 19348 per 100,000 live births94th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.65% of GDP145th of 1631.81% of GDP81st of 163
Protected Areasof land area17.0% of land area107th of 2117.6% of land area169th of 211
Median Ageyears19.1 years210th of 24033.4 years118th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears3.0 years148th of 1488.4 years96th of 148
Human Development Index0.497179th of 1920.76692nd of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.99/ 10145th of 1646.43/ 1045th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.14 tonnes per capita205th of 2123.67 tonnes per capita95th of 212
Obesity Rate2.5%197th of 1982.5%198th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

EthiopiaVietnam
050M100M150M200M250M300M350M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Ethiopia and Vietnam population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Ethiopia195017.7M
Ethiopia197531.7M
Ethiopia200067.4M
Ethiopia2025135.5M
Ethiopia2050225M
Ethiopia2075309.1M
Ethiopia2100367.3M
Vietnam195025.1M
Vietnam197546.5M
Vietnam200077.2M
Vietnam2025101.6M
Vietnam2050110M
Vietnam2075103.3M
Vietnam210091.7M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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