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🇵🇰 Pakistan vs 🇻🇳 Vietnam

Pakistan has 153.6M more people — 255,219,554 against 101,598,527. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇵🇰 Pakistan
255,219,554
Asia · rank #5 · +1.56%
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.
IndicatorPakistanVietnam
Population255,219,5545th of 240101,598,52716th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.56%72nd of 240+0.60%138th of 240
Population Density/km²321/km²42nd of 240320/km²43rd of 240
Land Areakm²770,880 km²35th of 240313,429 km²68th of 240
Urban Population39.5%192nd of 24038.8%194th of 240
GDP per Capita$1,596208th of 240$5,066161st of 240
GDP Growth+3.7%91st of 210+8.0%13th of 210
Life Expectancyyears67.8 years191st of 24074.7 years127th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman3.55 births per woman44th of 2401.90 births per woman118th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00027.4 per 1,00041st of 21313.4 per 1,000107th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0006.4 per 1,000139th of 2136.6 per 1,000130th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births48.2 per 1,000 live births14th of 19412.0 per 1,000 live births101st of 194
Unemployment Rate5.4%87th of 1861.5%176th of 186
Inflation Rate3.5%79th of 1913.3%87th of 191
Poverty Rate21.9%77th of 1644.2%161st of 164
Gini Index33.5105th of 17036.176th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.5% of GDP187th of 1924.6% of GDP134th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0001.16 per 1,000119th of 2061.11 per 1,000124th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.63 per 1,000178th of 1992.52 per 1,00090th of 199
Literacy Rate58.9%159th of 17596.1%74th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP1.9% of GDP185th of 2022.9% of GDP156th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary48.3% gross, secondary180th of 20793.4% gross, secondary92nd of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption41.6% of final consumption59th of 21124.2% of final consumption94th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area4.7% of land area177th of 21147.4% of land area57th of 211
Internet Penetration57.3%154th of 21184.2%89th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people76.9 per 100 people168th of 212127.6 per 100 people64th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births155 per 100,000 live births47th of 19348 per 100,000 live births94th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP2.67% of GDP39th of 1631.81% of GDP81st of 163
Protected Areasof land area19.1% of land area93rd of 2117.6% of land area169th of 211
Median Ageyears20.6 years196th of 24033.4 years118th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears6.4 years123rd of 1488.4 years96th of 148
Human Development Index0.544167th of 1920.76692nd of 192
Happiness Index/ 104.87/ 10112th of 1646.43/ 1045th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.72 tonnes per capita167th of 2123.67 tonnes per capita95th of 212
Obesity Rate23.5%104th of 1982.5%198th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

PakistanVietnam
0100M200M300M400M500M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Pakistan and Vietnam population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Pakistan195035.8M
Pakistan197569.5M
Pakistan2000154.9M
Pakistan2025255.2M
Pakistan2050371.9M
Pakistan2075466.7M
Pakistan2100511M
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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