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🇵🇭 Philippines vs 🇻🇳 Vietnam

Population difference
15,188,435
116.8M
Philippines
101.6M
Vietnam
14.9%
Philippines is larger by

35 indicators below, published by both countries and set side by side. They differ most on obesity rate, where Philippines’s figure is 3.9× higher.

Indicators compared
35
Published by both countries
Philippines
by population · Asia
Vietnam
by population · Asia

Side by Side

Each bar is scaled against the larger of the two values, so the gap is visible rather than only stated.

Population
Philippines116,786,962
Vietnam101,598,527
Land Areakm²
Philippines298,170 km²
Vietnam313,429 km²
Population Density/km²
Philippines385/km²
Vietnam320/km²
Life Expectancyyears
Philippines69.9 years
Vietnam74.7 years
GDP per Capita
Philippines$4,171
Vietnam$5,066
Urban Population
Philippines55.8%
Vietnam38.8%

Bars compare magnitude only. A larger value is not a better one — several of these indicators have no better direction, and for others the lower figure is the favourable one.

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Bold marks the larger of the two values — larger is not always better. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Every indicator published for both Philippines and Vietnam, side by side
IndicatorPhilippinesVietnamPhilippines vs Vietnam
Population116,786,96214th of 240101,598,52716th of 24015% higher
Annual Growth Rate+0.81%120th of 240+0.60%138th of 24034% higher
Population Density/km²385/km²34th of 240320/km²43rd of 24020% higher
Land Areakm²298,170 km²72nd of 240313,429 km²68th of 2405% lower
Urban Population55.8%156th of 24038.8%194th of 24044% higher
GDP per Capita$4,171172nd of 240$5,066161st of 24018% lower
GDP Growth+4.4%67th of 210+8.0%13th of 21045% lower
Life Expectancyyears69.9 years176th of 24074.7 years127th of 2406% lower
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.89 births per woman119th of 2401.90 births per woman118th of 2400% lower
Birth Rateper 1,00015.9 per 1,00097th of 21313.4 per 1,000107th of 21318% higher
Death Rateper 1,0006.4 per 1,000141st of 2136.6 per 1,000130th of 2134% lower
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births21.7 per 1,000 live births130th of 19412.0 per 1,000 live births92nd of 1941.8× higher
Unemployment Rate2.2%21st of 1861.5%11th of 18647% higher
Inflation Rate1.7%136th of 1913.3%87th of 19150% lower
Poverty Rate15.5%44th of 1644.2%4th of 1643.7× higher
Gini Index39.3117th of 17036.194th of 1709% higher
Health Spendingof GDP5.1% of GDP123rd of 1924.6% of GDP134th of 19212% higher
Physiciansper 1,0000.79 per 1,000134th of 2061.11 per 1,000124th of 20628% lower
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.97 per 1,000161st of 1992.52 per 1,00090th of 1992.6× lower
Literacy Rate98.5%44th of 17596.1%74th of 1752% higher
Education Spendingof GDP4.0% of GDP110th of 2022.9% of GDP156th of 20237% higher
School Enrollmentgross, secondary85.3% gross, secondary129th of 20793.4% gross, secondary92nd of 2079% lower
Renewable Energyof final consumption28.0% of final consumption84th of 21124.2% of final consumption94th of 21116% higher
Forest Coverageof land area24.5% of land area119th of 21147.4% of land area57th of 21148% lower
Internet Penetration67.3%139th of 21184.2%89th of 21120% lower
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people115.3 per 100 people105th of 212127.6 per 100 people64th of 21210% lower
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births84 per 100,000 live births122nd of 19348 per 100,000 live births99th of 1931.8× higher
Military Spendingof GDP1.32% of GDP100th of 1631.81% of GDP81st of 16327% lower
Protected Areasof land area16.0% of land area117th of 2117.6% of land area169th of 2112.1× higher
Median Ageyears26.1 years164th of 24033.4 years118th of 24022% lower
Mean Years of Schoolingyears9.4 years77th of 1488.4 years96th of 14813% higher
Human Development Index0.720116th of 1920.76692nd of 1926% lower
Happiness Index/ 106.21/ 1058th of 1646.43/ 1045th of 1643% lower
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita1.51 tonnes per capita142nd of 2123.67 tonnes per capita95th of 21259% lower
Obesity Rate9.7%171st of 1982.5%198th of 1983.9× higher

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. Bold marks the larger of the two, which is not always the better one.

Population, 1950–2100

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

PhilippinesVietnam
020M40M60M80M100M120M140M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Philippines and Vietnam population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Philippines195018.8M
Philippines197542.1M
Philippines200079.6M
Philippines2025116.8M
Philippines2050134.4M
Philippines2075131.1M
Philippines2100114.2M
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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