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🇷🇺 Russia vs 🇻🇳 Vietnam

Russia has 41.9M more people — 143,513,328 against 101,598,527. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇷🇺 Russia
143,513,328
Europe · rank #9 · −0.11%
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.
IndicatorRussiaVietnam
Population143,513,3289th of 240101,598,52716th of 240
Annual Growth Rate−0.11%198th of 240+0.60%138th of 240
Population Density/km²9/km²221st of 240320/km²43rd of 240
Land Areakm²16,376,870 km²1st of 240313,429 km²68th of 240
Urban Population75.3%86th of 24038.8%194th of 240
GDP per Capita$17,547100th of 240$5,066161st of 240
GDP Growth+1.0%172nd of 210+8.0%13th of 210
Life Expectancyyears73.4 years141st of 24074.7 years127th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.42 births per woman193rd of 2401.90 births per woman118th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,0008.4 per 1,000176th of 21313.4 per 1,000107th of 213
Death Rateper 1,00012.4 per 1,00015th of 2136.6 per 1,000130th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births4.1 per 1,000 live births152nd of 19412.0 per 1,000 live births101st of 194
Unemployment Rate2.1%169th of 1861.5%176th of 186
Inflation Rate8.7%29th of 1913.3%87th of 191
Poverty Rate7.2%149th of 1644.2%161st of 164
Gini Index33.0111th of 17036.176th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP7.0% of GDP85th of 1924.6% of GDP134th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0005.11 per 1,0008th of 2061.11 per 1,000124th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0006.81 per 1,00012th of 1992.52 per 1,00090th of 199
Literacy Rate99.9%4th of 17596.1%74th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP4.2% of GDP100th of 2022.9% of GDP156th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary92.5% gross, secondary95th of 20793.4% gross, secondary92nd of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption3.5% of final consumption172nd of 21124.2% of final consumption94th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area49.8% of land area53rd of 21147.4% of land area57th of 211
Internet Penetration94.4%35th of 21184.2%89th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people186.1 per 100 people9th of 212127.6 per 100 people64th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births9 per 100,000 live births150th of 19348 per 100,000 live births94th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP7.05% of GDP6th of 1631.81% of GDP81st of 163
Protected Areasof land area11.5% of land area147th of 2117.6% of land area169th of 211
Median Ageyears40.3 years59th of 24033.4 years118th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears11.6 years36th of 1488.4 years96th of 148
Human Development Index0.83263rd of 1920.76692nd of 192
Happiness Index/ 105.83/ 1082nd of 1646.43/ 1045th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita12.30 tonnes per capita19th of 2123.67 tonnes per capita95th of 212
Obesity Rate21.2%117th of 1982.5%198th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

RussiaVietnam
020M40M60M80M100M120M140M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Russia and Vietnam population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Russia1950103.4M
Russia1975134.1M
Russia2000146.7M
Russia2025144M
Russia2050136.1M
Russia2075128.6M
Russia2100126.4M
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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