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🇺🇸 United States vs 🇻🇳 Vietnam

United States has 240.2M more people — 341,784,857 against 101,598,527. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇺🇸 United States
341,784,857
North America · rank #3 · +0.52%
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.
IndicatorUnited StatesVietnam
Population341,784,8573rd of 240101,598,52716th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.52%143rd of 240+0.60%138th of 240
Population Density/km²37/km²180th of 240320/km²43rd of 240
Land Areakm²9,147,420 km²3rd of 240313,429 km²68th of 240
Urban Population80.2%65th of 24038.8%194th of 240
GDP per Capita$90,02712th of 240$5,066161st of 240
GDP Growth+2.2%136th of 210+8.0%13th of 210
Life Expectancyyears78.9 years75th of 24074.7 years127th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.63 births per woman148th of 2401.90 births per woman118th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00010.6 per 1,000143rd of 21313.4 per 1,000107th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0009.0 per 1,00060th of 2136.6 per 1,000130th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births5.5 per 1,000 live births141st of 19412.0 per 1,000 live births101st of 194
Unemployment Rate4.2%117th of 1861.5%176th of 186
Inflation Rate3.0%96th of 1913.3%87th of 191
Poverty Rate11.4%141st of 1644.2%161st of 164
Gini Index41.836th of 17036.176th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP16.7% of GDP3rd of 1924.6% of GDP134th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0003.68 per 1,00039th of 2061.11 per 1,000124th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0002.68 per 1,00084th of 1992.52 per 1,00090th of 199
Literacy Rate99.0%29th of 17596.1%74th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.4% of GDP43rd of 2022.9% of GDP156th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary97.5% gross, secondary74th of 20793.4% gross, secondary92nd of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption10.9% of final consumption142nd of 21124.2% of final consumption94th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area33.9% of land area95th of 21147.4% of land area57th of 211
Internet Penetration94.7%31st of 21184.2%89th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people113.2 per 100 people110th of 212127.6 per 100 people64th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births17 per 100,000 live births127th of 19348 per 100,000 live births94th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP3.42% of GDP24th of 1631.81% of GDP81st of 163
Protected Areasof land area12.9% of land area140th of 2117.6% of land area169th of 211
Median Ageyears38.5 years79th of 24033.4 years118th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears13.3 years4th of 1488.4 years96th of 148
Human Development Index0.93817th of 1920.76692nd of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.82/ 1023rd of 1646.43/ 1045th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita14.20 tonnes per capita12th of 2123.67 tonnes per capita95th of 212
Obesity Rate41.8%18th of 1982.5%198th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

United StatesVietnam
0100M200M300M400M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
United States and Vietnam population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
United States1950154.2M
United States1975219.1M
United States2000281.5M
United States2025347.3M
United States2050380.8M
United States2075402.9M
United States2100421.3M
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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