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Vietnam

Vietnam's best placing is 16th of 195 for population.

Best placing: #16Population
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 101.6 million
Land area: 313,429 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Vietnam is.

Population

#16 of 195

101,598,527 people

8th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Population by area

#27 of 194

324.15 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

GDP

#31 of 182

514,697,215,165 US$ (current prices)

11th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#33 of 151

3,444 km of coastline

8th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Rainfall

#40 of 179

1,821 mm of precipitation per year

12th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Forest

#45 of 194

148,708 km² of forest

10th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#51 of 194

47.4 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#67 of 194

313,429 km² of land

19th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Railways

#64 of 135

2,600 km of railway

17th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways by area

#69 of 133

8.30 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports

#110 of 193

36 airports

27th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#113 of 182

5,066 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#124 of 194

0.0015 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#152 of 191

1.15 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area per person

#168 of 194

0.003 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways per person

#120 of 134

25.59 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports per person

#187 of 192

0.35 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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