Bhutan vs Vietnam statistics compared

Bhutan has a population of 792K (ranked 163/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Bhutan's land area is 14,726 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 132nd vs. 67th).

By GDP, Bhutan ranks 169/197 ($3.02B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Bhutan ranks 132/197 ($3,839), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Bhutan and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Bhutan and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

Bhutan

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	Bhutan	Vietnam
1970	$61,812,113	-
1971	$66,289,450	-
1972	$70,139,867	-
1973	$78,900,289	-
1974	$92,901,784	-
1975	$86,820,762	-
1976	$88,461,263	-
1977	$97,884,434	-
1978	$94,086,228	-
1979	$105,377,995	-
1980	$128,669,201	-
1981	$139,174,178	-
1982	$141,439,317	-
1983	$156,704,290	-
1984	$160,423,494	-
1985	$163,288,815	$14,094,687,821
1986	$191,218,115	$26,336,616,250
1987	$242,742,766	$36,658,108,850
1988	$272,298,067	$25,423,812,649
1989	$264,798,626	$6,293,304,975
1990	$287,765,007	$6,471,740,806
1991	$240,294,286	$9,613,369,520
1992	$240,233,531	$9,866,990,236
1993	$225,973,693	$13,180,953,598
1994	$258,954,708	$16,286,433,533
1995	$290,490,984	$20,736,164,459
1996	$303,408,346	$24,657,470,575
1997	$352,229,077	$26,843,700,442
1998	$363,458,381	$27,209,602,050
1999	$399,311,200	$28,683,659,007
2000	$460,733,418	$31,172,518,403
2001	$496,110,226	$32,685,198,809
2002	$559,345,264	$35,064,105,501
2003	$651,935,430	$39,552,513,232
2004	$735,348,490	$45,427,854,693
2005	$860,391,000	$57,633,255,738
2006	$942,879,879	$66,371,664,817
2007	$1,255,767,964	$77,414,425,532
2008	$1,317,517,835	$99,130,304,099
2009	$1,331,343,798	$106,014,659,565
2010	$1,708,880,730	$147,201,173,197
2011	$1,977,728,659	$172,595,049,184
2012	$1,973,387,228	$195,590,661,129
2013	$1,943,696,952	$213,708,811,665
2014	$2,089,079,571	$233,451,469,643
2015	$2,187,815,803	$239,258,328,382
2016	$2,357,504,761	$257,096,001,178
2017	$2,591,358,009	$281,353,605,987
2018	$2,583,335,722	$310,106,478,395
2019	$2,735,683,570	$334,365,270,497
2020	$2,457,604,334	$346,615,738,538
2021	$2,768,802,960	$366,474,752,771
2022	$2,898,227,744	$413,445,230,669
2023	$3,019,253,885	$433,857,681,378
2024	-	$476,388,230,307

Bhutan and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

Bhutan

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bhutan	Vietnam
1970	$200.3	-
1971	$207.7	-
1972	$212.4	-
1973	$230.9	-
1974	$262.8	-
1975	$237.4	-
1976	$233.7	-
1977	$249.9	-
1978	$232.2	-
1979	$251.4	-
1980	$296.9	-
1981	$311	-
1982	$306	-
1983	$328	-
1984	$326	-
1985	$321	$238.6
1986	$365	$436
1987	$449	$595
1988	$489	$405
1989	$462	$98.1
1990	$488	$98.8
1991	$401	$143.7
1992	$416	$144.5
1993	$407	$189.4
1994	$467	$229.9
1995	$530	$287.8
1996	$553	$337
1997	$630	$362
1998	$638	$361
1999	$685	$376
2000	$772	$404
2001	$812	$419
2002	$896	$445
2003	$1,022	$497
2004	$1,130	$565
2005	$1,300	$711
2006	$1,406	$808
2007	$1,850	$926
2008	$1,920	$1,164
2009	$1,918	$1,226
2010	$2,436	$1,683
2011	$2,788	$1,951
2012	$2,751	$2,185
2013	$2,680	$2,360
2014	$2,849	$2,546
2015	$2,954	$2,578
2016	$3,152	$2,735
2017	$3,435	$2,956
2018	$3,400	$3,222
2019	$3,577	$3,441
2020	$3,192	$3,534
2021	$3,571	$3,704
2022	$3,711	$4,148
2023	$3,839	$4,323
2024	-	$4,717

Bhutan vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bhutan

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bhutan	Vietnam
1950	35.3	48
1951	35.3	48.7
1952	35.4	49.4
1953	35.4	50
1954	35.4	52
1955	35.5	54.8
1956	35.6	55.5
1957	35.7	56.2
1958	35.9	56.8
1959	36.1	57.4
1960	36.4	58
1961	36.7	58.5
1962	37	58.2
1963	37.4	56.9
1964	37.8	57.5
1965	38.3	57
1966	38.8	56.9
1967	39.4	56.7
1968	40	52.7
1969	40.6	54.8
1970	41.2	54.9
1971	41.8	55.6
1972	42.5	51.9
1973	43.1	55.7
1974	43.8	54.8
1975	44.5	61.9
1976	45.2	63.7
1977	46	64.1
1978	46.7	64.5
1979	47.4	65
1980	48.2	65.3
1981	49	65.8
1982	49.8	66.2
1983	50.6	66.5
1984	51.3	66.9
1985	52	67.2
1986	52.8	67.6
1987	53.6	68
1988	54.4	68.6
1989	55.1	68.8
1990	55.8	69
1991	56.5	69.3
1992	57.2	69.6
1993	57.9	70
1994	58.4	70.4
1995	59.3	70.9
1996	60	71.3
1997	60.6	71.7
1998	61.3	72.3
1999	62	72.6
2000	61.8	72.7
2001	63.3	73
2002	64	73.1
2003	64.7	73.2
2004	65.3	73.1
2005	65.9	73.2
2006	66.5	73.3
2007	67.2	73.4
2008	67.7	73.5
2009	68.2	73.5
2010	68.8	73.6
2011	69.3	73.7
2012	69.8	73.8
2013	70.2	73.8
2014	70.5	73.9
2015	70.8	74
2016	71.1	74
2017	71.4	74
2018	71.7	74.1
2019	72	74.2
2020	72.3	75.4
2021	72.4	74.1
2022	72.8	74.5
2023	73	74.6
2024	73.3	74.7
2025	73.5	74.9

Bhutan and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

Bhutan

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	Bhutan	Vietnam
1960	224,084	32,531,933
1961	230,602	33,409,059
1962	237,636	34,288,560
1963	245,156	35,249,101
1964	252,987	36,201,563
1965	261,200	37,129,656
1966	269,820	38,024,836
1967	278,852	38,895,080
1968	288,311	39,734,609
1969	298,214	40,582,096
1970	308,528	41,475,230
1971	319,211	42,449,276
1972	330,264	43,429,168
1973	341,705	44,409,861
1974	353,538	45,413,537
1975	365,791	46,482,903
1976	378,490	47,684,931
1977	391,639	48,954,872
1978	405,243	50,249,552
1979	419,200	51,378,211
1980	433,404	52,490,101
1981	447,836	53,738,141
1982	462,485	55,011,289
1983	477,460	56,337,921
1984	492,784	57,706,067
1985	508,392	59,060,622
1986	524,324	60,347,048
1987	540,557	61,584,651
1988	556,986	62,843,228
1989	573,586	64,147,348
1990	589,287	65,504,552
1991	599,784	66,891,775
1992	577,774	68,260,337
1993	554,673	69,586,384
1994	554,497	70,854,391
1995	547,989	72,049,940
1996	548,784	73,156,447
1997	558,697	74,226,889
1998	569,435	75,299,660
1999	582,579	76,287,452
2000	596,863	77,154,011
2001	610,794	77,969,361
2002	624,409	78,772,224
2003	637,663	79,563,777
2004	650,544	80,338,971
2005	661,865	81,088,313
2006	670,799	82,167,897
2007	678,641	83,633,375
2008	686,351	85,175,788
2009	693,988	86,460,018
2010	701,632	87,455,152
2011	709,377	88,468,314
2012	717,279	89,510,356
2013	725,273	90,573,104
2014	733,139	91,679,578
2015	740,618	92,823,254
2016	747,866	94,000,117
2017	754,335	95,176,977
2018	759,759	96,237,319
2019	764,824	97,173,776
2020	770,006	98,079,191
2021	775,442	98,935,098
2022	780,914	99,680,655
2023	786,385	100,352,192
2024	791,524	100,987,686

Fertility rates in Bhutan and Vietnam

Fertility rate

Bhutan

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	Vietnam
1960	6.7	6.27
1961	6.7	5.48
1962	6.69	6.26
1963	6.69	6.39
1964	6.68	6.29
1965	6.68	6.16
1966	6.67	5.97
1967	6.67	5.88
1968	6.66	6.03
1969	6.66	6.01
1970	6.65	6.02
1971	6.64	6.07
1972	6.64	6.1
1973	6.63	6.11
1974	6.62	5.78
1975	6.62	5.62
1976	6.62	5.46
1977	6.61	5.29
1978	6.58	5.1
1979	6.55	4.94
1980	6.51	4.8
1981	6.46	4.67
1982	6.4	4.59
1983	6.34	4.52
1984	6.26	4.41
1985	6.18	4.21
1986	6.1	3.96
1987	6	3.72
1988	5.88	3.62
1989	5.76	3.64
1990	5.6	3.6
1991	5.45	3.52
1992	5.27	3.35
1993	5.07	3.17
1994	4.87	2.94
1995	4.62	2.7
1996	4.37	2.47
1997	4.09	2.27
1998	3.85	2.1
1999	3.61	2
2000	3.38	2.03
2001	3.19	2.02
2002	3.01	2.01
2003	2.87	2
2004	2.78	1.97
2005	2.73	1.89
2006	2.66	1.87
2007	2.59	1.91
2008	2.48	1.93
2009	2.36	1.92
2010	2.25	1.91
2011	2.15	1.93
2012	2.07	1.97
2013	2	1.98
2014	1.92	2.09
2015	1.84	2.1
2016	1.74	2
2017	1.62	1.99
2018	1.52	1.88
2019	1.45	1.94
2020	1.5	1.96
2021	1.49	1.94
2022	1.48	1.93
2023	1.46	1.91

Bhutan and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

Bhutan

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bhutan	Vietnam
1960	18.8	21.2
1961	18.9	20.7
1962	18.9	20.2
1963	19	19.7
1964	19.1	19.2
1965	19.1	18.9
1966	19.2	18.7
1967	19.3	18.5
1968	19.3	18.4
1969	19.3	18.4
1970	19.3	18.4
1971	19.3	18.4
1972	19.3	18.5
1973	19.2	18.5
1974	19.2	18.6
1975	19.1	18.7
1976	19.1	18.8
1977	19	19
1978	19	19.1
1979	18.9	19.3
1980	18.9	19.4
1981	18.8	19.5
1982	18.7	19.6
1983	18.7	19.7
1984	18.6	19.8
1985	18.6	19.9
1986	18.5	20
1987	18.5	20.1
1988	18.5	20.2
1989	18.5	20.4
1990	18.6	20.5
1991	18.6	20.7
1992	18.6	20.9
1993	18.7	21.1
1994	18.8	21.4
1995	18.9	21.7
1996	19.1	22
1997	19.3	22.4
1998	19.5	22.9
1999	19.8	23.3
2000	20	23.7
2001	20.4	24.2
2002	20.8	24.6
2003	21.3	25
2004	21.8	25.4
2005	22.2	25.8
2006	22.6	26.3
2007	22.9	26.9
2008	23.3	27.4
2009	23.7	27.9
2010	24	28.3
2011	24.4	28.7
2012	24.7	29
2013	25.1	29.4
2014	25.6	29.8
2015	26	30.2
2016	26.4	30.5
2017	26.9	30.8
2018	27.5	31.2
2019	28	31.6
2020	28.6	32.1
2021	29.2	32.5
2022	29.8	33
2023	30.4	33.4
2024	30.9	33.9

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