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Eritrea vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Eritrea has a population of 3.54M (ranked 131/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Eritrea's land area is 46,787 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 96th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Eritrea ranks 179/197 ($2.07B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Eritrea ranks 188/197 ($689), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Eritrea Vietnam
Population
3667774
102063551
Population rank 131/197 16/197
GDP
$2.07B
2011
$476B
2024
GDP rank 179/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$689
2011
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 188/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,742
2011
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$3.54B
2011
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
260.4%
2019
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,182
2011
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 137/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,342
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
46,787 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
75.6 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.71
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
19.9 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
69.2 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Eritrea and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Eritrea and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Eritrea

Vietnam
Year GDP
Eritrea Vietnam
1985 - $14,094,687,821
1986 - $26,336,616,250
1987 - $36,658,108,850
1988 - $25,423,812,649
1989 - $6,293,304,975
1990 - $6,471,740,806
1991 - $9,613,369,520
1992 $477,101,652 $9,866,990,236
1993 $467,872,715 $13,180,953,598
1994 $531,688,312 $16,286,433,533
1995 $578,015,625 $20,736,164,459
1996 $693,535,954 $24,657,470,575
1997 $686,490,090 $26,843,700,442
1998 $745,523,117 $27,209,602,050
1999 $688,918,537 $28,683,659,007
2000 $706,370,816 $31,172,518,403
2001 $752,371,689 $32,685,198,809
2002 $729,321,680 $35,064,105,501
2003 $870,248,268 $39,552,513,232
2004 $1,109,054,005 $45,427,854,693
2005 $1,098,424,686 $57,633,255,738
2006 $1,211,161,880 $66,371,664,817
2007 $1,317,974,491 $77,414,425,532
2008 $1,380,188,800 $99,130,304,099
2009 $1,856,695,551 $106,014,659,565
2010 $1,589,515,447 $147,201,173,197
2011 $2,065,001,626 $172,595,049,184
2012 - $195,590,661,129
2013 - $213,708,811,665
2014 - $233,451,469,643
2015 - $239,258,328,382
2016 - $257,096,001,178
2017 - $281,353,605,987
2018 - $310,106,478,395
2019 - $334,365,270,497
2020 - $346,615,738,538
2021 - $366,474,752,771
2022 - $413,445,230,669
2023 - $433,857,681,378
2024 - $476,388,230,307

Eritrea and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Eritrea

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Eritrea Vietnam
1985 - $238.6
1986 - $436
1987 - $595
1988 - $405
1989 - $98.1
1990 - $98.8
1991 - $143.7
1992 $265.2 $144.5
1993 $252.1 $189.4
1994 $277.8 $229.9
1995 $285.4 $287.8
1996 $326 $337
1997 $319 $362
1998 $342 $361
1999 $311 $376
2000 $314 $404
2001 $325 $419
2002 $305 $445
2003 $349 $497
2004 $427 $565
2005 $413 $711
2006 $448 $808
2007 $480 $926
2008 $490 $1,164
2009 $643 $1,226
2010 $540 $1,683
2011 $689 $1,951
2012 - $2,185
2013 - $2,360
2014 - $2,546
2015 - $2,578
2016 - $2,735
2017 - $2,956
2018 - $3,222
2019 - $3,441
2020 - $3,534
2021 - $3,704
2022 - $4,148
2023 - $4,323
2024 - $4,717

Eritrea vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Eritrea

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Eritrea Vietnam
1950 33.3 48
1951 33.6 48.7
1952 34 49.4
1953 34.4 50
1954 34.8 52
1955 35.2 54.8
1956 35.6 55.5
1957 30.4 56.2
1958 30.9 56.8
1959 37 57.4
1960 37.4 58
1961 37.9 58.5
1962 38.3 58.2
1963 38.8 56.9
1964 39.2 57.5
1965 39.6 57
1966 37.6 56.9
1967 40.2 56.7
1968 40.5 52.7
1969 40.8 54.8
1970 41.2 54.9
1971 41.5 55.6
1972 40.7 51.9
1973 41.1 55.7
1974 39 54.8
1975 39 61.9
1976 42.6 63.7
1977 43 64.1
1978 43.4 64.5
1979 43.8 65
1980 44.6 65.3
1981 45 65.8
1982 44.9 66.2
1983 37.2 66.5
1984 37.7 66.9
1985 38.6 67.2
1986 39.5 67.6
1987 47.4 68
1988 48.1 68.6
1989 47.8 68.8
1990 49.7 69
1991 50.5 69.3
1992 52.4 69.6
1993 53.2 70
1994 54 70.4
1995 54.8 70.9
1996 55.5 71.3
1997 56.2 71.7
1998 50 72.3
1999 44.5 72.6
2000 56.3 72.7
2001 58.4 73
2002 58.9 73.1
2003 59.5 73.2
2004 60.1 73.1
2005 60.6 73.2
2006 61.5 73.3
2007 62 73.4
2008 62.4 73.5
2009 63.2 73.5
2010 63.7 73.6
2011 64.2 73.7
2012 64.7 73.8
2013 65 73.8
2014 65.5 73.9
2015 65.9 74
2016 66.2 74
2017 66.6 74
2018 67 74.1
2019 67.3 74.2
2020 67 75.4
2021 66.9 74.1
2022 67.8 74.5
2023 68.6 74.6
2024 68.9 74.7
2025 69.2 74.9

Eritrea and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Eritrea

Vietnam
Year Population
Eritrea Vietnam
1960 972,547 32,531,933
1961 995,573 33,409,059
1962 1,019,788 34,288,560
1963 1,045,092 35,249,101
1964 1,071,287 36,201,563
1965 1,098,335 37,129,656
1966 1,124,957 38,024,836
1967 1,152,339 38,895,080
1968 1,181,737 39,734,609
1969 1,212,005 40,582,096
1970 1,243,453 41,475,230
1971 1,276,154 42,449,276
1972 1,309,235 43,429,168
1973 1,342,669 44,409,861
1974 1,375,688 45,413,537
1975 1,408,210 46,482,903
1976 1,443,807 47,684,931
1977 1,482,565 48,954,872
1978 1,522,378 50,249,552
1979 1,563,332 51,378,211
1980 1,605,797 52,490,101
1981 1,649,939 53,738,141
1982 1,695,461 55,011,289
1983 1,736,160 56,337,921
1984 1,771,730 57,706,067
1985 1,807,816 59,060,622
1986 1,845,164 60,347,048
1987 1,888,669 61,584,651
1988 1,938,255 62,843,228
1989 1,987,017 64,147,348
1990 2,032,737 65,504,552
1991 1,919,571 66,891,775
1992 1,798,748 68,260,337
1993 1,856,006 69,586,384
1994 1,913,915 70,854,391
1995 2,025,267 72,049,940
1996 2,128,464 73,156,447
1997 2,152,135 74,226,889
1998 2,180,419 75,299,660
1999 2,212,780 76,287,452
2000 2,247,031 77,154,011
2001 2,312,079 77,969,361
2002 2,392,978 78,772,224
2003 2,493,903 79,563,777
2004 2,598,284 80,338,971
2005 2,661,215 81,088,313
2006 2,703,502 82,167,897
2007 2,743,222 83,633,375
2008 2,816,327 85,175,788
2009 2,887,885 86,460,018
2010 2,945,186 87,455,152
2011 2,998,485 88,468,314
2012 3,036,988 89,510,356
2013 3,074,360 90,573,104
2014 3,095,173 91,679,578
2015 3,105,546 92,823,254
2016 3,124,698 94,000,117
2017 3,150,347 95,176,977
2018 3,192,760 96,237,319
2019 3,240,194 97,173,776
2020 3,291,271 98,079,191
2021 3,350,183 98,935,098
2022 3,409,447 99,680,655
2023 3,470,390 100,352,192
2024 3,535,603 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Eritrea and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Eritrea

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Eritrea Vietnam
1960 6.48 6.27
1961 6.47 5.48
1962 6.5 6.26
1963 6.48 6.39
1964 6.49 6.29
1965 6.49 6.16
1966 6.5 5.97
1967 6.5 5.88
1968 6.5 6.03
1969 6.5 6.01
1970 6.54 6.02
1971 6.54 6.07
1972 6.54 6.1
1973 6.55 6.11
1974 6.57 5.78
1975 6.59 5.62
1976 6.6 5.46
1977 6.61 5.29
1978 6.61 5.1
1979 6.62 4.94
1980 6.61 4.8
1981 6.62 4.67
1982 6.63 4.59
1983 6.65 4.52
1984 6.62 4.41
1985 6.59 4.21
1986 6.56 3.96
1987 6.52 3.72
1988 6.47 3.62
1989 6.41 3.64
1990 6.34 3.6
1991 6.24 3.52
1992 6.16 3.35
1993 6.07 3.17
1994 6.01 2.94
1995 5.94 2.7
1996 5.84 2.47
1997 5.74 2.27
1998 5.63 2.1
1999 5.52 2
2000 5.4 2.03
2001 5.31 2.02
2002 5.23 2.01
2003 5.14 2
2004 5.04 1.97
2005 4.93 1.89
2006 4.88 1.87
2007 4.81 1.91
2008 4.74 1.93
2009 4.66 1.92
2010 4.57 1.91
2011 4.49 1.93
2012 4.41 1.97
2013 4.34 1.98
2014 4.27 2.09
2015 4.22 2.1
2016 4.16 2
2017 4.11 1.99
2018 4.06 1.88
2019 4 1.94
2020 3.93 1.96
2021 3.87 1.94
2022 3.79 1.93
2023 3.71 1.91

Eritrea and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Eritrea

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
Eritrea Vietnam
1960 18.8 21.2
1961 18.9 20.7
1962 18.9 20.2
1963 19 19.7
1964 19 19.2
1965 19 18.9
1966 19 18.7
1967 18.9 18.5
1968 18.9 18.4
1969 18.8 18.4
1970 18.6 18.4
1971 18.5 18.4
1972 18.3 18.5
1973 18.2 18.5
1974 18.2 18.6
1975 18.1 18.7
1976 18 18.8
1977 17.9 19
1978 17.8 19.1
1979 17.8 19.3
1980 17.8 19.4
1981 17.7 19.5
1982 17.7 19.6
1983 17.7 19.7
1984 17.8 19.8
1985 17.8 19.9
1986 17.9 20
1987 17.9 20.1
1988 17.8 20.2
1989 17.7 20.4
1990 17.6 20.5
1991 17.6 20.7
1992 17.5 20.9
1993 17.6 21.1
1994 17.6 21.4
1995 18.1 21.7
1996 18.4 22
1997 18 22.4
1998 17.8 22.9
1999 17.5 23.3
2000 17.4 23.7
2001 17.5 24.2
2002 17.7 24.6
2003 18 25
2004 18.3 25.4
2005 18.3 25.8
2006 18.2 26.3
2007 18.1 26.9
2008 18.2 27.4
2009 18.4 27.9
2010 18.4 28.3
2011 18.5 28.7
2012 18.5 29
2013 18.5 29.4
2014 18.5 29.8
2015 18.4 30.2
2016 18.4 30.5
2017 18.5 30.8
2018 18.7 31.2
2019 18.9 31.6
2020 19.1 32.1
2021 19.3 32.5
2022 19.5 33
2023 19.7 33.4
2024 19.9 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Eritrea Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$1.94B
2011
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
31.3%
2019
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.13%
2006
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
20.9%
2003
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
202,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.72%
2019
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.8%
2017
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP n/a
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
21.8%
2009
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
38.6
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.6%
2022
Number of billionaires n/a
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
393
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$205B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$192M
2019
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
142,000
2016
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
36.8%
2000
1.11%
2020
Banked people share n/a
70.6%
2024

Energy

Eritrea Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
289.5 kg
2022
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$6.73
2011
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.67 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.19 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
22.4%
2022
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
80.7%
2021
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.1%
2022
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share
34.8%
2004
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
102.4 kWh
2022
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
5.79%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
54.4%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Eritrea Vietnam
% of world population
0.04%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
-12,696
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
43.9%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.6 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.17 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
8.3
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
13
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
5
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
14.6
2012
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
37.9
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
51
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
76.6%
2018
96.1%
2022
English speaking
0%
2025
16%
2025
People using the Internet
20%
2023
84.2%
2024

Health

Eritrea Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$27.1
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$14.7
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
69.2 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
22.5%
2022
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.07
2022
0.83
2016
Age at first childbirth
21.3 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
291
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
35.4
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
4.94%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.4%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
30
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.07 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Eritrea Vietnam
% of world land
0.08%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
13,233 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
29,313 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
4,038 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
9,942 mi
2018
354,460 mi
2019

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