Japan vs Vietnam statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 61st vs. 67th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Japan and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Japan and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

Japan

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Vietnam
1960	$47,419,238,274	-
1961	$57,266,758,180	-
1962	$64,987,857,542	-
1963	$74,379,284,603	-
1964	$87,490,590,818	-
1965	$97,338,107,606	-
1966	$113,046,784,179	-
1967	$132,475,614,227	-
1968	$156,897,496,759	-
1969	$184,298,841,305	-
1970	$217,223,652,719	-
1971	$245,364,056,622	-
1972	$324,933,841,269	-
1973	$441,460,582,536	-
1974	$490,035,789,970	-
1975	$532,861,438,885	-
1976	$598,883,902,156	-
1977	$737,069,290,928	-
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	-
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	-
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	-
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	-
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	-
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	-
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	-
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$14,094,687,821
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$26,336,616,250
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$36,658,108,850
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$25,423,812,649
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$6,293,304,975
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$6,471,740,806
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$9,613,369,520
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$9,866,990,236
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$13,180,953,598
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$16,286,433,533
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$20,736,164,459
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$24,657,470,575
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$26,843,700,442
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$27,209,602,050
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$28,683,659,007
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$31,172,518,403
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$32,685,198,809
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$35,064,105,501
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$39,552,513,232
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$45,427,854,693
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$57,633,255,738
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$66,371,664,817
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$77,414,425,532
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$99,130,304,099
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$106,014,659,565
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$147,201,173,197
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$172,595,049,184
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$195,590,661,129
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$213,708,811,665
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$233,451,469,643
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$239,258,328,382
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$257,096,001,178
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$281,353,605,987
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$310,106,478,395
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$334,365,270,497
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$346,615,738,538
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$366,474,752,771
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$413,445,230,669
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$433,857,681,378
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$476,388,230,307

Japan and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Vietnam
1960	$509	-
1961	$609	-
1962	$685	-
1963	$776	-
1964	$903	-
1965	$994	-
1966	$1,144	-
1967	$1,326	-
1968	$1,553	-
1969	$1,803	-
1970	$2,101	-
1971	$2,321	-
1972	$3,031	-
1973	$4,061	-
1974	$4,448	-
1975	$4,776	-
1976	$5,310	-
1977	$6,473	-
1978	$9,012	-
1979	$9,301	-
1980	$9,669	-
1981	$10,583	-
1982	$9,780	-
1983	$10,652	-
1984	$11,207	-
1985	$11,809	$238.6
1986	$17,452	$436
1987	$21,142	$595
1988	$25,500	$405
1989	$25,266	$98.1
1990	$25,801	$98.8
1991	$29,428	$143.7
1992	$31,993	$144.5
1993	$36,345	$189.4
1994	$39,934	$229.9
1995	$44,198	$287.8
1996	$39,150	$337
1997	$35,638	$362
1998	$32,424	$361
1999	$36,610	$376
2000	$39,169	$404
2001	$34,406	$419
2002	$32,821	$445
2003	$35,387	$497
2004	$38,299	$565
2005	$37,813	$711
2006	$35,992	$808
2007	$35,779	$926
2008	$39,876	$1,164
2009	$41,309	$1,226
2010	$44,968	$1,683
2011	$48,760	$1,951
2012	$49,145	$2,185
2013	$40,899	$2,360
2014	$38,475	$2,546
2015	$34,961	$2,578
2016	$39,375	$2,735
2017	$38,834	$2,956
2018	$39,751	$3,222
2019	$40,416	$3,441
2020	$40,029	$3,534
2021	$40,095	$3,704
2022	$34,066	$4,148
2023	$33,836	$4,323
2024	$32,476	$4,717

Japan vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Vietnam
1950	59.3	48
1951	61	48.7
1952	63	49.4
1953	63.3	50
1954	64.5	52
1955	65.7	54.8
1956	65.6	55.5
1957	65.4	56.2
1958	67	56.8
1959	67.5	57.4
1960	67.7	58
1961	68.4	58.5
1962	68.7	58.2
1963	69.7	56.9
1964	70.2	57.5
1965	70.3	57
1966	71.1	56.9
1967	71.4	56.7
1968	71.7	52.7
1969	71.9	54.8
1970	72	54.9
1971	72.8	55.6
1972	73.3	51.9
1973	73.4	55.7
1974	73.8	54.8
1975	74.4	61.9
1976	74.8	63.7
1977	75.3	64.1
1978	75.7	64.5
1979	76.2	65
1980	76.1	65.3
1981	76.6	65.8
1982	77.1	66.2
1983	77.1	66.5
1984	77.5	66.9
1985	77.8	67.2
1986	78.2	67.6
1987	78.6	68
1988	78.5	68.6
1989	79	68.8
1990	79	69
1991	79.3	69.3
1992	79.3	69.6
1993	79.4	70
1994	79.8	70.4
1995	79.7	70.9
1996	80.4	71.3
1997	80.6	71.7
1998	80.6	72.3
1999	80.6	72.6
2000	81.2	72.7
2001	81.5	73
2002	81.8	73.1
2003	81.9	73.2
2004	82.1	73.1
2005	82	73.2
2006	82.4	73.3
2007	82.5	73.4
2008	82.6	73.5
2009	83	73.5
2010	82.9	73.6
2011	82.7	73.7
2012	83.2	73.8
2013	83.4	73.8
2014	83.6	73.9
2015	83.9	74
2016	84.1	74
2017	84.2	74
2018	84.3	74.1
2019	84.4	74.2
2020	84.7	75.4
2021	84.6	74.1
2022	84.1	74.5
2023	84.7	74.6
2024	84.9	74.7
2025	85	74.9

Japan and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Vietnam
1960	93,216,000	32,531,933
1961	94,055,000	33,409,059
1962	94,933,000	34,288,560
1963	95,900,000	35,249,101
1964	96,903,000	36,201,563
1965	97,952,000	37,129,656
1966	98,851,000	38,024,836
1967	99,879,000	38,895,080
1968	101,011,000	39,734,609
1969	102,219,000	40,582,096
1970	103,403,000	41,475,230
1971	105,697,000	42,449,276
1972	107,188,000	43,429,168
1973	108,707,000	44,409,861
1974	110,162,000	45,413,537
1975	111,573,000	46,482,903
1976	112,775,000	47,684,931
1977	113,872,000	48,954,872
1978	114,913,000	50,249,552
1979	115,890,000	51,378,211
1980	116,807,000	52,490,101
1981	117,661,000	53,738,141
1982	118,480,000	55,011,289
1983	119,307,000	56,337,921
1984	120,083,000	57,706,067
1985	120,837,000	59,060,622
1986	121,482,000	60,347,048
1987	122,069,000	61,584,651
1988	122,578,000	62,843,228
1989	123,069,000	64,147,348
1990	123,478,000	65,504,552
1991	123,964,000	66,891,775
1992	124,425,000	68,260,337
1993	124,829,000	69,586,384
1994	125,178,000	70,854,391
1995	125,472,000	72,049,940
1996	125,757,000	73,156,447
1997	126,057,000	74,226,889
1998	126,400,000	75,299,660
1999	126,631,000	76,287,452
2000	126,843,000	77,154,011
2001	127,149,000	77,969,361
2002	127,445,000	78,772,224
2003	127,718,000	79,563,777
2004	127,761,000	80,338,971
2005	127,773,000	81,088,313
2006	127,854,000	82,167,897
2007	128,001,000	83,633,375
2008	128,063,000	85,175,788
2009	128,047,000	86,460,018
2010	128,070,000	87,455,152
2011	127,833,000	88,468,314
2012	127,629,000	89,510,356
2013	127,445,000	90,573,104
2014	127,276,000	91,679,578
2015	127,141,000	92,823,254
2016	127,076,000	94,000,117
2017	126,972,000	95,176,977
2018	126,811,000	96,237,319
2019	126,633,000	97,173,776
2020	126,261,000	98,079,191
2021	125,681,593	98,935,098
2022	125,124,989	99,680,655
2023	124,516,650	100,352,192
2024	123,975,371	100,987,686

Fertility rates in Japan and Vietnam

Fertility rate

Japan

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Vietnam
1960	2	6.27
1961	1.96	5.48
1962	1.98	6.26
1963	2	6.39
1964	2.05	6.29
1965	2.14	6.16
1966	1.58	5.97
1967	2.23	5.88
1968	2.13	6.03
1969	2.13	6.01
1970	2.13	6.02
1971	2.16	6.07
1972	2.14	6.1
1973	2.14	6.11
1974	2.05	5.78
1975	1.91	5.62
1976	1.85	5.46
1977	1.8	5.29
1978	1.79	5.1
1979	1.77	4.94
1980	1.75	4.8
1981	1.74	4.67
1982	1.77	4.59
1983	1.8	4.52
1984	1.81	4.41
1985	1.76	4.21
1986	1.72	3.96
1987	1.69	3.72
1988	1.66	3.62
1989	1.57	3.64
1990	1.54	3.6
1991	1.53	3.52
1992	1.5	3.35
1993	1.46	3.17
1994	1.5	2.94
1995	1.42	2.7
1996	1.43	2.47
1997	1.39	2.27
1998	1.38	2.1
1999	1.34	2
2000	1.36	2.03
2001	1.33	2.02
2002	1.32	2.01
2003	1.29	2
2004	1.29	1.97
2005	1.26	1.89
2006	1.32	1.87
2007	1.34	1.91
2008	1.37	1.93
2009	1.37	1.92
2010	1.39	1.91
2011	1.39	1.93
2012	1.41	1.97
2013	1.43	1.98
2014	1.42	2.09
2015	1.45	2.1
2016	1.44	2
2017	1.43	1.99
2018	1.42	1.88
2019	1.36	1.94
2020	1.33	1.96
2021	1.3	1.94
2022	1.26	1.93
2023	1.2	1.91

Japan and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Vietnam
1960	25.8	21.2
1961	26.2	20.7
1962	26.5	20.2
1963	26.9	19.7
1964	27.2	19.2
1965	27.6	18.9
1966	28	18.7
1967	28.4	18.5
1968	28.6	18.4
1969	28.9	18.4
1970	29.2	18.4
1971	29.6	18.4
1972	29.9	18.5
1973	30.2	18.5
1974	30.4	18.6
1975	30.6	18.7
1976	30.9	18.8
1977	31.5	19
1978	32	19.1
1979	32.4	19.3
1980	32.8	19.4
1981	33.1	19.5
1982	33.7	19.6
1983	34.3	19.7
1984	34.9	19.8
1985	35.4	19.9
1986	35.9	20
1987	36.3	20.1
1988	36.8	20.2
1989	37.2	20.4
1990	37.7	20.5
1991	38.2	20.7
1992	38.7	20.9
1993	39.2	21.1
1994	39.6	21.4
1995	40	21.7
1996	40.3	22
1997	40.7	22.4
1998	41	22.9
1999	41.4	23.3
2000	41.8	23.7
2001	42.1	24.2
2002	42.5	24.6
2003	42.8	25
2004	43.2	25.4
2005	43.6	25.8
2006	43.9	26.3
2007	44.2	26.9
2008	44.6	27.4
2009	44.9	27.9
2010	45.2	28.3
2011	45.5	28.7
2012	45.8	29
2013	46.2	29.4
2014	46.6	29.8
2015	47	30.2
2016	47.3	30.5
2017	47.6	30.8
2018	48	31.2
2019	48.3	31.6
2020	48.7	32.1
2021	49.1	32.5
2022	49.5	33
2023	50	33.4
2024	50.4	33.9

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