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Liberia vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Liberia has a population of 5.61M (ranked 117/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Liberia's land area is 37,189 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 106th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Liberia ranks 163/197 ($4.75B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Liberia ranks 185/197 ($846), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Liberia Vietnam
Population
5829811
102063551
Population rank 116/197 16/197
GDP
$4.75B
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 163/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$846
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 185/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,885
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$2.68B
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
56.5%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$478
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 167/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,418
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
37,189 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
150.9 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.95
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
19.6 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
62.5 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Liberia and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Liberia and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Liberia

Vietnam
Year GDP
Liberia Vietnam
1960 $190,495,600 -
1961 $183,920,900 -
1962 $191,861,800 -
1963 $200,229,600 -
1964 $218,929,100 -
1965 $229,260,800 -
1966 $244,459,500 -
1967 $261,024,300 -
1968 $276,820,700 -
1969 $306,961,800 -
1970 $323,099,700 -
1971 $341,543,100 -
1972 $368,098,000 -
1973 $386,968,300 -
1974 $486,955,000 -
1975 $577,549,300 -
1976 $596,675,700 -
1977 $673,010,600 -
1978 $717,240,400 -
1979 $814,067,900 -
1980 $854,711,500 -
1981 $846,514,500 -
1982 $863,933,200 -
1983 $823,374,900 -
1984 $848,478,300 -
1985 $851,296,100 $14,094,687,821
1986 $840,964,400 $26,336,616,250
1987 $972,800,000 $36,658,108,850
1988 $1,038,300,000 $25,423,812,649
1989 $786,300,000 $6,293,304,975
1990 $384,400,000 $6,471,740,806
1991 $348,000,000 $9,613,369,520
1992 $223,500,000 $9,866,990,236
1993 $160,400,000 $13,180,953,598
1994 $132,200,000 $16,286,433,533
1995 $134,800,000 $20,736,164,459
1996 $159,400,000 $24,657,470,575
1997 $295,900,000 $26,843,700,442
1998 $359,600,000 $27,209,602,050
1999 $441,800,000 $28,683,659,007
2000 $874,000,000 $31,172,518,403
2001 $906,000,000 $32,685,198,809
2002 $927,000,000 $35,064,105,501
2003 $748,000,000 $39,552,513,232
2004 $897,000,000 $45,427,854,693
2005 $949,000,000 $57,633,255,738
2006 $1,119,000,000 $66,371,664,817
2007 $1,373,000,000 $77,414,425,532
2008 $1,726,000,000 $99,130,304,099
2009 $1,768,000,000 $106,014,659,565
2010 $1,998,000,000 $147,201,173,197
2011 $2,398,000,000 $172,595,049,184
2012 $2,791,614,000 $195,590,661,129
2013 $3,177,198,100 $213,708,811,665
2014 $3,225,652,000 $233,451,469,643
2015 $3,227,075,700 $239,258,328,382
2016 $3,398,419,600 $257,096,001,178
2017 $3,390,703,400 $281,353,605,987
2018 $3,422,754,800 $310,106,478,395
2019 $3,319,596,500 $334,365,270,497
2020 $3,176,126,300 $346,615,738,538
2021 $3,513,049,500 $366,474,752,771
2022 $4,001,047,000 $413,445,230,669
2023 $4,390,000,000 $433,857,681,378
2024 $4,750,000,000 $476,388,230,307

Liberia and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Liberia

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Liberia Vietnam
1960 $167.2 -
1961 $157.5 -
1962 $160.3 -
1963 $163.1 -
1964 $173.9 -
1965 $177.6 -
1966 $184.6 -
1967 $192.2 -
1968 $198.6 -
1969 $214.7 -
1970 $220.3 -
1971 $227.1 -
1972 $238.6 -
1973 $244.4 -
1974 $299.4 -
1975 $346 -
1976 $347 -
1977 $381 -
1978 $394 -
1979 $435 -
1980 $443 -
1981 $426 -
1982 $422 -
1983 $391 -
1984 $390 -
1985 $380 $238.6
1986 $364 $436
1987 $409 $595
1988 $424 $405
1989 $312 $98.1
1990 $172.9 $98.8
1991 $177.9 $143.7
1992 $107.8 $144.5
1993 $74.4 $189.4
1994 $61.5 $229.9
1995 $62.1 $287.8
1996 $71.4 $337
1997 $122.6 $362
1998 $134.7 $361
1999 $156.6 $376
2000 $298.5 $404
2001 $300 $419
2002 $299.5 $445
2003 $239.8 $497
2004 $284.1 $565
2005 $287.5 $711
2006 $321 $808
2007 $374 $926
2008 $452 $1,164
2009 $448 $1,226
2010 $492 $1,683
2011 $568 $1,951
2012 $638 $2,185
2013 $711 $2,360
2014 $707 $2,546
2015 $693 $2,578
2016 $715 $2,735
2017 $699 $2,956
2018 $692 $3,222
2019 $658 $3,441
2020 $617 $3,534
2021 $668 $3,704
2022 $745 $4,148
2023 $799 $4,323
2024 $846 $4,717

Liberia vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Liberia

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Liberia Vietnam
1950 38 48
1951 38 48.7
1952 38.1 49.4
1953 38.1 50
1954 38.1 52
1955 38.1 54.8
1956 38.1 55.5
1957 38.1 56.2
1958 38.1 56.8
1959 38.1 57.4
1960 38.1 58
1961 38.1 58.5
1962 38.2 58.2
1963 38.3 56.9
1964 38.5 57.5
1965 38.7 57
1966 39 56.9
1967 39.3 56.7
1968 39.6 52.7
1969 40 54.8
1970 40.4 54.9
1971 40.7 55.6
1972 41.2 51.9
1973 41.6 55.7
1974 42.1 54.8
1975 42.5 61.9
1976 42.9 63.7
1977 43.2 64.1
1978 43.6 64.5
1979 43.9 65
1980 44.1 65.3
1981 44.3 65.8
1982 44.4 66.2
1983 44.6 66.5
1984 44.7 66.9
1985 44 67.2
1986 44.5 67.6
1987 44.3 68
1988 44.1 68.6
1989 43.9 68.8
1990 37.6 69
1991 43.6 69.3
1992 43.6 69.6
1993 43 70
1994 42.6 70.4
1995 44.6 70.9
1996 44.9 71.3
1997 48.3 71.7
1998 49.4 72.3
1999 50.4 72.6
2000 51.9 72.7
2001 53.1 73
2002 54.1 73.1
2003 53 73.2
2004 55.9 73.1
2005 56.8 73.2
2006 57.5 73.3
2007 58.1 73.4
2008 58.7 73.5
2009 59.1 73.5
2010 59.4 73.6
2011 59.5 73.7
2012 59.8 73.8
2013 60 73.8
2014 59.2 73.9
2015 59.2 74
2016 60.5 74
2017 60.8 74
2018 61 74.1
2019 61.2 74.2
2020 61.3 75.4
2021 61.2 74.1
2022 61.9 74.5
2023 62.2 74.6
2024 62.3 74.7
2025 62.5 74.9

Liberia and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Liberia

Vietnam
Year Population
Liberia Vietnam
1960 1,139,522 32,531,933
1961 1,167,717 33,409,059
1962 1,197,039 34,288,560
1963 1,227,414 35,249,101
1964 1,258,745 36,201,563
1965 1,291,156 37,129,656
1966 1,324,383 38,024,836
1967 1,358,435 38,895,080
1968 1,393,530 39,734,609
1969 1,429,605 40,582,096
1970 1,466,676 41,475,230
1971 1,504,077 42,449,276
1972 1,542,670 43,429,168
1973 1,583,588 44,409,861
1974 1,626,362 45,413,537
1975 1,670,913 46,482,903
1976 1,717,060 47,684,931
1977 1,766,019 48,954,872
1978 1,818,247 50,249,552
1979 1,872,713 51,378,211
1980 1,929,253 52,490,101
1981 1,986,867 53,738,141
1982 2,045,073 55,011,289
1983 2,107,113 56,337,921
1984 2,173,312 57,706,067
1985 2,240,539 59,060,622
1986 2,308,511 60,347,048
1987 2,377,229 61,584,651
1988 2,446,941 62,843,228
1989 2,517,858 64,147,348
1990 2,223,667 65,504,552
1991 1,956,518 66,891,775
1992 2,072,461 68,260,337
1993 2,155,126 69,586,384
1994 2,149,928 70,854,391
1995 2,169,162 72,049,940
1996 2,232,289 73,156,447
1997 2,412,989 74,226,889
1998 2,670,124 75,299,660
1999 2,821,684 76,287,452
2000 2,928,117 77,154,011
2001 3,015,338 77,969,361
2002 3,094,782 78,772,224
2003 3,119,532 79,563,777
2004 3,156,892 80,338,971
2005 3,301,015 81,088,313
2006 3,490,787 82,167,897
2007 3,669,050 83,633,375
2008 3,821,003 85,175,788
2009 3,943,028 86,460,018
2010 4,058,890 87,455,152
2011 4,221,178 88,468,314
2012 4,373,043 89,510,356
2013 4,470,239 90,573,104
2014 4,564,293 91,679,578
2015 4,659,431 92,823,254
2016 4,755,608 94,000,117
2017 4,848,925 95,176,977
2018 4,944,726 96,237,319
2019 5,043,721 97,173,776
2020 5,149,463 98,079,191
2021 5,259,323 98,935,098
2022 5,373,294 99,680,655
2023 5,493,031 100,352,192
2024 5,612,817 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Liberia and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Liberia

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Liberia Vietnam
1960 6.39 6.27
1961 6.45 5.48
1962 6.5 6.26
1963 6.56 6.39
1964 6.59 6.29
1965 6.62 6.16
1966 6.63 5.97
1967 6.65 5.88
1968 6.66 6.03
1969 6.64 6.01
1970 6.58 6.02
1971 6.54 6.07
1972 6.6 6.1
1973 6.65 6.11
1974 6.69 5.78
1975 6.74 5.62
1976 6.79 5.46
1977 6.84 5.29
1978 6.88 5.1
1979 6.92 4.94
1980 6.87 4.8
1981 6.83 4.67
1982 6.79 4.59
1983 6.76 4.52
1984 6.73 4.41
1985 6.69 4.21
1986 6.64 3.96
1987 6.57 3.72
1988 6.51 3.62
1989 6.43 3.64
1990 6.37 3.6
1991 6.32 3.52
1992 6.28 3.35
1993 6.25 3.17
1994 6.21 2.94
1995 6.17 2.7
1996 6.13 2.47
1997 6.08 2.27
1998 6.02 2.1
1999 5.95 2
2000 5.88 2.03
2001 5.77 2.02
2002 5.65 2.01
2003 5.55 2
2004 5.51 1.97
2005 5.52 1.89
2006 5.53 1.87
2007 5.46 1.91
2008 5.33 1.93
2009 5.17 1.92
2010 5.06 1.91
2011 4.97 1.93
2012 4.88 1.97
2013 4.75 1.98
2014 4.62 2.09
2015 4.52 2.1
2016 4.46 2
2017 4.4 1.99
2018 4.34 1.88
2019 4.26 1.94
2020 4.17 1.96
2021 4.09 1.94
2022 4.02 1.93
2023 3.95 1.91

Liberia and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Liberia

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

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Liberia Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$4.27B
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
22.4%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.27%
2023
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.3%
2023
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.47%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.93%
2017
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
42.1%
2024
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
23.3%
2024
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
48.5
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.1%
2016
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2016
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
$600M
2022
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$680M
2024
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals n/a
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
27.1%
2009
1.11%
2020
Banked people share
52.2%
2024
70.6%
2024

Energy

Liberia Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.64 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.3 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
92.8%
2022
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
57.4%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
55.7%
2021
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
32.5%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Liberia Vietnam
% of world population
0.07%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
-7,779
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
54.1%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.43 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.13 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
24.6
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
27
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
16
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
3.12
2012
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
38.9
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
58
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
48.3%
2017
96.1%
2022
English speaking
82.7%
2023
16%
2025
People using the Internet
23.5%
2023
84.2%
2024

Health

Liberia Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$99.7
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$62
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
62.5 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
19.9%
2022
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.18
2022
0.83
2016
Age at first childbirth
19.1 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
628
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
72.9
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
17.4%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9.2%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
19
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
8.2%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.86 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Liberia Vietnam
% of world land
0.06%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
6,626 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
7,425 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
29,061 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
6,587 mi
2018
354,460 mi
2019

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