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Moldova vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Moldova has a population of 2.39M (ranked 144/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Moldova's land area is 12,714 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 135th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Moldova ranks 134/197 ($18.2B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Moldova ranks 99/197 ($7,618), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Moldova Vietnam
Population
2358679
102063551
Population rank 145/197 16/197
GDP
$18.2B
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 134/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$7,618
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 99/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$18,717
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$6.94B
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
36.3%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,905
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 103/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,214
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
12,714 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
187.9 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.73
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
39.1 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Moldova and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Moldova and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Moldova

Vietnam
Year GDP
Moldova 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 $3,592,857,043 $6,471,740,806
1991 $3,094,565,871 $9,613,369,520
1992 $2,319,243,436 $9,866,990,236
1993 $2,371,813,324 $13,180,953,598
1994 $1,702,314,268 $16,286,433,533
1995 $1,752,999,370 $20,736,164,459
1996 $1,695,122,174 $24,657,470,575
1997 $1,930,081,169 $26,843,700,442
1998 $1,698,717,505 $27,209,602,050
1999 $1,170,782,957 $28,683,659,007
2000 $1,288,429,392 $31,172,518,403
2001 $1,480,673,594 $32,685,198,809
2002 $1,661,818,168 $35,064,105,501
2003 $1,980,907,435 $39,552,513,232
2004 $2,598,249,556 $45,427,854,693
2005 $2,988,342,907 $57,633,255,738
2006 $3,408,255,451 $66,371,664,817
2007 $4,401,173,152 $77,414,425,532
2008 $6,054,824,248 $99,130,304,099
2009 $5,439,434,272 $106,014,659,565
2010 $6,974,982,370 $147,201,173,197
2011 $8,414,352,020 $172,595,049,184
2012 $8,709,138,635 $195,590,661,129
2013 $9,496,717,876 $213,708,811,665
2014 $9,402,090,138 $233,451,469,643
2015 $7,797,667,197 $239,258,328,382
2016 $7,980,917,076 $257,096,001,178
2017 $9,514,404,016 $281,353,605,987
2018 $11,252,353,421 $310,106,478,395
2019 $11,736,797,055 $334,365,270,497
2020 $11,530,746,234 $346,615,738,538
2021 $13,691,869,264 $366,474,752,771
2022 $14,525,337,524 $413,445,230,669
2023 $16,711,906,746 $433,857,681,378
2024 $18,200,340,854 $476,388,230,307

Moldova and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Moldova

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Moldova Vietnam
1985 - $238.6
1986 - $436
1987 - $595
1988 - $405
1989 - $98.1
1990 $1,207 $98.8
1991 $1,038 $143.7
1992 $778 $144.5
1993 $797 $189.4
1994 $574 $229.9
1995 $594 $287.8
1996 $575 $337
1997 $657 $362
1998 $579 $361
1999 $399 $376
2000 $441 $404
2001 $507 $419
2002 $571 $445
2003 $682 $497
2004 $897 $565
2005 $1,034 $711
2006 $1,183 $808
2007 $1,531 $926
2008 $2,111 $1,164
2009 $1,898 $1,226
2010 $2,437 $1,683
2011 $2,941 $1,951
2012 $3,045 $2,185
2013 $3,321 $2,360
2014 $3,290 $2,546
2015 $2,750 $2,578
2016 $2,847 $2,735
2017 $3,453 $2,956
2018 $4,156 $3,222
2019 $4,405 $3,441
2020 $4,376 $3,534
2021 $5,275 $3,704
2022 $5,744 $4,148
2023 $6,800 $4,323
2024 $7,618 $4,717

Moldova vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Moldova

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Moldova Vietnam
1950 54 48
1951 54.5 48.7
1952 55.1 49.4
1953 55.7 50
1954 56.3 52
1955 56.9 54.8
1956 57.4 55.5
1957 58 56.2
1958 58.5 56.8
1959 59 57.4
1960 59.4 58
1961 59.9 58.5
1962 60.3 58.2
1963 60.6 56.9
1964 61 57.5
1965 61.3 57
1966 61.6 56.9
1967 61.8 56.7
1968 62 52.7
1969 62.2 54.8
1970 62.4 54.9
1971 62.7 55.6
1972 62.9 51.9
1973 63.2 55.7
1974 63.4 54.8
1975 63.7 61.9
1976 64 63.7
1977 64.2 64.1
1978 64.5 64.5
1979 64.8 65
1980 65.2 65.3
1981 65.6 65.8
1982 65.9 66.2
1983 66.1 66.5
1984 66.4 66.9
1985 66.9 67.2
1986 67.4 67.6
1987 67.9 68
1988 68.2 68.6
1989 68.2 68.8
1990 67.9 69
1991 67.6 69.3
1992 66.7 69.6
1993 66.7 70
1994 66.3 70.4
1995 66.2 70.9
1996 66.2 71.3
1997 66.5 71.7
1998 66.8 72.3
1999 67.2 72.6
2000 67.5 72.7
2001 67.7 73
2002 67.8 73.1
2003 67.9 73.2
2004 68 73.1
2005 68.2 73.2
2006 68.4 73.3
2007 68.7 73.4
2008 69 73.5
2009 69.4 73.5
2010 69.9 73.6
2011 70.2 73.7
2012 70.3 73.8
2013 70.3 73.8
2014 70.2 73.9
2015 70.1 74
2016 70.2 74
2017 70.4 74
2018 70.2 74.1
2019 70.2 74.2
2020 69.9 75.4
2021 69 74.1
2022 71.5 74.5
2023 71.2 74.6
2024 71.3 74.7
2025 71.5 74.9

Moldova and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Moldova

Vietnam
Year Population
Moldova Vietnam
1960 2,058,020 32,531,933
1961 2,103,327 33,409,059
1962 2,147,227 34,288,560
1963 2,188,895 35,249,101
1964 2,228,000 36,201,563
1965 2,265,287 37,129,656
1966 2,301,871 38,024,836
1967 2,337,695 38,895,080
1968 2,373,073 39,734,609
1969 2,408,469 40,582,096
1970 2,437,590 41,475,230
1971 2,460,611 42,449,276
1972 2,484,742 43,429,168
1973 2,510,584 44,409,861
1974 2,538,164 45,413,537
1975 2,566,998 46,482,903
1976 2,596,491 47,684,931
1977 2,626,298 48,954,872
1978 2,656,211 50,249,552
1979 2,683,035 51,378,211
1980 2,708,675 52,490,101
1981 2,735,987 53,738,141
1982 2,763,101 55,011,289
1983 2,791,207 56,337,921
1984 2,820,518 57,706,067
1985 2,850,787 59,060,622
1986 2,883,057 60,347,048
1987 2,916,306 61,584,651
1988 2,948,891 62,843,228
1989 2,970,039 64,147,348
1990 2,977,912 65,504,552
1991 2,981,566 66,891,775
1992 2,980,965 68,260,337
1993 2,975,966 69,586,384
1994 2,966,745 70,854,391
1995 2,953,200 72,049,940
1996 2,947,293 73,156,447
1997 2,936,413 74,226,889
1998 2,935,227 75,299,660
1999 2,930,622 76,287,452
2000 2,924,668 77,154,011
2001 2,918,135 77,969,361
2002 2,911,385 78,772,224
2003 2,903,198 79,563,777
2004 2,896,023 80,338,971
2005 2,888,985 81,088,313
2006 2,880,967 82,167,897
2007 2,874,299 83,633,375
2008 2,868,833 85,175,788
2009 2,865,213 86,460,018
2010 2,862,354 87,455,152
2011 2,860,699 88,468,314
2012 2,860,324 89,510,356
2013 2,859,558 90,573,104
2014 2,857,815 91,679,578
2015 2,835,978 92,823,254
2016 2,803,186 94,000,117
2017 2,755,189 95,176,977
2018 2,707,203 96,237,319
2019 2,664,224 97,173,776
2020 2,635,130 98,079,191
2021 2,595,809 98,935,098
2022 2,528,654 99,680,655
2023 2,457,783 100,352,192
2024 2,389,275 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Moldova and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Moldova

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Moldova Vietnam
1960 3.32 6.27
1961 3.23 5.48
1962 3.04 6.26
1963 2.89 6.39
1964 2.71 6.29
1965 2.69 6.16
1966 2.65 5.97
1967 2.62 5.88
1968 2.59 6.03
1969 2.57 6.01
1970 2.57 6.02
1971 2.56 6.07
1972 2.56 6.1
1973 2.57 6.11
1974 2.56 5.78
1975 2.52 5.62
1976 2.47 5.46
1977 2.42 5.29
1978 2.39 5.1
1979 2.38 4.94
1980 2.38 4.8
1981 2.4 4.67
1982 2.45 4.59
1983 2.58 4.52
1984 2.67 4.41
1985 2.67 4.21
1986 2.74 3.96
1987 2.78 3.72
1988 2.63 3.62
1989 2.46 3.64
1990 2.39 3.6
1991 2.28 3.52
1992 2.22 3.35
1993 2.11 3.17
1994 1.99 2.94
1995 1.83 2.7
1996 1.71 2.47
1997 1.79 2.27
1998 1.65 2.1
1999 1.56 2
2000 1.5 2.03
2001 1.47 2.02
2002 1.45 2.01
2003 1.48 2
2004 1.54 1.97
2005 1.53 1.89
2006 1.54 1.87
2007 1.58 1.91
2008 1.64 1.93
2009 1.72 1.92
2010 1.7 1.91
2011 1.65 1.93
2012 1.66 1.97
2013 1.62 1.98
2014 1.82 2.09
2015 1.87 2.1
2016 1.89 2
2017 1.81 1.99
2018 1.81 1.88
2019 1.78 1.94
2020 1.77 1.96
2021 1.75 1.94
2022 1.69 1.93
2023 1.73 1.91

Moldova and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Moldova

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
Moldova Vietnam
1960 24.6 21.2
1961 24.7 20.7
1962 24.9 20.2
1963 25.1 19.7
1964 25.4 19.2
1965 25.7 18.9
1966 25.9 18.7
1967 26.1 18.5
1968 26.3 18.4
1969 26.4 18.4
1970 26.4 18.4
1971 26.3 18.4
1972 26.3 18.5
1973 26.3 18.5
1974 26.5 18.6
1975 26.7 18.7
1976 26.9 18.8
1977 27.2 19
1978 27.5 19.1
1979 27.6 19.3
1980 27.6 19.4
1981 27.9 19.5
1982 28.1 19.6
1983 28.3 19.7
1984 28.5 19.8
1985 28.7 19.9
1986 28.9 20
1987 29.1 20.1
1988 29.3 20.2
1989 29.5 20.4
1990 29.8 20.5
1991 30.2 20.7
1992 30.4 20.9
1993 30.6 21.1
1994 30.8 21.4
1995 31 21.7
1996 31.2 22
1997 31.3 22.4
1998 31.5 22.9
1999 31.8 23.3
2000 32 23.7
2001 32.2 24.2
2002 32.4 24.6
2003 32.6 25
2004 32.8 25.4
2005 33 25.8
2006 33.3 26.3
2007 33.6 26.9
2008 33.9 27.4
2009 34.3 27.9
2010 34.6 28.3
2011 34.9 28.7
2012 35.1 29
2013 35.4 29.4
2014 35.7 29.8
2015 36.1 30.2
2016 36.5 30.5
2017 36.8 30.8
2018 37.2 31.2
2019 37.6 31.6
2020 38 32.1
2021 38.3 32.5
2022 38.6 33
2023 38.8 33.4
2024 39.1 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Moldova Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$16.6B
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.8%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.63%
2023
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.55%
2023
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
6,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.11%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.43%
2024
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
62.3%
2024
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
16.8%
2024
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.3
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.8%
2023
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
4.3%
2023
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
$5.48B
2024
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.92B
2024
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
29,000
2020
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11%
2020
1.11%
2020
Banked people share
55.5%
2024
70.6%
2024

Energy

Moldova Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,297 kg
2023
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.7
2023
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
9.93 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.04 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
81.3%
2022
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.4%
2021
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.78%
2023
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share
81.2%
2023
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
2,412 kWh
2023
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
6.5%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
4.73%
2023
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Moldova Vietnam
% of world population
0.03%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
-27,088
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
43.6%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.76 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.9
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
43
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
38
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.54
2023
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.3
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
123
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.6%
2021
96.1%
2022
English speaking
2%
2025
16%
2025
People using the Internet
80.2%
2023
84.2%
2024

Health

Moldova Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$398
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$126.3
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
2.57%
2022
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.25
2021
0.83
2016
Age at first childbirth
25.1 years
2021
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
19
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.7
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
23.7%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.3%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
56
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
29.7%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.1 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Moldova Vietnam
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
5,321 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
9,421 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,492 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,811 mi
2012
354,460 mi
2019

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