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North Macedonia vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

North Macedonia has a population of 1.79M (ranked 150/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). North Macedonia's land area is 9,737 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 145th vs. 67th).

By GDP, North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

North Macedonia Vietnam
Population
1783115
102063551
Population rank 150/197 16/197
GDP
$16.7B
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 138/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$9,310
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 88/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$26,587
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$9.15B
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,105
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 78/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,472
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
9,737 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
184 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
41.6 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.7 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

North Macedonia and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

North Macedonia and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
North Macedonia

Vietnam
Year GDP
North Macedonia 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 $4,699,646,643 $6,471,740,806
1991 $4,938,775,510 $9,613,369,520
1992 $2,436,849,342 $9,866,990,236
1993 $2,682,456,897 $13,180,953,598
1994 $3,559,608,640 $16,286,433,533
1995 $4,707,041,315 $20,736,164,459
1996 $4,642,021,256 $24,657,470,575
1997 $3,912,986,091 $26,843,700,442
1998 $3,765,745,023 $27,209,602,050
1999 $3,863,619,285 $28,683,659,007
2000 $3,772,859,034 $31,172,518,403
2001 $3,709,636,031 $32,685,198,809
2002 $4,018,365,747 $35,064,105,501
2003 $4,946,296,599 $39,552,513,232
2004 $5,682,784,472 $45,427,854,693
2005 $6,258,602,873 $57,633,255,738
2006 $6,861,226,972 $66,371,664,817
2007 $8,336,474,974 $77,414,425,532
2008 $9,909,552,435 $99,130,304,099
2009 $9,401,736,825 $106,014,659,565
2010 $9,407,170,321 $147,201,173,197
2011 $10,494,626,768 $172,595,049,184
2012 $9,745,261,301 $195,590,661,129
2013 $10,817,702,346 $213,708,811,665
2014 $11,362,265,253 $233,451,469,643
2015 $10,064,519,963 $239,258,328,382
2016 $10,672,467,073 $257,096,001,178
2017 $11,307,067,070 $281,353,605,987
2018 $12,683,068,114 $310,106,478,395
2019 $12,606,338,449 $334,365,270,497
2020 $12,361,036,914 $346,615,738,538
2021 $14,000,283,827 $366,474,752,771
2022 $13,932,436,550 $413,445,230,669
2023 $15,763,604,288 $433,857,681,378
2024 $16,685,236,492 $476,388,230,307

North Macedonia and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
North Macedonia

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
North Macedonia Vietnam
1985 - $238.6
1986 - $436
1987 - $595
1988 - $405
1989 - $98.1
1990 $2,277 $98.8
1991 $2,402 $143.7
1992 $1,199 $144.5
1993 $1,337 $189.4
1994 $1,786 $229.9
1995 $2,355 $287.8
1996 $2,307 $337
1997 $1,960 $362
1998 $1,876 $361
1999 $1,915 $376
2000 $1,862 $404
2001 $1,823 $419
2002 $1,989 $445
2003 $2,445 $497
2004 $2,819 $565
2005 $3,121 $711
2006 $3,440 $808
2007 $4,204 $926
2008 $5,026 $1,164
2009 $4,800 $1,226
2010 $4,833 $1,683
2011 $5,417 $1,951
2012 $5,050 $2,185
2013 $5,626 $2,360
2014 $5,925 $2,546
2015 $5,263 $2,578
2016 $5,598 $2,735
2017 $5,955 $2,956
2018 $6,714 $3,222
2019 $6,719 $3,441
2020 $6,660 $3,534
2021 $7,621 $3,704
2022 $7,606 $4,148
2023 $8,624 $4,323
2024 $9,310 $4,717

North Macedonia vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
North Macedonia

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
North Macedonia Vietnam
1950 50.6 48
1951 48.5 48.7
1952 52.5 49.4
1953 53.2 50
1954 55.7 52
1955 55.4 54.8
1956 58.5 55.5
1957 55.7 56.2
1958 60.3 56.8
1959 59.5 57.4
1960 60.5 58
1961 61.8 58.5
1962 59.3 58.2
1963 61.4 56.9
1964 61.5 57.5
1965 62.6 57
1966 63.5 56.9
1967 63.8 56.7
1968 64.6 52.7
1969 64 54.8
1970 65 54.9
1971 65.2 55.6
1972 65.6 51.9
1973 67.1 55.7
1974 67.1 54.8
1975 67.3 61.9
1976 67.9 63.7
1977 68.2 64.1
1978 69.1 64.5
1979 69.2 65
1980 69.1 65.3
1981 69.4 65.8
1982 69.8 66.2
1983 69.7 66.5
1984 70.2 66.9
1985 70.2 67.2
1986 70.3 67.6
1987 70.4 68
1988 70.5 68.6
1989 71.1 68.8
1990 71.3 69
1991 71.8 69.3
1992 71.3 69.6
1993 71.7 70
1994 71.5 70.4
1995 72 70.9
1996 71.9 71.3
1997 71.9 71.7
1998 71.8 72.3
1999 72.3 72.6
2000 72.6 72.7
2001 73 73
2002 72.7 73.1
2003 73 73.2
2004 73.4 73.1
2005 73.6 73.2
2006 73.8 73.3
2007 73.7 73.4
2008 74.4 73.5
2009 74.5 73.5
2010 75 73.6
2011 75.1 73.7
2012 75 73.8
2013 75.6 73.8
2014 75.6 73.9
2015 75.6 74
2016 75.6 74
2017 76.2 74
2018 76.9 74.1
2019 76.8 74.2
2020 74.5 75.4
2021 73.3 74.1
2022 76.6 74.5
2023 77.4 74.6
2024 77.5 74.7
2025 77.7 74.9

North Macedonia and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
North Macedonia

Vietnam
Year Population
North Macedonia Vietnam
1960 1,435,059 32,531,933
1961 1,455,171 33,409,059
1962 1,471,745 34,288,560
1963 1,488,737 35,249,101
1964 1,510,900 36,201,563
1965 1,533,466 37,129,656
1966 1,557,349 38,024,836
1967 1,582,492 38,895,080
1968 1,608,930 39,734,609
1969 1,636,345 40,582,096
1970 1,664,208 41,475,230
1971 1,691,216 42,449,276
1972 1,717,395 43,429,168
1973 1,743,816 44,409,861
1974 1,770,545 45,413,537
1975 1,797,972 46,482,903
1976 1,825,830 47,684,931
1977 1,853,138 48,954,872
1978 1,879,847 50,249,552
1979 1,906,523 51,378,211
1980 1,933,038 52,490,101
1981 1,959,065 53,738,141
1982 1,978,956 55,011,289
1983 1,991,901 56,337,921
1984 2,003,399 57,706,067
1985 2,014,331 59,060,622
1986 2,024,732 60,347,048
1987 2,035,157 61,584,651
1988 2,045,737 62,843,228
1989 2,055,649 64,147,348
1990 2,063,689 65,504,552
1991 2,055,994 66,891,775
1992 2,032,523 68,260,337
1993 2,006,854 69,586,384
1994 1,992,666 70,854,391
1995 1,998,534 72,049,940
1996 2,012,553 73,156,447
1997 1,996,869 74,226,889
1998 2,007,523 75,299,660
1999 2,017,142 76,287,452
2000 2,026,350 77,154,011
2001 2,034,882 77,969,361
2002 2,020,157 78,772,224
2003 2,022,725 79,563,777
2004 2,016,186 80,338,971
2005 2,005,330 81,088,313
2006 1,994,287 82,167,897
2007 1,982,933 83,633,375
2008 1,971,493 85,175,788
2009 1,958,782 86,460,018
2010 1,946,298 87,455,152
2011 1,937,398 88,468,314
2012 1,929,821 89,510,356
2013 1,922,716 90,573,104
2014 1,917,557 91,679,578
2015 1,912,430 92,823,254
2016 1,906,313 94,000,117
2017 1,898,657 95,176,977
2018 1,889,051 96,237,319
2019 1,876,262 97,173,776
2020 1,856,124 98,079,191
2021 1,837,114 98,935,098
2022 1,831,712 99,680,655
2023 1,827,816 100,352,192
2024 1,792,179 100,987,686

Fertility rates in North Macedonia and Vietnam

Fertility rate
North Macedonia

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
North Macedonia Vietnam
1960 3.83 6.27
1961 3.62 5.48
1962 3.5 6.26
1963 3.62 6.39
1964 3.56 6.29
1965 3.52 6.16
1966 3.43 5.97
1967 3.33 5.88
1968 3.22 6.03
1969 3.1 6.01
1970 3.01 6.02
1971 2.93 6.07
1972 2.87 6.1
1973 2.72 6.11
1974 2.7 5.78
1975 2.69 5.62
1976 2.62 5.46
1977 2.49 5.29
1978 2.42 5.1
1979 2.4 4.94
1980 2.36 4.8
1981 2.29 4.67
1982 2.29 4.59
1983 2.25 4.52
1984 2.24 4.41
1985 2.25 4.21
1986 2.25 3.96
1987 2.32 3.72
1988 2.32 3.62
1989 2.25 3.64
1990 2.27 3.6
1991 2.31 3.52
1992 2.28 3.35
1993 2.26 3.17
1994 2.23 2.94
1995 2.13 2.7
1996 2.06 2.47
1997 1.92 2.27
1998 1.89 2.1
1999 1.77 2
2000 1.86 2.03
2001 1.73 2.02
2002 1.79 2.01
2003 1.75 2
2004 1.52 1.97
2005 1.5 1.89
2006 1.46 1.87
2007 1.46 1.91
2008 1.47 1.93
2009 1.5 1.92
2010 1.6 1.91
2011 1.46 1.93
2012 1.5 1.97
2013 1.5 1.98
2014 1.5 2.09
2015 1.49 2.1
2016 1.5 2
2017 1.43 1.99
2018 1.42 1.88
2019 1.34 1.94
2020 1.31 1.96
2021 1.6 1.94
2022 1.6 1.93
2023 1.5 1.91

North Macedonia and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
North Macedonia

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
North Macedonia Vietnam
1960 21.8 21.2
1961 21.8 20.7
1962 21.9 20.2
1963 21.9 19.7
1964 21.9 19.2
1965 21.9 18.9
1966 22 18.7
1967 22.2 18.5
1968 22.4 18.4
1969 22.6 18.4
1970 22.8 18.4
1971 23.1 18.4
1972 23.3 18.5
1973 23.6 18.5
1974 23.9 18.6
1975 24.2 18.7
1976 24.5 18.8
1977 24.8 19
1978 25.2 19.1
1979 25.5 19.3
1980 25.9 19.4
1981 26.2 19.5
1982 26.5 19.6
1983 26.8 19.7
1984 27.2 19.8
1985 27.5 19.9
1986 27.8 20
1987 28 20.1
1988 28.3 20.2
1989 28.6 20.4
1990 28.9 20.5
1991 29.2 20.7
1992 29.6 20.9
1993 29.9 21.1
1994 30.3 21.4
1995 30.5 21.7
1996 30.8 22
1997 31 22.4
1998 31.2 22.9
1999 31.5 23.3
2000 31.9 23.7
2001 32.2 24.2
2002 32.6 24.6
2003 32.8 25
2004 33.2 25.4
2005 33.5 25.8
2006 33.9 26.3
2007 34.3 26.9
2008 34.7 27.4
2009 35.1 27.9
2010 35.5 28.3
2011 36 28.7
2012 36.4 29
2013 36.9 29.4
2014 37.3 29.8
2015 37.8 30.2
2016 38.3 30.5
2017 38.8 30.8
2018 39.4 31.2
2019 39.9 31.6
2020 40.3 32.1
2021 40.7 32.5
2022 40.9 33
2023 41.3 33.4
2024 41.6 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

North Macedonia Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$15B
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.1%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.3%
2002
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.7%
2023
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
16,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.04%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
12.3%
2024
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
59.2%
2024
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.7%
2024
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
63.2
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.9%
2019
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2019
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
$5.25B
2024
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$458M
2024
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
118,000
2020
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.52%
2020
1.11%
2020
Banked people share
84.3%
2024
70.6%
2024

Energy

North Macedonia Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,450 kg
2023
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$16.8
2023
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
8.76 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.79 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
82.2%
2022
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
19.5%
2021
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.2%
2023
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share
63.8%
2023
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,320 kWh
2023
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
31%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
23.6%
2023
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

North Macedonia Vietnam
% of world population
0.02%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,728
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
59.9%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.79 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.28 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
57.5
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
40
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.53
2023
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.1
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
132
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.6%
2012
96.1%
2022
English speaking
5%
2025
16%
2025
People using the Internet
87.2%
2023
84.2%
2024

Health

North Macedonia Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$562
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$225.9
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
77.7 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.002%
2018
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.96
2020
0.83
2016
Age at first childbirth
27.4 years
2022
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.3
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
28.4%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
32
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.36 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

North Macedonia Vietnam
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
5,433 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,830 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
3,867 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,812 mi
2017
354,460 mi
2019

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