Somalia vs Vietnam statistics compared

Somalia has a population of 19M (ranked 68/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Somalia's land area is 242,217 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 42nd vs. 67th).

By GDP, Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Somalia and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Somalia and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

Somalia

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	Somalia	Vietnam
1960	$180,459,937	-
1961	$191,659,914	-
1962	$203,531,928	-
1963	$216,145,936	-
1964	$229,529,913	-
1965	$243,725,898	-
1966	$257,375,897	-
1967	$271,781,887	-
1968	$286,719,885	-
1969	$306,357,285	-
1970	$347,985,394	-
1971	$347,039,446	-
1972	$447,883,941	-
1973	$483,699,611	-
1974	$572,504,036	-
1975	$757,015,879	-
1976	$871,344,245	-
1977	$498,550,725	-
1978	$564,571,823	-
1979	$589,566,929	-
1980	$602,515,548	-
1981	$699,302,473	-
1982	$774,578,932	-
1983	$735,408,642	-
1984	$787,434,542	-
1985	$875,702,247	$14,094,687,821
1986	$916,590,786	$26,336,616,250
1987	$1,018,972,664	$36,658,108,850
1988	$1,051,596,967	$25,423,812,649
1989	$1,181,360,844	$6,293,304,975
1990	$1,031,282,081	$6,471,740,806
1991	$717,974,930	$9,613,369,520
1992	$709,297,579	$9,866,990,236
1993	$1,260,132,956	$13,180,953,598
1994	$1,481,205,098	$16,286,433,533
1995	$1,534,756,135	$20,736,164,459
1996	$1,792,234,297	$24,657,470,575
1997	$2,191,749,014	$26,843,700,442
1998	$2,962,047,564	$27,209,602,050
1999	$3,045,751,528	$28,683,659,007
2000	$3,412,797,450	$31,172,518,403
2001	$2,252,847,465	$32,685,198,809
2002	$2,192,684,135	$35,064,105,501
2003	$2,836,724,352	$39,552,513,232
2004	$3,859,592,813	$45,427,854,693
2005	$4,683,246,454	$57,633,255,738
2006	$5,026,743,282	$66,371,664,817
2007	$5,430,713,729	$77,414,425,532
2008	$5,913,620,293	$99,130,304,099
2009	$2,948,594,552	$106,014,659,565
2010	$2,687,807,004	$147,201,173,197
2011	$2,906,000,097	$172,595,049,184
2012	$4,364,670,160	$195,590,661,129
2013	$5,062,881,600	$213,708,811,665
2014	$5,728,399,720	$233,451,469,643
2015	$6,152,149,100	$239,258,328,382
2016	$6,613,743,070	$257,096,001,178
2017	$7,621,501,710	$281,353,605,987
2018	$7,873,440,830	$310,106,478,395
2019	$8,655,023,960	$334,365,270,497
2020	$8,628,393,720	$346,615,738,538
2021	$9,483,997,390	$366,474,752,771
2022	$10,202,767,270	$413,445,230,669
2023	$10,968,517,090	$433,857,681,378
2024	$12,108,515,110	$476,388,230,307

Somalia and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

Somalia

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Somalia	Vietnam
1960	$62.7	-
1961	$64.9	-
1962	$67.2	-
1963	$69.5	-
1964	$71.9	-
1965	$74.4	-
1966	$76.5	-
1967	$78.7	-
1968	$80.8	-
1969	$84.1	-
1970	$93.1	-
1971	$90.4	-
1972	$113.7	-
1973	$119.6	-
1974	$137.9	-
1975	$177.8	-
1976	$199.6	-
1977	$111.2	-
1978	$117.3	-
1979	$108.2	-
1980	$101.5	-
1981	$116.9	-
1982	$129	-
1983	$118.6	-
1984	$122.5	-
1985	$130.8	$238.6
1986	$131.4	$436
1987	$141	$595
1988	$145.3	$405
1989	$166	$98.1
1990	$145.6	$98.8
1991	$105.4	$143.7
1992	$109.2	$144.5
1993	$188.6	$189.4
1994	$210.8	$229.9
1995	$210.7	$287.8
1996	$237.2	$337
1997	$280.1	$362
1998	$363	$361
1999	$359	$376
2000	$386	$404
2001	$244.9	$419
2002	$229.6	$445
2003	$286.3	$497
2004	$375	$565
2005	$440	$711
2006	$458	$808
2007	$480	$926
2008	$507	$1,164
2009	$246.5	$1,226
2010	$219.2	$1,683
2011	$235.3	$1,951
2012	$350	$2,185
2013	$393	$2,360
2014	$429	$2,546
2015	$446	$2,578
2016	$461	$2,735
2017	$511	$2,956
2018	$510	$3,222
2019	$540	$3,441
2020	$518	$3,534
2021	$549	$3,704
2022	$573	$4,148
2023	$597	$4,323
2024	$637	$4,717

Somalia vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Somalia

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Somalia	Vietnam
1950	41.5	48
1951	41.7	48.7
1952	41.9	49.4
1953	42.1	50
1954	42.3	52
1955	42.5	54.8
1956	42.7	55.5
1957	42.9	56.2
1958	43.1	56.8
1959	43.3	57.4
1960	43.5	58
1961	43.7	58.5
1962	44	58.2
1963	44.2	56.9
1964	44.4	57.5
1965	44.6	57
1966	44.8	56.9
1967	45.1	56.7
1968	45.3	52.7
1969	45.5	54.8
1970	45.6	54.9
1971	45.8	55.6
1972	46	51.9
1973	46.2	55.7
1974	44.3	54.8
1975	44.5	61.9
1976	44.7	63.7
1977	47	64.1
1978	47	64.5
1979	47.4	65
1980	47.6	65.3
1981	47.8	65.8
1982	48	66.2
1983	48.2	66.5
1984	48.4	66.9
1985	48.3	67.2
1986	48.4	67.6
1987	49	68
1988	43.9	68.6
1989	46.6	68.8
1990	46.9	69
1991	25.4	69.3
1992	25	69.6
1993	50.6	70
1994	50.3	70.4
1995	50.6	70.9
1996	50.5	71.3
1997	50.3	71.7
1998	50.8	72.3
1999	50.6	72.6
2000	50.7	72.7
2001	50.8	73
2002	50.8	73.1
2003	50.7	73.2
2004	50.7	73.1
2005	50.9	73.2
2006	50.9	73.3
2007	50.9	73.4
2008	51.5	73.5
2009	52.1	73.5
2010	48.9	73.6
2011	32.5	73.7
2012	49.1	73.8
2013	54	73.8
2014	54.4	73.9
2015	55.1	74
2016	55.3	74
2017	52.2	74
2018	54.8	74.1
2019	57.2	74.2
2020	57.1	75.4
2021	55.7	74.1
2022	53.9	74.5
2023	58.8	74.6
2024	59	74.7
2025	59.1	74.9

Somalia and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

Somalia

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	Somalia	Vietnam
1960	2,876,331	32,531,933
1961	2,952,054	33,409,059
1962	3,030,091	34,288,560
1963	3,110,361	35,249,101
1964	3,192,796	36,201,563
1965	3,277,874	37,129,656
1966	3,365,106	38,024,836
1967	3,454,537	38,895,080
1968	3,546,590	39,734,609
1969	3,641,015	40,582,096
1970	3,738,448	41,475,230
1971	3,837,691	42,449,276
1972	3,939,436	43,429,168
1973	4,045,592	44,409,861
1974	4,151,842	45,413,537
1975	4,257,535	46,482,903
1976	4,365,812	47,684,931
1977	4,484,050	48,954,872
1978	4,814,892	50,249,552
1979	5,449,117	51,378,211
1980	5,936,154	52,490,101
1981	5,982,849	53,738,141
1982	6,003,840	55,011,289
1983	6,198,430	56,337,921
1984	6,428,389	57,706,067
1985	6,693,289	59,060,622
1986	6,974,788	60,347,048
1987	7,228,302	61,584,651
1988	7,235,360	62,843,228
1989	7,114,817	64,147,348
1990	7,082,811	65,504,552
1991	6,813,760	66,891,775
1992	6,495,107	68,260,337
1993	6,681,399	69,586,384
1994	7,026,797	70,854,391
1995	7,285,007	72,049,940
1996	7,554,474	73,156,447
1997	7,824,525	74,226,889
1998	8,155,417	75,299,660
1999	8,492,059	76,287,452
2000	8,838,713	77,154,011
2001	9,198,493	77,969,361
2002	9,550,063	78,772,224
2003	9,909,157	79,563,777
2004	10,280,998	80,338,971
2005	10,644,228	81,088,313
2006	10,975,502	82,167,897
2007	11,322,582	83,633,375
2008	11,663,084	85,175,788
2009	11,961,201	86,460,018
2010	12,261,756	87,455,152
2011	12,348,830	88,468,314
2012	12,461,160	89,510,356
2013	12,869,594	90,573,104
2014	13,339,491	91,679,578
2015	13,806,963	92,823,254
2016	14,348,740	94,000,117
2017	14,916,629	95,176,977
2018	15,452,487	96,237,319
2019	16,030,971	97,173,776
2020	16,651,191	98,079,191
2021	17,271,431	98,935,098
2022	17,801,897	99,680,655
2023	18,358,615	100,352,192
2024	19,009,151	100,987,686

Fertility rates in Somalia and Vietnam

Fertility rate

Somalia

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Somalia	Vietnam
1960	7.25	6.27
1961	7.25	5.48
1962	7.26	6.26
1963	7.26	6.39
1964	7.26	6.29
1965	7.26	6.16
1966	7.26	5.97
1967	7.25	5.88
1968	7.23	6.03
1969	7.21	6.01
1970	7.18	6.02
1971	7.15	6.07
1972	7.12	6.1
1973	7.09	6.11
1974	7.06	5.78
1975	7.03	5.62
1976	7.02	5.46
1977	7	5.29
1978	7.13	5.1
1979	7.16	4.94
1980	7.18	4.8
1981	7.23	4.67
1982	7.25	4.59
1983	7.28	4.52
1984	7.3	4.41
1985	7.33	4.21
1986	7.35	3.96
1987	7.37	3.72
1988	7.4	3.62
1989	7.42	3.64
1990	7.44	3.6
1991	7.47	3.52
1992	7.5	3.35
1993	7.53	3.17
1994	7.54	2.94
1995	7.58	2.7
1996	7.62	2.47
1997	7.66	2.27
1998	7.66	2.1
1999	7.66	2
2000	7.65	2.03
2001	7.64	2.02
2002	7.63	2.01
2003	7.6	2
2004	7.57	1.97
2005	7.53	1.89
2006	7.49	1.87
2007	7.46	1.91
2008	7.42	1.93
2009	7.38	1.92
2010	7.32	1.91
2011	7.27	1.93
2012	7.21	1.97
2013	7.14	1.98
2014	7.06	2.09
2015	6.98	2.1
2016	6.88	2
2017	6.77	1.99
2018	6.66	1.88
2019	6.56	1.94
2020	6.45	1.96
2021	6.35	1.94
2022	6.26	1.93
2023	6.13	1.91

Somalia and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

Somalia

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Somalia	Vietnam
1960	18.1	21.2
1961	17.9	20.7
1962	17.8	20.2
1963	17.7	19.7
1964	17.6	19.2
1965	17.5	18.9
1966	17.5	18.7
1967	17.5	18.5
1968	17.5	18.4
1969	17.5	18.4
1970	17.5	18.4
1971	17.6	18.4
1972	17.6	18.5
1973	17.6	18.5
1974	17.7	18.6
1975	17.7	18.7
1976	17.7	18.8
1977	17.7	19
1978	17.7	19.1
1979	17.6	19.3
1980	17.6	19.4
1981	17.5	19.5
1982	17.4	19.6
1983	17.4	19.7
1984	17.3	19.8
1985	17.2	19.9
1986	17.1	20
1987	17	20.1
1988	16.8	20.2
1989	16.7	20.4
1990	16.5	20.5
1991	16.5	20.7
1992	16.7	20.9
1993	16.8	21.1
1994	16.7	21.4
1995	16.6	21.7
1996	16.5	22
1997	16.4	22.4
1998	16.4	22.9
1999	16.3	23.3
2000	16.3	23.7
2001	16.2	24.2
2002	16.2	24.6
2003	16.1	25
2004	16	25.4
2005	15.9	25.8
2006	15.7	26.3
2007	15.6	26.9
2008	15.6	27.4
2009	15.6	27.9
2010	15.7	28.3
2011	15.8	28.7
2012	16	29
2013	16	29.4
2014	16	29.8
2015	16.1	30.2
2016	16.1	30.5
2017	16.2	30.8
2018	16.2	31.2
2019	16.3	31.6
2020	16.3	32.1
2021	16.4	32.5
2022	16.5	33
2023	16.5	33.4
2024	16.6	33.9

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