Taiwan vs Vietnam statistics compared

Taiwan has a population of 23.4M (ranked 60/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Taiwan's land area is 13,976 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 133rd vs. 67th).

By GDP, Taiwan ranks 22/197 ($797B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Taiwan ranks 34/197 ($34,041), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Taiwan and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Taiwan and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

Taiwan

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	Taiwan	Vietnam
1961	$1,778,000,000	-
1962	$1,960,000,000	-
1963	$2,218,000,000	-
1964	$2,592,000,000	-
1965	$2,869,000,000	-
1966	$3,207,000,000	-
1967	$3,709,000,000	-
1968	$4,325,000,000	-
1969	$5,017,000,000	-
1970	$5,785,000,000	-
1971	$6,727,000,000	-
1972	$8,063,000,000	-
1973	$10,940,000,000	-
1974	$14,739,000,000	-
1975	$15,836,000,000	-
1976	$18,988,000,000	-
1977	$22,252,000,000	-
1978	$27,373,000,000	-
1979	$33,875,000,000	-
1980	$42,292,000,000	-
1981	$49,047,000,000	-
1982	$49,540,000,000	-
1983	$54,155,000,000	-
1984	$61,036,000,000	-
1985	$63,599,000,000	$14,094,687,821
1986	$78,347,000,000	$26,336,616,250
1987	$104,956,000,000	$36,658,108,850
1988	$126,378,000,000	$25,423,812,649
1989	$152,687,000,000	$6,293,304,975
1990	$166,392,000,000	$6,471,740,806
1991	$187,100,000,000	$9,613,369,520
1992	$222,947,000,000	$9,866,990,236
1993	$234,943,000,000	$13,180,953,598
1994	$256,213,000,000	$16,286,433,533
1995	$279,013,000,000	$20,736,164,459
1996	$292,473,000,000	$24,657,470,575
1997	$303,315,000,000	$26,843,700,442
1998	$279,926,000,000	$27,209,602,050
1999	$303,827,000,000	$28,683,659,007
2000	$330,725,000,000	$31,172,518,403
2001	$299,303,000,000	$32,685,198,809
2002	$307,429,000,000	$35,064,105,501
2003	$317,374,000,000	$39,552,513,232
2004	$346,881,000,000	$45,427,854,693
2005	$374,042,000,000	$57,633,255,738
2006	$386,492,000,000	$66,371,664,817
2007	$406,940,000,000	$77,414,425,532
2008	$415,824,000,000	$99,130,304,099
2009	$390,788,000,000	$106,014,659,565
2010	$444,245,000,000	$147,201,173,197
2011	$483,957,000,000	$172,595,049,184
2012	$495,536,000,000	$195,590,661,129
2013	$512,957,000,000	$213,708,811,665
2014	$535,332,000,000	$233,451,469,643
2015	$534,474,000,000	$239,258,328,382
2016	$543,002,000,000	$257,096,001,178
2017	$591,734,000,000	$281,353,605,987
2018	$610,744,000,000	$310,106,478,395
2019	$613,453,000,000	$334,365,270,497
2020	$676,935,000,000	$346,615,738,538
2021	$777,062,000,000	$366,474,752,771
2022	$765,529,000,000	$413,445,230,669
2023	$757,276,000,000	$433,857,681,378
2024	$796,904,000,000	$476,388,230,307

Taiwan and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

Taiwan

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Taiwan	Vietnam
1961	$161.2	-
1962	$172	-
1963	$188.6	-
1964	$213.6	-
1965	$229.3	-
1966	$249.1	-
1967	$280.8	-
1968	$319	-
1969	$357	-
1970	$397	-
1971	$451	-
1972	$530	-
1973	$706	-
1974	$934	-
1975	$985	-
1976	$1,158	-
1977	$1,330	-
1978	$1,606	-
1979	$1,950	-
1980	$2,389	-
1981	$2,720	-
1982	$2,699	-
1983	$2,903	-
1984	$3,224	-
1985	$3,314	$238.6
1986	$4,036	$436
1987	$5,350	$595
1988	$6,370	$405
1989	$7,613	$98.1
1990	$8,205	$98.8
1991	$9,125	$143.7
1992	$10,768	$144.5
1993	$11,242	$189.4
1994	$12,150	$229.9
1995	$13,119	$287.8
1996	$13,641	$337
1997	$14,020	$362
1998	$12,820	$361
1999	$13,804	$376
2000	$14,908	$404
2001	$13,397	$419
2002	$13,686	$445
2003	$14,066	$497
2004	$15,317	$565
2005	$16,456	$711
2006	$16,934	$808
2007	$17,757	$926
2008	$18,081	$1,164
2009	$16,933	$1,226
2010	$19,197	$1,683
2011	$20,866	$1,951
2012	$21,295	$2,185
2013	$21,973	$2,360
2014	$22,874	$2,546
2015	$22,780	$2,578
2016	$23,091	$2,735
2017	$25,121	$2,956
2018	$25,901	$3,222
2019	$25,998	$3,441
2020	$28,705	$3,534
2021	$33,111	$3,704
2022	$32,827	$4,148
2023	$32,442	$4,323
2024	$34,041	$4,717

Taiwan vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Taiwan

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Taiwan	Vietnam
1950	56.6	48
1951	57.2	48.7
1952	57.9	49.4
1953	58.6	50
1954	58.9	52
1955	59.8	54.8
1956	60.3	55.5
1957	61	56.2
1958	61	56.8
1959	61.6	57.4
1960	62.5	58
1961	63	58.5
1962	63.8	58.2
1963	64.5	56.9
1964	64.9	57.5
1965	65.7	57
1966	66.1	56.9
1967	66.7	56.7
1968	66.8	52.7
1969	67.7	54.8
1970	69	54.9
1971	69.4	55.6
1972	69.6	51.9
1973	69.8	55.7
1974	70.3	54.8
1975	70.9	61.9
1976	71.2	63.7
1977	71.3	64.1
1978	71.7	64.5
1979	71.7	65
1980	72	65.3
1981	72	65.8
1982	72.4	66.2
1983	72.4	66.5
1984	73	66.9
1985	73.3	67.2
1986	73.3	67.6
1987	73.6	68
1988	73.4	68.6
1989	73.7	68.8
1990	73.9	69
1991	74.3	69.3
1992	74.3	69.6
1993	74.6	70
1994	74.7	70.4
1995	74.6	70.9
1996	74.9	71.3
1997	75.3	71.7
1998	75.5	72.3
1999	75.6	72.6
2000	76.1	72.7
2001	76.5	73
2002	76.9	73.1
2003	77	73.2
2004	77.2	73.1
2005	77.1	73.2
2006	77.8	73.3
2007	78	73.4
2008	78.3	73.5
2009	78.7	73.5
2010	79	73.6
2011	78.9	73.7
2012	79.2	73.8
2013	79.6	73.8
2014	79.5	73.9
2015	79.9	74
2016	79.7	74
2017	80.1	74
2018	80.4	74.1
2019	80.6	74.2
2020	81.1	75.4
2021	80.8	74.1
2022	80.2	74.5
2023	80.6	74.6
2024	80.7	74.7
2025	80.9	74.9

Taiwan and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

Taiwan

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	Taiwan	Vietnam
1960	-	32,531,933
1961	11,030,385	33,409,059
1962	11,392,513	34,288,560
1963	11,762,101	35,249,101
1964	12,137,143	36,201,563
1965	12,511,863	37,129,656
1966	12,874,153	38,024,836
1967	13,210,344	38,895,080
1968	13,548,537	39,734,609
1969	14,068,984	40,582,096
1970	14,582,944	41,475,230
1971	14,913,564	42,449,276
1972	15,220,495	43,429,168
1973	15,505,121	44,409,861
1974	15,784,817	45,413,537
1975	16,075,128	46,482,903
1976	16,401,413	47,684,931
1977	16,730,895	48,954,872
1978	17,042,272	50,249,552
1979	17,372,779	51,378,211
1980	17,704,538	52,490,101
1981	18,029,982	53,738,141
1982	18,354,855	55,011,289
1983	18,653,146	56,337,921
1984	18,929,866	57,706,067
1985	19,191,510	59,060,622
1986	19,411,454	60,347,048
1987	19,617,046	61,584,651
1988	19,839,704	62,843,228
1989	20,055,492	64,147,348
1990	20,278,946	65,504,552
1991	20,503,568	66,891,775
1992	20,704,227	68,260,337
1993	20,899,019	69,586,384
1994	21,086,645	70,854,391
1995	21,267,653	72,049,940
1996	21,441,432	73,156,447
1997	21,634,124	74,226,889
1998	21,835,703	75,299,660
1999	22,010,489	76,287,452
2000	22,184,530	77,154,011
2001	22,341,120	77,969,361
2002	22,463,172	78,772,224
2003	22,562,663	79,563,777
2004	22,646,836	80,338,971
2005	22,729,753	81,088,313
2006	22,823,455	82,167,897
2007	22,917,444	83,633,375
2008	22,997,696	85,175,788
2009	23,078,402	86,460,018
2010	23,140,948	87,455,152
2011	23,193,518	88,468,314
2012	23,270,367	89,510,356
2013	23,344,670	90,573,104
2014	23,403,635	91,679,578
2015	23,462,914	92,823,254
2016	23,515,945	94,000,117
2017	23,555,522	95,176,977
2018	23,580,080	96,237,319
2019	23,596,027	97,173,776
2020	23,582,179	98,079,191
2021	23,468,275	98,935,098
2022	23,319,977	99,680,655
2023	23,342,541	100,352,192
2024	23,410,331	100,987,686

Fertility rates in Taiwan and Vietnam

Fertility rate

Taiwan

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Taiwan	Vietnam
1951	7.04	-
1952	-	-
1953	-	-
1954	-	-
1955	-	-
1956	-	-
1957	-	-
1958	-	-
1959	-	-
1960	-	6.27
1961	-	5.48
1962	-	6.26
1963	-	6.39
1964	-	6.29
1965	-	6.16
1966	-	5.97
1967	-	5.88
1968	-	6.03
1969	-	6.01
1970	-	6.02
1971	-	6.07
1972	-	6.1
1973	-	6.11
1974	-	5.78
1975	-	5.62
1976	-	5.46
1977	-	5.29
1978	-	5.1
1979	-	4.94
1980	-	4.8
1981	2.46	4.67
1982	-	4.59
1983	-	4.52
1984	-	4.41
1985	-	4.21
1986	-	3.96
1987	-	3.72
1988	-	3.62
1989	-	3.64
1990	-	3.6
1991	1.72	3.52
1992	-	3.35
1993	-	3.17
1994	-	2.94
1995	-	2.7
1996	-	2.47
1997	-	2.27
1998	-	2.1
1999	-	2
2000	-	2.03
2001	1.4	2.02
2002	-	2.01
2003	-	2
2004	-	1.97
2005	-	1.89
2006	-	1.87
2007	-	1.91
2008	-	1.93
2009	-	1.92
2010	-	1.91
2011	1.07	1.93
2012	-	1.97
2013	-	1.98
2014	-	2.09
2015	1.18	2.1
2016	1.17	2
2017	1.13	1.99
2018	1.06	1.88
2019	1.05	1.94
2020	0.99	1.96
2021	0.98	1.94
2022	0.87	1.93
2023	0.87	1.91
2024	0.89	-

Taiwan and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

Taiwan

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Taiwan	Vietnam
1960	-	21.2
1961	-	20.7
1962	-	20.2
1963	-	19.7
1964	-	19.2
1965	-	18.9
1966	-	18.7
1967	-	18.5
1968	-	18.4
1969	-	18.4
1970	-	18.4
1971	-	18.4
1972	-	18.5
1973	-	18.5
1974	20.8	18.6
1975	21.2	18.7
1976	21.5	18.8
1977	21.9	19
1978	22.3	19.1
1979	22.6	19.3
1980	23	19.4
1981	23.4	19.5
1982	23.8	19.6
1983	24.1	19.7
1984	24.6	19.8
1985	25.1	19.9
1986	25.6	20
1987	26.1	20.1
1988	26.5	20.2
1989	27	20.4
1990	27.5	20.5
1991	28	20.7
1992	28.4	20.9
1993	28.9	21.1
1994	29.4	21.4
1995	29.8	21.7
1996	30.3	22
1997	30.7	22.4
1998	31.2	22.9
1999	31.6	23.3
2000	32.1	23.7
2001	32.6	24.2
2002	33.1	24.6
2003	33.6	25
2004	34.1	25.4
2005	34.7	25.8
2006	35.2	26.3
2007	35.8	26.9
2008	36.3	27.4
2009	36.8	27.9
2010	37.4	28.3
2011	37.9	28.7
2012	38.3	29
2013	38.9	29.4
2014	39.3	29.8
2015	39.9	30.2
2016	40.4	30.5
2017	41	30.8
2018	41.5	31.2
2019	42.1	31.6
2020	42.7	32.1
2021	43.3	32.5
2022	43.9	33
2023	44.5	33.4
2024	45.1	33.9

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