Thailand vs Vietnam statistics compared

Thailand has a population of 71.7M (ranked 20/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Thailand's land area is 197,256 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 50th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Thailand and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Thailand and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

Thailand

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	Thailand	Vietnam
1960	$2,760,750,861	-
1961	$3,034,037,811	-
1962	$3,308,912,797	-
1963	$3,540,403,457	-
1964	$3,889,129,942	-
1965	$4,388,937,649	-
1966	$5,279,230,817	-
1967	$5,638,461,442	-
1968	$6,081,009,428	-
1969	$6,695,336,567	-
1970	$7,086,538,438	-
1971	$7,375,000,024	-
1972	$8,177,873,151	-
1973	$10,838,587,358	-
1974	$13,702,998,512	-
1975	$14,882,770,594	-
1976	$16,985,208,648	-
1977	$19,779,312,261	-
1978	$24,006,566,637	-
1979	$27,371,650,825	-
1980	$32,353,514,989	-
1981	$34,846,039,194	-
1982	$36,589,772,404	-
1983	$40,042,798,388	-
1984	$41,797,647,776	-
1985	$38,900,711,333	$14,094,687,821
1986	$43,096,773,981	$26,336,616,250
1987	$50,535,446,555	$36,658,108,850
1988	$61,667,253,471	$25,423,812,649
1989	$72,250,748,100	$6,293,304,975
1990	$85,343,190,719	$6,471,740,806
1991	$98,234,714,971	$9,613,369,520
1992	$111,452,746,518	$9,866,990,236
1993	$128,889,262,951	$13,180,953,598
1994	$146,683,778,959	$16,286,433,533
1995	$169,278,916,593	$20,736,164,459
1996	$183,035,237,429	$24,657,470,575
1997	$150,180,456,566	$26,843,700,442
1998	$113,675,596,788	$27,209,602,050
1999	$126,669,211,779	$28,683,659,007
2000	$126,392,224,254	$31,172,518,403
2001	$120,296,476,180	$32,685,198,809
2002	$134,300,904,400	$35,064,105,501
2003	$152,280,615,246	$39,552,513,232
2004	$172,895,685,155	$45,427,854,693
2005	$189,318,408,469	$57,633,255,738
2006	$221,758,296,022	$66,371,664,817
2007	$262,942,621,455	$77,414,425,532
2008	$291,382,982,431	$99,130,304,099
2009	$281,710,630,187	$106,014,659,565
2010	$341,104,766,329	$147,201,173,197
2011	$370,818,739,624	$172,595,049,184
2012	$397,558,325,279	$195,590,661,129
2013	$420,333,654,593	$213,708,811,665
2014	$407,339,040,198	$233,451,469,643
2015	$401,296,238,228	$239,258,328,382
2016	$413,366,349,748	$257,096,001,178
2017	$456,356,813,537	$281,353,605,987
2018	$506,754,208,404	$310,106,478,395
2019	$543,976,691,794	$334,365,270,497
2020	$500,461,898,480	$346,615,738,538
2021	$506,194,668,790	$366,474,752,771
2022	$495,644,697,588	$413,445,230,669
2023	$515,906,283,941	$433,857,681,378
2024	$526,411,265,428	$476,388,230,307

Thailand and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

Thailand

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Thailand	Vietnam
1960	$102.8	-
1961	$109.7	-
1962	$116.2	-
1963	$120.7	-
1964	$128.6	-
1965	$140.9	-
1966	$164.5	-
1967	$170.7	-
1968	$178.8	-
1969	$191.4	-
1970	$197.1	-
1971	$199.7	-
1972	$215.6	-
1973	$278.3	-
1974	$343	-
1975	$364	-
1976	$405	-
1977	$462	-
1978	$548	-
1979	$612	-
1980	$709	-
1981	$748	-
1982	$770	-
1983	$827	-
1984	$847	-
1985	$774	$238.6
1986	$842	$436
1987	$970	$595
1988	$1,164	$405
1989	$1,342	$98.1
1990	$1,559	$98.8
1991	$1,766	$143.7
1992	$1,972	$144.5
1993	$2,245	$189.4
1994	$2,518	$229.9
1995	$2,864	$287.8
1996	$3,055	$337
1997	$2,473	$362
1998	$1,848	$361
1999	$2,033	$376
2000	$2,006	$404
2001	$1,890	$419
2002	$2,090	$445
2003	$2,348	$497
2004	$2,642	$565
2005	$2,868	$711
2006	$3,331	$808
2007	$3,919	$926
2008	$4,309	$1,164
2009	$4,135	$1,226
2010	$4,974	$1,683
2011	$5,374	$1,951
2012	$5,726	$2,185
2013	$6,018	$2,360
2014	$5,801	$2,546
2015	$5,689	$2,578
2016	$5,834	$2,735
2017	$6,413	$2,956
2018	$7,100	$3,222
2019	$7,606	$3,441
2020	$6,986	$3,534
2021	$7,057	$3,704
2022	$6,909	$4,148
2023	$7,195	$4,323
2024	$7,345	$4,717

Thailand vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Thailand

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Thailand	Vietnam
1950	45.2	48
1951	45.9	48.7
1952	46.5	49.4
1953	47.1	50
1954	47.6	52
1955	48.1	54.8
1956	48.6	55.5
1957	49.1	56.2
1958	49.5	56.8
1959	50.1	57.4
1960	50.6	58
1961	51.1	58.5
1962	51.4	58.2
1963	52	56.9
1964	52.5	57.5
1965	53.1	57
1966	53.7	56.9
1967	54.3	56.7
1968	55	52.7
1969	55.7	54.8
1970	56.5	54.9
1971	57.1	55.6
1972	57.7	51.9
1973	58.3	55.7
1974	59	54.8
1975	59.7	61.9
1976	60.4	63.7
1977	60.9	64.1
1978	61.3	64.5
1979	61.7	65
1980	62.2	65.3
1981	62.9	65.8
1982	63.6	66.2
1983	64.5	66.5
1984	65.5	66.9
1985	66.5	67.2
1986	67.3	67.6
1987	67.8	68
1988	68.2	68.6
1989	68.6	68.8
1990	68.9	69
1991	69.1	69.3
1992	69.4	69.6
1993	69.6	70
1994	69.7	70.4
1995	69.8	70.9
1996	69.9	71.3
1997	70.4	71.7
1998	70.7	72.3
1999	71	72.6
2000	71.2	72.7
2001	71.5	73
2002	71.8	73.1
2003	72.1	73.2
2004	72.1	73.1
2005	72.9	73.2
2006	73.3	73.3
2007	73.8	73.4
2008	74.2	73.5
2009	74.7	73.5
2010	75	73.6
2011	75.3	73.7
2012	75.6	73.8
2013	76	73.8
2014	76.3	73.9
2015	76.6	74
2016	76.8	74
2017	77	74
2018	77.2	74.1
2019	77.2	74.2
2020	77.3	75.4
2021	77.6	74.1
2022	75.3	74.5
2023	76.4	74.6
2024	76.6	74.7
2025	76.8	74.9

Thailand and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

Thailand

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	Thailand	Vietnam
1960	26,851,747	32,531,933
1961	27,650,334	33,409,059
1962	28,481,040	34,288,560
1963	29,342,322	35,249,101
1964	30,232,141	36,201,563
1965	31,149,337	37,129,656
1966	32,086,071	38,024,836
1967	33,037,801	38,895,080
1968	34,002,560	39,734,609
1969	34,973,782	40,582,096
1970	35,954,408	41,475,230
1971	36,937,387	42,449,276
1972	37,933,929	43,429,168
1973	38,947,787	44,409,861
1974	39,952,891	45,413,537
1975	40,940,005	46,482,903
1976	41,896,504	47,684,931
1977	42,843,974	48,954,872
1978	43,788,976	50,249,552
1979	44,718,434	51,378,211
1980	45,650,022	52,490,101
1981	46,575,855	53,738,141
1982	47,494,577	55,011,289
1983	48,423,309	56,337,921
1984	49,351,708	57,706,067
1985	50,270,753	59,060,622
1986	51,177,834	60,347,048
1987	52,074,105	61,584,651
1988	52,969,595	62,843,228
1989	53,848,956	64,147,348
1990	54,738,329	65,504,552
1991	55,637,434	66,891,775
1992	56,528,834	68,260,337
1993	57,408,198	69,586,384
1994	58,260,854	70,854,391
1995	59,098,232	72,049,940
1996	59,920,064	73,156,447
1997	60,724,584	74,226,889
1998	61,522,630	75,299,660
1999	62,299,043	76,287,452
2000	63,007,815	77,154,011
2001	63,651,141	77,969,361
2002	64,266,437	78,772,224
2003	64,868,166	79,563,777
2004	65,452,047	80,338,971
2005	66,017,420	81,088,313
2006	66,567,687	82,167,897
2007	67,102,394	83,633,375
2008	67,619,830	85,175,788
2009	68,121,080	86,460,018
2010	68,579,447	87,455,152
2011	69,007,208	88,468,314
2012	69,436,098	89,510,356
2013	69,845,114	90,573,104
2014	70,216,367	91,679,578
2015	70,540,795	92,823,254
2016	70,859,841	94,000,117
2017	71,160,187	95,176,977
2018	71,376,079	96,237,319
2019	71,522,271	97,173,776
2020	71,641,484	98,079,191
2021	71,727,332	98,935,098
2022	71,735,329	99,680,655
2023	71,702,435	100,352,192
2024	71,668,011	100,987,686

Fertility rates in Thailand and Vietnam

Fertility rate

Thailand

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Thailand	Vietnam
1960	6.33	6.27
1961	6.32	5.48
1962	6.33	6.26
1963	6.34	6.39
1964	6.31	6.29
1965	6.26	6.16
1966	6.18	5.97
1967	6.08	5.88
1968	5.93	6.03
1969	5.7	6.01
1970	5.45	6.02
1971	5.25	6.07
1972	5.08	6.1
1973	4.85	6.11
1974	4.6	5.78
1975	4.36	5.62
1976	4.12	5.46
1977	3.87	5.29
1978	3.62	5.1
1979	3.45	4.94
1980	3.29	4.8
1981	3.13	4.67
1982	2.94	4.59
1983	2.76	4.52
1984	2.58	4.41
1985	2.45	4.21
1986	2.36	3.96
1987	2.26	3.72
1988	2.17	3.62
1989	2.14	3.64
1990	2.07	3.6
1991	2.04	3.52
1992	2.01	3.35
1993	1.97	3.17
1994	1.93	2.94
1995	1.89	2.7
1996	1.87	2.47
1997	1.85	2.27
1998	1.82	2.1
1999	1.77	2
2000	1.73	2.03
2001	1.71	2.02
2002	1.69	2.01
2003	1.67	2
2004	1.67	1.97
2005	1.64	1.89
2006	1.63	1.87
2007	1.62	1.91
2008	1.59	1.93
2009	1.57	1.92
2010	1.56	1.91
2011	1.57	1.93
2012	1.56	1.97
2013	1.53	1.98
2014	1.48	2.09
2015	1.45	2.1
2016	1.4	2
2017	1.36	1.99
2018	1.32	1.88
2019	1.29	1.94
2020	1.26	1.96
2021	1.23	1.94
2022	1.22	1.93
2023	1.21	1.91

Thailand and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

Thailand

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Thailand	Vietnam
1960	18	21.2
1961	17.9	20.7
1962	17.7	20.2
1963	17.6	19.7
1964	17.5	19.2
1965	17.4	18.9
1966	17.3	18.7
1967	17.3	18.5
1968	17.3	18.4
1969	17.4	18.4
1970	17.5	18.4
1971	17.6	18.4
1972	17.8	18.5
1973	18	18.5
1974	18.2	18.6
1975	18.4	18.7
1976	18.7	18.8
1977	18.9	19
1978	19.2	19.1
1979	19.5	19.3
1980	19.9	19.4
1981	20.2	19.5
1982	20.6	19.6
1983	21	19.7
1984	21.5	19.8
1985	21.9	19.9
1986	22.4	20
1987	22.8	20.1
1988	23.3	20.2
1989	23.7	20.4
1990	24.3	20.5
1991	24.8	20.7
1992	25.4	20.9
1993	26	21.1
1994	26.6	21.4
1995	27.2	21.7
1996	27.7	22
1997	28.3	22.4
1998	28.9	22.9
1999	29.5	23.3
2000	30	23.7
2001	30.5	24.2
2002	30.9	24.6
2003	31.3	25
2004	31.7	25.4
2005	32.2	25.8
2006	32.6	26.3
2007	33.1	26.9
2008	33.6	27.4
2009	34	27.9
2010	34.5	28.3
2011	35	28.7
2012	35.4	29
2013	35.9	29.4
2014	36.3	29.8
2015	36.8	30.2
2016	37.3	30.5
2017	37.7	30.8
2018	38.2	31.2
2019	38.7	31.6
2020	39.2	32.1
2021	39.7	32.5
2022	40.2	33
2023	40.7	33.4
2024	41.1	33.9

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