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Turkmenistan vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Turkmenistan has a population of 7.49M (ranked 104/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Turkmenistan's land area is 181,441 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 53rd vs. 67th).

By GDP, Turkmenistan ranks 88/197 ($64.2B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Turkmenistan ranks 91/197 ($8,572), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Turkmenistan Vietnam
Population
7713465
102063551
Population rank 104/197 16/197
GDP
$64.2B
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 88/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$8,572
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 91/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$20,408
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$2.97B
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
4.5%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$396
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 172/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,974
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
181,441 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
41.3 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.69
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
27.5 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.3 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Turkmenistan and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Turkmenistan and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Turkmenistan

Vietnam
Year GDP
Turkmenistan Vietnam
1985 - $14,094,687,821
1986 - $26,336,616,250
1987 $2,331,358,820 $36,658,108,850
1988 $3,010,982,414 $25,423,812,649
1989 $3,006,988,217 $6,293,304,975
1990 $3,189,539,641 $6,471,740,806
1991 $3,208,098,919 $9,613,369,520
1992 $3,200,539,816 $9,866,990,236
1993 $3,179,225,949 $13,180,953,598
1994 $2,561,118,608 $16,286,433,533
1995 $2,482,228,440 $20,736,164,459
1996 $2,378,759,975 $24,657,470,575
1997 $2,450,350,625 $26,843,700,442
1998 $2,605,689,134 $27,209,602,050
1999 $2,450,564,100 $28,683,659,007
2000 $2,904,663,311 $31,172,518,403
2001 $3,534,772,732 $32,685,198,809
2002 $4,462,029,109 $35,064,105,501
2003 $5,977,440,583 $39,552,513,232
2004 $6,838,351,088 $45,427,854,693
2005 $8,103,901,996 $57,633,255,738
2006 $10,276,674,365 $66,371,664,817
2007 $12,664,165,103 $77,414,425,532
2008 $19,271,523,179 $99,130,304,099
2009 $20,214,385,965 $106,014,659,565
2010 $22,583,157,895 $147,201,173,197
2011 $29,233,333,333 $172,595,049,184
2012 $35,164,210,526 $195,590,661,129
2013 $39,197,543,860 $213,708,811,665
2014 $43,524,210,526 $233,451,469,643
2015 $35,799,714,286 $239,258,328,382
2016 $36,169,428,571 $257,096,001,178
2017 $37,926,285,714 $281,353,605,987
2018 $40,765,428,571 $310,106,478,395
2019 $45,232,857,143 $334,365,270,497
2020 $45,818,000,000 $346,615,738,538
2021 $50,007,428,571 $366,474,752,771
2022 $58,972,000,000 $413,445,230,669
2023 $60,628,857,143 $433,857,681,378
2024 $64,239,891,739 $476,388,230,307

Turkmenistan and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Turkmenistan

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Turkmenistan Vietnam
1985 - $238.6
1986 - $436
1987 $675 $595
1988 $846 $405
1989 $821 $98.1
1990 $848 $98.8
1991 $832 $143.7
1992 $811 $144.5
1993 $788 $189.4
1994 $622 $229.9
1995 $592 $287.8
1996 $558 $337
1997 $565 $362
1998 $591 $361
1999 $546 $376
2000 $634 $404
2001 $756 $419
2002 $936 $445
2003 $1,229 $497
2004 $1,379 $565
2005 $1,604 $711
2006 $1,997 $808
2007 $2,415 $926
2008 $3,606 $1,164
2009 $3,708 $1,226
2010 $4,059 $1,683
2011 $5,144 $1,951
2012 $6,054 $2,185
2013 $6,600 $2,360
2014 $7,164 $2,546
2015 $5,759 $2,578
2016 $5,687 $2,735
2017 $5,828 $2,956
2018 $6,125 $3,222
2019 $6,648 $3,441
2020 $6,593 $3,534
2021 $7,051 $3,704
2022 $8,156 $4,148
2023 $8,233 $4,323
2024 $8,572 $4,717

Turkmenistan vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Turkmenistan

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Turkmenistan Vietnam
1950 48.1 48
1951 48.6 48.7
1952 49 49.4
1953 49.4 50
1954 49.8 52
1955 50.2 54.8
1956 50.6 55.5
1957 51 56.2
1958 51.4 56.8
1959 51.8 57.4
1960 52.1 58
1961 52.5 58.5
1962 52.9 58.2
1963 53.2 56.9
1964 53.6 57.5
1965 54 57
1966 54.4 56.9
1967 54.8 56.7
1968 55.3 52.7
1969 55.7 54.8
1970 56 54.9
1971 56.3 55.6
1972 56.6 51.9
1973 56.8 55.7
1974 57 54.8
1975 57.2 61.9
1976 57.4 63.7
1977 57.7 64.1
1978 58.3 64.5
1979 59.1 65
1980 60.2 65.3
1981 61 65.8
1982 61.6 66.2
1983 62 66.5
1984 62.4 66.9
1985 62.8 67.2
1986 63.2 67.6
1987 63.5 68
1988 63.7 68.6
1989 63.8 68.8
1990 63.9 69
1991 63.8 69.3
1992 63.8 69.6
1993 63.6 70
1994 63.5 70.4
1995 63.5 70.9
1996 63.5 71.3
1997 63.7 71.7
1998 64 72.3
1999 64.5 72.6
2000 64.9 72.7
2001 65.3 73
2002 65.6 73.1
2003 65.9 73.2
2004 66.1 73.1
2005 66.3 73.2
2006 66.6 73.3
2007 67 73.4
2008 67.6 73.5
2009 68.2 73.5
2010 68.6 73.6
2011 68.9 73.7
2012 69 73.8
2013 69 73.8
2014 69 73.9
2015 69.1 74
2016 69.1 74
2017 69.2 74
2018 69.3 74.1
2019 69.4 74.2
2020 68.8 75.4
2021 69.4 74.1
2022 69.9 74.5
2023 70.1 74.6
2024 70.2 74.7
2025 70.3 74.9

Turkmenistan and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Turkmenistan

Vietnam
Year Population
Turkmenistan Vietnam
1960 1,643,457 32,531,933
1961 1,695,400 33,409,059
1962 1,749,214 34,288,560
1963 1,804,272 35,249,101
1964 1,859,997 36,201,563
1965 1,915,916 37,129,656
1966 1,971,737 38,024,836
1967 2,027,403 38,895,080
1968 2,083,069 39,734,609
1969 2,139,024 40,582,096
1970 2,195,616 41,475,230
1971 2,253,119 42,449,276
1972 2,311,430 43,429,168
1973 2,370,919 44,409,861
1974 2,432,028 45,413,537
1975 2,494,570 46,482,903
1976 2,558,521 47,684,931
1977 2,623,948 48,954,872
1978 2,691,088 50,249,552
1979 2,760,358 51,378,211
1980 2,832,203 52,490,101
1981 2,907,187 53,738,141
1982 2,985,557 55,011,289
1983 3,067,534 56,337,921
1984 3,154,079 57,706,067
1985 3,247,534 59,060,622
1986 3,347,809 60,347,048
1987 3,452,731 61,584,651
1988 3,559,363 62,843,228
1989 3,662,459 64,147,348
1990 3,760,562 65,504,552
1991 3,855,894 66,891,775
1992 3,944,689 68,260,337
1993 4,032,407 69,586,384
1994 4,116,662 70,854,391
1995 4,191,203 72,049,940
1996 4,263,819 73,156,447
1997 4,336,730 74,226,889
1998 4,410,507 75,299,660
1999 4,492,170 76,287,452
2000 4,582,677 77,154,011
2001 4,675,409 77,969,361
2002 4,769,465 78,772,224
2003 4,863,865 79,563,777
2004 4,958,093 80,338,971
2005 5,052,257 81,088,313
2006 5,147,105 82,167,897
2007 5,244,046 83,633,375
2008 5,345,029 85,175,788
2009 5,451,592 86,460,018
2010 5,564,356 87,455,152
2011 5,683,417 88,468,314
2012 5,808,546 89,510,356
2013 5,939,341 90,573,104
2014 6,075,283 91,679,578
2015 6,215,770 92,823,254
2016 6,360,041 94,000,117
2017 6,507,061 95,176,977
2018 6,655,524 96,237,319
2019 6,803,944 97,173,776
2020 6,949,912 98,079,191
2021 7,092,043 98,935,098
2022 7,230,193 99,680,655
2023 7,364,438 100,352,192
2024 7,494,498 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Turkmenistan and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Turkmenistan

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Turkmenistan Vietnam
1960 6.59 6.27
1961 6.69 5.48
1962 6.76 6.26
1963 6.79 6.39
1964 6.79 6.29
1965 6.76 6.16
1966 6.7 5.97
1967 6.64 5.88
1968 6.56 6.03
1969 6.48 6.01
1970 6.4 6.02
1971 6.32 6.07
1972 6.2 6.1
1973 6.15 6.11
1974 6.09 5.78
1975 6 5.62
1976 5.9 5.46
1977 5.77 5.29
1978 5.61 5.1
1979 5.46 4.94
1980 5.3 4.8
1981 5.16 4.67
1982 5.04 4.59
1983 4.97 4.52
1984 4.96 4.41
1985 4.97 4.21
1986 4.94 3.96
1987 4.84 3.72
1988 4.68 3.62
1989 4.46 3.64
1990 4.29 3.6
1991 4.14 3.52
1992 3.96 3.35
1993 3.78 3.17
1994 3.62 2.94
1995 3.49 2.7
1996 3.29 2.47
1997 3.18 2.27
1998 3.08 2.1
1999 2.98 2
2000 2.9 2.03
2001 2.81 2.02
2002 2.71 2.01
2003 2.67 2
2004 2.67 1.97
2005 2.71 1.89
2006 2.72 1.87
2007 2.73 1.91
2008 2.75 1.93
2009 2.79 1.92
2010 2.85 1.91
2011 2.9 1.93
2012 2.96 1.97
2013 3.01 1.98
2014 3.02 2.09
2015 3.03 2.1
2016 2.99 2
2017 2.93 1.99
2018 2.88 1.88
2019 2.83 1.94
2020 2.79 1.96
2021 2.75 1.94
2022 2.73 1.93
2023 2.69 1.91

Turkmenistan and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Turkmenistan

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
Turkmenistan Vietnam
1960 21.3 21.2
1961 20.9 20.7
1962 20.4 20.2
1963 19.7 19.7
1964 19 19.2
1965 18.4 18.9
1966 18 18.7
1967 17.7 18.5
1968 17.5 18.4
1969 17.4 18.4
1970 17.4 18.4
1971 17.4 18.4
1972 17.5 18.5
1973 17.6 18.5
1974 17.7 18.6
1975 17.9 18.7
1976 18 18.8
1977 18.2 19
1978 18.3 19.1
1979 18.5 19.3
1980 18.7 19.4
1981 18.8 19.5
1982 19 19.6
1983 19.1 19.7
1984 19.2 19.8
1985 19.3 19.9
1986 19.3 20
1987 19.3 20.1
1988 19.3 20.2
1989 19.3 20.4
1990 19.3 20.5
1991 19.4 20.7
1992 19.4 20.9
1993 19.5 21.1
1994 19.6 21.4
1995 19.7 21.7
1996 19.9 22
1997 20.1 22.4
1998 20.3 22.9
1999 20.6 23.3
2000 20.9 23.7
2001 21.2 24.2
2002 21.5 24.6
2003 21.8 25
2004 22.1 25.4
2005 22.4 25.8
2006 22.8 26.3
2007 23.1 26.9
2008 23.4 27.4
2009 23.7 27.9
2010 24 28.3
2011 24.3 28.7
2012 24.5 29
2013 24.8 29.4
2014 25 29.8
2015 25.3 30.2
2016 25.5 30.5
2017 25.7 30.8
2018 25.9 31.2
2019 26.2 31.6
2020 26.4 32.1
2021 26.7 32.5
2022 26.9 33
2023 27.2 33.4
2024 27.5 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Turkmenistan Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$62.9B
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
11.1%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.71%
2023
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.9%
1999
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
57,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.17%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
4%
2010
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
49.4%
2023
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
39.3%
2023
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
47.1
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31.5%
1998
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.4%
1998
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
$1.51B
1999
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
380,000
1998
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports n/a
1.11%
2020
Banked people share
40.6%
2017
70.6%
2024

Energy

Turkmenistan Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
5,626 kg
2022
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$3.26
2022
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
66 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
8.96 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
100%
2022
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
0.1%
2021
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0%
2022
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share
-109.8%
2022
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
2,829 kWh
2022
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
0.01%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.02%
2022
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Turkmenistan Vietnam
% of world population
0.09%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
+14,646
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
54.5%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.34 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
33.8
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
17
2024
40
2024
Higher education index n/a
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.09
2015
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
13.5
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
65
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2022
96.1%
2022
English speaking
2%
2025
16%
2025
People using the Internet
21.3%
2017
84.2%
2024

Health

Turkmenistan Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$579
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$459
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
70.3 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.63%
2022
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.14
2021
0.83
2016
Age at first childbirth
24.1 years
2021
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
5
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
40
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
22.2%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.1%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
26
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
5.6%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.62 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Turkmenistan Vietnam
% of world land
0.32%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
24,210 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
152,812 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
15,934 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
354,460 mi
2019

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