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United Arab Emirates vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The United Arab Emirates has a population of 10.9M (ranked 88/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). The United Arab Emirates' land area is 27,421 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 117th vs. 67th).

By GDP, The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

UAE Vietnam
Population
11372700
102063551
Population rank 86/197 16/197
GDP
$537B
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 29/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$49,378
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 24/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$77,959
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$172B
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
32.8%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$15,857
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 39/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$40,921
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
27,421 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
397 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.2
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
32.6 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

United Arab Emirates and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

United Arab Emirates and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
United Arab Emirates

Vietnam
Year GDP
UAE Vietnam
1970 $685,986,701 -
1971 $939,893,600 -
1972 $1,415,086,929 -
1973 $4,231,243,616 -
1974 $11,651,505,689 -
1975 $14,720,728,249 -
1976 $19,213,158,779 -
1977 $24,871,775,165 -
1978 $23,775,764,225 -
1979 $31,225,659,621 -
1980 $43,599,160,050 -
1981 $49,333,424,135 -
1982 $46,622,718,605 -
1983 $42,803,323,345 -
1984 $41,807,954,236 -
1985 $40,603,650,232 $14,094,687,821
1986 $33,943,612,095 $26,336,616,250
1987 $36,384,908,744 $36,658,108,850
1988 $36,275,674,203 $25,423,812,649
1989 $41,464,995,914 $6,293,304,975
1990 $50,701,443,748 $6,471,740,806
1991 $51,552,165,622 $9,613,369,520
1992 $54,239,171,888 $9,866,990,236
1993 $55,625,170,253 $13,180,953,598
1994 $59,305,093,980 $16,286,433,533
1995 $65,743,666,576 $20,736,164,459
1996 $73,571,233,996 $24,657,470,575
1997 $78,839,008,445 $26,843,700,442
1998 $75,674,336,283 $27,209,602,050
1999 $84,445,473,111 $28,683,659,007
2000 $104,337,372,362 $31,172,518,403
2001 $103,311,640,572 $32,685,198,809
2002 $109,816,201,498 $35,064,105,501
2003 $124,346,358,067 $39,552,513,232
2004 $147,824,370,320 $45,427,854,693
2005 $180,617,467,965 $57,633,255,738
2006 $222,116,541,865 $66,371,664,817
2007 $257,916,133,424 $77,414,425,532
2008 $315,474,615,739 $99,130,304,099
2009 $253,547,358,747 $106,014,659,565
2010 $300,189,052,689 $147,201,173,197
2011 $360,832,739,551 $172,595,049,184
2012 $384,610,125,391 $195,590,661,129
2013 $400,218,529,748 $213,708,811,665
2014 $414,105,366,753 $233,451,469,643
2015 $370,275,469,571 $239,258,328,382
2016 $369,255,326,236 $257,096,001,178
2017 $390,516,804,030 $281,353,605,987
2018 $427,049,432,158 $310,106,478,395
2019 $417,989,721,743 $334,365,270,497
2020 $349,473,015,330 $346,615,738,538
2021 $415,178,792,757 $366,474,752,771
2022 $502,731,935,194 $413,445,230,669
2023 $514,130,432,648 $433,857,681,378
2024 $537,078,829,135 $476,388,230,307

United Arab Emirates and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
United Arab Emirates

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
UAE Vietnam
1970 $2,394 -
1971 $2,805 -
1972 $3,675 -
1973 $9,696 -
1974 $23,823 -
1975 $27,117 -
1976 $31,197 -
1977 $35,020 -
1978 $29,379 -
1979 $34,238 -
1980 $42,925 -
1981 $44,854 -
1982 $39,972 -
1983 $34,650 -
1984 $32,012 -
1985 $29,468 $238.6
1986 $23,132 $436
1987 $23,113 $595
1988 $21,570 $405
1989 $23,167 $98.1
1990 $26,710 $98.8
1991 $25,691 $143.7
1992 $25,648 $144.5
1993 $25,033 $189.4
1994 $25,473 $229.9
1995 $27,003 $287.8
1996 $28,323 $337
1997 $27,983 $362
1998 $24,889 $361
1999 $25,856 $376
2000 $29,866 $404
2001 $27,745 $419
2002 $27,754 $445
2003 $29,660 $497
2004 $33,377 $565
2005 $38,719 $711
2006 $44,343 $808
2007 $45,855 $926
2008 $50,054 $1,164
2009 $37,803 $1,226
2010 $43,697 $1,683
2011 $50,789 $1,951
2012 $52,034 $2,185
2013 $52,024 $2,360
2014 $51,381 $2,546
2015 $43,535 $2,578
2016 $41,326 $2,735
2017 $42,341 $2,956
2018 $45,690 $3,222
2019 $44,251 $3,441
2020 $37,174 $3,534
2021 $43,360 $3,704
2022 $49,899 $4,148
2023 $49,041 $4,323
2024 $49,378 $4,717

United Arab Emirates vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
United Arab Emirates

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
UAE Vietnam
1950 42.1 48
1951 42.9 48.7
1952 43.6 49.4
1953 44.4 50
1954 45.2 52
1955 46 54.8
1956 46.9 55.5
1957 47.8 56.2
1958 48.8 56.8
1959 49.7 57.4
1960 50.7 58
1961 51.6 58.5
1962 52.5 58.2
1963 53.5 56.9
1964 54.5 57.5
1965 55.5 57
1966 56.6 56.9
1967 57.6 56.7
1968 58.7 52.7
1969 59.8 54.8
1970 60.8 54.9
1971 61.8 55.6
1972 62.7 51.9
1973 63.5 55.7
1974 64.4 54.8
1975 65.1 61.9
1976 65.8 63.7
1977 66.5 64.1
1978 67.1 64.5
1979 67.6 65
1980 68.2 65.3
1981 68.6 65.8
1982 69.1 66.2
1983 69.4 66.5
1984 69.8 66.9
1985 70.1 67.2
1986 70.4 67.6
1987 70.6 68
1988 70.8 68.6
1989 71 68.8
1990 71.1 69
1991 71.1 69.3
1992 71.2 69.6
1993 71.2 70
1994 71.2 70.4
1995 71.4 70.9
1996 71.8 71.3
1997 72.6 71.7
1998 73.7 72.3
1999 75 72.6
2000 76.3 72.7
2001 77.6 73
2002 78.7 73.1
2003 79.6 73.2
2004 80.3 73.1
2005 80.8 73.2
2006 81.2 73.3
2007 81.4 73.4
2008 81.6 73.5
2009 81.7 73.5
2010 81.9 73.6
2011 81.9 73.7
2012 81.9 73.8
2013 82 73.8
2014 82 73.9
2015 82.1 74
2016 82.2 74
2017 82.4 74
2018 82.4 74.1
2019 82.6 74.2
2020 81.9 75.4
2021 79.1 74.1
2022 80.5 74.5
2023 82.9 74.6
2024 83.1 74.7
2025 83.2 74.9

United Arab Emirates and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
United Arab Emirates

Vietnam
Year Population
UAE Vietnam
1960 131,334 32,531,933
1961 137,989 33,409,059
1962 144,946 34,288,560
1963 152,211 35,249,101
1964 159,692 36,201,563
1965 167,103 37,129,656
1966 173,976 38,024,836
1967 179,700 38,895,080
1968 199,416 39,734,609
1969 239,660 40,582,096
1970 286,536 41,475,230
1971 335,027 42,449,276
1972 385,014 43,429,168
1973 436,399 44,409,861
1974 489,087 45,413,537
1975 542,856 46,482,903
1976 615,866 47,684,931
1977 710,209 48,954,872
1978 809,274 50,249,552
1979 912,010 51,378,211
1980 1,015,700 52,490,101
1981 1,099,855 53,738,141
1982 1,166,370 55,011,289
1983 1,235,305 56,337,921
1984 1,305,996 57,706,067
1985 1,377,911 59,060,622
1986 1,467,383 60,347,048
1987 1,574,244 61,584,651
1988 1,681,788 62,843,228
1989 1,789,851 64,147,348
1990 1,898,220 65,504,552
1991 2,006,626 66,891,775
1992 2,114,730 68,260,337
1993 2,222,093 69,586,384
1994 2,328,188 70,854,391
1995 2,434,662 72,049,940
1996 2,597,564 73,156,447
1997 2,817,410 74,226,889
1998 3,040,421 75,299,660
1999 3,266,009 76,287,452
2000 3,493,575 77,154,011
2001 3,723,590 77,969,361
2002 3,956,826 78,772,224
2003 4,192,457 79,563,777
2004 4,428,967 80,338,971
2005 4,664,790 81,088,313
2006 5,009,100 82,167,897
2007 5,624,635 83,633,375
2008 6,302,664 85,175,788
2009 6,707,058 86,460,018
2010 6,869,838 87,455,152
2011 7,104,538 88,468,314
2012 7,391,448 89,510,356
2013 7,693,031 90,573,104
2014 8,059,440 91,679,578
2015 8,505,237 92,823,254
2016 8,935,095 94,000,117
2017 9,223,225 95,176,977
2018 9,346,701 96,237,319
2019 9,445,785 97,173,776
2020 9,401,038 98,079,191
2021 9,575,152 98,935,098
2022 10,074,977 99,680,655
2023 10,483,751 100,352,192
2024 10,876,981 100,987,686

Fertility rates in United Arab Emirates and Vietnam

Fertility rate
United Arab Emirates

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
UAE Vietnam
1960 6.5 6.27
1961 6.49 5.48
1962 6.49 6.26
1963 6.5 6.39
1964 6.49 6.29
1965 6.5 6.16
1966 6.5 5.97
1967 6.51 5.88
1968 6.53 6.03
1969 6.52 6.01
1970 6.52 6.02
1971 6.52 6.07
1972 6.5 6.1
1973 6.46 6.11
1974 6.41 5.78
1975 6.35 5.62
1976 6.29 5.46
1977 6.22 5.29
1978 6.15 5.1
1979 6.06 4.94
1980 5.95 4.8
1981 5.81 4.67
1982 5.66 4.59
1983 5.48 4.52
1984 5.3 4.41
1985 5.13 4.21
1986 5 3.96
1987 4.88 3.72
1988 4.77 3.62
1989 4.65 3.64
1990 4.51 3.6
1991 4.25 3.52
1992 4.09 3.35
1993 3.82 3.17
1994 3.76 2.94
1995 3.28 2.7
1996 3.06 2.47
1997 2.83 2.27
1998 2.77 2.1
1999 2.79 2
2000 2.73 2.03
2001 2.62 2.02
2002 2.54 2.01
2003 2.49 2
2004 2.38 1.97
2005 2.23 1.89
2006 1.96 1.87
2007 1.79 1.91
2008 1.52 1.93
2009 1.58 1.92
2010 1.57 1.91
2011 1.54 1.93
2012 1.53 1.97
2013 1.53 1.98
2014 1.48 2.09
2015 1.42 2.1
2016 1.37 2
2017 1.35 1.99
2018 1.29 1.88
2019 1.25 1.94
2020 1.29 1.96
2021 1.16 1.94
2022 1.15 1.93
2023 1.2 1.91

United Arab Emirates and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
United Arab Emirates

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
UAE Vietnam
1960 19.6 21.2
1961 20.1 20.7
1962 20.6 20.2
1963 21 19.7
1964 21.5 19.2
1965 22 18.9
1966 22.6 18.7
1967 23.3 18.5
1968 23.5 18.4
1969 23.1 18.4
1970 23 18.4
1971 23.2 18.4
1972 23.6 18.5
1973 24.1 18.5
1974 24.7 18.6
1975 25.4 18.7
1976 25.6 18.8
1977 25.4 19
1978 25.5 19.1
1979 25.8 19.3
1980 26.2 19.4
1981 26.4 19.5
1982 26.4 19.6
1983 26.4 19.7
1984 26.4 19.8
1985 26.6 19.9
1986 26.5 20
1987 26.1 20.1
1988 25.9 20.2
1989 25.8 20.4
1990 25.8 20.5
1991 26 20.7
1992 26.4 20.9
1993 26.8 21.1
1994 27.4 21.4
1995 28 21.7
1996 28.1 22
1997 27.9 22.4
1998 27.9 22.9
1999 28 23.3
2000 28.2 23.7
2001 28.6 24.2
2002 29.1 24.6
2003 29.6 25
2004 30.3 25.4
2005 30.9 25.8
2006 31.4 26.3
2007 31.6 26.9
2008 31.6 27.4
2009 31.6 27.9
2010 31.7 28.3
2011 31.7 28.7
2012 31.7 29
2013 31.7 29.4
2014 31.8 29.8
2015 31.8 30.2
2016 31.8 30.5
2017 31.8 30.8
2018 31.8 31.2
2019 31.8 31.6
2020 31.8 32.1
2021 31.9 32.5
2022 31.9 33
2023 32.2 33.4
2024 32.6 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

UAE Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$538B
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.89%
2021
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
5.64%
2014
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
63,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.89%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.88%
2024
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
51.6%
2023
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
47.7%
2023
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
71.6
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
20.5%
2018
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.8%
2018
2.6%
2022
Number of millionaires
202,201
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
2.34%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
6
2025
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00007%
2025
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies
154
2024
393
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$1.05T
2024
$205B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$238B
2024
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received n/a
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
8,084,000
2020
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports n/a
1.11%
2020
Banked people share
85.7%
2021
70.6%
2024

Energy

UAE Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
8,336 kg
2022
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.85
2022
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
206 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
19.6 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
92.7%
2022
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
1%
2021
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.24%
2022
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share
-171.5%
2022
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
14,688 kWh
2022
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
4.2%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
13.3%
2022
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

UAE Vietnam
% of world population
0.13%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
+278,439
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
88%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.71 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.27 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
83.2
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
65
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.75
2022
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.9
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
179
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
98.8%
2024
96.1%
2022
English speaking
65%
2025
16%
2025
People using the Internet
100%
2024
84.2%
2024

Health

UAE Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,315
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$284.4
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.91
2021
0.83
2016
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
5
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
32.6%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
20.7%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
11
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.08 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

UAE Vietnam
% of world land
0.05%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
2,521 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1,512 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,225 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,535 mi
2008
354,460 mi
2019

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