Vanuatu vs Vietnam statistics compared

Vanuatu has a population of 328K (ranked 174/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Vanuatu's land area is 4,707 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 157th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Vanuatu ranks 185/197 ($1.16B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Vanuatu ranks 133/197 ($3,543), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Vanuatu and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Vanuatu and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	Vanuatu	Vietnam
1979	$119,258,835	-
1980	$121,185,498	-
1981	$113,781,796	-
1982	$114,501,913	-
1983	$117,389,554	-
1984	$144,482,515	-
1985	$131,856,421	$14,094,687,821
1986	$126,498,935	$26,336,616,250
1987	$139,464,174	$36,658,108,850
1988	$158,351,368	$25,423,812,649
1989	$154,013,202	$6,293,304,975
1990	$168,879,207	$6,471,740,806
1991	$201,334,169	$9,613,369,520
1992	$209,088,825	$9,866,990,236
1993	$200,491,853	$13,180,953,598
1994	$233,701,301	$16,286,433,533
1995	$249,333,250	$20,736,164,459
1996	$261,370,044	$24,657,470,575
1997	$272,771,209	$26,843,700,442
1998	$262,293,411	$27,209,602,050
1999	$268,006,973	$28,683,659,007
2000	$272,014,628	$31,172,518,403
2001	$257,926,882	$32,685,198,809
2002	$262,596,536	$35,064,105,501
2003	$314,471,413	$39,552,513,232
2004	$364,996,869	$45,427,854,693
2005	$394,962,433	$57,633,255,738
2006	$439,358,587	$66,371,664,817
2007	$516,392,923	$77,414,425,532
2008	$590,748,429	$99,130,304,099
2009	$592,622,319	$106,014,659,565
2010	$670,712,980	$147,201,173,197
2011	$770,153,588	$172,595,049,184
2012	$747,839,698	$195,590,661,129
2013	$758,304,466	$213,708,811,665
2014	$773,717,011	$233,451,469,643
2015	$759,690,181	$239,258,328,382
2016	$804,323,577	$257,096,001,178
2017	$880,043,284	$281,353,605,987
2018	$914,727,908	$310,106,478,395
2019	$936,526,268	$334,365,270,497
2020	$909,421,044	$346,615,738,538
2021	$982,362,212	$366,474,752,771
2022	$1,030,654,208	$413,445,230,669
2023	$1,126,313,359	$433,857,681,378
2024	$1,161,251,868	$476,388,230,307

Vanuatu and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Vanuatu	Vietnam
1979	$1,055	-
1980	$1,048	-
1981	$962	-
1982	$946	-
1983	$947	-
1984	$1,137	-
1985	$1,012	$238.6
1986	$946	$436
1987	$1,017	$595
1988	$1,125	$405
1989	$1,067	$98.1
1990	$1,141	$98.8
1991	$1,326	$143.7
1992	$1,344	$144.5
1993	$1,257	$189.4
1994	$1,431	$229.9
1995	$1,492	$287.8
1996	$1,529	$337
1997	$1,562	$362
1998	$1,471	$361
1999	$1,472	$376
2000	$1,460	$404
2001	$1,350	$419
2002	$1,341	$445
2003	$1,567	$497
2004	$1,774	$565
2005	$1,874	$711
2006	$2,035	$808
2007	$2,334	$926
2008	$2,604	$1,164
2009	$2,546	$1,226
2010	$2,815	$1,683
2011	$3,163	$1,951
2012	$3,005	$2,185
2013	$2,980	$2,360
2014	$2,973	$2,546
2015	$2,855	$2,578
2016	$2,956	$2,735
2017	$3,160	$2,956
2018	$3,207	$3,222
2019	$3,207	$3,441
2020	$3,043	$3,534
2021	$3,212	$3,704
2022	$3,292	$4,148
2023	$3,515	$4,323
2024	$3,543	$4,717

Vanuatu vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Vanuatu	Vietnam
1950	43.9	48
1951	42.2	48.7
1952	45.3	49.4
1953	45.8	50
1954	46.5	52
1955	47.1	54.8
1956	47.7	55.5
1957	48.2	56.2
1958	48.7	56.8
1959	49.3	57.4
1960	49.8	58
1961	50.4	58.5
1962	50.9	58.2
1963	51.5	56.9
1964	52	57.5
1965	52.5	57
1966	53.1	56.9
1967	53.7	56.7
1968	54.2	52.7
1969	54.8	54.8
1970	55.3	54.9
1971	55.9	55.6
1972	56.4	51.9
1973	57	55.7
1974	57.6	54.8
1975	58.1	61.9
1976	58.7	63.7
1977	59.2	64.1
1978	59.9	64.5
1979	60.9	65
1980	61.3	65.3
1981	61.9	65.8
1982	62.5	66.2
1983	63.1	66.5
1984	63.5	66.9
1985	63.9	67.2
1986	64.6	67.6
1987	64.4	68
1988	65.7	68.6
1989	66	68.8
1990	66.7	69
1991	67.1	69.3
1992	67.4	69.6
1993	67.7	70
1994	68	70.4
1995	68.1	70.9
1996	68.2	71.3
1997	68.3	71.7
1998	68.4	72.3
1999	67.9	72.6
2000	68.6	72.7
2001	68.7	73
2002	68.8	73.1
2003	68.9	73.2
2004	69	73.1
2005	69.2	73.2
2006	69.1	73.3
2007	69.1	73.4
2008	69.3	73.5
2009	69.4	73.5
2010	69.6	73.6
2011	69.7	73.7
2012	69.9	73.8
2013	70	73.8
2014	70	73.9
2015	70.2	74
2016	70.4	74
2017	70.5	74
2018	70.6	74.1
2019	70.8	74.2
2020	70.4	75.4
2021	70	74.1
2022	71.3	74.5
2023	71.5	74.6
2024	71.7	74.7
2025	71.8	74.9

Vanuatu and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	Vanuatu	Vietnam
1960	64,431	32,531,933
1961	66,264	33,409,059
1962	68,174	34,288,560
1963	70,159	35,249,101
1964	72,219	36,201,563
1965	74,358	37,129,656
1966	76,590	38,024,836
1967	78,921	38,895,080
1968	81,314	39,734,609
1969	83,755	40,582,096
1970	86,266	41,475,230
1971	88,862	42,449,276
1972	91,562	43,429,168
1973	94,362	44,409,861
1974	97,260	45,413,537
1975	100,269	46,482,903
1976	103,388	47,684,931
1977	106,618	48,954,872
1978	109,963	50,249,552
1979	113,040	51,378,211
1980	115,660	52,490,101
1981	118,249	53,738,141
1982	121,035	55,011,289
1983	123,998	56,337,921
1984	127,109	57,706,067
1985	130,356	59,060,622
1986	133,720	60,347,048
1987	137,187	61,584,651
1988	140,756	62,843,228
1989	144,393	64,147,348
1990	148,063	65,504,552
1991	151,793	66,891,775
1992	155,608	68,260,337
1993	159,463	69,586,384
1994	163,314	70,854,391
1995	167,137	72,049,940
1996	170,911	73,156,447
1997	174,626	74,226,889
1998	178,313	75,299,660
1999	182,048	76,287,452
2000	186,281	77,154,011
2001	191,031	77,969,361
2002	195,863	78,772,224
2003	200,746	79,563,777
2004	205,711	80,338,971
2005	210,760	81,088,313
2006	215,923	82,167,897
2007	221,276	83,633,375
2008	226,896	85,175,788
2009	232,731	86,460,018
2010	238,248	87,455,152
2011	243,474	88,468,314
2012	248,883	89,510,356
2013	254,482	90,573,104
2014	260,240	91,679,578
2015	266,101	92,823,254
2016	272,087	94,000,117
2017	278,507	95,176,977
2018	285,259	96,237,319
2019	291,985	97,173,776
2020	298,858	98,079,191
2021	305,868	98,935,098
2022	313,046	99,680,655
2023	320,409	100,352,192
2024	327,777	100,987,686

Fertility rates in Vanuatu and Vietnam

Fertility rate

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Vanuatu	Vietnam
1960	6.78	6.27
1961	6.73	5.48
1962	6.67	6.26
1963	6.62	6.39
1964	6.57	6.29
1965	6.52	6.16
1966	6.51	5.97
1967	6.51	5.88
1968	6.46	6.03
1969	6.41	6.01
1970	6.35	6.02
1971	6.29	6.07
1972	6.23	6.1
1973	6.15	6.11
1974	6.06	5.78
1975	5.98	5.62
1976	5.89	5.46
1977	5.81	5.29
1978	5.77	5.1
1979	5.73	4.94
1980	5.69	4.8
1981	5.65	4.67
1982	5.6	4.59
1983	5.55	4.52
1984	5.49	4.41
1985	5.43	4.21
1986	5.38	3.96
1987	5.33	3.72
1988	5.27	3.62
1989	5.21	3.64
1990	5.17	3.6
1991	5.13	3.52
1992	5.09	3.35
1993	5.02	3.17
1994	4.94	2.94
1995	4.85	2.7
1996	4.75	2.47
1997	4.66	2.27
1998	4.6	2.1
1999	4.56	2
2000	4.54	2.03
2001	4.5	2.02
2002	4.38	2.01
2003	4.29	2
2004	4.21	1.97
2005	4.13	1.89
2006	4.1	1.87
2007	4.12	1.91
2008	4.16	1.93
2009	4.16	1.92
2010	4.13	1.91
2011	4.09	1.93
2012	4.06	1.97
2013	4.04	1.98
2014	4	2.09
2015	3.95	2.1
2016	3.92	2
2017	3.88	1.99
2018	3.83	1.88
2019	3.79	1.94
2020	3.74	1.96
2021	3.7	1.94
2022	3.65	1.93
2023	3.6	1.91

Vanuatu and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Vanuatu	Vietnam
1960	17.7	21.2
1961	17.6	20.7
1962	17.5	20.2
1963	17.4	19.7
1964	17.3	19.2
1965	17.2	18.9
1966	17.1	18.7
1967	17.1	18.5
1968	17	18.4
1969	17	18.4
1970	17	18.4
1971	17	18.4
1972	17	18.5
1973	17	18.5
1974	17.1	18.6
1975	17.1	18.7
1976	17.1	18.8
1977	17.2	19
1978	17.3	19.1
1979	17.5	19.3
1980	17.6	19.4
1981	17.7	19.5
1982	17.7	19.6
1983	17.7	19.7
1984	17.7	19.8
1985	17.7	19.9
1986	17.8	20
1987	17.8	20.1
1988	17.8	20.2
1989	17.8	20.4
1990	17.8	20.5
1991	17.9	20.7
1992	17.8	20.9
1993	17.7	21.1
1994	17.7	21.4
1995	17.8	21.7
1996	18	22
1997	18	22.4
1998	18	22.9
1999	18	23.3
2000	18.2	23.7
2001	18.5	24.2
2002	18.7	24.6
2003	18.9	25
2004	19.2	25.4
2005	19.4	25.8
2006	19.6	26.3
2007	19.9	26.9
2008	20.1	27.4
2009	20.3	27.9
2010	20.5	28.3
2011	20.6	28.7
2012	20.8	29
2013	20.9	29.4
2014	21	29.8
2015	21.1	30.2
2016	21.1	30.5
2017	21.2	30.8
2018	21.2	31.2
2019	21.2	31.6
2020	21.2	32.1
2021	21.2	32.5
2022	21.2	33
2023	21.2	33.4
2024	21.3	33.9

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